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 Alan Robert Kohler (born 26 April 1952) is an Australian financial journalist and newspaper editor. He currently writes for his own online financial publication, ''The Constant Investor''. Career In 1969, Kohler began as a cadet on ''The Aust ...

, 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 (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 Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

, 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 Jürgen Kohler (born 6 October 1965) is a World Cup-winning German association football, footballer and Coach (sport), manager, who played as a centre-back. Since 2018, he has been in charge of the youth team of FC Viktoria Köln, Viktoria Köln. ...

, former German football player *

Kaufmann Kohler Kaufmann Kohler (May 10, 1843 – January 28, 1926) was a German-born Jewish American biblical scholar and critic, theologian, Reform rabbi, and contributing editor to numerous articles of ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1906). Life and work Kaufm ...

(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, American lawyer *

Richie Kohler Richie Kohler is an American technical wreck diver and shipwreck historian who has been diving and exploring shipwrecks since 1980. Together with John Chatterton, Kohler was one of the co-hosts of the television series ''Deep Sea Detectives'' on ...

, 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., governor of Wisconsin 1929–1931

Kohler family of Wisconsin

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