Adler (family name)
Adler is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
As a symbol of the Evangelist John , the eagle often served as a house symbol . The name for the residents was derived from this. In addition, the family name developed as a nickname for describing character or external features.
Name bearer
A.
- Abraham Adler (Rabbi, 1808) (1808–1880), German rabbi
- Abraham Adler (Rabbi, 1811) (1811–1856), German rabbi and writer
- Abraham Adler (economist) (1850-1922), German economist
- Abraham Adler (composer) (1916–2003), Austrian chief cantor and composer
- Ada Adler (1878–1946), Danish classical philologist
- Adolf Peter Adler (1812–1869), Danish pastor and theologian
- Alan Adler (* 1964), Brazilian sailor
- Albert Adler (1870–1947), German businessman and entrepreneur (1938 emigrated to Luxembourg, died in Mexico)
- Albert von Adler (1888–1951), Swiss hematologist
- Alexander Sussmann Adler (1816–1869), German rabbi and politician
- Alexandra Adler (1901–2001), neurologist and psychiatrist
- Alexandre Adler (* 1950), French historian and journalist
- Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian doctor and psychotherapist
- Alfred Adler (architect) (1894–1938), Austrian architect
- Alfred Adler (Romanist) (1907–1986), Austrian Romanist
- Alfred Adler (ethnologist) (* 1934), French ethnologist and anthropologist
- Allison Adler (* 1967), American screenwriter and film producer
- Almut Adler (* 1951), freelance photographer and author
- Alois Adler (General) (1864–1953), Austrian major general
- Alois Adler (librarian) (1931–2003), Austrian library director, promoter of dialect poetry and publicist
- Amy Adler (* 1966), American artist
- Andreas Heinrich Adler (* 1957), German painter and sculptor
- Anton Adler (1888 – after 1922), Bohemian-Austrian pedagogue and chronicler
- August Adler (court photographer) (1842–1916), German photographer
- August Adler (mathematician) (1863–1923), Austrian mathematician
B.
- Bernhard Adler (1753-1810), Bohemian doctor
- Bill Adler (1929–2014), American writer, editor and translator
- Billy Adler (* 1940), American film and video artist
- Brigitte Adler (1944-2004), German politician (SPD)
- Bruno Adler (literary scholar) (1889–1968), German literary scholar and art historian
- Bruno Adler (Bishop) (1896–1954), German clergyman, Bishop of the German Christians
- Bruno Fridrichowitsch Adler (1874–1942), Russian-German ethnologist, anthropologist, curator and professor at Moscow State University
- Buddy Adler (1906–1960), American film producer
C.
- Carl Adler (lawyer) (1823-1896), German lawyer and politician
- Carl Adler (entrepreneur) (1872–1957), German entrepreneur, see Adler & Oppenheimer
- Carl Fredrik Adler (1720–1761), Swedish naturalist and doctor
- Carl Nicolaus Adler (1737–1816), German lawyer and mayor of Stade
- Carl Wolfgang Adler (1833 – after 1890), Austrian writer
- Chris Adler (drummer) (born 1972), American drummer
- Chris Adler (actor) (* 1975), American actor
- Christian Matthias Adler (1787–1850), German porcelain painter
- Christopher Adler (* 1972), American composer and musician
- Cornelius Adler (* 1989), German basketball player
- Cyrus Adler (1863–1940), American Judaist
D.
- Daniel Adler (* 1958), Brazilian sailor
- Dankmar Adler (1844–1900), German architect
- David Adler (architect) (1882–1949), American architect
- David Adler (physicist) (1935–1987), American physicist
- David A. Adler (* 1947), American author
- David Baruch Adler (1826–1878), Danish banker
- Dieter Adler (* 1936), German sports journalist
E.
