Tischler is a German-language
occupational surname
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. It means
cabinetmaker
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or
joiner
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in German and Yiddish and is found among both Germans and
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
. A variant is
Tishler.
Notable people with this surname include:
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Bluma Tischler, physician
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Bob Tischler
Robert Tischler is an American television writer, audio engineer and television producer. Tischler engineered the National Lampoon's first comedy album and with Michael O'Donoghue co-created and produced the National Lampoon Radio Hour. A frien ...
, television producer
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Emil Tischler
Emil Tischler (born 13 March 1998) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Pardubice in the Czech First League.
International career
Born in Austria, Tischler has represented both Austria and the Czech ...
, Czech footballer
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Friedrich Tischler
Friedrich Tischler (2 June 1881 – 29 January 1945) was a German lawyer and ornithologist who studied the birds of East Prussia and published a two volume work on them. He was working on another major work which was destroyed during the Second W ...
, ornithologist
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Georg Tischler, athlete
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Hans Tischler
Hans Tischler (January 18, 1915 in Vienna – November 18, 2010 in Bloomington) was an American musicologist and composer with Austrian origins.
Career
Tischler completed his first PhD in musicology from the University of Vienna with the dis ...
(1915 - 2010), American musicologist and composer
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Heike Tischler, athlete
*Joyce Tischler, co-founder of the
Animal Legal Defense Fund
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Matthias M. Tischler, historian
*Nik Tischler, bassist with
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted ...
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Patrick Tischler
Patrick Tischler (born 20 February 1987) is an Austrian association football, footballer. He left Austrian Football Bundesliga, Austrian Bundesliga club FC Admira Wacker Mödling, Admira Wacker by mutual consent in February 2014 to pursue vocatio ...
, athlete
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Patrik Tischler, athlete
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Randy Tischler
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, hacker better known as "Taran King"
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Stanford Tischler
Stanford Tischler (December 25, 1921, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – January 15, 2014) was an American film editor and producer.
His first recorded credit as an editor was for '' The Bigamist'' (1953), but he was also the sound effects editor ...
(1921-2014), American filmmaker
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German-language surnames
Occupational surnames