Reiter (surname)
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Reiter is a German surname. The surname is relatively frequent in Germany, and in most cases is locational, derived from places called Reit or Reith (a with an original meaning of "clearing"). A variant of the same name is Reuter. In some cases the name may also be occupational, derived from either Reitherr, the office of treasurer in Upper German towns, or from makers of winnowing sieves (Reiter), or from the term Reiter "horseman, cavalryman, curassier". [1]
People with the surname include:
- Charlie Reiter, American professional association footballer
- Dieter Reiter, Mayor of Munich
- Hans Reiter, SS officer and Knight's Cross recipient
- Hans J. Reiter, mathematician
- Hans Conrad Julius Reiter, the German physician and researcher who gave his name to Reiter's syndrome (now referred to as reactive arthritis)
- Jeannot Reiter, former Luxembourg international footballer
- Josef Reiter (composer), Austrian composer
- Josef Reiter (judoka), Austrian judoka
- Ľubomír Reiter, Slovak footballer
- Michael Reiter, American computer scientist
- Paul Reiter, a professor of medical entomology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France
- Philipp Reiter (b. 1991), German ski mountaineer and mountain runner
- Raymond Reiter, computer scientist
- Thomas Reiter, German astronaut
- William J. Reiter (1889-1979), American assistant director
References
- ↑ Hans Markus Thomsen, Reiter, Reuter und die Räuber, Die Welt 20 June 2006.
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