- Edmund Adler (1876–1965), Austrian artist
- Eduard Adler (1861–1938), German journalist and politician
- Egon Adler (painter) (1892–1963), Czech-American painter
- Egon Adler (1937–2015), German cyclist
- Elio Adler (* 1971), German dentist and founder of the German-Jewish Association Values Initiative
- Elisabeth Adler (1926–1997), German educator
- Elkan Nathan Adler (1861–1946), British lawyer and traveler
- Elmer Adler (1892–1970), American officer
- Emanuel Adler (composer) (1845–1926), German composer and organist
- Emanuel Adler (lawyer) (1873–1930), Austrian lawyer
- Emanuel Adler (political scientist) (* 1947), Uruguayan political scientist
- Emanuel Adler-Alfieri (1889–1964), German screenwriter of the silent film era, see Emanuel Alfieri
- Emil Adler (1900–1971), Czech physician and university professor
- Emma Adler (1858–1935), Austrian journalist
- Ephraim Adler (1855–1910), German physician
- Erich Adler (1905–1985), German-Swedish chemist
- Ernst Adler (entrepreneur, 1862) (1862–1938), Bohemian entrepreneur
- Ernst Adler (entrepreneur, 1873) (1873–1932), Austro-Hungarian entrepreneur and composer
- Ernst Adler (librarian) (1898–1981), German librarian
- Ernst Adler (translator) (1903 – after 1976), Austrian lawyer and translator
- Eugen Adler (1862–1920), Austrian general
- Eva Adler-Hugonnet (1867 – after 1907), French opera singer
- Eva Liedström Adler (* 1954), Swedish lawyer and government official
F.
- Felix Adler (philosopher) (1851–1933), German-American philosopher
- Felix Adler (screenwriter) (1884–1963), American screenwriter
- Felix Adler (clown) (1895–1960), American clown
- Ferdinand Adler (1903–1952), Austrian violinist, concertmaster and music teacher
- Franz Adler (politician) (around 1814–1884), German manor owner and politician, MdL Saxony
- Franz Adler (businessman) (1906–1986), German businessman and association president
- Franz Adler (sociologist) (1908–1983), American sociologist of Austrian origin
- Franz von Adler (1829–1898), German lieutenant general
- Freda Adler (* 1934), American criminologist
- Frederick Charles Adler (1889–?), American conductor
- Friedrich Adler (building officer) (1827–1908), German architect, construction clerk, building researcher and archaeologist
- Friedrich Adler (writer) (1857–1938), Austrian writer
- Friedrich Adler (artist) (1878–1942), German designer and architectural sculptor
- Friedrich Adler (politician) (1879–1960), Austrian politician (SDAP)
- Friedrich Adler (Nazi victim) (1903–1941), German victim of the Holocaust
- Friedrich Adler (engineer) (1916–1996), German engineer and university professor
- Fritz Adler (manufacturer) (1888-?), German industrialist
- Fritz Adler (archivist) (1889–1970), German archivist and museum director
G
- Georg Adler (economist) (1863–1908), German national economist
- Georg Adler (actor) (* 1937), German actor
- Georg Christian Adler (1724–1804), German preacher and archaeologist
- Georg Josias Stephan Adler (1792 – after 1852), German provost
- Gosbert Adler (* 1956), German photographer and university lecturer
- Gottlieb Adler (1860-1893), Austrian physicist
- Guido Adler (musicologist) (1855–1941), Austrian musicologist
- Guido Adler (physician) (* 1946), German physician
- Günter Adler (* 1959), German musician and music teacher
- Günther Adler (* 1933), German economist, convicted kidnapper and murderer
- Gunther Adler (* 1963), State Secretary
- Gustav Adler (1891–1963), German businessman and politician
H
- HG Adler (1910–1988), Austrian writer
- Hans Adler (author) (1880–1957), Austrian librettist, writer and lawyer
- Hans Adler (lawyer) (1899–1966), German business lawyer
- Hans Adler (politician) (1920-2000), German politician (SED)
- Hans Adler (Germanist) (* 1944), German Germanist
- Hans-Gerd Adler (* 1941), German local politician (CDU)
- Hans Günther Adler (1910–1988), Austrian writer, see HG Adler
- Hans-Henning Adler (* 1949), German politician (Die Linke)
- Hans Hermann Adler (1891–1956), German newspaper scholar and university professor
- Harry Adler (* 1928), Brazilian sailor
- Harry Clay Adler (1865–1940), American newspaper manager
- Heinrich Adler (cantor) († 1559), German cantor and canon
- Heinrich Adler (medic) (1849–1909), Austrian medic and editor
- Heinrich Adler (agronomist) (1860–1937), Austrian agronomist and editor
- Heinz Adler (1912–1990), German politician (SPD)
- Helena Adler (* 1983), Austrian writer and visual artist
- Helene Adler (1849–1923), German writer and teacher
- Helga Adler (* 1943), German politician
- Herbert Adler (* 1935), German actor and director
- Hermann Adler (historian) , Silesian chronicler
- Hermann Adler (Chief Rabbi) (1839–1911), Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom
- Hermann Adler (physician) (1841–1921), German neurologist and entomologist
- Hermann Adler (major general) (1890–1967), German major general and military writer
- Hermann Adler (writer) (1911–2001), German writer and publicist
- Hermann Adler-Stüdeli (1858–1924), Swiss sculptor and stonemason
- Hilde Adler (1885–1983), German doctor, died in exile in the USA
- Horst Adler (* 1941), Austrian prehistorian
- Hugo Adler (doctor) (1895–1967), Bohemian tuberculosis doctor
- Hugo Chaim Adler (1894–1955), Belgian composer, cantor and choir director
I.
