Gunter or Günter may refer to: *

Gunter rig Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a Fore-and-aft rig, fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to ...

, a type of sailing rig, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States * the former German name of the village of Gintro, in northern Poland

People

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* Archibald Clavering Gunter, his ''Home Publishing Company'' published Gunter's Magazine (1905–1907) * Chris Gunter (born 1989), Welsh footballer with Cardiff City, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest and Reading * Cornell Gunter (1936–1990), American R&B singer, brother of Shirley Gunter * David Gunter (1933–2005), English footballer with Southampton, brother of Phil Gunter *

Edmund Gunter Edmund Gunter (158110 December 1626), was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions, which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the #Gunter's q ...

(1581–1626), British mathematician and inventor, known for: ** Gunter's chain ** Gunter's rule * James Gunter (1745–1819), English confectioner, fruit grower and scientific gardener * Jen Gunter (born 1966), Canadian-American gynecologist & author * Gordon Gunter (1909–1998), American marine biologist and fisheries scientist * Matthew Alan Gunter (born 1957), United States Episcopal bishop * Phil Gunter (1932–2007), English footballer with Portsmouth and Aldershot, brother of David (1933–2005) * Ray Gunter (1909–1977), British Labour Party politician * Sir

Robert Gunter Sir Robert Gunter, 1st Baronet (2 November 1831 – 17 September 1905) was a British Army officer, property developer and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commo ...

(1831–1905), British army officer, property developer and politician * Shirley Gunter (1934–2015), American R&B singer, sister of Cornell Gunter * Sibylle Günter (born 1964), German theoretical physicist

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* Günter Abel (born 1947), German philosopher and former professor *

Günter Altner Günter Altner (20 September 1936 – 6 December 2011) was a German interdisciplinary active scientist, biologist, Protestant theologian, ecologist, environmentalist, writer and lecturer. Altner had briefly been a professor of human biology at ...

(1936–2011), German interdisciplinary active scientist, biologist, Protestant theologian, ecologist, environmentalist, writer, and lecturer *

Günter Ambraß Günter Ambraß (born 16 September 1955) is a retired East German weightlifter who competed in the lightweight category. He won one silver and two bronze medals at three world and European championships in 1978, 1979 and 1980. He finished in fourt ...

(born 1955), East German weightlifter *

Günter Anderl Günter Anderl (11 January 1947 – 10 October 2015) was an Austrian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was the 1968 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, 1969 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and a three-time Austrian national champi ...

(1947–2015), Austrian figure skater *

Günter Asser Günter Asser (26 February 1926, Berlin – 23 March 2015) was a professor emeritus of logic and mathematics at the University of Greifswald. He published numerous volumes on philosophers and mathematicians. His own research was in computabili ...

(1926–2015), German professor emeritus of logic and mathematics *

Günter Bartusch Günter Bartusch (April 13, 1943 – July 8, 1971) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the former East Germany. His best year was in 1970 when he rode for the MZ factory racing team to finish the season in eighth place in the 350cc wor ...

(1943–1971), East German motorcycle road racer *

Günter Baum Günter Baum (born 1960) is an openly gay man, who founded two Christian ministries in Germany. The first organization which Baum founded was Wüstenstrom, which is part of the ex-gay movement. The organization's program was originally based o ...

(born 1960), German politician and LGBT rights activist *

Günter Baumann Günter Helmut Baumann (born 1 August 1947 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony) is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), CDU. An engineer by profession, Baumann has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union (E ...

(born 1947), German politician *

Günter Behnisch Günter Behnisch (12 June 1922 – 12 July 2010) was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. During the Second World War he became one of Germany's youngest submarine commanders. Subsequently, Behnisch became one of the most prominent ...

(1922–2010), German architect *

Günter Beier Günter Beier (born 2 March 1942) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an inter ...

(born 1942), German gymnast *

Günter Benkö Günter Benkö (born 12 July 1955 in Oberwart, Burgenland) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Austria, best known for supervising two matches during the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. He also led two matches at the 2000 UEFA European ...

(born 1955), Austrian football (soccer) referee * Günter Benser (1931–2025), German Marxist historian * Günter Bentele (born 1948), German semiotician * Günter Bergau (born 1939), German rower * Günter Bernard (born 1939), German professional footballer * Günter Bialas (1907–1995), German composer * Günter Bischof (born 1953), Austrian-American historian and professor *

Günter Bittengel Günter Bittengel (born 14 July 1966) is a Czech football coach and former player. He played as a striker in the Czechoslovak First League and went on to play in the Czech First League after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. As a result, he al ...

