Schwarzschild ([ˈʃvaʁtsʃɪlt]) is a German surname[1] meaning "black sign" or "black shield". Notable people with the surname include:
- Henry Schwarzschild (1925–1996), American lawyer
- Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), German physicist
- Leopold Schwarzschild (1891–1950), German author
- Luise Hercus (née Schwarzschild; 1926–2018), Australian linguist
- Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild (1931–2020), German Holocaust survivor
- Martin Schwarzschild (1912–1997), German-American astronomer
- Shimon Schwarzschild (1925–2021), German-born American environmental activist
- Steven Schwarzschild (1924–1989), American rabbi, philosopher, theologian and editor
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edit- ^ It is likely to be misspelled and/or mispronounced by native English speakers, particularly involving failure to grasp that
- German sch (at the beginning of each of the two syllables) is pronounced as English sh,
- German w is pronounced as English v, and
- German z is pronounced as English ts.
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