- Ida Adler , married name of Ida Bauer (1882–1945), Austrian patient of Sigmund Freud
- Ida Adler , married name of Ida Kühnel (1920–1999), German athlete
- Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler (* 1978), Polish organist and music teacher
- Ines Adler (* 1963), German pop musician
J
- Jacob Georg Christian Adler (1756–1834), German theologian, educator and university teacher
- Jacob P. Adler (1855–1926), Yiddish actor and theater director
- Jakob Adler (writer) (1873– ??), Austro-Galician journalist, humorist and writer
- Jakob Adler (lawyer) (1885–1964), German lawyer
- Jankel Adler (1895–1949), Polish painter and engraver
- Jenny Adler (* 1983), German biathlete
- Jens Adler (* 1965), German soccer player
- Jeremy Adler (* 1947), British poet and university lecturer
- Jerry Adler (musician) (1918–2010), American harmonica player
- Jerry Adler (actor) (born 1929), American actor
- Jerry Adler (producer) (1929–1993), American film and television producer
- Joe Adler (* 1993), American actor
- Johan Gunder Adler (1784-1852), Danish-Norwegian civil servant
- Johann Adler (instrument maker) (1800–1866), German musical instrument maker
- Johann Christoph Georg Adler (1758–1815), German lawyer
- Johann Friedrich Adler (1702–1757), German philologist
- Johann Kaspar Adler (1488–1560), German theologian, see Caspar Aquila
- Johann Samuel Adler (1738–1799), German civil servant
- Johannes Adler († 1518), German lawyer and university professor
- John Adler (1959–2011), American politician
- Jonathan Adler (* 1966), American ceramicist, designer and author
- Josef Adler (librarian) (1876–1954), German teacher, librarian and naturalist
- Josef Adler (architect) (1886 – after 1931), German architect and builder
- Josef Adler , real name of Wawau Adler (* 1967), German jazz musician
- Joseph Adler (1839 – after 1911), German composer and choir director
- Julia Rebekka Adler (* 1978), German violist
- Julius Adler (lawyer) (1882–1934), German lawyer and victim of the Röhm putsch
- Julius Adler (politician) (1894–1945), German politician (KPD)
- Julius Adler (biochemist) (* 1930), American biochemist
- Julius Ochs Adler (1892–1955), American officer
- Juliusz Adler (1880 – after 1914), Polish actor
- Jürgen Adler (* 1950), German politician, MdA
- Jussi Adler-Olsen (* 1950), Danish author
K
- Karl Adler (lawyer) (1865–1924), Austrian lawyer
- Karl Adler (journalist) (1885–1942), Austrian journalist
- Karl Adler (musicologist) (1890–1973), German musicologist
- Karl Adler (gynecologist) (1894–1966), German gynecologist
- Karl Friedrich Adler (1828–1883), German manor owner and politician
- Karl-Heinz Adler (1927–2018), German painter, sculptor and conceptual artist
- Katharina Adler (publicist) (1919–2010), German journalist, editor and publicist
- Katharina Adler (author) (* 1980), German author and playwright
- Kim Adler (* 1979), German television presenter
- Konrad Adler (1898–1957), German company founder
- Kraig Adler (* 1940), American herpetologist and university professor
- Kurd Adler (1892–1916), German poet
- Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor, 1905) (1905–1988), Austrian-American conductor
- Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor, 1907) (1907–1977), Austrian-American conductor
L.
