- For the making of shoes, see Shoemaking
People named Shoemaker
Well-known people named Shoemaker include:
- Eugene Merle Shoemaker, who co-discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
- Willie Shoemaker a.k.a. "The Shoe" or Bill Shoemaker, record-setting U.S. horseman who rode thoroughbred horses to victory in 8,833 official races (including four times in the Kentucky Derby) during his career (1949–1990). He held the career record for more than 28 years.
- Sylvia Browne, the authoress who was born Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker.
- Michael Schumacher, F1 champion, and his brother Ralf Schumacher, another F1 driver.
- Henry Wharton Shoemaker (1880-1958), an American folklorist, diplomat, and writer, among other things.
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the 5th President of the Government of Spain.
- Rev. Samuel Shoemaker, a 'co-founder' of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Bradley Shoemaker, a Gamespot editor.
- Joel Schumacher, an American film director, writer, and producer.
- Justin Shoemaker 12th Generation Descendant of Jacob Shoemaker 'the progenitor' of the Shoemaker Clan in North America who travelled in Philadelphia during William Penn's Great Migration of 1648-1736.
- Charles Frederic Shoemaker[1], Commandant from 1895 through 1905 of the United States (U.S.) Revenue Cutter Service, which was the predecessor to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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