Schrader is a family name that is very common roughly within the Triangle Hannover-Hamburg-Berlin within Germany (so-called "Eastfalia", part of today's states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt). It means tailor.^[1] Carriers of this name have spread all over the world due to emigration from Germany. It is especially common in the United States, but there are also occurrences in France, Britain, and the Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:

• August Schrader (inventor) (1807–1894), inventor of "Schrader valve" for bicycle and auto tires
• Ben Schrader (born 1964), New Zealand urban historian
• Bernhard Schrader (1931–2012), German chemist, pioneer of Raman spectroscopy
• Bertha Schrader (1845–1920), German painter, lithographer, and woodblock print-maker
• Carl Voss-Schrader (1880–1955), Finnish colonel, business director, lawyer and short-term interior minister
• Carol Schrader (born 1951), American TV presenter
• Christian Schrader, American sound engineer
• Clement Schrader (1820–1875), German Jesuit theologian
• David Schrader (born 1952), American harpsichordist, organist, and fortepianist
• Dicken Schrader (born 1973), Colombian-American video artist
• Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), German orientalist
• Ed Schrader, American academic and university administrator
• Friedrich Schrader (1865–1922), German-Ottoman translator, orientalist and writer
• Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), German chemist
• Gus Schrader (1895–1941), American racecar driver
• Heinrich Schrader (botanist) (1767–1836), German botanist
• Heinrich Schrader (sportsman) (1893–1980), Australian footballer and cricketer
• Hermann T. Schrader (1860–1934), Australian pianist, violinist and cellist
• Hilde Schrader (1910–1966), German swimmer
• Jim Schrader (1932–1972), American football player
• Julius Schrader (1815–1900), German painter
• Ken Schrader (born 1955), American racecar driver
• Kurt Schrader (born 1951), American politician
• Leonard Schrader (1943–2006), American screenwriter and director
• Libbie Schrader, American musician
• Maria Schrader (born 1965), German actress
• Otto Schrader (philologist) (1855–1919), German philologist
• Otto von Schrader (1888–1945), German naval officer
• Paul Schrader (born 1946), American film director
• Robert Schrader (1939–2015), German theoretical and mathematical physicist
• Warren Schrader (1921–2009), New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War