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

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
 * Adrian von Ziegler (born 1989), Swiss musician

Politicians

 * A. H. Ziegler (1889–1972), American lawyer and politician
 * Bridget Ziegler (born 1982), American politician
 * 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
 * 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 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

 * Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959), German painter, favoured by Adolf Hitler
 * Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer (born Irene Eastwood)
 * Christian Ziegler, 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
 * Pablo Ziegler (born 1944), Argentine composer
 * Regina Ziegler (born 1944), German producer

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