Winkler (surname)

Winkler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Artists and entertainers

• Austin John Winkler (born 1981), American singer-songwriter, former lead singer for Hinder
• John E. Winkler (1941–2007), American author and photographer
• Ralf Winkler (1939-2017), also known as A. R. Penck, German painter
• Vladimir Winkler (1884–1956), Czech and Russian sculptor

Actors

• Angela Winkler (born 1944), German actress
• Henry Winkler (born 1945), American actor
• Margo Winkler (born 1930s), American actress
• Mel Winkler (1941–2020), American actor
• Wolfgang Winkler (actor)

Filmmakers

• Ben Winkler (1902–1979), American sound engineer
• Charles Winkler, American film director
• Irwin Winkler (born 1931), American film producer and director
• Johannes Winkler (composer), German film composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer
• Margaret J. Winkler (1895–1990), American animator
• Paul Winkler (director) (born 1939), German film director active in Australia

Athletes

• Alberto Winkler (1932–1981) Italian rower and Olympian
• Dan Winkler (born 1990), American baseball player
• Hans Günter Winkler (1926-2018), German show jumping rider
• Jack Winkler (born 1998), American baseball player
• Konrad Winkler (fencer) (1882–1962), Polish fencer
• Rudy Winkler (born 1994), American Olympic track and field athlete
• Scott Winkler, American Paralympic track and field athlete

Footballers

• Bernhard Winkler (born 1966), German footballer
• Jim Winkler (American football) (1927–2001), American footballer
• Joe Winkler (1922–2001), American football player
• Paul Winkler (footballer) (1913–1996), German soccer player
• Randy Winkler (born 1943), American football player

Winter sportsmen

• Hans-Heinrich Winkler, East German luger
• Harald Winkler (born 1962), Austrian bobsledder
• Kati Winkler (born 1974), German figure skater
• Konrad Winkler (skier) (born 1955), East German Nordic combined skier
• Ronny Winkler (born 1971), German figure skater
• Sieglinde Winkler (born 1966), Austrian alpine skier
• Wolfgang Winkler (luger) (1940-2001), German luger

Other

• Alexander Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gerhard Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gus Winkler (1901-1933), American gangster and associate of Al Capone
• Gustav Winkler (1867–1954), German industrialist
• Harry Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jim Winkler, leading member of the United Methodist Church
• Josef Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mary Winkler (born 1973), American murderer
• Matthew Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people

Politicians

• Clinton McKamy Winkler (1821–1882), American politician and Confederate soldier, namesake of Winkler County, Texas
• Eric Winkler (1920–1995), Canadian politician
• Hermann Winkler (born 1963), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Max Winkler (1875–1961), German Reich Trustee and Reich Commissioner for German Cinema
• Mike Winkler, American politician
• Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), American educator and politician
• Tobias Winkler (born 1978), German politician

Scientists

• Johannes Winkler (1897–1947), German rocket pioneer
• Peter Winkler, American mathematician
• Wilhelm Winkler (1884-1984), Bohemian and Austrian statistician

Life scientists

• Albert J. Winkler (1894–1989), American professor of viticulture
• Hans Winkler (1877–1945), German botanist
• Helmut Gustav Franz Winkler (1915–1980), German geologist
• Hubert Winkler (1875–1941), German botanist
• Malcolm Winkler, American biologist

Physical scientists

• Clemens Winkler (1838–1904), German chemist, discoverer of germanium
• Emil Winkler (1835–1888), German engineer
• Frank Winkler, American astronomer
• Gernot M. R. Winkler (1922-2016), time measurement specialist at USNO
• Lajos Winkler (1863–1939), Hungarian chemist, a.k.a. Ludwig Wilhelm Winkler, who developed Winkler titration
• Rita Winkler, Canadian hydrologist
• Tiberius Cornelis Winkler (1822–1897), Dutch anatomist and paleontologist

Writers and academics

• Angelina Virginia Winkler (1842–1911), American journalist, editor, magazine publisher
• Anthony Winkler Prins (1817-1908), Dutch writer and encyclopedist
• Eugen Gottlob Winkler (1912–1936), German essayist
• Heinrich August Winkler (born 1938), German historian
• John J. Winkler (1943-1990), American philologist and Benedictine monk
• Jonathan Reed Winkler (born 1975), American historian
• Kenneth Winkler (born 1950), American philosopher
• Paul Winkler (publisher) (1898–1982), Jewish-Hungarian journalist, writer, publisher active in France

See also

• Potato Germans
• Winckler