Heller (family name)
Heller is a family name .
Name bearer
A.
- Adam Heller (* 1933), Israeli-American chemical engineer
- Adolf Heller (1874–1914), German painter
- Adolf Heller (conductor) (1901–1954), Bohemian-Austrian conductor (emigrated to the USA)
- Ágnes Heller (1929–2019), Hungarian philosopher
- Albert Heller (* 1938), German university teacher for school education
- Alex Heller (1925–2008), American mathematician
- Alexander Heller (1535–1612), Austrian clergyman ( SJ ), founder of a grammar school in Brno and school principal
- Alfred Heller (printer) (1885–1956), German printer, publisher and specialist author, 1939–1945 exile in Mauritius , died in Israel as a handmade paper manufacturer
- Alfred Heller (writer) (1885–1968), Austrian writer
- Alfred Heller (artist) (1924–2012), German artist (illustrations, glass, ceramic, mosaic works)
- Alma Auswald-Heller (1876–1947), Austrian painter and writer
- Alois Heller (1913–2005), German priest and university professor
- Amos Arthur Heller (1867–1944), American botanist
- André Heller (* 1947), Austrian artist
- André Heller (volleyball player) (* 1975), Brazilian volleyball player
- Andreas Heller (architect) (* 1952), German architect and set designer
- Andreas Heller (theologian) (* 1956), German theologian and nursing scientist, professor of palliative care and organizational ethics
- Andreas Heller (politician) (* 1957), German politician
- Anita Heller (* 1980), Hungarian basketball player
- Anton Heller (1837–1909), Swiss printer and publisher
- Arno Heller (* 1939), Austrian Americanist
- Arnold Heller (1840–1913), German pathologist
- Arnold Krumm-Heller (1876–1949), German adventurer, doctor, occultist, Rosicrucian
- August Heller (1843–1902), Hungarian science historian
B.
- Bartholomäus Heller (1855–1934), Swiss hotelier
- Barbara Heller (* 1936), German composer and pianist
- Ben Heller (art collector) (1925–2019), American art collector
- Benny Heller , American jazz guitarist
- Bernd Heller (* 1947), German television presenter
- Berndt Heller (* 1943), German entrepreneur and association official
- Bernhard Heller ( Hellerbernd ; 1878–1937), German sculptor and poet
- Bert Heller (1912–1970), German painter
- Binem Heller (1908–1998), Yiddish poet
- Birgit Heller (* 1959), Austrian religious scholar
- Bruno Heller (* 1960), English screenwriter
C.
- Camill Heller (1823–1917), Austrian zoologist
- Carl Heller (politician) (1872–1944), Czechoslovak politician and Nazi victim
- Caryl Heller , production designer
- Christian Heller (* 1961), German actor
- Christoph Heller (* 1981), German filmmaker
D.
- Dagmar Heller (voice actress ) (1947–2015), German actress and voice actress
- Dagmar Heller (theologian) (* 1959), German theologian
- David Heller (* 1936), Israeli botanist
- Dean Heller (* 1960), American politician
- Dominique Heller (* 1980), Swiss radio presenter
E.
- Eberhard Heller (* 1942), German philosopher, photographer and Catholic- traditionalist magazine editor
- Edmund Heller (zoologist) (1875-1939), American zoologist
- Edmund Heller (State Secretary) (* 1953), German teacher, philosopher and political official (CDU)
- Edmund Kurt Heller (1884–1954), German specialist in German
- Eduard Heller (painter) (1852 – after 1907), German painter
- Eduard Heller (officer) (1879–1945), Austrian officer and publicist
- Eitel-Fritz Heller (1922–1993 / 1994), German surgeon
- Emil Heller (1860–1950), Swiss politician (BGB)
- Emilie Heller (1905–2003), Swiss printer and publisher
- Emmy Heller (1886–1956), German historian
- Eric Heller (* 1946), American chemist and physicist
- Erich Heller (1911–1990), British essayist
- Erich Heller (dialect poet) (1924–2003), German dialect poet and curator
- Erich Heller (art historian) (* 1945), Austrian art historian
- Ernst Heller (industrialist) (1848–1909), German industrialist
- Ernst Heller (businessman) (1866–1936), German businessman and entrepreneur
- Ernst Heller (physician) (1877–1964), German surgeon
- Ernst Heller (sculptor) (1894–1972), Swiss sculptor
- Eugen Heller (1862–1939), German businessman
- Eva Heller (1948–2008), German writer
F.