(born 1966), Czech football (soccer) coach and former player * Günter Böckle (born 1949), German software engineer and project manager * Günter Böhme (politician, born 1925) (1925–2006), German politician * Günter Böttcher (1954–2012), West German handball player * Günter Breithardt (born 1944), German physician, cardiologist, and emeritus professor * Günter Breitzke (born 1967), German footballer * Günter Bresnik (born 1961), Austrian tennis coach * Gunter Brewer (born 1964), American football coach * Günter Brocker (1925–2015), German footballer and later manager * Günter Brümmer (1933–2020), West German slalom canoeist * Günter Brus (1938–2024), Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker, and writer * Günter Busarello (1960–1985), Austrian wrestler * Günter Busch (1930–2006), German footballer * Günter Burg (born 1941), German dermatologist * Günter Burghard (1942–2022), Austrian ice hockey player * Günter Burghardt, European civil servant to the United States * Günter Bust (1930–2005), German music educator and composer * Gunter Christmann (1936–2013), German-born Australian painter * Gunter d'Alquen (1910–1998), German journalist, propagandist, and author * Günter de Bruyn (1926–2020), German author * Günter Deckert (1940–2022), German far-right political activist * Günter Deckert (nordic combined) (1950–2005), East German nordic combined skier *

Gunter Demnig Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947) is a German artist. He is best known for his ''Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani people, Romani and the disabled. The project ...

(born 1947), German artist * Günter Deuble, West German slalom canoeist * Günter Dohrow (1927–2008), German middle-distance runner * Günter Dreibrodt (born 1951), East German handball player * Günter Drews (born 1967), German footballer * Günter Dreyer (1943–2019), German Egyptologist * Günter Dyhrenfurth (1886–1975), German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and Himalayan explorer * Günter Eich (1907–1972), German lyricist, dramatist, and author * Günter Faltin (born 1944), German economist and entrepreneur * Gunter Faure, American geochemist * Günter Felke (1929–2005), German furniture manufacturer, numismatist, and patron of culture * Günter Flauger (born 1936), German skier * Günter Friesenbichler (born 1979), Austrian footballer * Günter Fronius (1907–2015), Austrian entrepreneur * Günter Fronzeck (born 1937), German footballer * Günter Fruhtrunk (1923–1982), German geometric abstract painter and printmaker * Gunter Gabriel (1942–2017), German singer, musician, and composer * Günter Gaus (1929–2004), German political journalist, commentator, television interviewer, diplomat, and “government fixer” * Günter Gerhard Lange (1921–2008), German typographer, teacher, and type designer * Günter Glende (1918–2004), East German party official * Günter Grasmück, member of Opus (Austrian band) *

Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gda ...

(1927–2015), German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and literature prize recipient * Günter Graulich (born 1926), German church musician and music publisher * Günter Grönbold (born 1943), German Indologist and Tibetologist * Günter Grosswig, East German slalom canoeist * Günter Guillaume (1927–1995), German spy * Günter Güttler (born 1961), German footballer and manager * Günter Habig (born 1964), German footballer * Gunter Hadwiger (1949–2021), Austrian politician * Günter Halm (1922–2017), German infantryman * Gunter Hampel (born 1937), German jazz vibraphonist, clarinetist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer * Günter Harder (born 1938), German mathematician * Günter Haritz (born 1948), West German road and track cyclist * Günter Haumer (born 1973), Austrian operatic baritone * Günter Havenstein (1928–2008), German long-distance runner * Günter Heimbeck (born 1946), German-Namibian professor of mathematics * Günter Heine (1919–?), German water polo player * Günter-Helge Strickstrack (1921–2020), German politician * Günter Henle (1899–1979), German politician, pianist, music publisher * Günter Herburger (1932–2018), German writer * Günter Herlitz (1913–2010), German businessman * Günter Hermann (born 1960), German footballer * Günter Hermann Ewen (1962–1999), German mass murderer * Günter Herz (born 1940), German businessman * Günter Heßelmann (1925–2010), German middle-distance runner * Günter Hessler (1909–1968), German naval officer *

Günter Heyden Günter Heyden (16 February 1921 – 21 January 2002) was a German professor of philosophy and a sociologist. Between 1969 and 1989 he was the director of the :de:Kaufhaus Jonaß, East Berlin based :de:Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus, Institute f ...

