Ziegler is a common German-language surname meaning "brick-maker" and may refer to the following people:

Actors

* Ernst Ziegler (1894–1974), German actor *

Lulu Ziegler Karen Margrete Maria (Lulu) Ziegler (1903–1973) was a Danish actress, singer and theatre director who was active in both Denmark and Sweden. She gained fame as a cabaret singer in the 1930s, enchanting her audiences in her own expressive style. I ...

(1903–1973), Danish actress * Matilda Ziegler (born 1964), English actress * Maddie Ziegler (born 2002), American dancer and actress * Mackenzie Ziegler (born 2004), American dancer and actress

Authors

Calvin Ziegler Charles Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930) was a German-American poet from Rebersburg, Pennsylvania. His native language was Pennsylvania Dutch, and although he learned English in school, he wrote his poetry in the Pennsylvania Dutch language. He is ...

(1854–1930), Pennsylvanian poet * Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695–1760), German poet

Fictional characters

Morgan Ziegler The Battletoads named Rash, Pimple and Zitz; also collectively known as the 'Toads, are the titular player characters in the ''Battletoads'' video game series, introduced in the original ''Battletoads (1991 video game), Battletoads'' in 1991. They ...

, a.k.a. Zitz in the '' Battletoads'' series *

Toby Ziegler Tobias "Toby" Zachary Ziegler is a fictional character in the television serial drama ''The West Wing'', played by Richard Schiff. The role of Toby Ziegler earned actor Richard Schiff the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor i ...

, White House Communications Director in American TV series The West Wing *Angela Ziegler, a.k.a. Mercy in ''Overwatch'' *Victor Ziegler, wealthy member of New York's elite in ''

Eyes Wide Shut ''Eyes Wide Shut'' is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella '' Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story'') by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's sett ...

'' * Werner Ziegler, German construction engineer in ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...

Military

David Ziegler David Ziegler (July 13, 1748 – September 24, 1811) was a German immigrant to the United States who served in the U.S. military and became the first mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Early life and career Johann David Ziegler was born in Heidelberg ...

(1748–1811), military officer of the Continental Army,

Society of the Cincinnati The Society of the Cincinnati is a fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. Membership is largely restricted to descendants of military officers wh ...

Joachim Ziegler Joachim Ziegler (2 October 1904 – 2 May 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the SS Division Nordland, and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak ...

(1904–1945), SS-Brigadeführer and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves *

William Smith Ziegler William Smith (Bill) Ziegler CBE, DSO, ED ( Calgary, 5 April 1911 – 1999) was a Canadian General officer active in World War II. Ziegler was born in Calgary, Alberta. His mother took him to Edmonton after the death of his father in 1925. H ...

(1911–1999), Canadian general in World War II

Musicians

* Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer, wife of Webster Booth *

Klaus Martin Ziegler Klaus Martin Ziegler (23 February 1929 – 22 September 1993) was a German choral conductor, organist and Protestant church musician. Career Ziegler was born in Freiburg. He studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe and matriculated f ...

(1929–1993), German choral conductor, organist and Protestant church musician *

Adrian von Ziegler Adrian von Ziegler (; born 25 December 1989) is a Swiss composer from Zürich. He gained popularity on the video-sharing website YouTube, where his channel has over 1,000,000 subscribers as of May 2021. He composes instrumental music with a va ...

(born 1989), Swiss musician

Politicians

* A. H. Ziegler (1889–1972), American lawyer and politician *

Bob Ziegler state Alaska Robert Holton Ziegler, Sr. (March 27, 1921 – September 29, 1991) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ziegler served in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War II. He then received his l ...

(1921–1991), American lawyer and politician, son of A. H. Ziegler * Dagmar Ziegler (born 1960), German politician *

Erich Ziegler Erich Ziegler (February 20, 1914 – May 6, 2004) was a German politician and resistance activist. He was active in the "Heinz Kapelle Group" during the 1930s. After the war, Ziegler was a prominent leader of the Socialist Unity Party of West Be ...

