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Köhler Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238). In ...

, literally meaning "

charcoal burner A charcoal burner is someone whose occupation is to manufacture charcoal. Traditionally this is achieved by carbonising wood in a charcoal pile or kiln. Charcoal burning is one of the oldest human crafts. The knowledge gained from this industr ...

". Notable people with the surname include: * Ana Luiza Koehler (born 1977), Brazilian comics artist and architect. *

Arthur Koehler Arthur Koehler (1885–1967) was a chief wood technologist at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, and was important in the development of wood forensics in the 1930s through his role in the investigation of the Lindbergh kidnappi ...

(1885–1967), American investigator notable for his role in the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation *

Bernhard Koehler Bernhard Koehler (born 7 November 1849 in Berlin; died 30 March 1927 in Berlin) was a German industrialist and art collector. Life Koehler, who came from a family of merchants, grew up in Berlin. In 1876, Koehler founded the ''Mechanische Werk ...

(1849–1927), German industrialist and art collector *

Carl-Erik Koehler __NOTOC__ Carl-Erik Koehler (3 December 1895 – 8 December 1958) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Koehler was the grandson of Captain Hubert Dilger, a German-bor ...

(1895–1958), German general during World War II *

Carla Koehler Carla M. Koehler is an American biochemist who is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research considers mitochondria and the processes which import proteins to their appropriate locations in the organelles. She was elec ...

, American biochemist *

Don Koehler Donald A. Koehler (September 1, 1925 – February 26, 1981) is one of 24 known people in medical history to reach a height of or more. He was generally recognized as the tallest living man in the world from at least 1969 until his death in ...

(1925–1981), American recognized as tallest man in the world from 1969 to 1981 * Ernest Koehler (1903–1960), American Olympic racewalker * Florence Koehler (1861–1944), American craftswoman, designer and jeweler *

Frederick Koehler Frederick Koehler (born June 16, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role as Chip Lowell on ''Kate & Allie'' as well as Andrew Schillinger on the HBO drama ''Oz''. Later life After ''Kate & Allie'', Koehler attended Carnegie Mellon U ...

(born 1975), American actor * Garry Koehler (1955–2019), Australian songwriter *

Greg Koehler Greg Koehler (born February 27, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL), with the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2000–01 season. The rest of his career, which lasted fro ...

(born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player for the Bloomington Prairie Thunder in the International Hockey League *

Herman Koehler Herman John Koehler (December 14, 1859 – July 1, 1927) was an American football coach, athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy from 1897 to 1900, compi ...

(1859–1927), American football coach, athletics administrator, and United States Army officer *

Herman Koehler (end) Herman Jules Koehler (July 15, 1873 – September–December 1931) was an American college football player, amateur ice hockey player and outdoorsman. Biography Koehler was born in Upper Montclair, New Jersey on July 15, 1873. Koehler was an ...

(1873–1931), American college football and ice hockey player *

Hugo W. Koehler Hugo William Koehler (July 19, 1886 – June 17, 1941) () was a United States Navy commander, Espionage, secret agent and socialite. Following the First World War, he served as an Office of Naval Intelligence and State Department operative in Rus ...

(1886–1941), American naval officer and special agent during the Russian Civil War * Jack Koehler (1930–2012), German-born American journalist and executive for the Associated Press, who also briefly served as the White House Communications Director *

James Stark Koehler James Stark Koehler (10 November 1914 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin – 19 June 2006 in Urbana, Illinois) was an American physicist, specializing in metal defects and their interactions. He is known for the eponymous Peach-Koehler stress formula. Career ...

(1914– 2006), American physicist, specializing in metal defects and their interactions, known for the eponymous Peach-Koehler stress formula * Ján Koehler (died 1895), Polish operatic baritone * (1860–1931), French zoologist *

Johann Gottfried Koehler Johann, typically a male given name, is the German language, German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin language, Latin form of the Greek language, Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew language, Hebrew name ''Johanan (name ...

(1745–1801), German astronomer who discovered a number of nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies *

Judy Koehler Judy Koehler (born September 20, 1941) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Appellate Court Justice. Illinois House of Representatives Koehler was first elected to the I ...

(born 1941), Republican, former Illinois State Representative, U.S. Senate nominee, 18th Congressional district primary contestant, and losing incumbent to the Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court *

Kyle Koehler Kyle Koehler (born October 5, 1961) is the Representative for the 79th district of the Ohio House of Representatives. Koehler (pronounced "kay-ler") was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio, attended Springfield's Catholic Central High School and ...

(born 1961), American politician, Representative for the 79th district of the Ohio House of Representatives *

Lyle Koehler Lyle P. Koehler (March 6, 1944 – July 30, 2015) was an American historian and author. Early life and education Koehler was born in Sparta, Wisconsin on March 6, 1944, to parents Irene and Lyle Koehler Sr. He attended Black River Falls High Sch ...

(1944–2015). American historian and author *

Marc Koehler Marc Koehler (born 1977, Naarden) is a Dutch architect of Portuguese origin. Koehler studied at the Delft University of Technology and, in 2004, he became a staff member and lecturer at the University's Faculty of Architecture. In 2005, he began ...

(born 1977), Dutch architect *

Maria João Koehler Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player. Koehler has won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world N ...

(born 1992), Portuguese tennis player * Michael Koehler (born 1958), German scientist and diplomat *

Megan Koehler Megan Koehler (born July 18, 1989 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories as Megan Cormier) is a Canadian curler. She is currently the alternate for the Kerry Galusha rink out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife. Career Juniors Koehler ...

(born 1989), Canadian curler *

Otto Koehler Otto Koehler (20 December 1889 - 7 January 1974) was a German zoologist and pioneer Ethology, ethologist. He was a founding editor, along with Konrad Lorenz of the ''Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie'' (Journal of animal psychology) which was later ...

(1889–1974), German zoologist and pioneer ethologist *

Pip Koehler Horace Levering "Pip" Koehler (January 16, 1902 – December 8, 1986) was a Major League Baseball outfielder and professional basketball player. Baseball Koehler played only one season (1925) with the New York Giants. He was a small athlete at ...

(1902–1986), former Major League Baseball outfielder for the 1925 New York Giants *

Paul Koehler Silverstein () is a Canadian Rock music, rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 2000. Their band name is a reference to the famous children's author Shel Silverstein, whom the band had admired and whose work they had read as children. The ...

, drummer in Silverstein, a Canadian straight-edge emo band *

Robert Koehler Robert Koehler (November 28, 1850 – April 23, 1917) was a German-born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States. Biography Koehler was born in Hamburg; his family spelled their name Köhler until they moved ...

, German-born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States of America *

Ted Koehler Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. Life and career Koehler was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C. He started out as a photo-engraver, but w ...

(1894–1973), American lyricist who collaborated with composer Harold Arlen to write for live shows and movies from the 1920s through the 1940s *

Tom Koehler Thomas R. Koehler (born June 29, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Koehler played college baseball at Stony Brook University for the Stony Brook Seawolves and was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 18th round of the 200 ...

(born 1986), American baseball player

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