- Florian Heller (paleontologist) (1905–1978), German paleontologist
- Florian Heller (writer) (* 1974), German writer
- Florian Heller (soccer player) (* 1982), German soccer player
- Frank Heller (actually Martin Gunnar Serner ; 1886–1947), Swedish writer
- Franz Heller (1900–1970), German politician (CDU)
- Franz Bucher-Heller (1868–1925), Swiss judge, politician, journalist and writer
- Franz Xaver Heller (1778–1840), German botanist
- Friedrich Heller (1858–1904), German telecommunications engineer , see Lucent Technologies #Friedrich Heller (1858−1904)
- Friedrich Heller (entomologist) (1922–1998), German taxidermist and entomologist of Czech origin (cicadas)
- Friedrich Heller (geologist) (* 1939), German geophysicist
- Friedrich Heller-Bürgi (1847–1916), Swiss building contractor
- Friedrich C. Heller (musicologist) (* 1939), Austrian musicologist
- Friedrich Jakob Heller (1789–1866), Austrian military historian
- Friedrich Paul Heller , German publicist
- Fritz Heller (actor) (1893–1966), Austrian actor and cabaret artist
- Fritz Heller (engineer) (1906–2000), German engineer
- Fritz Heller (musician) (* 1952), German musician and instrument maker
G
- Georg Heller (1929–2006), German economist, journalist and writer
- Gerhard Heller (1909–1982), German publisher
- Gisela Heller (* 1929), German editor and writer
- Gottfried Heller (* 1935), German manager
- Gustav Heller (chemist) (1866–1946), German chemist and university professor
- Gustav Heller (politician, 1878) (1878–1921), German politician (SPD)
- Gustav Heller (politician, 1900) (1900–1977), German politician (SPD) and resistance fighter
H
- Hans Heller (architect) (1884–1917), German architect
- Hans Heller (actor) (born 1957), German actor
- Hans Ewald Heller (1894–1966), Austrian musician and composer
- Hans Sigmund Heller (1905–1974), Austrian pharmacologist
- Harry Heller (1899–1967), German-Israeli doctor
- Heinrich Heller (1812–1902), German teacher and pedagogue, educator of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (-> Kaiser Friedrich III. )
- Heinrich Karl Heller (1855–1943), Swiss manufacturer (music boxes) and stamp dealer
- Heinrich Wilhelm Heller (1746–1812 / 1813), German government councilor and anti- enlightenment journalist
- Heinz-Bernd Heller (* 1944), German media scientist
- Hendrik Heller (* 1986), German party functionary (NPD)
- Hermann Heller (politician) (1850–1917), Swiss politician
- Hermann Heller (artist) (1866–1949), Austrian artist and physician
- Hermann Heller (entrepreneur) (1869–1931), German entrepreneur and company founder
- Hermann Heller (lawyer) (1891–1933), German lawyer and university professor
- Hermine Heller-Ostersetzer (1874–1909), Austrian painter and graphic artist
- Hugo Heller (1870–1923), bookseller in Vienna
I.
- Ilse Heller-Lazard (1884–1934), German-Swiss painter
- Ingmar Heller (* 1967), German jazz bassist
- Irene Heller (1913–1986), German politician (SED)
- Isaac Heller ( Ike Heller ; 1926–2015), American toy developer and entrepreneur
- Isidor Heller (1816–1879), Austrian journalist and writer
J
- Jakob Heller (1460–1522), German patrician and councilor
- Jan Heller (1925–2008), Czech Protestant theologian of the Brethren Church and university professor
- Jan Heller Levi (* 1954), American poet
- Jerry Heller (1940-2016), American music producer
- Joachim Heller ( Hellerus Joachimus ; ~ 1518– ~ 1590), German teacher, mathematician and printer
- Johann Heller (sculptor) , German sculptor
- Johann Florian Heller (1813–1871), Austrian doctor and chemist
- Johann Friedrich Heller (1786–1849), Baltic German clergyman and author
- Johann Heinrich Heller (1830–1906), Swiss music box manufacturer and dealer
- Johann Jakob Heller (1807–1876), Swiss politician and doctor
- Johann Kilian Heller (1620 / 1633–1671 / 1674), German composer and organist
- Johannes Heller (1851–1880), German historian
- John Lewis Heller (1906–1988), American classical philologist
- Jomtow Lipmann Heller (1579–1654), Jewish scholar
- Josef Heller (teacher) (1855–1911), Czech-Austrian teacher, headmaster and politician
- Josef Heller (composer) (1876–1932), Austrian composer, lute player and music critic
- Josef Heller (luge rider) , Czech luge rider
- Joseph Heller (local researcher) (1798–1849), German art collector and local history researcher
- Joseph Heller (writer) (1923–1999), American writer
- Joseph Heller (zoologist) (* 1941), Israeli zoologist
- Józef Heller (1896–1982), Polish biochemist
- Julius Heller (1864–1931), German dermatologist and private lecturer at the Univ. Berlin
- Julius Anton Heller (1861–1920), Austrian composer
- Jutta Heller (* 1961), professor and management consultant for resilience
K
- Karl Heller (musicologist) (* 1935), German musicologist
- Karl Bartholomäus Heller (1824–1880), Austrian natural scientist
- Karl Christian Heller (1770–1837), German theologian, librarian and chronicler
- Karl Maria Heller (1864–1945), Austrian zoologist
- Kevin Jon Heller (* 1967), lawyer
- Kilian Heller (1695–1738), abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Seligenstadt
- Klaus Heller (historian) (* 1937), German Eastern European historian
- Klaus Heller (Germanist) (* 1940), German Germanist
- Klaus Heller (non-fiction author) (* 1952), German author, parachutist and free-fall cameraman
- Konrad Heller (1875–1931), Austrian photographer
- Kurt Heller (sports official) (1910–1994), German sports official
- Kurt Heller (politician) (1919–1990), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Kurt Heller (lawyer) (1939–2020), Austrian constitutional lawyer
- Kurt A. Heller (* 1931), German educator, psychologist and university lecturer
L.
