Kinder (surname)

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


 * Chuck Kinder (1946–2019), American novelist
 * Claude W. Kinder (1852–1936), English railway engineer in China
 * Derek Kinder (born 1986), American football player
 * Donald Kinder (born 1947), American political scientist
 * Ellis Kinder (1914–1968), American baseball pitcher
 * Gary Kinder (born 1962), American decathlete
 * Gary Kinder (author), American writer on sociology and crime
 * Hermann Kinder (1944–2021), German writer
 * Jan Kinder (1944–2013), Norwegian ice hockey player
 * John Kinder (born 1974), American racing driver
 * John Kinder (priest) (1819–1903), New Zealand artist and photographer
 * Manfred Kinder (born 1938), West German sprinter
 * Mary Kinder (1909–1981), Prohibition-era gun moll
 * Peter Kinder (born 1954), American politician
 * Randy Kinder (born 1975), American football player
 * Richard Kinder (born 1944), American businessman, CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
 * Steve Kinder, American basketball coach
 * Vladimír Kinder (born 1969), Slovak footballer