Köhler (family name)
Köhler or Koehler is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
The surname Köhler comes to the profession of Koehler's back.
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf Koehler (1882–1941), German coal and steel industrialist and industrial manager
- Adolf Köhler (1925–2016), German geographer and university professor
- Alban Köhler (1874–1947), German radiologist
- Albert Köhler (surgeon) (1850–1936), German physician and university professor
- Albert Köhler (politician) (1886–1955), German politician (SPD)
- Alexander Köhler (mineralogist) (1893–1955), Austrian petrographer and mineralogist
- Alexander Köhler (politician) (1756–1832), German mining lawyer and politician, mayor of Freiberg
- Alfred Köhler (lawyer) (1883–1945), German lawyer and judge
- Alfred Koehler (soccer player) , German soccer player
- Alfred Köhler (politician) (1912 / 1913–2012), German administrative officer and politician (SPD)
- Alfred Köhler (referee) (* 1936), German football referee
- André Köhler (* 1965), German soccer player
- Andrea Köhler (journalist) (* 1957) German journalist and literary critic
- Andrea Köhler , maiden name of Andrea Wicklein (* 1958), German politician (SPD)
- Andreas Köhler (politician) (* 1954), German politician (SPD)
- Andreas Köhler (physician) (* 1960), German medical officer
- Andreas Köhler (soccer player) (* 1963), German soccer player
- Andreas Köhler (cameraman) (* 1974), German cameraman
- Andreas Köhler (actor) (* 1981), German actor
- Angelina Köhler (* 2000), German swimmer
- Anna Köhler (* 1993), German bobsleigh driver
- Anne Köhler (* 1978), German author
- Annett Köhler (* 1978), German skeleton pilot
- Annette G. Köhler (* 1967), German economist and university lecturer
- Anno Koehler (* 1963), German actor
- Anton Köhler (1585–1657), German politician, mayor of Lübeck
- Armin Köhler (1952–2014), German musicologist
- Arno Köhler (1885–1929), German politician (SPD)
- Astrid Köhler (* 1965), German specialist in German and author
- August Köhler (teacher) (1821–1879), German kindergarten teacher
- August Köhler (theologian) (1835–1897), German Lutheran theologian
- August Köhler (governor) (1858–1902), German colonial official, governor of Togoland
- August Köhler (optician) (1866–1948), German physicist and optician
- August Köhler (painter) (1881–1964), German painter
- Axel Köhler (singer) (* 1960), German singer (countertenor)
- Axel Köhler-Schnura (* 1949), German journalist and environmental activist
- Ayyub Axel Köhler (* 1938), German Muslim functionary
B.
- Barbara Köhler (* 1959), German poet
- Basilius Köhler , German Kreuzkantor
- Benjamin Köhler (* 1980), German soccer player
- Benjamin Friedrich Köhler (1730–1796), German hymn poet
- Bernd Köhler (* 1957), German soccer player
- Bernhard Köhler (1847-1919), German singer (bass)
- Bernhard Koehler (1849–1927), German industrialist and art patron
- Bodo Köhler (* 1928), German escape helper; see Girrmann Group
- Brigitte Köhler-Kliefert (1924–2001), German painter and graphic artist
- Bruno Köhler (1900–1989), Czechoslovak politician
C.
- Carl Köhler (mathematician) ( Carl August Köhler ; 1855–1932), German mathematician
- Carl Köhler (painter) (1919–2006), Swedish painter and draftsman
- Carl Heinrich Adolph Köhler (1810–1875), German politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Charlotte Köhler (actress) (1892–1977), Dutch actress
- Charlotte Köhler (athlete) (1907– ??), German athlete
- Charlotte Köhler (1907–1951), German party functionary (Eastern CDU) and SMT convict, see Erwin Köhler
- Christa Köhler (* 1951), German diver
- Christian Köhler (painter) (1809–1861), German painter
- Christian August Friedrich Köhler (1779–1827), royal Prussian major and higher regional judge
- Christian Philipp Koehler (1778–1842), German civil servant
- Christoph Köhler (* 1950), German social scientist
- Christopher-Fares Köhler (* 1987), German-Jordanian director, dramaturge and translator
- Claudia Köhler (molecular biologist) (* 1971), German molecular biologist
- Claudia Köhler (politician) (* 1966), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Claudia Köhler (* 1981), German dancer, see Benedetto Ferruggia and Claudia Köhler
- Claus Köhler (* 1928), German economist
- Corinna Köhler (* 1964), German politician (SPD)
D.
