Schnitzer is a German noun meaning "carver" and is the surname of:Eduard Schnitzer (1840–1892), physician, naturalist and governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria on the upper Nile Florian Schnitzer, German ice hockey player Friedrich Ferdinand Schnitzer, 19th-century Bavarian-American architect Germaine Schnitzer (1888–1982), French pianist based in America Harold Schnitzer (1923–2011), American businessman and philanthropist Herbert Schnitzer, German, owner and co-founder of Schnitzer Motorsport Josef Schnitzer, German racedriver and co-founder of Schnitzer Motorsport Joseph Schnitzer, a theologian Robert C. Schnitzer (1906–2008), an American actor, producer, educator, and theater administrator Werner Schnitzer, German television actor