(1914–2004), German politician and anti-Nazi resistance activist *

Kay-Uwe Ziegler Kay-Uwe Ziegler (born 27 October 1963) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany, AfD and since 2021 a member of the Bundestag, the federal diet. Life and politics Ziegler was born 1963 in the East German city of Eisenach. Ziegler w ...

(born 1963), German politician * Ron Ziegler (1939–2003), Richard Nixon's press secretary and assistant to the president

Religion

Gregorius Thomas Ziegler Gregorius Thomas Ziegler, bishop of Linz (March 7, 1770 – April 15, 1852), was born at Kirchheim in Schwaben near Augsburg. He joined the Benedictines at Wiblingen Abbey in 1788 and was ordained priest on 25 May 1793. He taught in various ...

(1770–1852), Benedictine monk and bishop of Linz *

Ignaz Ziegler Ignaz Ziegler ( hu, Ziegler Ignác; 29 September 1861 in Dolný Kubín, then Hungary – 1948) was an Austrian-Czech rabbi, chief rabbi of Karlovy Vary. He was educated at the Budapest University of Jewish Studies and at the University of Buda ...

(1861–1948), Austrian rabbi *

Jacob Ziegler The humanist and theologian Jacob Ziegler (c. 1470/71 — August 1549) of Landau in Bavaria, was an itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer, who lived a wandering life in Europe. He studied at the University of Ingolstadt, then spent some ...

(c. 1470 – 1549), German humanist and theologian, itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer

Scientists and academics

Daniel Ziegler Rev. Daniel Ziegler (June 11, 1804 Reading, Pennsylvania – May 23, 1876 York, Pennsylvania) was a minister in Kreutz Creek and York, Pennsylvania, and also an avid entomologist. He was a friend of Dr. Frederick Ernst Melsheimer (1782–18 ...

(1804–1876), American clergyman and entomologist *

Günter M. Ziegler Günter Matthias Ziegler (born 19 May 1963) is a German mathematician who has been serving as president of the Free University of Berlin since 2018. Ziegler is known for his research in discrete mathematics and geometry, and particularly on the ...

(born 1963), German mathematician * Heinz Otto Ziegler (1903–1944), German speaking Czech political scientist * Jean Ziegler (born 1934), Swiss professor of sociology and politician, active in the anti-globalization movement *

John Bosley Ziegler John Bosley Ziegler (''ca.'' 1920–1983) — known as John Ziegler and Montana Jack — was the American physician who originally developed the anabolic steroid Methandrostenolone (Dianabol, DBOL) which was released in the USA in 1958 ...

, American physician who pioneered the athletic use of the steroid Dianabol *

Karl Ziegler Karl Waldemar Ziegler (26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds ...

(1898–1973), German chemist and Nobel laureate *

Peter Ziegler Peter Alfred Ziegler (2 November 1928 – 19 July 2013) was a Swiss geologist, who made contributions to the understanding of the geological evolution of Europe and the North Atlantic borderlands, of intraplate tectonics and of plate tectoni ...

(1928–2013), Swiss geologist *

Philip Ziegler Philip Sandeman Ziegler (born 24 December 1929) is a British biographer and historian. Background Born in Ringwood, Hampshire, Ziegler was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, and went with the school when it merged with Summer Field ...

(born 1929), British biographer and historian *

Regina G. Ziegler Regina Gale Ziegler is an American biochemist and nutritional epidemiologist who researched dietary, nutritional, anthropometric, and hormonal determinants of cancer risk. She was a senior investigator in the National Cancer Institute's epidemio ...

, American biochemist and nutritional epidemiologist *

Tamar Ziegler Tamar Debora Ziegler (; born 1971) is an Israeli mathematician known for her work in ergodic theory, combinatorics and number theory. She holds the Henry and Manya Noskwith Chair of Mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Heb ...

(born 1971), Israeli mathematician *

Willi Ziegler Willi Ziegler (born 13 March 1929 in the neighborhood of Villingen in Hungen, Hessen; died 8 August 2002) was a German paleontologist. Works In 1969, he described the conodont genus ''Protognathodus''. In 1984, with Charles A. Sandberg, he d ...

