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, 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, American actor * Josef Kohler, German jurist * Juliane Köhler, 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, South African writer *Peter Kohler, American writer, historian and philanthropist

Kohler family of Wisconsin

* David Kohler, 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, businessman, founder of Kohler Co. * Terry Jodok Kohler, businessman * Walter J. Kohler, Jr., 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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