Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth.[1]
From old German, the first element deriving from either heil ("healthy") or hiltja ("battle"), and the second from muot ("spirit, mind, mood").
Helmut may refer to:
People
editA–L
edit- Helmut Angula (born 1945), Namibian politician
- Helmut Ashley (1919–2021), Austrian director and cinematographer
- Helmut Bakaitis (born 1944), Australian director and actor
- Helmut Berger (1944–2023), Austrian actor
- Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), Austrian actor
- Helmut Deutsch (born 1945), Austrian classical pianist
- Helmut Ditsch (born 1962), Argentine painter
- Hellmut Diwald (1924–1993), German historian
- Helmut Donner (born 1941), Austrian high jumper
- Helmut Fischer (1926–1997), German actor
- Hellmut von Gerlach (1866–1935), German journalist
- Helmut Goebbels (1935–1945), only son of Joseph Goebbels
- Helmut Graeb, German electrical engineer
- Helmut Griem (1932–2004), German actor
- Helmut Gröttrup (1916–1981), German rocket scientist
- Helmut Haller (1939–2012), German football player
- Helmut Hasse (1898–1979), German mathematician
- Hellmut Hattler (born 1952), German musician
- Helmut Haussmann (born 1943), German academic and politician
- Helmut Hirsch (1916–1937) German student executed for opposing the Nazi government
- Helmut Jahn (1940–2021), German-born American architect
- Helmut Kohl (1930–2017), German politician
- Helmut Köllen (1950–1977), German musician
- Helmut Krieger (born 1958), Polish shot putter
- Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935), German composer
- Helmut Landsberg (1906–1985), German scientist
- Helmut Lang (artist) (born 1956), German fashion designer
- Helmut Lemke (1907–1990), German politician
- Helmut Lotti (born 1969), Belgian singer
M–Z
edit- Helmut Marko (born 1943), Austrian racing driver
- Helmut Newton (1920–2004), German-born Australian photographer
- Helmut Norpoth (born 1943), German-born political scientist
- Helmut Oberlander (1924–2021), Ukrainian former Canadian who was a member of the Einsatzgruppen death squads of Nazi Germany in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II
- Helmut Rahn (1929–2003), German football player
- Helmut Rohde (1925-2016), German politician
- Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), German sociologist
- Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German politician, chancellor
- Helmut Schoeck (1922–1993), Austrian sociologist
- Helmut Schön (1915–1996), German football player and manager
- Helmut Sick (1910–1991), Brazilian ornithologist
- Helmut Sonnenfeldt (1926–2012), American foreign policy expert
- Helmut Vetter (1910–1949), German Nazi SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Helmut Walcha (1907–1991), German organist
- Helmut Zahn (1916–2004), German chemist
- Helmut Zilk (1927–2008), Austrian politician
- Cacau (born 1981), German-Brazilian football player, nicknamed Helmut
Fictional characters
edit- Helmut Grokenberger, fictional character in the 1991 film Night on Earth
- Iron Cross (Helmut Gruler), fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Baron Helmut Zemo, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Helmut Heindenburg, fictional character in 1996 Colombian telenovela Guajira
- Helmut, fictional character in the video game Road Rash
- Helmut Kruger, fictional fashion model in the video game Hitman (2016)
- Baron Helmut Schnitzelnazi, from the comedy skit Key & Peele
- Helmut Spargle, a character from Futurama