Zeidler is a German occupational surname meaning "
Beekeeper
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"Zeidler"
/ref> Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Zeidler (born 1909), German SS concentration camp commandant
*Carl Zeidler
Carl Frederick Zeidler (January 4, 1908 – December 11, 1942) was an American politician and the mayor of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1940 to 1942, winning election by unseating six-term Socialist mayor Dan Hoan. After just two year ...
(1908–1942), American mayor
* David Zeidler (1918–1998), Australian chemist and industrialist
* Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler (1926–2022), German-Canadian architect
* Eberhard Hermann Erich Zeidler (1940–2016), German mathematician
*Frank Zeidler
Frank Paul Zeidler (September 20, 1912 – July 7, 2006) was an American socialist politician and mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving three terms from April 20, 1948, to April 18, 1960. Zeidler, a member of the Socialist Party of America, i ...
(1912–2006), American politician
*Judith Zeidler
Judith Ungemach ( Zeidler, born 11 May 1968) is a German-Australian world champion rower and Olympic gold and bronze medalist.
Early life and education
Zeidler was born in Beeskow, Brandenburg. She started rowing at the age of thirteen at the E ...
(born 1968), German rower
*Othmar Zeidler
Othmar Zeidler (29 August 1850 – 17 June 1911)Though many sources mention 1859 as Zeidler's year of birth, this would make him a mere 14 years old at the time of his dissertation in 1873. The 1859 birth yeawas usedby Joseph S. Fruton, in his ''C ...
(1850–1911), Austrian chemist
*Peter Zeidler
Peter Zeidler (born 8 August 1962) is a German football manager who manages Swiss club St. Gallen.
Coaching career
Zeidler started his coaching career with VfR Aalen in 2002 and was appointed manager of 1. FC Nürnberg II three years later. Follo ...
(born 1962), German football manager
*Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler
Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler (1657 – c. 1706) was a German poet.
In 1686 Zeidler published ''Jungferlicher Zeitvertreiber'' (Pastime for Virgins), a collection of poems.
Along with other German women writers of Baroque style like Anna Ovena Hoye ...
(1657–c. 1706), German poet
* Wolfgang Zeidler (1924–1987), German legal scholar and judge
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German-language surnames