- Larry Adler (1914–2001), American harmonica player
- Lars Adler (* 1976), German historian and religious scholar
- Laure Adler (* 1950), French journalist
- Lawrence James Adler (1931–1988), Australian entrepreneur
- Lazarus Adler (1810–1886), German rabbi and writer
- Lena Adler (* 1941), Swedish gymnast
- Leo Adler (pharmacologist) (1886–1925), German pharmacologist
- Leo Adler (architect) (1891–1962), German architectural scientist
- Leo Adler (painter) (1897–1987), Austrian painter and graphic artist
- Leonhard Adler (1882–1965), Austro-German engineer and politician
- Leopold Adler (photographer) (1848–1924), Czech-Romanian photographer
- Leopold Adler (director) (1850–1919), Austrian actor, director and playwright
- Leopold Adler (monument conservator) (1923–2012), American monument conservator
- Lisa Adler (* 1962), German actress
- Lou Adler (* 1933), American music producer
- Ludwig Adler (gynecologist) (1876–1958), Austrian obstetrician and gynecologist
- Ludwig Adler , pseudonym of Luzian Geier (* 1948), German journalist
- Luther Adler (1903–1984), American actor
M.
- Malka Adler (* 1945), Israeli author
- Manfred Adler (1928–2005), German religion teacher, religious priest and author of traditionalist and anti-Semitic writings
- Margarete Adler (1896–1990), Austrian swimmer
- Margot Adler (1946–2014), German author and journalist
- Maria Adler-Krafft (1924–2019), German painter and graphic artist
- Maria Adler-Nadas (* 1938/1939), Hungarian painter
- Mark Adler (mathematician) (born 1950), American mathematician
- Mark Adler (computer scientist) (* 1959), American computer scientist and aerospace engineer
- Mark Adler (musician) , American musician and film composer
- Martin Adler (1958–2006), Swedish journalist and photographer
- Max Adler (composer) (1863–1938), Austro-Hungarian composer, musician and music writer
- Max Adler (philanthropist) (1866–1952), American violinist, businessman (Sears) and philanthropist
- Max Adler (historian) (1867–1937), German historian, literary scholar and educator
- Max Adler (lawyer) (1873–1937), Austrian lawyer, politician and social philosopher
- Max Adler (writer) (1877–1944?), German journalist and writer
- Max Adler (chemist) (1899–1982), Swiss chemist
- Max Adler (physicist) (1907–1981), German-British physicist
- Max Adler (actor) (* 1986), American actor
- Max Kurt Adler (1905 – after 1978), market researcher of Bohemian descent and party functionary
- Maximilian Adler (1884–1944), Czech classical philologist
- Meinhard Adler (* 1937), German psychiatrist and author
- Mike Adler (* 1978), German actor and MC
- Moritz Adler (writer, 1831) (1831–1907), Bohemian-Austrian writer, translator and pacifist
- Moritz Adler (writer, 1839) (1839–1889), Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist and editor
- Moritz Adler (photographer) (1849–1920), Czech photographer
- Moritz Adler (singer) (pseudonym Max Alfieri ; 1858–1927), Austro-German singer, singing teacher and critic
- Mortimer Adler (1902–2001), American philosopher and author
N
- Nathan Adler (1741–1800), German Kabbalist and rabbi
- Nathan Marcus Adler (1803–1890), German and British rabbi
- Nettie Adler (1868–1950), British politician (Liberal Party; Progressive Party)
- Nicky Adler (* 1985), German soccer player
- Nikki Adler (* 1987), German boxer of Croatian descent
- Nikolaus Adler (1902–1970), German Catholic theologian
O
- Oliver Adler (* 1967), German soccer goalkeeper
- Oscar Adler (doctor) (1879–1936), Austrian and Czechoslovak internist
- Oskar Adler (instrument maker) (also Oscar Adler ; 1862–1922), German instrument maker
- Oskar Adler (musician) (1875–1955), Austrian musician and astrologer
- Oswald Adler (1912–2005), Israeli painter, graphic artist and art theorist of Hungarian origin
- Otto Adler (union leader) (1876–1948), German union official and politician (SPD)
- Otto Adler (zoologist) (1915–1967), Austrian forest engineer, zoologist and ornithologist
- Otto Adler (functionary) (1929–2014), Romanian engineer, Holocaust survivor and Jewish functionary
P
- Paul Adler (1878–1946), German writer
- Paul Adler (architect) (1896–1981), German architect
- Péter Adler (medic) (1910–1983), Hungarian medic
- Peter Adler (author) (1923–2012), German writer
- Peter Adler (politician) (1940-2010), German politician (SPD)
- Peter Adler (painter, 1941) (1941–1990), Czech-German painter, ceramist and art teacher
- Peter Adler (painter, 1954) (* 1954), German painter and sculptor
- Peter Herman Adler (1899–1990), Czech-American conductor
- Philipp Adler (1461–1532), German merchant
- Polly Adler (brothel operator) (1900–1962), American brothel operator
- Polly Adler , pseudonym of Angelika Hager (* 1963), Austrian journalist and author
R.