- Detlef Köhler (1962–2016), German writer
- Dieter Koehler (table tennis player) (* 1938), German table tennis player
- Dieter Köhler (medical doctor) (* 1948), German engineer and pulmonologist
- Dieter Köhler (philosopher) (* 1969), German philosopher
- Diethard Köhler (1926–1987), German biologist, ethnologist and university professor
- Doris Köhler (* 1975), Austrian boxer and kickboxer
- Doris Bischof-Köhler (* 1936), German psychologist
- Dorothea Köhler (* 1943), German conductor and music teacher
E.
- Eberhart Köhler (1929–1995), German electrical engineer
- Eilert Köhler (approx. 1710–1751), German organ builder
- Elisabeth Köhler (* 1955), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Elisabeth Knoll-Köhler (* 1938), German pharmacologist and university professor
- Elsa Köhler (1879–1940), Austrian educator
- Emil Köhler (painter) ( Koszinskow ; around 1815–1876), German painter and lithographer
- Emil Köhler (politician) (1832–1924), German politician
- Emil Köhler (music teacher) , German music teacher and concert master
- Emil Köhler (composer) (1895–1977), German composer, arranger and author
- Erich Köhler (naval officer) (1873–1914), German naval officer
- Erich Köhler (botanist) (1889–1985), German phytopathologist and physician
- Erich Köhler (1892–1958), German politician (DVP, CDU), first President of the German Bundestag
- Erich Köhler (Romance studies) (1924–1981), German Romance studies and literary scholar
- Erich Köhler (author) (1928–2003), German writer
- Erich Köhler (director) , German radio play director
- Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907), flautist and composer
- Ernst Köhler (musician) (1799–1847), German organist and composer
- Ernst Köhler (folklorist) (1829–1903), German teacher, natural scientist and folklorist
- Ernst Köhler (lawyer) (1856–1924), German administrative lawyer
- Ernst Koehler (1890–1972), German winemaker and politician (SPD)
- Ernst Köhler (historian) (* 1939), German historian
- Ernst Köhler-Haußen (1872–1946), German journalist and writer
- Ernst Friedrich Köhler (1788–1851), German Lutheran clergyman
- Erwin Köhler (1901–1951), Mayor of Potsdam and victim of Stalinism
- Eugen Köhler (1878–1942), administrative secretary and Tübingen councilor
- Eva Köhler (politician) (* 1983), German politician (SPD)
- Eva Christiana Köhler (* 1964), German Egyptologist
- Eva Luise Köhler (* 1947), wife of the German Federal President Horst Köhler
F.
