Schutte

Schutte is a German and Dutch occupational surname derived from schutter, meaning "archer". The North German form of the name is Schütte or Schuette.

• Slavic Variant: In some cases, it is a Germanized form of the Croatian and Slovenian surname Šute or Šutej.

• English Origin (Alternative): In England, the surname can also be a variant of Shute, which can mean an archer from Middle English schutte or a locational name from a Devonshire hamlet named from the Old English sceat ("hill" or "projection").

• Historical Variations: Common spelling variants include Schütte, Schutt, Schutter, Schut, and Schuetze

People with these names include:

Schutte

• Alta Schutte, South African cardiology academic
• Arminda Schutte (1909–1995), Cuban classical pianist
• Bill Schutte (1910–1994), American football player and coach
• Carl Schutte (1887–1962), American road racing cyclist
• Clarence Schutte (1901–1970), American football player
• Dan Schutte (born 1947), American composer
• Dick Schutte (born 1947), Dutch politician
• Dieter Schütte (1923–2013), German publisher
• Edwin Schutte (1906–1985), American basketball coach and dentist
• Frits Schutte (1897–1986), Dutch swimmer
• Gert Schutte (1939–2022), Dutch politician
• Michael Schutte (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mike Schutte (1950–2008), South African boxer and actor
• Nanette Schutte (born 1962), Dutch tennis player
• Loes Schutte (born 1953), Dutch rower
• Ofelia Schutte (born 1945), American philosopher
• Paul Schutte (born 1989), Irish hurler
• Sidney Schutte (born 1976), Dutch chef
• Thomas F. Schutte (1935–2025), American academic administrator, college president
• Xandra Schutte [de; nl] (born 1963), Dutch journalist

Schütte

• Albrecht Schütte (born 1970), German politician
• Dieter Schütte (1923–2013), German publisher
• Friedhelm Schütte (born 1957), German footballer
• Gudmund Schütte (1872–1958), Danish philologist and historian
• Johann Schütte [de] (1873–1940), German engineer, founder of the Schütte-Lanz airship and airplane company
• Jan Schütte (born 1957), German film director and screenwriter
• Kurt Schütte (1909–1998), German mathematician (namesake of Feferman–Schütte ordinal)
• Ludwig Schütte (1912–1993), German army officer during World War II
• Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), Austrian architect
• Thomas Schütte (born 1954), German visual artist

Schuette

• Bill Schuette (born 1953), American politician and attorney general of Michigan
• Bill G. Schuette, American politician
• Carl Schuette (1922–1975), American football player
• Charles Schuette (1878–1934), American Wisconsin state politician
• John Schuette (1837–1919), American Wisconsin state politician
• Paul Schuette (1906–1960), American football player
• Tom Schuette (1945–2024), Canadian football player
• William Schuette (1933–2002), American sprint canoer

See also

• Schut, surname of the same origin
• Schutt, surname of German origin
• Schutte's Creek, a branch of the Stout Creek, Michigan

Surname list

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