# Reinhardt (surname)

Reinhardt is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian and Swedish surname (from Germanic ragin, counsel, and hart, strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhard.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 63.6% of all known bearers of the surname Reinhardt were residents of Germany (frequency 1:1,788), 24.6% of the United States (1:20,797), 1.8% of France (1:51,081), 1.6% of Canada (1:32,138), 1.6% of Brazil (1:185,079) and 1.0% of Switzerland (1:11,406).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,788) in the following regions:
* 1. Thuringia (1:433)
* 2. Saxony-Anhalt (1:685)
* 3. Hesse (1:1,096)
* 4. Saxony (1:1,133)
* 5. Baden-Württemberg (1:1,543)

## Surname

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### A

* Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967), American abstract painter
* Alfred E. Reinhardt (1902-1987), American architect
* Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt (1897-1973), German general
* Alois Reinhardt (born 1961), German footballer
* Althea Reinhardt (born 1996), Danish handball player
* Arthur Reinhardt (1893-1973), German actor
* Augustus M. Reinhardt (1842–1923), founder of Reinhardt University in Georgia, US

### B

* Babik Reinhardt (1944–2001), European jazz guitarist
* Bastian Reinhardt (born 1975), German footballer
* Benno Reinhardt (1819–1852), German anatomist
* Burt Reinhardt (1920–2011), American journalist and news corporation executive

### C

* Carl Reinhardt (1818–1877), German author, painter, and caricaturist

### D

* Django Reinhardt (1910–1953), European jazz guitarist
* Dominik Reinhardt (born 1984), German footballer
* Doug Reinhardt (born 1985), American minor league baseball player and television personality

### E

* Ernst-Johann Reinhardt (born 1955), real name of German drag performer "Lilo Wanders"

### F

* Fritz Reinhardt (1895–1969), German Nazi leader and state secretary of finance

### G

* G. Frederick Reinhardt (1911–1971), American diplomat
* Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887–1963), German general
* George C. Reinhardt, American Colonel
* Gerhard Reinhardt (1916–1989), East German Communist politician
* Gottfried Reinhardt (1911–1994), Austrian film director

### H

* Heinrich Reinhardt (1903–1990), also called Enrique Reinhardt, German-Argentine chess master
* Heinrich Reinhardt (composer) (1865–1922), Austrian composer

### J

* Jamila Reinhardt (born 1989), American rugby player
* Janin Reinhardt (born 1981), German television personality
* Johan Reinhardt (1778–1845), Danish zoologist
* Johann Franz Reinhardt (1713 or 1714 –1761), Austrian violinist
* Johann Georg Reinhardt (1676–1742), Austrian composer
* Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882), Danish zoologist
* John Reinhardt (1920–2016), American diplomat
* Joseph Reinhardt (1912–1982), European jazz guitarist
* Joseph Franz Reinhardt (1684 or 1685 – 1727), Austrian violinist
* Julius Reinhardt (footballer) (born 1988), German footballer

### K

* Karl Reinhardt (mathematician) (1895–1941), German mathematician
* Karl Reinhardt (philologist) (1886–1958), German philologist
* Karl Mathias Reinhardt (1684 or 1685–1727), Austrian organist and composer
* Kilian Reinhardt (1653 or 1654–1729), Austrian 'Konzertmeister' to the court of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
* Klaus Reinhardt (1941–2021), German general
* Knut Reinhardt (born 1968), German footballer

### L

* Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (1948–2012), American rock guitarist in Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond

### M

* Max Reinhardt (1873–1943), Austrian film director
* Max Reinhardt (publisher) (1915–2002), British publisher
* Michael Reinhardt (born 1938), American photographer
* Mimi Reinhardt (1915–2022), Austrian secretary, who worked for Oskar Schindler

### N

* Nicole Reinhardt (born 1986), German Olympic Gold Medalist and photo model (canoe/kayak)

### R

* Richard Reinhardt (born 1957), real name of Richie Ramone, American punk musician
* Richard Reinhardt (author), (born 1927), American writer

### S

* Sergio Reinhardt-Italian/German skateboarder
* Sandra Reinhardt (born 1967), alternate name of American actress Sandra Dee Robinson
* Stephen Reinhardt (1931-2018), United States Court of Appeals judge
* Sybille Reinhardt (born 1957), German Olympic Gold Medalist (crew)

### T

* Tobias Reinhardt (born 1971), German classical scholar

### W

* Walter Reinhardt Sombre (1725–1778), German adventurer and mercenary in India (known as "Sombre", "The Shadow")
* Walther Reinhardt (1872–1930), German general
* Wolfgang Reinhardt (producer) (1908–1979), German screenwriter and film producer
* Wolfgang Reinhardt (athlete) (1943–2011), German Olympic pole vaulter