Scheid (surname)
Scheid (often spelled Scheidt) is a German surname. The surname Scheid was first found in the Rhineland of western Germany. It is dispersed across Germany and the former Prussian area. Immigrants to America have often changed the spelling to variations like Shade.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bernhard Scheid Austrian historian
- Eusébio Scheid (1932–2021), Brazilian Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro
- Linda Scheid (1942–2011), American politician
- Richard Scheid (1876–1962), Bavarian author, unionist ,and USPD politician
- Edward Scheidt (born 1939), American cryptographer and ex-Chairman of the CIA Cryptographic Center
- Gottfried Scheidt (1593–1661), German Baroque composer and brother of Samuel Scheidt
- Hans-Wilhelm Scheidt (1907-1981), German Nazi official
- Mathias Scheidt, Archbishop of Vienna (1490–1493)
- Mike Scheidt, American metal vocalist
- Rafael Scheidt (born 1976), a Brazilian footballer
- Robert Scheidt (born 1973), a Brazilian sailor
- Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654), German Baroque composer and brother of Gottfried Scheidt
- Lords von Scheidt genannt Weschpfennig, a German noble family
- Nick Sheedy (1974- ), Lead Genealogist for the PBS television show Finding Your Roots traces his paternal lineage back to a German Scheid(t) family in West Prussia.
References
- "Scheid Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
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