- Felix Köhler (* 1984), German triathlete
- Florian Köhler (1935–2013), German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Franz Köhler (pedagogue) (1840–1919), German classical philologist, teacher and librarian
- Franz von Köhler (1847–1914), Austrian major general
- Franz Köhler (trade unionist) (1873–1941), German trade union official
- Franz Köhler (soccer player) (1901–1982), Austrian soccer player and coach
- Franz Eugen Köhler (1805–1872), German publisher
- Frauke Köhler (* 1983), German lawyer and public prosecutor
- Frederick Koehler (* 1975), American actor
- Friedhelm Köhler (* 1957), German psychologist and management consultant
- Friedrich Köhler (pastor) (1817–1898), German theologian and pastor
- Friedrich Köhler (translator) , German translator
- Friedrich Arthur Köhler (1832–1919), royal Prussian lieutenant general
- Friedrich August Köhler (1768–1844), German theologian, collector, chronicler and travel writer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Köhler (1740–1798), German pastor and chronicler
- Friedrich Wilhelm Simons-Köhler (1802–1856), German entrepreneur and politician
- Fritz Köhler (painter, 1887) (1887–1972), German painter
- Fritz Köhler (resistance fighter) (1895–1944), German communist resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- Fritz Köhler (politician) (1903–1962), German politician (SPD), MdL Baden-Württemberg
- Fritz Köhler (painter, 1921) (* 1921), German painter
- Fritz Köhler (painter, 1928) (* 1928), Czech-German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
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- Georg Köhler (actor) (1847 – after 1902), German actor
- Georg Köhler (soccer player) (1900–1972), German soccer player and coach
- Georg Johann Köhler (1890–1944), German painter and graphic artist
- Georg Ludwig Egidius von Köhler (1734–1811), German cavalry general
- Georg Wilhelm Köhler (1874–1929), German mechanical engineer and university professor
- Georges JF Köhler (1946–1995), German biologist and immunologist
- Georgine Köhler (1846–1903), German writer
- Gerald Köhler (* 1969), German game designer
- Gerald Köhler (theater scholar) (* 1959), German theater scholar
- Gerd Köhler (* 1944), German trade unionist
- Gerhard Köhler (lawyer) (* 1937), German civil servant, Vice President of the Federal Criminal Police Office
- Gerhard Köhler (entrepreneur) (* 1956), German entrepreneur and chess player
- Gitte Köhler (* 1985), German badminton player
- Gotthart Köhler (before 1934 – after 1973), German electrical engineer and GDR national prize winner
- Gregor Köhler (1733–1819), German Benedictine priest and theologian
- Gundolf Köhler (1959–1980), German assassin
- Günter Köhler (author) (* 1932), German journalist, editor and author
- Günter Köhler (engineer) (* 1941), German engineer and university professor
- Günter Köhler (doctor) (* 1944), German gynecologist and university professor
- Günter Köhler (entomologist) (* 1950), German entomologist and university professor
- Günther Köhler (1901–1958), German geographer and university professor
- Gunther Köhler (* 1965), German herpetologist
- Gustav Köhler (historian) (1806–1865), German historian
- Gustav Köhler (General) (1818–1896), German Lieutenant General
- Gustav Köhler (mining expert) (1839–1923), German mining expert and university professor
- Gustav Köhler (painter) (1859–1922), German painter
- Gustav Köhler (District Administrator) (1865–1947), German administrative officer
- Gustav Köhler (sculptor) (1884–1960), German sculptor
- Gustav Köhler (politician) (1885–1952), German politician (KPD)
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- Hanna Köhler (1944–2011), German actress
- Hanne Köhler (* 1958), German theologian
- Hannelore Köhler (1929–2019), German painter, draftsman and sculptor
- Hanns Köhler (* before 1955), German engineer and university professor
- Hanns Erich Köhler (1905–1983), German cartoonist
- Hans Köhler (singer) (1842–1880), Austrian opera singer (bass)
