Schrader

Schrader is a family name that is very common roughly within the Triangle Hannover-Hamburg-Berlin within Germany (so-called "Eastfalia", part of today's states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt). It means tailor.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• August Schrader (1807–1894), German-American inventor of "Schrader valve" for bicycle and auto tires
• Ben Schrader (1964–2024), New Zealand urban historian
• Bernhard Schrader (1931–2012), German chemist, pioneer of Raman spectroscopy
• Bertha Schrader (1845–1920), German painter, lithographer, and woodblock print-maker
• Carl Voss-Schrader (1880–1955), Finnish colonel, business director, lawyer and short-term interior minister
• Carol Schrader (born 1951), American TV presenter
• Christian Schrader, American sound engineer
• Clement Schrader (1820–1875), German Jesuit theologian
• David Schrader (born 1952), American harpsichordist, organist, and fortepianist
• Dicken Schrader (born 1973), Colombian-American video artist
• Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), German orientalist
• Ed Schrader, American academic and university administrator
• Friedrich Schrader (1865–1922), German-Ottoman translator, orientalist and writer
• Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), German chemist
• Gus Schrader (1895–1941), American racecar driver
• Heinrich Schrader (botanist) (1767–1836), German botanist
• Heinrich Schrader (sportsman) (1893–1980), Australian footballer and cricketer
• Hermann T. Schrader (1860–1934), Australian pianist, violinist and cellist
• Hilde Schrader (1910–1966), German swimmer
• Jim Schrader (1932–1972), American football player
• Julius Schrader (1815–1900), German painter
• Ken Schrader (born 1955), American racecar driver
• Kurt Schrader (born 1951), American politician
• Leo Schrader (1938–2011), American politician from Missouri
• Leonard Schrader (1943–2006), American screenwriter and director
• Libbie Schrader, American musician
• Maria Schrader (born 1965), German actress
• Niklas Schrader (born 1981), German politician
• Otto Schrader (philologist) (1855–1919), German philologist
• Otto von Schrader (1888–1945), German naval officer
• Paul Schrader (born 1946), American film director
• Robert Schrader (1939–2015), German theoretical and mathematical physicist
• Spencer Shrader (born 1999), American football player
• Warren Schrader (1921–2009), New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War