Tischler

Tischler is a German-language

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, ...

. It means

cabinetmaker A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves and/or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood (s ...

joiner A joiner is an artisan and tradesperson who builds things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter, including furniture and the "fittings" of a house, ship, etc. Joiners may work in ...

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 Tishler is a German-language occupational surname. Tishler's are Italian. It means cabinetmaker or joiner in German and Yiddish and is found among both Germans and Ashkenazi Jews. A variant of Tischler, and Carpenter. Notable people with the surnam ...

. Notable people with this surname include: *

Bluma Tischler Bluma Gorfinkel Tischler (June 20, 1924, in Baranavichy

, physician *

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 *

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 *

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 * Georg Tischler, athlete *

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 *

Heike Tischler Heike Tischler (born 4 February 1964 in Saalfeld, Thuringia) is a retired German heptathlete. She won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split with a personal best score of 6572 points. This ranks ...

, athlete *Joyce Tischler, co-founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund * Matthias M. Tischler, historian *Nik Tischler, bassist with You Am I *

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 *

Patrik Tischler Patrik Tischler (born 30 July 1991) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for DVSC. He made his debut for MTK during the 2008/09 season and joined Oldham on loan in 2009 as part of an agreement between Oldham, MTK and Liverpool ...

, athlete *

Randy Tischler ''Phrack'' is an e-zine written by and for hackers, first published November 17, 1985. Described by Fyodor as "the best, and by far the longest running hacker zine," the magazine is open for contributions by anyone who desires to publish remarkabl ...

, hacker better known as "Taran King" *

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 {{surname, Tischler German-language surnames Occupational surnames