- Hans Köhler (architect, 1872) (1872–1929), German architect
- Hans Köhler (architect, 1907) (1907 – after 1954), German architect and construction officer
- Hans Köhler (swimmer) (* 1936), German swimmer
- Hans Israel-Köhler (1902–1970), German geophysicist, meteorologist and university professor
- Hans Georg Koehler (* 1968), German artist
- Hans Joachim Köhler (hippologist) (1917–1997), German hippologist and author
- Hans Joachim Köhler (musicologist) (* 1936), German musicologist
- Hans-Ulrich Köhler (* 1944), German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- Hans-Uwe L. Köhler (* 1948), German author, speaker and sales trainer
- Harriet Köhler (* 1977), German writer
- Hartmut Köhler (1940–2012), German Romance scholar and translator
- Hartmut Koehler , German biologist, ecologist and university professor
- Heinrich Köhler (businessman) (1495–1563), German businessman and politician
- Heinrich Köhler (politician, 1576) (1576–1641), German politician, mayor of Lübeck
- Heinrich Köhler (philosopher) (1685–1737), German philosopher, political scientist and university professor
- Heinrich Köhler (archaeologist) (1765–1838), German classical archaeologist
- Heinrich Köhler (singer) (1814–1910), German opera singer (tenor), theater actor and singing teacher
- Heinrich Köhler (Admiral) (1824–1882), German rear admiral in the Prussian Navy
- Heinrich Köhler (architect) (1830–1903), German architect and university professor
- Heinrich Köhler (entrepreneur) (1836–1907), German engineer and entrepreneur
- Heinrich Köhler (writer) (1852–1920), German writer
- Heinrich Köhler (politician, 1859) (1859–1924), German politician (NLP, DVP)
- Heinrich Köhler (architect, 1874) (1874–1948), German architect
- Heinrich Köhler (politician, 1878) (1878–1949), German politician (center, CDU)
- Heinrich Köhler (philatelist) (1881–1945), German philatelist
- Heinrich Köhler (politician, 1895) (1895–1967), German local politician and manager
- Heinrich Köhler (diplomat) (1903–1983), German diplomat
- Heinrich Köhler (cellist) (1914–2017), German cellist
- Heinrich Köhler-Helffrich (1904–1960), German opera and festival director
- Heinrich Anton Köhler (1784-1858), German Protestant pastor
- Heinrich Gottlieb Köhler (1779–1849), German mathematician and university professor
- Heinz Köhler (* 1942), German politician (SPD)
- Heinz Köhler (publicist) († 2014), German publicist
- Heinz Dieter Köhler (1926–2019), German radio play and theater director
- Helga Köhler (1925–2014), German show jumper
- Helmut Köhler (politician) (1928–2009), German politician (SPD)
- Helmut Köhler (local history researcher, 1930) (1930–2012), German teacher and local history researcher
- Helmut Köhler (legal scholar) (* 1944), German legal scholar and university professor
- Helmut Köhler (local history researcher, 1945) (* 1945), German local history researcher
- Henning Köhler (actor) (1933-2004), German actor
- Henning Köhler (historian) (* 1938), German historian
- Henning Köhler (curative educator) (* 1951), German curative educator
- Henry Köhler (1964–2013), German documentary film director
- Herbert Köhler (1906–1982), German poet
- Herbert W. Köhler (1919-2001), German politician (CDU)
- Hermann Koehler (1876–1943), German banker
- Hermann Köhler (resistance fighter) (1906–1945), Austrian resistance fighter
- Hermann Köhler (athlete) (born 1950), German athlete
- Hermann Adolph Köhler (1834–1879), German physician and chemist
- Horst Koehler (garden architect) (1913–1965), German garden architect
- Horst Köhler (diplomat) (1924–1984), German diplomat
- Horst Koehler (soccer player, 1927) (* 1927), German soccer player
- Horst Koehler (rider) (* 1938), German dressage rider
- Horst Köhler (* 1943), German politician (CDU), Federal President from 2004 to 2010
- Horst Koehler (soccer player, 1948) (* 1948), German soccer player
- Horst Köhler , known as Guildo Horn (* 1963), German pop singer and music therapist
I.
