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

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