# Mueller (surname)

Mueller is a spelling variant of the German surname Müller (miller). In German, the letter "ü" can be replaced with "ue". Notable people with this surname include:

## Acting and filmmaking

* Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), German actor
* Brooke Mueller (born 1977), American actress
* Cookie Mueller (1949–1989), American actress
* Heidi Mueller (born 1982), American actress
* Jessie Mueller (born 1983), American actress and singer
* Mauro Mueller, Swiss-Mexican narrative filmmaker
* William A. Mueller (1901–1992), American sound engineer nominated for two Academy Awards

## Government

* Anne Mueller (1930–2000), British civil servant and academic
* August B. Mueller (1905-1996), American politician and farmer in Minnesota
* Fred A. Mueller (1868–?), American politician in Wisconsin
* Frederick H. Mueller (1893–1976), United States Secretary of Commerce (1959–1961)
* Jacob Mueller (1822–1905), German-born American politician in Ohio
* James Mueller, American politician in Ohio
* James Mueller (mayor), American politician in Indiana
* Johannes Ferdinand Mueller (fl. 1906), Australian postmaster
* Kimberly J. Mueller (born 1957), American judge in California
* Mike Mueller (born 1974), American politician in Michigan
* Otto Mueller (politician) (1875–1973), American politician in Wisconsin
* Robert Mueller (born 1944), American lawyer, former Director of the FBI and author of the Mueller Report
* Ursula Mueller, German foreign affairs figure
* Walter H. Mueller (c. 1925–2011), American politician in Missouri

## Journalism, writing, publishing

* Andrew Mueller, Australian-born, London-based journalist and author
* Gene Mueller (born 1942), American historian and author
* Jen Mueller (born 1978), American television and radio sports broadcast journalist
* Lisel Mueller (1924–2020), German-born American poet, translator, and teacher
* Marnie Mueller, American novelist
* Merrill Mueller (1916–1980), American journalist
* P. S. Mueller, American cartoonist and voice actor
* Pamela Bauer Mueller (born 1945), American author
* Wolfgang Philipp Mueller (born 1966), German founder of VDM Publishing

## Military

* Greta Bösel (née Mueller) (1908–1947), German concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
* Desmond Mueller (born 1943), Australian Army officer
* Paul J. Mueller (1892–1962), United States Army officer

## Music

* Caleb Mueller], known as Decomposure, Canadian electronic music mixer, graphic and visual artist
* Gussie Mueller (1890–1965), American jazz clarinetist
* Ivan Mueller (1786–1854), Russian clarinetist
* Jeff Mueller, American math-rock vocalist and guitarist
* Jon Mueller (born 1970), American drummer, percussionist, and composer
* Karl Mueller (rock musician) (1963–2005), American rock musician
* Mark Mueller, American songwriter
* Otto-Werner Mueller (1926–2016), German-born conductor in the United States
* Karl Friedrich Müller-Pfalz (1894–1969), German concert pianist and composer

## Painters and artisans

* Herman Carl Mueller (1854–1941), German-born ceramicist in the United States
* Otto Mueller (1874–1930), German Expressionist painter
* Stephen Mueller (1947–2011), American painter

## Religion

* Gerhard Ludwig Müller (born 1947), German Cardinal

## Science and education

* Alfred Mueller (born 1939), American theoretical physicist
* Brian Mueller, American academic and university administrator
* Dennis Mueller, professor of economics at the University of Vienna
* Eva Mueller (1920–2006), American professor of economics
* Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896), German-Australian botanist
* Fritz Mueller (1907–2001), German engineer who later emigrated to the United States
* George Mueller (NASA) (1918–2015), American engineer who served as an associate administrator at NASA
* Gerhard Mueller (engineer) (1835–1918), German-born New Zealand surveyor, engineer and land commissioner
* Gustav Adolph Mueller (1864–1937), German-American architect, engineer, and sculptor
* Gustav Emil Mueller (1898–1987), Swiss philosopher
* Hans Mueller (physicist) (1900-1965), Swiss-American physicist, inventor of Mueller calculus
* Ivan I. Mueller (1930–2023), Hungarian-American geodesist
* Jean Mueller (born 1950), American astronomer
* Jennifer Mueller, American applied mathematician
* John Mueller (born 1937), American political scientist
* John Howard Mueller (1891–1954), American biochemist, pathologist, and bacteriologist
* Kai-Markus Mueller (born 1976), German neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and professor
* Kate Hevner Mueller (1898–1984), American educator
* Steffen Mueller, American virologist and professor
* Tom Mueller, American rocket engineer