- Ines Köhler-Zülch (1941–2019), German author
- Ingeborg Köhler-Rieckenberg (1914–2015), German economist
- Irene Köhler (1918–1984), German party functionary (SED)
J
- Jacob Johann Köhler (1698–1757), Estonian printer and editor
- Jan Koehler (soccer player) (* 1971), German soccer player
- Jan Köhler (politician) (* 1975), German lawyer and politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Jana Koehler (* 1963), German-Swiss computer scientist
- Jana Köhler (* 1986), German beach volleyball player
- Janet Koehler (* 1987), German badminton player
- Joachim Köhler (* 1935), German theologian
- Joachim Köhler (philosopher) (* 1952), German philosopher and author
- Johan Köhler (1818–1873), Dutch general
- Johann Köhler (politician) (1751–1814), German politician
- Johann Köhler (economist) (1920–2007), German economist
- Johann Bernhard Köhler (1742–1802), German orientalist
- Johann Christian Köhler (1714–1761), German organ builder
- Johann David Köhler (1684–1755), German historian
- Johann Friedrich Köhler (1756-1820), ev.-luth. Pastor in Taucha and writer
- Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Köhler (1753–1819), Prussian administrative officer, General Tax Office
- Johann Gottfried Köhler (1745–1800), German astronomer
- Johann Heinrich Köhler (1669–1736), Saxon goldsmith and court jeweler
- Johanna Köhler (* 1939), German politician (CDU)
- Johannes Köhler (architect) (1874–1952), German architect, city planner in Hildesheim
- Johannes Köhler (also Joannès Koehler ; 1896–1976), German painter
- Johannes Ernst Köhler (1910–1990), German organist, cantor and university professor
- Johannes R. Köhler (* 1933), German musician, composer and poet
- Jörg Köhler (1960–2005), German racing cyclist
- Jörn Köhler (* 1970), German herpetologist
- Josef Köhler (lawyer) (1863–1917), Austrian lawyer and judge
- Josef Köhler (politician) , Austrian politician, district chairman of Favoriten (1935–1938)
- Josef Köhler (painter) (* 1963/64), German painter (high-pressure cleaner)
- Joseph Köhler (hotelier) (1904–2001), German hotelier
- Joseph Köhler (politician) (1920–2011), German politician (CDU)
- Julia-Maria Köhler (* 1978), German actress
- Juliane Köhler (actress) (* 1965), German actress
- Juliane Köhler (artist) (* 1974), German sculptor and painter
- Julius Köhler (architect, 1816) (1816–1882), German architect
- Julius Köhler (entrepreneur) (before 1857–1909), German entrepreneur and company founder
- Julius Köhler (theologian) (1869–1947), German theologian
- Julius Köhler (painter) (1873 – after 1929), Austrian painter
- Julius Köhler (architect, 1878) (1878–1952), German architect
- Jürgen Köhler (canoeist) (* 1946), German canoeist and trainer
- Jürgen Köhler (draftsman) (* 1954), German draftsman
- Jürgen Köhler (Manager) (* 1960), German industrial manager
K
- Karen Köhler (* 1974), German actress, illustrator, performance artist, playwright and writer
- Karl Köhler (theologian, 1799) (1799–1847), German Protestant theologian and politician, MdL Hessen
- Karl Köhler (politician, 1815) (1815–1894), German politician, MdL Hessen
- Karl Köhler (costume expert) (1825–1876), German costume expert and illustrator
- Karl Köhler (theologian, 1832) (1832–1895), German Protestant theologian
- Karl Köhler (politician, 1868) (1868 – after 1924), German politician (SPD), MdL Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Karl Köhler (politician, 1875) (1875–1942), Austrian politician
- Karl Köhler (engineer) (1882–1964), German kitchen designer
- Karl Köhler (painter, 1906) (1906–1993), German painter and university professor
- Karl Köhler (musician, I) , German musician
- Karl Köhler (painter, 1914) (1914–1991), German painter
- Karl Köhler (musician, II) (1919–2018), German organist
- Karl Köhler (soccer player) (* 1928), German soccer player
- Karl A. Köhler (* 1942), German diplomat
- Karl Christian Köhler (1827–1890), German painter and art publisher
- Karl-Erik Köhler (1895–1958), German general
- Karl Franz Koehler (1843–1897) German bookseller
- Karl Friedrich Köhler (1807–1889), German pastor, librarian and historian
- Karl-Heinz Köhler (musicologist) (1928–1997), German musicologist
- Karl-Heinz Köhler (painter) (* 1937), German painter and lithographer
- Karl-Heinz Köhler (teacher) (* 1943), German teacher and development worker
- Karl-Ulrich Köhler (* 1956), German industrial manager
- Käthe Köhler (1913–?), German diver
- Kevin Köhler (* 1987), German musical singer
- Klaus Köhler (* 1959), German chemist and university professor
- Klaus Köhler-Achenbach (1912–1988), German painter
- Klaus-Peter Köhler (* 1943), German politician (FDP)
- Kristina Köhler , maiden name of Kristina Schröder (* 1977), German politician (CDU)
- Krzysztof Koehler (* 1963), Polish poet, literary critic, screenwriter and essayist
- Kurt Köhler (1911–1990), German resistance fighter
L.
