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
- 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
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
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
- Adrian von Ziegler (1989–present), Swiss independent musical composer, instrumentalist and music producer
Politicians
- A. H. Ziegler (1889–1972), American lawyer and politician
- Bob Ziegler (1921–1991), American lawyer and politician, son of A. H. Ziegler
- Erich Ziegler (1914–2004), German politician and anti-Nazi resistance activist
- Ron Ziegler (1939–2003), Richard Nixon's press secretary and assistant to the president
Religion
- Clemens Ziegler, 16th-century German gardener and religious leader in Strasbourg, influenced by the Anabaptists and indirectly connected to Martin Bucer
- 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 (born 1929), British biographer and historian
- 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
- Brad Ziegler (born 1979), American Major League Baseball Player
- Edi Ziegler (born 1930), 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
- 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
- Daniel Ziegler (born 1984), American Minor League Baseball Player
Technicians
- Bernard Ziegler (born 1933), 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)
- Henri Ziegler (1906–1998), French, Airbus first CEO
- Jack Ziegler (1942-2017), cartoonist for New Yorker magazine
- John Ziegler (talk show host) (born 1967), radio talk show host in Los Angeles
- Pablo Ziegler (born 1944), Argentine composer
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
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