Schlachter

Schlachter or Schlächter is an occupational surname literally meaning butcher, slaughterer in German. Notable people with the surname include:

• Chris Schlachter (1894–????), American football player
• Dirk Schlächter (born 1965), German bassist
• Franz Eugen Schlachter (1859–1911), German preacher, scholar and translator
• Marvin Schlachter (1933–2024), American record company music executive and record label owner
• Philipp Schlachter (1841–1923), German-born American soldier
• Ricardo Schlachter (born 1977), Brazilian tennis player
• Steve Schlachter (born 1954), American-Israeli basketball player

See also

• Schlachter Bible, German translation of the Bible by Franz Eugen Schlachter
• Schlechter