- Lorenz Christian Köhler (* 1972), German actor, director and producer
- Lothar Köhler (sports official) (1925–2008), German sports official
- Lothar Köhler (politician) (* 1938), German politician (LDPD), MdV
- Lotte Köhler (* 1925), German psychoanalyst and entrepreneur
- Louis Köhler (1820–1886), German piano teacher
- Ludwig Köhler (writer) (1819–1864), German writer
- Ludwig von Köhler (1868–1953), German legal scholar, civil servant and politician
- Ludwig Köhler (theologian) (1880–1956), German theologian
- Ludwig Köhler (functionary) (1880–1967), Sudeten German health insurance functionary, botanist and dialect poet
- Ludwig Koehler (politician) , German politician (NSDAP), MdL Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Lukas Köhler (* 1986), German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
- Lutz Köhler (conductor) (* 1945), German conductor and university professor
- Lutz Köhler (computer scientist) (* 1961), German media computer scientist and university professor
- Lutz Köhler (politician) (* 1982), German politician (CDU)
M.
- Maik Köhler (* 1976), German local politician
- Manfred Köhler (landscape architect) (* 1955), German landscape architect, ecologist and planner
- Manfred Köhler , a pseudonym of Germar Rudolf (* 1964), German condemned Holocaust denier
- Manfred R. Köhler (1927–1991), German dubbing director, screenwriter and film director
- Marcus Köhler (* 1967), German lawyer
- Marga Köhler (before 1880 – after 1924), German actress
- Margarete Koehler-Bittkow (1897–1964), German textile artist and painter
- Maria João Koehler (* 1992), Portuguese tennis player
- Marina Köhler (* 1954), German actress and voice actress
- Max Köhler (architect) (1867–1939), German architect
- Max Köhler (conductor) (1879–1962), Austrian conductor (Landestheater Innsbruck)
- Max Köhler (entrepreneur, I) , German entrepreneur
- Max Köhler (draftsman) (1886–1920), German artist
- Max Köhler (entrepreneur, II) , German entrepreneur and Righteous Among the Nations
- Max Köhler (painter) (1942–2015), German painter
- Max Fresisen-Köhler (1878–1923), German philosopher, psychologist and educator
- Mela Köhler (1885–1960), Austrian painter and graphic artist
- Michael Köhler (luge rider) (* 1944), German luge rider
- Michael Köhler (lawyer) (* 1945), German legal scholar and legal philosopher
- Michael Köhler (author) (1946–2005), German author, publicist and exhibition curator
- Michael Köhler (chemist) (* 1956), German chemist
- Michael Köhler (Islamic scholar) (* 1958), German Islamic scholar and EU official
- Michael Köhler (presenter) (* 1961), German author, journalist and radio presenter
- Michael Köhler (conductor) (* 1965), German conductor
- Michael Köhler (historian) (* 1971), Swiss historian
- Michael Köhler (handball player) (* 1984), German handball player
- Minna Köhler-Roeber (1883–1957), German painter
N
- Nino Köhler (around 1986), German assassin
O
- Oskar Köhler (1909–1996), German historian
- Oswald Köhler (1851–?), German philosopher and author
- Oswin Köhler (1911–1996), German Africanist
- Otto Köhler (technician) , German technician, university professor and critic of Rudolf Diesel
- Otto Koehler (behavioral scientist) (1889–1974), German zoologist and ethologist
- Otto Köhler (politician) (1897–1960), German politician (DVP, NSDAP, FDP)
- Otto Köhler (singer) (1903–1976), German singer (baritone) and singing teacher
- Otto Koehler , real name of Theo Balden (1904–1995), German painter
- Otto Köhler (journalist) (* 1935), German journalist
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- Paul Köhler (architect) (? –1888), German architect
- Paul Köhler (clergyman) (1848–1926), German Protestant pastor and general superintendent
- Paul Koehler (physician) (1864–1940), German orthopedist
- Paul Köhler (local history researcher) (1883–1954), German teacher, archivist and local history researcher
- Paul Köhler (General) (1906–2001), German major general and ministerial official
- Paul Koehler (musician) ( Paul Adam Koehler ; * 1983), Canadian drummer and entrepreneur
- Peter Köhler (writer) (* 1957), German writer
- Peter Koehler (soccer player) (* 1963), German soccer player
- Philipp Köhler (1859–1911), German farmer and politician, MdR
R.
