What's A Schlemiel?

Definition:
schle·miel also shle·miel

Wiktionary
  1. A loser or a fool.
  2. A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.
WordNet 3.0
  1. (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
  1. Slang A habitual bungler; a dolt.
Etymologies
  1. Yiddish shlemíl, perhaps from Hebrew šəlūmî'ēl, my well-being is God, Shelumiel (a character in the Bible, Numbers 7:36) : šəlūmî, my well-being (šālôm, well-being; see šlm in Semitic roots + -î, my) + 'ēl, God; see אl in Semitic roots.
Some famous schlemiels include: