Helmut

'''Helmut''' is a German masculine given name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Helmut|url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/helmut|website=Behind the name|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref> From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood").

Helmut may refer to: {{TOC right}}

==People==

===A–L=== * Hellmut Diwald (1924–1993), German historian * Hellmut Hattler (born 1952), German musician * Hellmut von Gerlach (1866–1935), German journalist * Helmut Angula (born 1945), Namibian politician * Helmut Ashley (1919–2021), Austrian director and cinematographer * Helmut Bakaitis (born 1944), Australian director and actor * Helmut Berger (1944–2023), Austrian actor * Helmut Cacau (born 1981), German-Brazilian football player, nicknamed ''Helmut'' * Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), Austrian actor * Helmut Deutsch (born 1945), Austrian classical pianist * Helmut Ditsch (born 1962), Argentine painter * Helmut Donner (born 1941), Austrian high jumper * Helmut Duckadam (1959–2024), Romanian footballer * Helmut Fischer (1926–1997), German actor * Helmut Goebbels (1935–1945), only son of Joseph Goebbels * Helmut Graeb, German electrical engineer * Helmut Griem (1932–2004), German actor * Helmut Gröttrup (1916–1981), German rocket scientist * Helmut Haller (1939–2012), German football player * Helmut Hasse (1898–1979), German mathematician * Helmut Haussmann (born 1943), German academic and politician * Helmut Hirsch (1916–1937) German student executed for opposing the Nazi government * {{anbl|Helmut Holzapfel (tenor)}} * {{anbl|Helmut Holzapfel (urban planner)}} * Helmut Jahn (1940–2021), German-born American architect * Helmut Kiderlen (1905–1995), German geologist * Helmut Kohl (1930–2017), German statesman * Helmut Koinigg (1948–1974), Austrian racing driver * Helmut Köllen (1950–1977), German musician * Helmut Krieger (born 1958), Polish shot putter * Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935), German composer * Helmut Landsberg (1906–1985), German scientist * Helmut Lang (artist) (born 1956), German fashion designer * Helmut Lemke (1907–1990), German politician * Helmut Lotti (born 1969), Belgian singer

===M–Z=== * Helmut Marko (born 1943), Austrian racing driver * Helmut Newton (1920–2004), German-born Australian photographer * Helmut Norpoth (born 1943), German-born political scientist * Helmut Oberlander (1924–2021), Ukrainian former Canadian who was a member of the Einsatzgruppen death squads of Nazi Germany in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II * Helmut Rahn (1929–2003), German football player * Helmut Rohde (1925–2016), German politician * Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), German sociologist * Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German politician, chancellor * Helmut Schoeck (1922–1993), Austrian sociologist * Helmut Schön (1915–1996), German football player and manager * Helmut Sick (1910–1991), Brazilian ornithologist * Helmut Sonnenfeldt (1926–2012), American foreign policy expert * Helmut Vetter (1910–1949), German Nazi SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes * Helmut Walcha (1907–1991), German organist * Helmut Zahn (1916–2004), German chemist * Helmut Zilk (1927–2008), Austrian politician

==Fictional characters== * Baron Helmut Schnitzelnazi, from the comedy skit ''Key & Peele'' * Baron Helmut Zemo, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * Helmut Grokenberger, fictional character in the 1991 film ''Night on Earth'' * Helmut Heindenburg, fictional character in 1996 Colombian telenovela ''Guajira'' * Helmut Kruger, fictional fashion model in the video game ''Hitman'' (2016) * Helmut Spargle, a character from ''Futurama'' * Helmut, fictional character in the video game ''Road Rash'' * Iron Cross (Helmut Gruler), fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe

==See also== * Hellmuth * Helmuth

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:German masculine given names Category:Masculine given names