## Sports
### Association football (soccer)

* Chris Mueller (soccer) (born 1996), American soccer player
* Danny Mueller (born 1966), American-born, Puerto Rico association football midfielder
* Taylor Mueller (born 1988), American soccer player

### Baseball

* Bill Mueller (born 1971), American baseball infielder
* Bill Mueller (outfielder) (1920–2001), American baseball player
* Don Mueller (1927–2011), American baseball outfielder
* Dorothy Mueller (1925–1985), American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League)
* Gordie Mueller (1922–2006), American baseball pitcher
* Heinie Mueller (second baseman) (1912–1986), American baseball player
* Heinie Mueller (outfielder) (1899–1975), American baseball player
* Jon Mueller (baseball) (born 1970), American college baseball coach (Albany)
* Les Mueller (1919–2012), American baseball pitcher
* Ray Mueller (1912–1994), American baseball catcher
* Walter Mueller (1894–1971), American baseball outfielder
* Willie Mueller (born 1956), American baseball pitcher

### Basketball

* Earl Mueller (1903–1932), American basketball player
* Erwin Mueller (1944–2018), American basketball player
* Kit Mueller (born c. 1971), American basketball player
* Tex Mueller (1916–2012), American basketball player

### Gridiron football

* Jamie Mueller (born 1964), American football player
* Marc Mueller (born 1989), Canadian coach of gridiron football
* Randy Mueller (born 1961), American football executive
* Rick Mueller (born 1967), American football executive
* Ryan Mueller (born 1991), American football player
* Tom Mueller (American football) (born c. 1945), American football coach (Nebraska–Omaha)
* Tom Mueller (American football, born 1946), American football coach (Texas Lutheran)
* Vance Mueller (born 1964), American football player

### Ice hockey

* Chris Mueller (ice hockey) (born 1986), American ice hockey player
* Greg Mueller (born 1971), Swiss-born former ice hockey player in Germany; professional poker player
* Norbert Mueller (1906–1956), Canadian ice hockey player
* Peter Mueller (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player

### Other

* Alexandra Mueller (born 1988), American professional tennis player
* Barbara Mueller (athlete) (born 1933), American track and field athlete
* Blake Mueller (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
* Brock Mueller (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
* Eric Mueller (born 1970), American rower
* Felice Mueller (born 1989), American rower
* Gunnar Mueller (born 1948), Swedish professional golfer
* Jack Mueller (1915–2001), Australian rules footballer
* Julio Mueller (1905–1984), Mexican polo player
* Melissa Mueller (born 1972), American pole vaulter
* Merv Mueller (1914–1984), Australian cricketer
* Michelle Mueller (fl. 2012), Canadian equestrian
* Peter Mueller (speed skater) (born 1954), American former speed skater and speed skating coach

## Other fields

* Barbara R. Mueller (1925–2016), American philatelist
* Christoph Mueller (born 1961), German business executive in the aviation industry
* Christopher Mueller (disambiguation), several people
* Edward Mueller, American executive, former CEO and chairman of Qwest Communications
* Gordon H. Mueller (born 1940), American historian
* Gustave A. Mueller (1863–1912), American homeopath and surgeon
* Joseph Maximilian Mueller (1894–1981), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Kayla Mueller (1988–2015), American human rights activist
* Peter Mueller (disambiguation), several people
* William Boyce Mueller (1942–1993), American scouting figure