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

Contents

• Artists and entertainers
• Actors
• Filmmakers
• Athletes
• Footballers
• Winter sportsmen
• Other
• Politicians
• Scientists
• Life scientists
• Physical scientists
• Writers and academics
• See also

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

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

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

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

Surname list

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