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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. ''Mahler'' was a variant spelling of ''Maler'' ("painter"), particularly a stained glass painter.Mahler
in the Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press The name most often refers to Gustav Mahler, Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor. His family included: *

Alma Mahler-Werfel Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite. At 15, she was mentored by Max Burckhard. Musically active from her early year ...

(1879–1964), Austrian socialite and wife of, successively, Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel *

Anna Mahler Anna Justine Mahler (15 June 1904 – 3 June 1988) was an Austrian sculptor. Early life Born in Vienna, Anna Mahler was the second child of the composer Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma Schindler. They nicknamed her 'Gucki' on account of her ...

(1904–1988), Austrian-UK sculptor, daughter of Gustav and Alma Mahler * Fritz Mahler (1901–1973), Austrian conductor, and cousin once removed of Gustav Mahler * Otto Mahler (1873–1895), Bohemian-Austrian musician and youngest brother of Gustav Mahler * Joseph Mahler (1900–1981), inventor of the

Vectograph A vectograph is a type of stereoscopic print or transparency viewed by using the polarized 3D glasses most commonly associated with projected 3D motion pictures. Credit for the concept of the vectograph is due to Joseph Mahler, cousin of composer a ...

stereoscopic technique, cousin of Gustav Mahler * Zdeněk Mahler (1936–2018), Czech pedagogue, writer, publicist and musicologist, distantly related with Gustav Mahler Other people named Mahler include: * Arthur Mahler (1871–1944), Austrian archeologist *

Bruce Mahler Bruce Mahler (born September 12, 1950) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for his role as Sgt. Fackler in the comedy films ''Police Academy'', and as Rabbi Glickman on the sitcom '' Seinfeld''. Biography Mahler was born on ...

(born 1950), American actor * Eduard Mahler (1857–1945), Hungarian-Austrian orientalist, astronomer, natural scientist * Gregory Mahler (born 1950), American political scientist * Henry Mahler (1921–1983), Austrian-American biochemist * Halfdan T. Mahler (1923–2016), Danish physician * Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), German writer *

Horst Mahler Horst Mahler (born 23 January 1936) is a German former lawyer and political activist. He once was a far-left militant and a founding member of the Red Army Faction who later became a Maoist, before switching to neo-Nazism. Between 2000 and 200 ...

(born 1936), German lawyer and political extremist *

Kurt Mahler Kurt Mahler FRS (26 July 1903, Krefeld, Germany – 25 February 1988, Canberra, Australia) was a German mathematician who worked in the fields of transcendental number theory, diophantine approximation, ''p''-adic analysis, and the geometry of ...

(1903–1988), German-British mathematician * Leslie Mahler (1970-), American genealogist, FASG *

Margaret Mahler Margaret Schönberger Mahler (May 10, 1897 in Ödenburg, Austria-Hungary; October 2, 1985 in New York) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and pediatrician. She did pioneering work in the field of infant and young child ...

(1897–1985), Hungarian psychoanalytic child psychologist * Mickey Mahler (born 1952), American baseball player * Nicolas Mahler (born 1969) Austrian artist *

Raphael Mahler Raphael Mahler (August 15, 1899 – October 4, 1977) was a Galician-born Jewish historian who worked in Poland, America, and Israel. Life Mahler was born on August 15, 1899 in Nowy Sącz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, the son of a scholarly and busi ...

(1899–1977), Jewish historian from Poland, America, and Israel * Rick Mahler (1953–2005), American baseball player * Thomas Mahler, Austrian game developer and founder of

Moon Studios Moon Studios GmbH is an Austrian independent video game developer founded in 2010. They are best known for their 2015 title '' Ori and the Blind Forest'', for which the studio was awarded the Best Debut award at the 2016 Game Developers Choice ...

* Vincent A. Mahler (born 1949), American political scientist

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