# Ziegler

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 (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

## Artists

* Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959), German painter, favoured by Adolf Hitler
* Johann Ziegler (1749–1802), German-Austrian painter and copperplate engraver
* Samuel P. Ziegler (1882–1967), American painter, educator, musician
* Yvonne Ziegler (1902–1988), French resistance fighter, artist, educator
* Zio Ziegler (born 1988), American visual artist and graphic artist

## Authors

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

## Fictional characters

* Morgan Ziegler, a.k.a. Zitz in the Battletoads series
* Toby Ziegler, 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
* Werner Ziegler, German construction engineer in Better Call Saul
* Margarethe Ziegler, wife of Werner

## Military

* David Ziegler (1748–1811), military officer of the Continental Army, Society of the Cincinnati
* Joachim Ziegler (1904–1945), SS-Brigadeführer and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
* William Smith Ziegler (1911–1999), Canadian general in World War II

## Musicians

* Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer, wife of Webster Booth
* Klaus Martin Ziegler (1929–1993), German choral conductor, organist and Protestant church musician
* Delores Ziegler (born 1951), American mezzo-soprano
* Pablo Ziegler (born 1944), Argentine composer
* Adrian von Ziegler (born 1989), Swiss musician

## Politicians

* A. H. Ziegler (1889–1972), American lawyer and politician
* Bridget Ziegler (born 1982), American politician and right-wing activist
* Christian Ziegler (politician) (born 1983), American politician
* Bob Ziegler (1921–1991), American lawyer and politician, son of A. H. Ziegler
* Dagmar Ziegler (born 1960), German politician
* Erich Ziegler (1914–2004), German politician and anti-Nazi resistance activist
* Kay-Uwe Ziegler (born 1963), German politician
* Ron Ziegler (1939–2003), Richard Nixon's press secretary and assistant to the president

## Religion

* Gregorius Thomas Ziegler (1770–1852), Benedictine monk and bishop of Linz
* Ignaz Ziegler (1861–1948), Austrian rabbi
* Jacob Ziegler (c. 1470 – 1549), German humanist and theologian, itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer

## Scientists and academics

* Daniel Ziegler (1804–1876), American clergyman and entomologist
* Günter M. Ziegler (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
* Johann Heinrich Ziegler (1857–1936), Swiss dye chemist
* John Bosley Ziegler, American physician who pioneered the athletic use of the steroid Dianabol
* Karl Ziegler (1898–1973), German chemist and Nobel laureate
* Peter Ziegler (1928–2013), Swiss geologist
* Philip Ziegler (1929–2023), British biographer and historian
* Regina G. Ziegler, American biochemist and nutritional epidemiologist
* Tamar Ziegler (born 1971), Israeli mathematician
* Willi Ziegler (1929–2002), a German paleontologist
* William Ziegler (1843–1905), American industrialist, co-founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company, Arctic explorer

## Sports

* Ava Marie Ziegler (born 2006), American figure skater
* Brad Ziegler
* (born 1979), American baseball player
* Dave Ziegler (born 1977), American football executive
* Edi Ziegler (1930–2020), German road cyclist
* Gus Ziegler (1875–1960), American college football coach
* John Ziegler Jr. (1934–2018), American lawyer and former president of the National Hockey League
* Kate Ziegler (born 1988), American swimmer
* Larry Ziegler (born 1939), American golfer
* Marc Ziegler (born 1976), German footballer
* Patrick Ziegler (born 1990), German-Australian footballer
* Reto Ziegler (born 1986), Swiss footballer
* Reto Ziegler (curler), Swiss curler
* Thomas Ziegler (ice hockey) (born 1978), Swiss hockey player
* Thomas Ziegler (cyclist) (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

* Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer (born Irene Eastwood)
* Christian Ziegler (fl. 2000s–2020s), German photojournalist
* Elizabeth Ziegler (1854–1942), Canadian schoolteacher
* Henri Ziegler (1906–1998), French, Airbus first CEO
* John Ziegler (talk show host) (born 1967), radio talk show host in Los Angeles
* Mary Ziegler (born 1982), American legal historian
* Mel Ziegler and Patricia Ziegler, American businesspeople
* Regina Ziegler (born 1944), German producer
* Garrett Ziegler, American political aide

## 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 Cray Y-MP M90 NSA supercomputer, now at National Cryptologic Museum
* Ziegler & Co., manufacturer and distributor of Persian carpets
* Zig Ziglar, American personality