# Winkler (surname)

Winkler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## A-E

* Albert J. Winkler (1894–1989), American professor of viticulture
* Alberto Winkler (1932–1981) Italian rower and Olympian
* Alexander Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
* Angela Winkler (born 1944), German actress
* Angelina Virginia Winkler (1842–1911), American journalist, editor, magazine publisher
* Anthony Winkler Prins (1817-1908), Dutch writer and encyclopedist
* Austin John Winkler (born 1981), American singer-songwriter, former lead singer for Hinder
* Ben Winkler (1902–1979), American sound engineer
* Bernhard Winkler (born 1966), German footballer
* Charles Winkler, American film director
* Clemens Winkler (1838–1904), German chemist, discoverer of germanium
* Clinton McKamy Winkler (1821–1882), American politician and Confederate soldier, namesake of Winkler County, Texas
* Dan Winkler (born 1990), American baseball player
* Emil Winkler (1835–1888), German engineer
* Eric Winkler (1920–1995), Canadian politician
* Eugen Gottlob Winkler (1912–1936), German essayist

## F-J

* Frank Winkler, American astronomer
* Gerhard Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
* Gernot M. R. Winkler (1922-2016), time measurement specialist at USNO
* Gus Winkler (1901-1933), American gangster and associate of Al Capone
* Gustav Winkler (1867–1954), German industrialist
* Hans Winkler (1877–1945), German botanist
* Hans Günter Winkler (1926-2018), German show jumping rider
* Hans-Heinrich Winkler, East German luger
* Harald Winkler (born 1962), Austrian bobsledder
* Harry Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
* Heinrich August Winkler (born 1938), German historian
* Helmut Gustav Franz Winkler (1915–1980), German geologist
* Henry Winkler (born 1945), American actor
* Hermann Winkler (born 1963), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
* Hubert Winkler (1875–1941), German botanist
* Irwin Winkler (born 1931), American film producer and director
* Jim Winkler (American football) (1927–2001), American footballer
* Jim Winkler, leading member of the United Methodist Church
* Joe Winkler (1922–2001), American football player
* John E. Winkler (1941–2007), American author and photographer
* John J. Winkler (1943-1990), American philologist and Benedictine monk
* Johannes Winkler (1897–1947), German rocket pioneer
* Johannes Winkler (composer), German film composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer
* Jonathan Reed Winkler (born 1975), American historian
* Josef Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people

## K-O

* Kati Winkler (born 1974), German figure skater
* Kenneth Winkler (born 1950), American philosopher
* Konrad Winkler (skier) (born 1955), East German Nordic combined skier
* Konrad Winkler (fencer) (1882–1962), Polish fencer
* Lajos Winkler (1863–1939), Hungarian chemist, a.k.a. Ludwig Wilhelm Winkler, who developed Winkler titration
* Malcolm Winkler, American biologist
* Margaret J. Winkler (1895–1990), American animator
* Margo Winkler (born 1930s), American actress
* Mary Winkler (born 1973), American murderer
* Matthew Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people
* Max Winkler (1875–1961), German Reich Trustee and Reich Commissioner for German Cinema
* Mel Winkler (1941–2020), American actor
* Mike Winkler, American politician
* Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), American educator and politician

## P-T

* Paul Winkler (director) (born 1939), German film director active in Australia
* Paul Winkler (publisher) (1898–1982), Jewish-Hungarian journalist, writer, publisher active in France
* Paul Winkler (footballer) (1913–1996), German soccer player
* Peter Winkler, American mathematician
* Ralf Winkler (1939-2017), also known as A. R. Penck, German painter
* Randy Winkler (born 1943), American football player
* Ronny Winkler (born 1971), German figure skater
* Rudy Winkler (born 1994), American Olympic track and field athlete
* Scott Winkler, American Paralympic track and field athlete
* Sieglinde Winkler (born 1966), Austrian alpine skier
* Tiberius Cornelis Winkler (1822–1897), Dutch anatomist and paleontologist
* Tobias Winkler (born 1978), German politician

## U-Z

* Vladimir Winkler (1884–1956), Czech and Russian sculptor
* Wilhelm Winkler (1884-1984), Bohemian and Austrian statistician
* Wolfgang Winkler (luger) (1940-2001), German luger
* Wolfgang Winkler (actor)