Schwabe is a German language habitational surname for someone from Swabia. Notable people with the name include: Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926), Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker Frank Schwabe (1970), German politician George B. Schwabe (1886–1952), American politician Gustav Christian Schwabe (1813–1897), German-born merchant and financier Hartmut Schwabe (1943), German sprinter Heinrich Schwabe (1789–1875) German astronomer Joachim Schwabe (1983), German former footballer Johann Joachim Schwabe (1714–1784), German academic, poet and translator Julie Schwabe (1818–1896), German philanthropist and school founder Max Schwabe (1905–1983), U.S. Representative from Missouri Mike Schwabe (1964), American retired pitcher in Major League Baseball See also Schwab Schwob References German-language surnames Ethonymic surnames