[Ads-l] "Schmuck" as surname

[Rich Lowenthal]

Wikipedia has a page listing some notable Schmucks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(surname)


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>From "Jonathan Lighter" 
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Date 3/21/2026 10:33:44
Subject "Schmuck" as surname

>Researching something entirely different, I was startled to see a column in
>the _Los Gatos [Calif.] Times-Saratoga Observer_ (Oct. 13, 1959), p. 8
>bylined "John Schmuck."
>
>The newspaper databases, however, reveal countless "Schmucks."  The
>earliest noted in the U.S. appears to be "N. Schmuck" in the _Lanacaster
>[Pa.] Courier_ (March 30, 1799), p. 3.
>
>The most recent is "Isabelle Schmuck" (Somerset, Pa., _Daily American_,
>Feb. 17, 2026, p. 6A).
>
>JL
>
>--
>"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>
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