Schachter, Schächter or Schechter (from Yiddish shochet, 'to slaughter' by Shechita. Hebrew:שכטר also Shechter) is a Yiddish and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schachter, Schächter Daniel Schacter, psychologist, neuroscientist, researcher in human memory Binyumen Schaechter, composer, arranger, conductor Carl Schachter, music theorist specializing in Schenkerian analysis Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American Orthodox rabbi Joshua Schachter, American entrepreneur Mioara Mugur-Schächter, French specialist on Physics and Epistemology Norm Schachter, American football official in the NFL Oscar Schachter, international law and diplomacy professor Rafael Schächter, Czechoslovak composer, pianist and conductor Sam Schachter, Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player Stanley Schachter, American psychologist Steven Schachter, American director and screenwriter Zalman Schachter (1924–2014), Jewish activist
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Aaron Schechter, rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. Alan Schechter, political scientist Ben Schechter, American filmmaker Daniel Schechter, American psychiatrist, developmental neuroscientist, researcher in trauma and attachment Daniel Schechter (director), American filmmaker and director Danny Schechter, American television producer and filmmaker Eric Schechter, American mathematician Harold Schechter, American writer Itay Shechter, Israeli footballer currently playing for Beitar Jerusalem. Jody Scheckter, retired racing driver now farmer Martin Schechter (epidemiologist), Canadian medical epidemiologist recognized for contributions to HIV and addiction research Mathilde Roth Schechter, American founder of the U.S. National Women's League of Conservative Judaism. Ofer Shechter, Israeli actor, entertainer, model and TV host. Paul L. Schechter, American astronomer Peter Schechter, American political consultant and author Jay Russell (writer) Author and doctor of communications (Russell Schechter) Sarah Schechter, American rabbi Solomon Schechter, rabbi Sue Schechter (born 1952), American politician Susan Schechter (1946–2004), American domestic violence activist Susan Schechter Bortner, American statistician Yaakov Meir Shechter leader and teacher in the Breslov Hasidic movement in Israel.
See also Schechter Letter, letter discovered in the Cairo Geniza Solomon Schechter Day School Association, named after Solomon Schechter Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, United States Supreme Court case Schecter Guitar Research, a guitar company