- Raissa Adler (1872–1962), Austrian women's rights activist
- Regine Kapeller-Adler (1900–1991), Austro-British biochemist and pharmacologist
- Reinhard Adler (* 1947), German soccer player
- Renata Adler (* 1938), American journalist and writer
- René Adler (* 1985), German soccer goalkeeper
- Richard Adler (painter) (1907–1977), German painter, illustrator and graphic artist
- Richard Adler (shipowner) , German shipowner, see Argo Reederei
- Richard Adler (composer) (1921–2012), American composer and songwriter
- Robert Adler (actor) (1906–1987), American actor
- Robert Adler (physicist) (1913–2007), Austro-American physicist, electronics technician and inventor
- Roy Adler (1931–2016), American mathematician
- Rudolf Adler (director) (* 1941), Czech film director
- Rudolf E. Adler (* 1929), German geologist and university professor
- Rudolf Otto Wilhelm Adler (1833-1896), German major general
S.
- Sabine Adler (* 1963), German journalist and author
- Salo Adler (1857–1919), educator
- Salomon Adler (painter) (1630 – around 1691), German painter
- Salomon Adler-Rudel (also Schalom Adler-Rudel ; 1894–1975), Austrian social politician
- Samuel Adler (Rabbi) (1809-1891), German rabbi
- Samuel Adler (singer) (1831–1899), American opera singer of German origin
- Samuel Adler (painter) (1889–1979), American painter
- Samuel Adler (composer) (* 1928), American composer of German origin
- Samuel Hirsch Adler (1793–1811), state rabbi of the County of Wertheim
- Sarah Adler (* 1978), French-Israeli actress
- Siegfried von Adler (1830–1889), Austrian banker
- Siegfried Adler (1873 – after 1920), Austrian opera singer
- Sigmund Adler (1853–1920), Austrian legal historian and university lecturer
- Simon L. Adler (1867–1934), American lawyer and politician
- Stella Adler (1901–1992), American actress and drama teacher
- Stephen Adler (physicist) (* 1939), American physicist
- Stephen Adler (journalist) (* 1955), American journalist
- Steven Adler (born 1965), American drummer
T
- Theodor Adler (1813–1883), German high school teacher, director in Köslin, Halle and Königsberg
- Thomas Adler (* 1965), German soccer player
- Thomas Viktor Adler (1914–?), German journalist
U
- Uwe Adler (modern pentathlon) (* 1944), German modern pentathlon
- Uwe Adler (politician) (* 1974), German politician (SPD)
V
- Valentina Adler (1898–1942), Austrian communist
- Victor Adler (also Viktor Adler ; 1852-1918), Austrian politician
- Vincent Adler (1826–1871), Hungarian composer and pianist
W.
- Walter Adler (clergyman) (1911–1980), German Protestant pastor, co-founder and chairman of the working group for the biblical gospel
- Walter Adler (* 1947), German director
- Warren Adler (1927-2019), American writer
- Wawau Adler (* 1967), German jazz musician
- Werner Adler (* 1946), German soccer player
- Wilhelm Adler (1870–1938), Austrian manufacturer
- Wolfgang Adler (botanist) (* 1943), Austrian botanist
- Wolfgang Adler (* 1959), German archaeologist, ground monument curator and university professor
Y
- Yael Adler (* 1973), German doctor and author
- Yuval Adler , Israeli film director and screenwriter