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:

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  • 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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Helmut". Behind the name. Retrieved 28 July 2015.