(1921–2002), German professor of philosophy and a sociologist * Günter Hirsch (born 1943), German legal scholar * Günter Hirschmann (1935–2023), German footballer * Günter Hoffmann (disambiguation), several people * Günter Hoge (1940–2017), German footballer * Günter Holzvoigt, East German sprint canoeist * Günter Hotz (born 1931), German pioneer of computer science * Günter Jäger (born 1935), German footballer * Gunter Jahn (1910–1992), German U-boat commander * Günter Jena (born 1933), German choral conductor and musicologist * Günter Jochems (1928–1991), German professional ice hockey player * Günter Kaltenbrunner (born 1943), Austrian former footballer and manager * Günter Kaslowski (1934–2001), German cyclist * Günter Katzenberger (1937–2020), German musician, musicologist, conductor, professor, writer, and publisher * Günter Kehr (1920–1989), German violinist, conductor, and academic teacher of violin and chamber music * Günter Keute (born 1955), German footballer * Günter Kießling (1925–2009), German general * Günter Kilian (born 1950), German water polo player * Günter Kirchner, West German slalom canoeist * Günter Klass (1936–1967), German racing driver * Günter Kleinen (born 1941), German musicologist and professor of musicology * Günter Kochan (1930–2009), German composer * Günter Konzack (1930–2008), East German footballer * Günter Koren (born 1962), Austrian ice hockey player * Günter Kowalewski (born 1943), German wrestler * Günter Krämer (born 1940), German stage director and theatre manager * Günter Krammer, West German sprint canoeist * Günter Krings (born 1969), German lawyer and politician * Günter Krispel (born 1951), Austrian bobsledder * Günter Krivec (born 1942), German athlete * Günter Kronsteiner (born 1953), Austrian footballer * Günter Krüger (disambiguation), several people *

Günter Kubisch Günter ''Pumpel'' Kubisch (3 April 1939 in Magdeburg - 21 June 2005) was an East Germany, East German association football, football player. Kubisch began to play football as a ten-year-old at ''SG Eintracht Sudenburg'', one of the predecessors ...

(1939–2005), East German footballer *

Günter Kuhnke Günter Kuhnke (7 September 1912 – 11 October 1990) was a German submarine commander during World War II and later a Konteradmiral with the Bundesmarine, West Germany's navy. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi G ...

(1912–1990), German submarine commander * Günter Kunert (1929–2019), German writer * Günter Kutowski (born 1965), German professional footballer * Günter Lach (1954–2021), German politician * Günter Lamprecht (1930–2022), German actor * Günter Lenz (born 1938), German jazz bassist and composer * Günter Litfin (1937–1961), German tailor * Günter Lobing, German lightweight rower * Günter Lorenz (born 1964/1965), Austrian murderer * Günter Lörke (born 1935), German cyclist * Günter Ludwig (1931–2022), German pianist * Günter Lüling (1928–2014), German Protestant theologian, philological scholar, and pioneer in the study of early Islam * Günter Lumer (1929–2005), German mathematician *

Günter Luther Günter Luther (17 March 1922 – 31 May 1997) was a German admiral who became Inspector of the Navy and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO. During World War II, he served as a military pilot ...

(1922–1997), German admiral * Günter Lyhs (born 1934), German gymnast * Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician * Günter Mack (1930–2007), German actor * Günter Malcher (born 1934), German athlete * Gunter Malle (born 1960), German mathematician * Günter Maschke (1943–2022), German political scientist * Günter Mast (1927–2011), German businessman * Günter Mayer (1930–2010), German cultural academic and musicologist * Günter Meißner (1936–2015), German art historian *

Günter Meisner Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Arthur Slugworth / Mr. Wilkinson in '' Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Fact ...