- Ladislav Heller (* 1938), Czechoslovak cyclist
- Lara Heller (* 1990), British-German-Iranian actress
- Lavinia Heller , German translation scholar
- Leo Heller (1876–1941), German writer
- Louis B. Heller (1905–1993), American politician
- Ludwig Heller (philologist) (1775–1826), German classical philologist
- Ludwig Heller (pastor) (1805–1878), German clergyman
- Ludwig Heller (Indologist) (1866–1945), German Indologist
- Lukas Heller (1930–1988), German screenwriter
M.
- Maja Heller Schucan also Maja Heller-Klauser , (1912–2000), Swiss sculptor, draftsman and author
- Marcel Heller (* 1986), German soccer player
- Marcus van Heller , pseudonym of the American writer John Stevenson (* 1930), see John Stevenson (writer)
- Marie-Luise Heller (1918–2009), German visual artist
- Marielle Heller (* 1979), American actress, screenwriter and director
- Martin Heller (* 1952), Swiss cultural entrepreneur, curator and author
- Monica Heller (* 1955), Canadian linguist
- Myriande Heller (* 1958), German set designer, film architect and costume designer
O
- Oskar Heller (1870–1938), Austrian-Moravian painter
- Otto Heller (literary scholar) (1863–1941), German-American literary and linguist
- Otto Heller (cameraman) (1896–1970), Czech-British cameraman
- Otto Heller (writer) (1897–1945), Austrian writer, journalist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Otto Heller (Consul General) (1911–2004), Austrian Consul General
- Otto Heller (ice hockey player) (1914–?), Swiss ice hockey player
- Otto Heller (psychologist) (1925–2012), German psychologist and university professor
P
- Paul Heller (* 1971), German jazz saxophonist
- Pete Heller , British house DJ and music producer
- Peter Heller (Germanist) (1920–1998), Austrian-American Germanist
- Peter Heller (documentary filmmaker) (* 1946), German documentary filmmaker and producer
- Peter Heller (author) (born 1959), American writer
- Peter W. Heller (* 1957), German environmental scientist, entrepreneur and administrative officer
- Philipp Heller (1909–1938), German carpenter, KPD member and resistance fighter against the Nazi dictatorship
R.
- Rainer Heller (* 1961), German politician (SPD)
- Reinhold Heller (SS member) (1885–1945), German detective and SS Obersturmbannführer
- Reinhold Heller (painter) (1933–1993), German painter
- Reinhold Heller (art historian) (* 1940), American art historian
- Richard Heller (printer) (1904–1992), Swiss printer, publisher and photographer
- Richard Heller (resistance fighter) (1908–1944), German resistance fighter
- Richard Heller (composer) (* 1954), Austrian composer
- Richard Heller (physician) (* 1954), American physician
- Robert Heller (1812–1871), German journalist, writer and publicist
- Robert F. Heller (* 1958), German administrative lawyer
- Rolf Heller (* 1929), German philologist
- Rudolf Heller (entrepreneur) (* 1933), German entrepreneur and patron
- Rudolf Heller (painter) (* 1966), Austrian painter and graphic artist
S.
- Sapir Heller (* 1989), Israeli theater director
- Seligmann Heller (1831–1890), Austrian writer
- Siegfried Heller (1876–1970), German mathematician
- Siegfried Heller (chemist) (1901 – after 1970), German chemist and professor of physical chemistry
- Simon Heller (1843–1922), Austrian educator for the blind
- Stephan Heller (* 1968), German radio presenter and program director
- Stephen Heller (1813–1888), Hungarian composer and pianist
T
- Theodor Heller (1869–1938), Austrian curative educator
- Thomas Heller (1902–1984), American bookseller and antiquarian of Austrian origin
U
- Uda Heller (* 1951), German politician (CDU)
- Ursula Heller (* 1961), German journalist and television presenter
V
- Viktor Heller (1925–1987), Austrian lawyer and highest judge
- Vitus Heller (1882–1956), German publicist and politician (BVP, CSRP)
W.
- Walter Heller (1915–1987), American economist
- Wenzel Josef Heller (1849–1914), Bohemian composer, military bandmaster, choir director and church musician
- Werner Heller (1946–2018), biochemist and plant pathologist
- Wilfried Heller (* 1942), German geographer
- Wilhelm Heller (architect) (1872 – after 1932), German architect
- Wilhelm Heller (1888 – after 1932), German administrative officer and district administrator
- Willy Heller (1900–1981), German politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Heller (1870–1951), Austrian major general
Z
- Zoë Heller (* 1965), British journalist and writer
Others
- Gebr. Heller , German machine factory
- Heller (motorcycle) , German motorcycle factory
- Gustav & Wilhelm Heller , Austrian confectionery factory