Kohler is a surname of German origin. The name was first found in Saxony. It means, "charcoal burner" so the first "Kohlers" were most likely of that occupation. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Kohler, Australian journalist *

Anton Kohler Anton Kohler (c. 1907 – 7 September 1961) was a German chess player from Munich. In 1937 he shared 3rd in Stadtprozelten / Main, and took 12th in Bad Oeynhausen (4th GER-ch, Georg Kieninger won). In 1938 he won in Heilbronn, and tied for 8–9 ...

, German chess player *

Berthold Kohler Berthold Kohler (born 29 December 1961 in Marktredwitz) is a German journalist and one of the four publishers of the leading conservative German newspaper '' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung''. After the study of political science at the University o ...

(born 1961), German journalist *

Charles-Amédée Kohler Charles-Amédée Kohler (born Charles-Gottlieb Kohler; 15 June 1790 – 15 September 1874) was a Swiss chocolatier and entrepreneur who founded Chocolat Kohler. He notably invented hazelnut chocolate, in his factory opened in 1830 in Lausanne. ...

(1790-1874), Swiss chocolate maker * Ernesto Kohler, flautist and composer 1849-1907 *

Fred Kohler Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. ...

, American actor *

Josef Kohler Josef Kohler (9 March 1849 – 3 August 1919) was a German jurist, author and poet. Biography Kohler was born in Offenburg. He studied at Offenburg and Rastatt gymnasiums and Freiburg and Heidelberg universities. He became Doctor of Laws (1873) a ...

, German jurist *

Juliane Köhler Juliane Köhler (born 6 August 1965) is a German theatre, television and film actress. She was born in Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (polit ...

, German actress * Jürgen Kohler, former German football player * Kaufmann Kohler (1843-1926), Reform rabbi *

Klaus J. Kohler Klaus J. Kohler (; born 1935 in Karlsruhe) is a German phonetician Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specia ...

, German phonetician *

Max J. Kohler Max James Kohler (May 22, 1871 – July 23, 1934) was a Jewish-American lawyer, immigration activist, and historian from New York. Life Kohler was born on May 22, 1871, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Kaufmann Kohler and Johanna Einhorn. His ...

, American lawyer * Richie Kohler, shipwreck diver and historian *

Sheila Kohler Sheila Kohler (born 13 November 1941) is a South African author now living in the United States and the author of ten novels (including '' Cracks'' which was adapted into a 2009 film of the same name), and three short story collections. Her writi ...

, South African writer *Peter Kohler, American writer, historian and philanthropist

Kohler family of Wisconsin

David Kohler Karger David Kohler (born June 9, 1966) is an American businessman, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Kohler Company and the fourth generation of the Kohler family of Wisconsin to lead the company since its inception in 1873. ...

, businessman, President and CEO of

Kohler Co. Kohler Co., founded in 1873 by John Michael Kohler, is an American manufacturing company based in Kohler, Wisconsin. Kohler is best known for its plumbing products, but the company also manufactures furniture, cabinetry, tile, engines, and g ...

Herbert Kohler, Jr. Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr. (February 20, 1939 – September 3, 2022) was an American billionaire businessman, a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, and the executive chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing and hospitality compan ...

, businessman, Chairman of Kohler Co. *

John Michael Kohler John Michael Kohler II (November 3, 1844 – November 5, 1900) was member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and was a prosperous industrialist and mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Kohler founded what later became known as the Kohler Company, a la ...

, businessman, founder of Kohler Co. *

Terry Jodok Kohler Terry Kohler (May 14, 1934 – September 20, 2016) was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and an American businessman, Wisconsin Republican Party leader, sportsman, philanthropist, and conservationist. Early life Terry Kohler was born ...

, businessman *

Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. (April 4, 1904 – March 21, 1976) was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and was the 33rd Governor of Wisconsin, serving three terms from 1951 to 1957. He was a leading figure in state and national Republican Pa ...

, governor of Wisconsin 1951–1957 *

Walter J. Kohler, Sr. Walter Jodok Kohler Sr., (March 3, 1875April 21, 1940) was an American businessman and politician from the Kohler family of Wisconsin. He was an innovative and highly successful Wisconsin industrialist. The Kohler Company was founded by his fath ...

, governor of Wisconsin 1929–1931

Kohler family of Wisconsin

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