Tobler is a surname originating in
Germany
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. Brought over through
Ellis Island
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, the family carrying this name is now common in the
United States
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.
This family line also is responsible for the invention of
Toblerone
Toblerone ( , ) is a Swiss chocolate brand produced in Bern. Toblerone is known for its distinctive shape, a series of joined triangular prisms and lettering engraved in the chocolate.
Since 2012, the brand has been owned by US company Mondele ...
chocolate (a crunchy, triangular chocolate bar created by a Tobler family in Switzerland).
People with the name
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Adolf Tobler
Adolf Tobler (24 May 1835 – 18 March 1910) was a Swiss-German linguist and philologist. Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was the brother of linguist Ludwig Tobler (1827–1895). Adolf Tobler died in Berlin, Germany.
He studied R ...
(1835–1910), a Swiss-German linguist and philologist
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Anna Maria Tobler (1882–1935), a Swiss painter
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Douglas F. Tobler (born c. 1936), an emeritus professor of German and Holocaust history
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Johann Heinrich Tobler
Johann Heinrich Tobler (1777–1838) was a Swiss singer and composer of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, active in the formative period of Switzerland as a federal state.
Born in Trogen as the son of a butcher, he worked as ''Modelstecher'' (craftsman ...
(1777–1838), a Swiss singer and composer
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John Tobler
John Hugen Tobler (born 9 May 1943) is a British rock music journalist, writer, occasional broadcaster, and record company executive.
With Pete Frame, he was one of the founders of ZigZag magazine in April 1969. The magazine focused on the " un ...
(born 1943), a British rock music journalist
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Li Tobler (1948–1975), a Swiss stage actress
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Ludwig Tobler (1827–1895), a Swiss linguist and folklorist, and the older brother of Adolf Tobler
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Nick Tobler, American TikToker
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Robert Tobler (1901–1962), a far-right Swiss politician
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Ryan Tobler
Ryan Tobler (born May 13, 1976) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger who played four games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2001–02 NHL season, 2001–02 ...
(born 1976), a Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Theodor Tobler
Theodor Tobler (24 January 1876 – 4 May 1941) was a Swiss chocolatier and businessman, best known as the creator, along with Emil Baumann, of the Swiss chocolate brand Toblerone.
Early life
Tobler was born on 24 January 1876 in Bern to Johann ...
(1876–1941), a Swiss chocolatier who co-created Toblerone chocolate
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Titus Tobler
Titus Tobler (25 July 1806 – 21 January 1877) was a Swiss Oriental scholar.
Biography
Tobler was born on 25 July 1806 in Stein, Appenzell, Switzerland. He studied and practised medicine. He travelled to Palestine and, after taking part in the ...
(1806–1877), a Swiss Oriental scholar
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Waldo R. Tobler
Waldo Rudolph Tobler (November 16, 1930 – February 20, 2018) was an American- Swiss geographer and cartographer. Tobler's idea that "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things" is referred ...
(born 1930), an American-Swiss geographer and cartographer
References
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