Helmut

Helmut

Helmut is a common given name in the German language. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth.^[1]

It derives from the Germanic elements helm (meaning "helmet", "protection") and muot ("spirit, mind").

Helmut may refer to:

People

• Helmut Angula (born 1945), Namibian politician
• Helmut Bakaitis (born 1944), Australian director and actor
• Helmut Berger (born 1944), 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 Fischer (1926–1997), German actor
• Hellmut von Gerlach (1866–1935), German journalist
• 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
• Helmut Haussmann (born 1943), German academic and politician
• Helmut Jahn (born 1940), German-born American architect
• Helmut Kohl (born 1930), 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
• Helmut Marko (born 1943), Austrian racing driver
• Helmut Newton (1920–2004), German-born Australian photographer
• Helmut Rahn (1929–2003), German football player
• Helmut Rohde (born 1925), 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 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

Fiction

• 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

See also

• Hellmuth
• Helmuth

References

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