Cognomen Schechter (Шехтер 
, Schechter 
, שכטר ) , throughout the world, is a common family name. The surname Schechter is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Moldova, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United States, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Israel, the United States, and Russia.
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| Шехтер | Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Israel |
| Schechter | United States, Indonesia, Germany, Israel, Brazil |
| שכטר | Israel |
| mathilde roth schechter American activist, US (b. 1857) |
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| klara schechter holocaust victim, b. 1865-07-12, AT (b. 1865) |
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aaron schechter American rabbi, US (b. 1928) |
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arthur louis schechter American diplomat, US (b. 1939) |
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danny schechter American television producer, filmmaker, and media critic (1942-2015), US (b. 1942) |
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paul l. schechter American astronomer, US (b. 1948) |
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| abraham i. schechter UA (b. 1894) |
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| alexander schechter (b. 1904) |
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| edmund schechter (b. 1908) |
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| hope mendoza schechter labor leader (b. 1921) |
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sarah schechter American television and film producer (b. 1976) |
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sarah schechter rabbi |
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daniel schechter film director, US |
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| martin schechter American mathematician, US (b. 1930) |
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| alan schechter American political scientist (b. 1936) |
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