(1926–1994), German film and television character actor * Günter Meyer (born 1946), German Geographer and Orientalist * Günter Mielke (1942–2010), West German long-distance runner * Günter Mittag (1926–1994), German politician * Günter Morge (1925–1984), German entomologist * Günter Müller (born 1954), German-born Swiss sound artist * Günter Nachtigall (born 1930), German gymnast * Günter Netzer (born 1944), German footballer * Günter Neuburger (born 1954), West German bobsledder * Günter Neubert (1936–2021), German composer and tonmeister *

Günter Neuhold Günter Neuhold (born 2 November 1947) is an Austrian conductor. Born in Graz, he attended the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz and graduated in 1968 with a master's degree. He later studied conducting with Franco Ferrara ...

(born 1947), Austrian conductor * Günter Neumann (disambiguation), several people * Günter Nimtz (born 1936), German physicist * Günter Nooke (born 1959), German CDU politician and former civil rights activist * Günter Nowatzki, German sprint canoeist * Günter Oberhuber (1954–2021), Austrian ice hockey player * Günter Ollenschläger (born 1951), German physician, medical editor, and professor of internal medicine and clinical decision making * Günter Orschel (born 1956), Bulgarian equestrian * Günter P. Wagner (born 1954), Austrian-born evolutionary biologist * Gunter Pauli (born 1956), Belgian entrepreneur, economist, and author * Günter Petersmann (1941–2024), German rower * Günter Pfitzmann (1924–2003), German film actor * Günter Pichler (born 1940), Austrian violinist, teacher, and conductor * Günter Pilz (born 1945), Austrian mathematician and professor * Günter Platzek (1930–1990), German keyboard player * Gunter Pleuger (born 1941), German diplomat and politician * Günter Preuß (born 1936), German footballer * Günter Pröpper (born 1941), German professional footballer * Gunter Prus (died 1232), Polish Roman Catholic bishop * Günter Raphael (1903–1960), German composer * Günter Reich (1921–1989), German-born Israeli baritone * Günter Reimann (1904–2005), German-born economist and writer * Günter Reisch (1927–2014), German film director and screenwriter *

Günter Rexrodt Günter Rexrodt (; 12 September 194119 August 2004) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs in the fourth and fifth governments of Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1993 to 1998. ...

(1941–2004), German politician * Günter Riesen (1892–1951), German Nazi politician * Günter Rimkus (1928–2015), German dramaturge * Günter Rittner (1927–2020), German painter and illustrator * Gunter Rodríguez (born 1981), Cuban swimmer * Günter Ropohl (1939–2017), German technology philosopher *

Günter Rössler Günter Rössler (6 January 1926 – 31 December 2012) was a German photographer who made a name for himself especially in the field of nude art photography. A pioneer of nude photography in East Germany and notable fashion photographer, Rössle ...

(1926–2012), German photographer * Günter Ruch (1956–2010), German writer, journalist, politician, and author * Gunter Sachs (1932–2011), German photographer, author, student, industrialist, and astrologist * Günter Sauerbrey (1933–2003), German physicist, inventor of the quartz crystal microbalance * Günter Sawitzki (1932–2020), German footballer * Günter Schabowski (1929–2015), East German politician * Günter Schaumburg (born 1943), German athlete * Günter Schießwald (born 1973), Austrian footballer * Günter Schilder (born 1942), Dutch historian * Günter Schlierkamp (born 1970), German IFBB professional bodybuilder * Günter Schlipper (born 1962), German footballer * Günter Schliwka (1956–2023), German weightlifter * Günter Schmahl (1936–2018), German physicist, professor, and pioneer * Günter Schmid (1932–2005), German motorsport founder and principal *

Gunter Schmidt Gunter Schmidt (born 22 November 1938) is a Germans, German sexologist, psychotherapist and social psychologist. He was born in Berlin. Schmidt was the director of the centre for sexual research in the clinic of the University Medical Center Ham ...

(born 1938), German sexologist, psychotherapist, and social psychologist * Günter Schmidt (arachnologist) (1926–2016), German arachnologist and author * Günter Schmölders (1903–1991), German economist * Günter Schneider (born 1963), Swiss rower *

Gunter Schöbel Gunter Schöbel (born 15 July 1959 in Stuttgart) is a German archaeologist and director of the Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen. Career Schöbel studied archaeology, anthropology and geology at the University of Tübingen from 1979 to 1982. From ...

(born 1959), German archaeologist and museum director * Gunter Schoß (born 1940), German voice and television actor * Günter Schroers (born 1939), German rower * Günter Schröter (1927–2016), German footballer and coach *

Günter Schubert Günter Schubert (18 April 1938 – 2 January 2008) was a German actor. He was born in Weißwasser and died in Berlin. His son Alexander Schubert is also an actor. Filmography * 1966: ''Die Söhne der großen Bärin'' * 1972: ''Sechse ziehe ...