(1929–2002), a German paleontologist *

William Ziegler William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

(1843–1905), American industrialist, co-founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company, Arctic explorer

Sports

* Brad Ziegler (born 1979), American baseball player * Edi Ziegler (1930–2020), German road cyclist * Gus Ziegler (1875–1960), American college football coach *

John Ziegler Jr. John Augustus Ziegler Jr. (February 9, 1934 – October 25, 2018) was an American lawyer and ice hockey executive. Upon succeeding Clarence Campbell in 1977, he became the fourth president of the National Hockey League. Ziegler served as league ...

(1934–2018), American lawyer and former president of the National Hockey League *

Kate Ziegler Kate Marie Ziegler (born June 27, 1988) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle and long-distance events. Ziegler has won a total of fifteen medals in major international competition, including eight golds, five silvers ...

(born 1988), American swimmer * Larry Ziegler (born 1939), American golfer *

Marc Ziegler Marc Ziegler (born 13 June 1976) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He appeared in 103 Bundesliga games over the course of 14 seasons, mainly at the ser ...

(born 1976), German footballer *

Reto Ziegler Reto Pirmin Ziegler (born 16 January 1986) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss Super League club Sion. Ziegler has played top-flight football in seven different countries. He earned 35 international caps for ...

(born 1986), Swiss footballer *

Reto Ziegler (curler) Reto Ziegler is a Swiss curler. At the national level, he is a two-time Swiss men's champion curler (1995, 1998). (Note: before 2002 line-ups shows in ''reverse'' order: lead, second, third, skip) Teams References External links * L ...

, Swiss curler * Thomas Ziegler (ice hockey) (born 1978), Swiss hockey player *

Thomas Ziegler (cyclist) Thomas Ziegler (born November 24, 1980, in Arnstadt) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In early 2008, at the age of 27, he announced that he retired from professional cycling to open a bike shop in Hannover, where he currently li ...

(born 1980), German road racing cyclist

Technicians

* Bernard Ziegler (1933–2021), French, former Airbus director of engineering, son of Henri Ziegler * Hans K. Ziegler (1911–1999), German pioneer in the field of satellite technology

Others

Adolf Ziegler Adolf Ziegler (16 October 1892 – 11 September 1959) was a German painter and politician. He was tasked by the Nazi Party to oversee the purging of what the Party described as "degenerate art", by most of the German modern artists. He was Hi ...

(1892–1959), German painter, favoured by Adolf Hitler * Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer (born Irene Eastwood) *

Christian Ziegler Christian Ziegler is a German photojournalist, BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2005, and regular contributor to National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic. He is known for his photography at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Insti ...

, German photojournalist *

Elizabeth Ziegler Elizabeth Ziegler (September15, 1854November3, 1942) was a Canadian educator. She is the namesake of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School in Waterloo, Ontario and is a member of the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. Early life and education Ziegler was ...

(1854–1942), Canadian schoolteacher *

Henri Ziegler Henri Ziegler CVO, CBE (18 November 1906 in Limoges – 24 July 1998, in Paris) was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president. Life and legacy An engineer, graduate of the École Polytechnique and of "Sup'Aéro" (the national ae ...

(1906–1998), French, Airbus first CEO *

John Ziegler (talk show host) John Ziegler (born March 28, 1967) is a former radio program host, documentary film writer/director, and conservative journalist. He was the evening (7-10 PM) host of a radio talk show called ''The John Ziegler Show'' on KFI AM 640 in Los Angele ...

(born 1967), radio talk show host in Los Angeles * Pablo Ziegler (born 1944), Argentine composer

Other uses

* Ziegler, Wisconsin, ghost town, United States * Ziegler House (Ketchikan, Alaska), NRHP-listed in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, associated with A. H. and Bob Ziegler * Ziegler–Natta catalyst, chemical reagent named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta * Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, graduate program at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles *Ziegler

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* Ziegler & Co., manufacturer and distributor of Persian carpets * Zig Ziglar, American personality {{surname Occupational surnames German-language surnames