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
 - Joseph Ziegler (actor) (1953–2025), Canadian actor and theatre director
 - Lulu Ziegler (1903–1973), Danish actress
 - Mackenzie Ziegler (born 2004), American dancer and actress
 - Maddie Ziegler (born 2002), American dancer and actress
 - Matilda Ziegler (born 1964), English 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
- Alexander Ziegler (German writer) (1822–1887), German writer and economist
 - Alexander Ziegler (Swiss writer) (1944–1987), Swiss author and actor
 - 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
- Albert Ziegler (theologian) (1927–2022), Swiss Roman-Catholic theologian, ethicist and author
 - 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
- Albert Ziegler (born 1961), German psychologist and professor
 - 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