Schrader is a family name that is very common roughly within the Triangle Hannover-Hamburg-Berlin within Germany (so-called "Eastfalia", part of today's states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt). It means tailor.^[1] Carriers of this name have spread all over the world due to emigration from Germany. It is especially common in the United States, but there are also occurrences in France, Britain, and the Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:

• August Schrader (inventor) (1807–1894), inventor of "Schrader valve" for bicycle and auto tires
• Ben Schrader (born 1964), New Zealand urban historian
• Bernhard Schrader (1931–2012), German chemist, pioneer of Raman spectroscopy
• Bertha Schrader (1845–1920), German painter, lithographer, and woodblock print-maker
• Carl Voss-Schrader (1880–1955), Finnish colonel, business director, lawyer and short-term interior minister
• Carol Schrader (born 1951), American TV presenter
• Christian Schrader, American sound engineer
• Clement Schrader (1820–1875), German Jesuit theologian
• David Schrader (born 1952), American harpsichordist, organist, and fortepianist
• Dicken Schrader (born 1973), Colombian-American video artist
• Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), German orientalist
• Ed Schrader, American academic and university administrator
• Friedrich Schrader (1865–1922), German-Ottoman translator, orientalist and writer
• Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), German chemist
• Gus Schrader (1895–1941), American racecar driver
• Heinrich Schrader (botanist) (1767–1836), German botanist
• Heinrich Schrader (sportsman) (1893–1980), Australian footballer and cricketer
• Hermann T. Schrader (1860–1934), Australian pianist, violinist and cellist
• Hilde Schrader (1910–1966), German swimmer
• Jim Schrader (1932–1972), American football player
• Julius Schrader (1815–1900), German painter
• Ken Schrader (born 1955), American racecar driver
• Kurt Schrader (born 1951), American politician
• Leonard Schrader (1943–2006), American screenwriter and director
• Libbie Schrader, American musician
• Maria Schrader (born 1965), German actress
• Otto Schrader (philologist) (1855–1919), German philologist
• Otto von Schrader (1888–1945), German naval officer
• Paul Schrader (born 1946), American film director
• Robert Schrader (1939–2015), German theoretical and mathematical physicist
• Warren Schrader (1921–2009), New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War

• Daivd Schrader, Young protagonist of the film Dream for an Insomniac
• Hank Schrader, DEA agent in TV series Breaking Bad
• Marie Schrader, wife of Hank in TV series Breaking Bad

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of tailor/seamster
Germanic	Tayler, Taylor Schneider, Schnieder, Schnieders Anglicized: Snyder, Snyders, Snider Polonized: Sznajder Czech: Šnajdr, Šnejdr Russified: Shneider/Shneyder (Шнейдер), Shnaider/Shnayder (Шнайдер) Sneijder, Snijders, Schnyder, Schnider, Schnieder, Schnaider Yiddish: Znaider (זנאַידער) Schröder Schroeder, Schröter, Schrödter, Schrötter, Schröer, Schrörs, Schreurs, Schrader, Schroder, Schroedter, Schrøder, Schreuder, Schreuders Snyman Kleid (קליידל, Yiddish) Nager, Neher, Stich, Faulstich, Nader, Neder
Romance	Sarti, Sarto, Del Sarto, Sartre, Sartori, Sartoris, Sartorius Sastre Couturier, Couture, Croitoru/Croitor Quemener
Slavic	Kravets, Kravtsov/Krawtzoff, Kravchenko, Kravchuk Krawiec (Yiddish calques: Kravits/Kravitz, Krawetz), Krawczyk, Krawczak, Krawczuk, Krawczyński (Kravchinsky, Kravchynskyi), Krajčí/Krajci, Krajčík, Krajčír/Kraicir, Krejčí, Krejčík, Krejčír Portnoy/Portnoi, Portnoff, Portnov, Portnow, Portnyagin Shvets, Shevtsov
Semitic	Chait/Khait Chayat / Polish calque: Chajat Khayat, Al Khayat/El Khayat, Ibn Khayyat, Bint Khayyat
Other	Darzi, Szabó, Raftis/Ράφτης, Terzioğlu, Terzi

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