(1938–2008), German actor and voice actor *

Günter Schulz Günter Schulz (or Guenter Schulz) is a German musician, songwriter and former member of the industrial band KMFDM. Biography Schulz's first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the band KMFDM's album '' Naïve'' in ...

(born 1963), German musician, songwriter, and former member of the industrial band KMFDM * Günter Schwartzkopff (1898–1940), German military officer * Günter Sebert (born 1948), German former footballer and manager * Gunter Segers, Belgian children’s book author, non-fiction book author, graphic designer, and illustrator * Günter Seibold (1936–2013), German footballer * Gunter Sieberth (born 1965), German oboist * Günter Siegmund (1936–2020), East German heavyweight boxer * Gunter Silva Passuni (born 1977), Peruvian writer * Günter Simon (born 1933), German journalist * Günter Sommer (born 1943), German jazz drummer * Günter Spies (born 1948), German gymnast * Günter Spindler (born 1949), German wrestler * Günter Steinhausen (1917–1942), German aviator *

Günter Steinke Günter Steinke (born 24 April 1956) is a German composer and teacher. He is currently professor of instrumental composition at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. Biography Steinke was born 24 April 1956 in Lübeck. He studi ...

(born 1956), German composer and teacher * Günter Stempel (1908–1981), German politician and lawyer * Günter Stephan (disambiguation), several people *

Günter Strack Günter Strack (4 June 1929 – 18 January 1999) was a German film and television actor. Career In English language films, he played Professor Karl Manfred in the Hitchcock thriller '' Torn Curtain'' (1966) and appeared as Kunik in '' The O ...

(1929–1999), German film and television actor * Günter Stratmann (1931–2010), German fencer * Günter Tembrock (1918–2011), East German zoologist * Günter Theißen (born 1962), German geneticist * Gunter Thiebaut (born 1977), Belgian footballer * Gunter Thielen (born 1942), German chief executive * Günter Thorhauer (1931–2007), East German footballer * Günter Tilch (born 1937), German speed skater * Günter Tittes (born 1936), East German breaststroke swimmer * Günter Traub (born 1939), German speed skater * Gunter Trojovsky, West German slalom canoeist * Günter Twiesselmann (born 1925), German rower * Gunter Vanderveeren (born 1970), Belgian tennis player * Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 1978), Belgian footballer and team manager * Günter Verheugen (born 1944), German politician * Gunter Verjans (born 1973), Belgian footballer * Günter Vetter (1936–2022), Austrian stonemason and politician * Günter Voglmayr (1968–2012), Austrian classical flutist * Günter Vogt (born 1961), Liechtenstein politician * Günter Voigt (born 1933), German military scientist and major general * Günter Vollmer (1917–2004), Nazi Germany officer * Günter von Drenkmann (1910–1974), German lawyer * Günter Wächtershäuser (born 1938), German chemist turned patent lawyer * Gunter Waldek (born 1953), Austrian composer, conductor, and music educator * Günter Wallraff (born 1942), German writer and undercover journalist * Günter Wand (1912–2002), German orchestra conductor and composer * Günter Weigand (1924–2003), German economist, self-proclaimed social lawyer, and amateur prosecutor * Günter Weiler (born 1951), German army officer and lieutenant general * Günter Weitling (1935–2024), Danish Lutheran theologian, historian, and author * Günter Wewel (1934–2023), German operatic bass and television presenter * Günter Wienhold (1948–2021), German footballer * Günter Wirths (1911–2005), German chemist * Günter Wolf (born 1949), German water polo player * Günter Wyszecki (1925–1985), German-Canadian physicist * Günter Zeitler, German handballer * Günter Zöller (born 1948), German figure skating coach and former East German competitor

Fictional characters

* Gunter ''(Legends of Chima)'', a character in ''Legends of Chima'' * Gunter (Adventure Time), a major antagonist in the animated TV series ''Adventure Time'' * Gunter, in the video game ''

Fire Emblem Fates ''Fire Emblem Fates'' is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console, developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. It was released in June 2015 in Japan, then released int ...

'' * Gunter, a character in the movie

Sing Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

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