- Reinhard Köhler (* 1951), German linguist
- Reinhard Köhler (politician) (1818–1866), German politician
- Reinhold Köhler (physician) (1825–1873), German physician and university professor
- Reinhold Köhler (1830–1892), German literary historian and librarian
- Reinhold Koehler (artist) (1917–1970), German visual artist
- Renate Köhler (1938–2014), German politician (DVU)
- Renate Koehler (* 1945), German actress and presenter
- Richard Köhler (SS member) (1916–1948), German SS sergeant major
- Richard Köhler (deserter) (1928? –1945), deserter of the Wehrmacht, shot dead by an SS command
- Richard Köhler (economist) (* 1936), German economist
- Robert Koehler (painter) ( Robert Köhler ; 1850–1917), German-American painter
- Robert Köhler (* 1993), German actor
- Robert J. Koehler (1949–2015), German manager
- Roland Köhler (publisher) (* 1955), Swiss publisher
- Roland Köhler (trainer) (* 1956), German Ju-Jutsu trainer
- Rolf Köhler (genealogist) (1916–1992), German genealogist
- Rolf Köhler (1951–2007), German singer and musician
- Rolf-Georg Köhler (* 1951), German politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Göttingen
- Rudolf Köhler (Mayor) (1865–1928), German politician, Mayor of Plettenberg
- Rudolf Köhler (pastor) (1899–1992), German pastor, anthroposophist and co-founder of the Christian Community
- Rudolf Köhler (lawyer) (1902? - after 1967), German lawyer, philosopher, publisher, publisher and manager of the joint venture of the Evangelical Press
- Ruth Köhler-Irrgang (1900 – after 1942), German writer
S.
