Schwarzenegger (surname)

Template:WiktionarySchwarzenegger (Template:IPA) is a German surname that means person from Schwarzenegg, which is both a village in Switzerland (currently split between the municipalities of Unterlangenegg and Oberlangenegg) and a place in Land Salzburg in Austria. "Schwarzen" means "black"; and "egg" (from the same root as the German word "Ecke" for "corner") refers to a ridge, e.g., Eggli (long ridge), Eggiman (lives on a ridge), and Eggler (farms on a ridge).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people with the surname include:

• Afia Schwarzenegger (born 1982), Ghanaian media personality
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (born 1947), Austrian-American former bodybuilder, film actor, and politician
• Christian Schwarzenegger (born 1959), Swiss academic and professor of criminal law, cousin once removed of Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Gustav Schwarzenegger (1907–1972), Austrian police chief, father of Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Katherine Schwarzenegger (born 1989), American author, daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Patrick Schwarzenegger (born 1993), American entrepreneur, actor and model, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Patrick Knapp Schwarzenegger (born 1968), Austrian-American lawyer, nephew of Arnold Schwarzenegger