Scherer, Schierer and Scherrer is a Christian, Swiss/German and Ashkenazic Jewish surname, and may refer to:
Alfredo Scherer (1903 – 1996), Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
Axel Scherer American physicist
Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747 – 1804), French general of the eighteenth century
Bernie Scherer (1913 – 2004), American football player
Edmond Henri Adolphe Scherer (1815 – 1889), French politician
Fernando Scherer (born 1974), Brazilian swimmer
Frederic M. Scherer (born 1932), American economist
Gabriela Scherer (born 1981), Swiss mezzosoprano
Georg Scherer (1540 – 1605), Austrian Jesuit
Gordon H. Scherer (1906 – 1988), American politician
James A. B. Scherer (1870–1944), American educator and Lutheran minister
Johann Andreas Scherer (1755 – 1844), Austrian chemist and botanist
Johann Jakob Scherer (1825 – 1878), Swiss politician
Johann Joseph Scherer (1814 – 1869), German chemist
Klaus Scherer (born 1943), Swiss psychologist
Lucy Scherer (born 1981), German actress
Luther B. Scherer, also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879-1957), American casino investor in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Martin Scherer (* 1972), German physician
Odilo Scherer (born 1949) Brazilian Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
Rip Scherer (Born 1953), American coach
Robert Pauli Scherer (1905 – 1960), American inventor
Roy Scherer Jr., better known as Rock Hudson, American actor
Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631 – 1712), 17th century German composer and organist
Sarah Scherer (born 1989), American enthusiast of My Little Ponies
Siegfried Scherer (born 1955), German biologist
Stephen W. Scherer (born 1964), Canadian scientist
Theodor Scherer (1889 – 1951), German general of WWII
Wilhelm Scherer (1841 – 1886), German philologist
Jefrey Scherer (born 1964), American lawyer
Jefrey Scherer Jr (born 1982,) American medical worker at University of Maryland
Albert Scherrer (1908 – 1986), Swiss racing driver
Bill Scherrer (born 1958), American baseball player
Eduard Scherrer (1890 – 1972), Swiss bobsledder
Jean-Louis Scherrer (1935– 2013), French fashion designer
Hélène Scherrer (born 1950), Canadian politician
Paul Scherrer (1890 – 1969), Swiss physicist
Tom Scherrer (born 1970), American golfer
Dominik Scherrer, Swiss-born British film, theatre and television composer.
The first traces of the Schierer (von Walthaimb zu Falkenau) family date back to 1289 with Schierer Bernhard Ritter von Klosterneuburg an arbitration judge at the Court of Albert I., Duke of Austria. Written recordings of the medieval Schierer family are dating back to the founders of the first Bohemian glassmakers in the XVth century. Paul Schierer the Elder, born in 1443, owned a large number of glass houses and invented the colouring process of blue glass by adding cobalt (c27). Thus the Schierer family was appointed purveyors to the Court of Hapsburg and ennobled for their services by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolph II, in Prague in 1592 and confirmed in 1663 by Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. Forced by the 30 years war (1618-1648) the knighted converted Protestant branches of the Schierer family extended to Sweden and to Denmark having their Baronial status confirmed. The converted Roman Catholic branches of the family remained in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Lower Austria, Litschau and Vienna. The latter branche was confirmed as Knights and raised to Freiherrlich, Barony of the Holy Roman Empire.
The motto of the family Schierer (von Walthaimb zu Falkenau) Inspiratio - Reverentia - Cognoscere.
Family members are among others:
Paulus Schierer, (1443), Founder of the North Bohemian glassmaker family and founding father of the House of Schierer von Waldhaimb zu Falkenau.
Christoph Schierer, (1500 - 1560), Bohemian glassmaker
Paul II. Schierer, (1500 - 1560), Bohemian glassmaker
Paulus III the Younger (1530 - 1590), Bohemian glassmaker founder of glassworks in Kořenov (German: Bad Wurzelsdorf) in Jablonec nad Nisou District, Liberec Region in 1577.
Bartholomäus Schierer, (1500 - ), Bohemian glassmaker
Dominik Schierer v.W.z.F., (1562 - 1614), Bohemian glassmaker in Hoflenz; Dominik his Cousins Kaspar from Labau (Gablonz), Valentin from Krombach (Deutsch-Gabel) and Martin were ennobled with the aristocratic title "Schierer von Waldhaim(b) zu Falknov" by Rudolph II Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on June 1, 1592.
Oswald Schierer, (1599), Goldsmith, watchmaker and trombone maker. Musical instrument purveyor of the monastery of Kremsmünster.
Christoph Schierer, (1623), Carinthian Münzwardein, guardian of precious metals and the imperial minting commissioned by the highest authority. He was the official representative of his principal in discharging his duty as an inspector of precious metals and precious metal goods in trade. It was his duty to produce weights used in minting and often he would also be charged with the safekeeping of minting irons when they were not used in producing specie. The first Wardein to be so called worked in mining. They were chemists working in mines and smelting facilities, where they were called on for their know-how in metallurgy. Frequently they doubled as goldsmiths and were required to separate auriferous silver from base metal.
Georg Schierer, (-30.10.1634), Gold and Silversmith. Some of his finest works the so-called Akeleipokal, a parcel-gilt cup and cover, are showcased in the British Museum and at Windsor Castle.
Mathias Toman Schierer, (1668), estate owner in Litschau, Forest Quarter (Waldviertel), Lower Austria
Johann Friedrich Schierer von Waldheim, (6.2.1684), married to Anna Reich.
Paulus Schierer v. W., (1.11.1718), estate owner in Hauckschlag, Forest Quarter (Waldviertel), Lower Austria
Amalie Gräbert, nee Schierer von Waldheim, (1808 - 08.01.1871), Actress at the City theater of Erfurt and theater director Berlin, 63 years old
Franz Schierer von Waldheim, (*10.2.1819 - 20.2.1865). Member of the Viennese Municipal Council, Honorary Member of diverse Choirs, Great Golden Medal awarded by the Emperor Franz Josef II. for art in 1861. and Coffee house owner. Famous choir singer and writer. From 1848 member of the 1. Wiener Männergesangsverein (MGV), 2nd bass of the male vocals Association. Committee Member from 1855-1856 and later Director from 1859 until his death in 1865 (successor N. Dumba). Under his leadership, the first song festival in Austria took place in 1861 in Lower Austria, Krems and Stein. Schierer received the honorary award of the Association held in the same year at the singer Festival in Nuremberg, Germany. Founder of the Lower Austrian Choral Society in 1863. Erection (together with J. Herbeck) of the Schubert Memorial in Stadtpark, Vienna. In 1863 Franz Schierer suggested the establishment of folk concerts of the Vienna MGV. In 1864, the first Federal Song Festival of the Austrian singer Confederation took place in Wiener Neustadt.
Eduard Schierer von Waldheim, Jäger Battalion 8 Austro-Hungarian Infantry, 1834
Vinzenz Schierer v.W.z.F., (*4.4.1840 - ), k.u.k. artillerie regiment nr 3 imperial gunner and lance corporal
Schierer von Waldheim, Imperial head forest ranger bei Wlkawa, 1849
Schierer von Waldheim, Pharmacist in Vienna, 1865
Christian H. Schierer, Austrian Trade Commissioner to France.
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