- Sarah Köhler (* 1994), German swimmer
- Siegfried Köhler (conductor) (1923–2017), German conductor
- Siegfried Köhler (composer) (1927–1984), German composer
- Siegfried Köhler (cyclist) (* 1935), German cyclist
- Siegfried Köhler (volleyball trainer) (* 1944), German volleyball trainer
- Stefan Köhler (football player) (* 1981), German American football player
- Stefan Köhler (volleyball player) (* 1989), German volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Sven Koehler (soccer player, 1966) (* 1966), German soccer player (Chemnitzer FC, FC Erzgebirge Aue)
- Sven Köhler (soccer player, 1996) (* 1996), German soccer player (VfL Osnabrück)
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- Ted Koehler (1894–1973), American pianist and songwriter
- Theodor Köhler (composer) (* 1974), German composer, editor and lecturer
- Theodor Heinz Köhler (1918–1944), German writer
- Theodor Wolfram Köhler (* 1936), German psychologist, theologian and university professor
- Thomas Köhler (luge) (* 1940), German luge and sports official
- Thomas Köhler (psychologist) (* 1949), German psychologist, physician and mathematician
- Thomas Köhler (radio play director) , German radio play director
- Thomas Köhler (art historian) (* 1966), German art historian and curator
- Thomas Köhler (writer) (* 1966), German writer and screenwriter
- Thomas Köhler (soccer player) (* 1967), German soccer player and coach
- Thorsten Köhler (* 1978), German actor
- Tilmann Köhler (* 1979), German director
- Trevor Koehler (1936–1975), American jazz musician
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- Ulrich Köhler (historian) (1838–1903), German ancient historian and epigraphist
- Ulrich Köhler (ethnologist) (1937–2016), German ethnologist
- Ulrich Koehler (* 1954), German politician (FDP)
- Uli Köhler (* 1951), German sports reporter and television commentator
- Ulrich Köhler (director) (* 1969), German director
- Ursula Rößler-Köhler (1947–2019), German Egyptologist
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- Volkmar Köhler (1930–2012), German politician (CDU)
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- Walter Köhler (painter) (1883– ??), German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Walter Köhler (manufacturer) (1884– ??), German sewing machine manufacturer and novelist
- Walter Köhler (SPD) , German politician (ASPD, SPD)
- Walter Köhler (politician, 1897) (1897–1989), German politician (NSDAP)
- Walter Koehler (badminton) , German badminton player
- Walter Köhler (film producer) , Austrian film producer
- Walther Köhler (1870–1946), German theologian
- Wedeli Köhler (1949–2011), German gypsy jazz musician
- Wenzel Köhler (philologist) († 1546), German humanist, philologist and physician
- Wenzel Köhler (politician) (1906–1987), German politician (GB / BHE), member of the Bavarian State Parliament from November 27, 1950 to December 6, 1962
- Werner Köhler (writer) (1889–1940), German journalist, photographer and writer
- Werner Köhler (soccer player) (* 1920), German soccer player (GDR)
- Werner Köhler (physician) (* 1929), German physician, microbiologist and medical historian
- Werner Köhler (author) (* 1956), German writer
- Werner Köhler (physicist) (* before 1960), German physicist
- Werner Köhler (politician) , German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Wilhelm Köhler (musician) (1852–1924), German church musician, organist and composer
- Wilhelm Köhler (administrative lawyer) (1858–1945), German administrative lawyer
- Wilhelm Koehler (1884–1959), German art historian
- Wilhelm Köhler (philologist) ( Wilhelm Otto David Köhler ; 1886–1963), German classical philologist and teacher
- Wilhelm Köhler (weightlifter) , German weightlifter
- Wilhelm Köhler (entrepreneur) (1897–1962), German engineer and printing machine entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Ludwig Heinrich Anton Köhler (1821–1908), German lawyer and judge
- Willi Köhler (journalist) (1907–1977), German journalist
- Willi Köhler (painter) (1914–1976), German painter
- Willi Koehler (soccer player) , German soccer player
- Willi Köhler (politician) , German politician (LDPD), MdV
- Willi Köhler (manager) , German industrial manager
- Willibald Köhler (1886–1976), German writer and teacher
- Willy Köhler (1907–1992), German manager
- Winfried Köhler (* 1930), German architect
- Wolfgang Köhler (psychologist) (1887–1967), German-Baltic psychologist
- Wolfgang Köhler (composer) (1923–2003), German composer and organist
- Wolfgang Köhler (biostatistician) (1941–2017), German mathematician and bioscientist
- Wolfgang Köhler (journalist) (* 1947), German business journalist
- Wolfgang Köhler (pianist) (* 1960), German jazz pianist
- Wolfram Köhler (journalist) (1924–1999), German journalist and media scientist
- Wolfram Köhler (politician) (* 1968), German politician (CDU), songwriter and sports manager
Others
- Koehler-Nunatak , Nunatak in Ellsworthland, Antarctica
- Koehler (publisher) , German publishers
- HJ Koehler Motor Corporation , former American automobile manufacturer