Schlegel

Schlegel is a Swiss and German occupational surname. The Swiss Schlegel's are heavily clustered in the eastern parts of Switzerland, including canton's of St. Gallen and near the border of Lichtenstein. Notable people with the surname include:

Anthony Schlegel (born 1981), American football player
August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German poet, brother of Friedrich
Brad Schlegel (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
Bernhard Schlegel (born 1951), German-Canadian chemist
Carmela Schlegel (born 1983), Swiss swimmer
Catharina von Schlegel (1697 – 1777), German hymn writer
Christoph Schlegel (1613 - 1678) German theologian
Dorothea von Schlegel (1764–1839), German novelist and translator, wife of Friedrich
Dorothee Schlegel (born 1959), German politician
Elfi Schlegel (born 1964), Canadian gymnast and sportscaster
Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829), German literary critic, philosopher and Indologist
Frits Schlegel (1896–1965), Danish architect
Gustaaf Schlegel (1840–1903), Dutch sinologist and field naturalist
Hans Schlegel (born 1951), German astronaut
Helmut Schlegel (born 1943), German Franciscan, priest, author, meditation instructor, songwriter
Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884), German ornithologist and herpetologist
Johan Frederik Schlegel (1817–1896), Danish civil servant and Governor-General of the Danish West Indies
Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721–1793), German poet and clergyman, father of August
Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), German critic and dramatic poet, brother of Johann Adolf
John P. Schlegel (1943–2015), President of Creighton University and Jesuit
Karl Schlegel (aviator) (1893–1918), German World War I flying ace
Lynda Schlegel-Culver (born 1969), American politician from Pennsylvania
Margarete Schlegel (1899–1987), German actress
Martin Schlegel (born 1976), Swiss economist
Martin Schlegel (theologist) (1581–1640), German Lutheran theologian
Marvin Schlegel, German athlete
Norbert Schlegel (born 1961), German football player and coach
Paul Marquard Schlegel 1605–1653), German anatomist
Richard Schlegel, American pathologist
Richard L. Schlegel (1927–2006), American LGBT rights activist
Rodrigo Schlegel (born 1997), Argentine footballer
Victor Schlegel (1843–1905), German mathematician

See also