Helmut

Helmut

Helmut is a common given name in the German language. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth.

It derives from the Germanic elements helm (meaning "helmet", "protection") and muot ("spirit, mind").

Helmut may refer to:

People

• Helmut Angula (born 1945), Namibian politician
• Helmut Bakaitis (born 1944), Australian director and actor
• Helmut Berger (born 1944), Austrian actor
• Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), Austrian actor
• Helmut Deutsch (born 1945), Austrian classical pianist
• Helmut Ditsch (born 1962), Argentine painter
• Hellmut Diwald (1924–1993), German historian
• Helmut Fischer (1926–1997), German actor
• Hellmut von Gerlach (1866–1935), German journalist
• 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 Jahn (born 1940), German-born American architect
• Helmut Kohl (born 1930), German politician
• 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
• Helmut Marko (born 1943), Austrian racing driver
• Helmut Newton (1920–2004), German-born Australian photographer
• Helmut Rahn (1929–2003), German football player
• Helmut Rohde (born 1925), 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 Walcha (1907–1991), German organist
• Helmut Zahn (1916–2004), German chemist
• Helmut Zilk (1927–2008), Austrian politician
• Cacau (born 1981), German-Brazilian football player, nicknamed Helmut

Fiction

• Helmut Grokenberger, fictional character in the 1991 film Night on Earth
• Iron Cross (Helmut Gruler), fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Baron Helmut Zemo, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Helmut Heindenburg, fictional character in 1996 Colombian telenovela Guajira
• Helmut, fictional character in the video game Road Rash

See also

• Hellmuth
• Helmuth