Ziegler

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Ziegler is a common German-language surname meaning "brick-maker" and may refer to the following people:

Actors

Daniela Ziegler (born 1948), German actress
Ernst Ziegler (1894–1974), German actor
Joseph Ziegler (actor) (1953–2025), Canadian actor and theatre director
Lulu Ziegler (1903–1973), Danish actress
Mackenzie Ziegler (born 2004), American dancer and actress
Maddie Ziegler (born 2002), American dancer and actress
Matilda Ziegler (born 1964), English actress

Artists

Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959), German painter, favoured by Adolf Hitler
Johann Ziegler (1749–1802), German-Austrian painter and copperplate engraver
Samuel P. Ziegler (1882–1967), American painter, educator, musician
Yvonne Ziegler (1902–1988), French resistance fighter, artist, educator
Zio Ziegler (born 1988), American visual artist and graphic artist

Authors

Alexander Ziegler (German writer) (1822–1887), German writer and economist
Alexander Ziegler (Swiss writer) (1944–1987), Swiss author and actor
Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930), Pennsylvanian poet
Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695–1760), German poet
Jennifer Ziegler, American author
Leopold Ziegler (1881–1958), German philosoph

Fictional characters

Morgan Ziegler, a.k.a. Zitz in the Battletoads series
Toby Ziegler, White House Communications Director in American TV series The West Wing
Angela Ziegler, a.k.a. Mercy in Overwatch
Victor Ziegler, wealthy member of New York's elite in Eyes Wide Shut
Werner Ziegler, German construction engineer in Better Call Saul
Margarethe Ziegler, wife of Werner
Yehezkel Ziegler, Tel Aviv municipality member in Blaumilch Canal

Military

David Ziegler (1748–1811), military officer of the Continental Army, Society of the Cincinnati
Joachim Ziegler (1904–1945), SS-Brigadeführer and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Werner Ziegler (1916–2001), German officer in World War II
William Smith Ziegler (1911–1999), Canadian general in World War II

Musicians

Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer, wife of Webster Booth
Klaus Martin Ziegler (1929–1993), German choral conductor, organist and Protestant church musician
Delores Ziegler (born 1951), American mezzo-soprano
Pablo Ziegler (born 1944), Argentine composer
Adrian von Ziegler (born 1989), Swiss musician

Politicians

A. H. Ziegler (1889–1972), American lawyer and politician
Bridget Ziegler (born 1982), American politician and right-wing activist
Christian Ziegler (politician) (born 1983), American politician
Christin Ziegler (born 1989), German politician
Bob Ziegler (1921–1991), American lawyer and politician, son of A. H. Ziegler
Dagmar Ziegler (born 1960), German politician
Erich Ziegler (1914–2004), German politician and anti-Nazi resistance activist
Justin Ziegler, Canadian politician
Kay-Uwe Ziegler (born 1963), German politician
Maximilian Ziegler (born 1992), German politicians
Ron Ziegler (1939–2003), Richard Nixon's press secretary and assistant to the president

Religion

Albert Ziegler (theologian) (1927–2022), Swiss Roman-Catholic theologian, ethicist and author
Gregorius Thomas Ziegler (1770–1852), Benedictine monk and bishop of Linz
Ignaz Ziegler (1861–1948), Austrian rabbi
Jacob Ziegler (c. 1470 – 1549), German humanist and theologian, itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer
Reuven Ziegler (born 1968), American–Israeli modern orthodox rabbi, author, editor and lecturer
Yael Ziegler (born 1970), American–Israeli modern orthodox author, Tanakh scholar, and educator

Scientists and academics

Albert Ziegler (born 1961), German psychologist and professor
Daniel Ziegler (1804–1876), American clergyman and entomologist
Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician
Heinz Otto Ziegler (1903–1944), German speaking Czech political scientist
Jean Ziegler (1934–2026), Swiss professor of sociology, author and politician, active in the anti-globalization movement
Johann Heinrich Ziegler (1857–1936), Swiss dye chemist
John Bosley Ziegler, American physician who pioneered the athletic use of the steroid Dianabol
Karl Ziegler (1898–1973), German chemist and Nobel laureate
Peter Ziegler (1928–2013), Swiss geologist
Philip Ziegler (1929–2023), British biographer and historian
Regina G. Ziegler, American biochemist and nutritional epidemiologist
Tamar Ziegler (born 1971), Israeli mathematician
Willi Ziegler (1929–2002), a German paleontologist
William Ziegler (1843–1905), American industrialist, co-founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company, Arctic explorer

Sports

Ava Marie Ziegler (born 2006), American figure skater
Brad Ziegler (born 1979), American baseball player
Dave Ziegler (born 1977), American football executive
Edi Ziegler (1930–2020), German road cyclist
Gus Ziegler (1875–1960), American college football coach
John Ziegler Jr. (1934–2018), American lawyer and former president of the National Hockey League
Kate Ziegler (born 1988), American swimmer
Larry Ziegler (born 1939), American golfer
Marc Ziegler (born 1976), German footballer
Patrick Ziegler (born 1990), German-Australian footballer
Reto Ziegler (born 1986), Swiss footballer
Reto Ziegler (curler), Swiss curler
Thomas Ziegler (ice hockey) (born 1978), Swiss hockey player
Thomas Ziegler (cyclist) (born 1980), German road racing cyclist

Technicians

Bernard Ziegler (1933–2021), French, former Airbus director of engineering, son of Henri Ziegler
Hans K. Ziegler (1911–1999), German pioneer in the field of satellite technology

Others

Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer (born Irene Eastwood)
Christian Ziegler (fl. 2000s–2020s), German photojournalist
Elizabeth Ziegler (1854–1942), Canadian schoolteacher
Henri Ziegler (1906–1998), French, Airbus first CEO
John Ziegler (talk show host) (born 1967), radio talk show host in Los Angeles
Mary Ziegler (born 1982), American legal historian
Mel Ziegler and Patricia Ziegler, American businesspeople
Regina Ziegler (born 1944), German producer
Garrett Ziegler, American political aide

Other uses

Ziegler, Wisconsin, ghost town, United States
Ziegler House (Ketchikan, Alaska), NRHP-listed in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, associated with A. H. and Bob Ziegler
Ziegler–Natta catalyst, chemical reagent named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, graduate program at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles
Ziegler Cray Y-MP M90 NSA supercomputer, now at National Cryptologic Museum
Ziegler & Co., manufacturer and distributor of Persian carpets
Zig Ziglar, American personality

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