Winkler (family name)
Winkler is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
In Low German and Dutch, the designation angle for house corner was carried over to general store and so to Winkler , the small trader.
variants
Name bearer
A.
- Adalbert Winkler (1857–1938), Austro-Hungarian monk priest, administrator and curator
- Adolf Winkler (composer) (1938–2014), Austrian composer and conductor
- Adolf Winkler (musician) (* 1939), Togolese jazz musician
- Agathe Winkler (1925–2013), German actress and painter
- Albert Winkler (architect) (1854–1901), German architect
- Albert Winkler (entomologist) (1881–1945), Austrian company owner, entomologist , beetle collector and publisher
- Albert Winkler (photographer) (1923–1978), Swiss photographer
- Albert Winkler (historian) , American historian and archivist
- Albert Winkler (artist) (* 1955), Austrian artist
- Alberto Winkler (1932–1981), Italian rower
- Alexander Winkler (1888–1961), Baltic German educator and librarian, see Theodor Ferdinand Alexander Winkler
- Alexander Winkler (* 1992), German soccer player
- Alfons Winkler (1891 – after 1954), Austrian internist, pulmonologist and clinic director
- Alfred Winkler (entrepreneur) (1872–1945), German company founder
- Alfred Winkler (General) (* 1926), German Lieutenant General of the Police
- Alfred Winkler (skier) (* 1943), German Nordic combined athlete and ski jumper
- Alfred Winkler (politician) (* 1946), German politician (SPD), Member of the State Baden-Württemberg
- Alois Winkler (politician) (1838–1925), Austrian politician and Catholic priest
- Alois Winkler (sculptor) (1848–1931), Austrian sculptor
- Andrea Winkler (author) (* 1972), Austrian author
- Andrea Winkler (artist) (* 1975), Swiss artist
- Andreas Winkler (book printer) (1498–1575), German book printer and teacher
- Andreas Winkler (painter) (1793–1832), Austrian painter
- Andreas Winkler (lawyer) (1825–1916), Austrian lawyer and politician
- Andreas Winkler (politician) , Austrian politician, member of the Salzburg state parliament
- Andreas Winkler (architect) (* 1955), German architect
- Andreas Winkler (racing driver) (* 1963), German racing driver
- Andreas Winkler (violinist) (* 1964), German violinist, painter and sound artist
- Andreas Winkler (neurologist) (* 1965), Austrian neurologist
- Andreas Winkler (soccer player) (* 1969), German soccer player
- Andreas Winkler (singer) (* 1971), Austrian opera singer
- Andreas J. Winkler (* 1974), German musician, composer and lecturer
- Angela Winkler (* 1944), German actress
- Anna Löffler-Winkler (1890–1967), German painter and draftsman
- Anne Winkler (* 1994), German cross-country skier
- Anneliese Winkler (1907–1981), German hygienist and bacteriologist
- Annette Winkler (* 1959), German manager
- Anthony C. Winkler (1942-2015), Jamaican writer
- Anton Winkler (1954–2016), German luge rider
- Arnold Winkler (1882–1969), Austrian historian
- Arthur Winkler (sculptor) (1865–1944), German merchant and sculptor
- Arthur Winkler (Mayor) (1890–1944), German politician, Mayor of Engelsdorf near Leipzig
- Arthur Winkler von Hermaden (1858–1934), Austrian field marshal lieutenant
- Arthur Winkler-Hermaden (geologist) (1890–1963), Austrian geologist and university professor
- Arthur Winkler-Hermaden (diplomat) (* 1965), Austrian diplomat
- August Winkler (General) (1844–1921), Austrian Major General
- August Winkler (art historian) (1861–1900), German art historian
- August Winkler (architect) (? –2004), German architect
- August Christian Winkler (1900–1961), German politician (center, CSU) and activist Catholic
- August Fürchtegott Winkler (1770–1807), German metallurgist
- August Heinrich Winkler (1724–1790), German printer
- August Theodor Winkler (1773–1840), German doctor
B.
- Benedikt Winkler (1579–1648), German lawyer
- Bernd Winkler (painter) (* 1951), German painter and graphic artist
- Bernd Winkler (* 1979), Austrian soccer player
- Bernhard Winkler (cameraman) (* 1956), German cameraman and photographer
- Bernhard Winkler (film editor) (* 1962), Swedish film editor
- Bernhard Winkler (painter) (* 1964), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Bernhard Winkler (soccer player) (* 1966), German soccer player and coach
- Brigitta Seidler-Winkler (* 1936), German singer (soprano)
- Bruno Winkler (historian) (* 1946), Austrian historian and museum curator
- Bruno Seidler-Winkler (1880–1960), German conductor, pianist and arranger
C.
- Carl Winkler (entrepreneur) (1877–1954), German-Swiss printer, entrepreneur and company founder
- Carl Friedrich Winkler-Hagedorn (1897–?), German painter
- Charles Winkler (architect) (born Karl Winkler ; 1834–1908), French architect
- Charles Winkler (Director) , American film director and producer
- Christian Winkler (Germanist) (1904–1988), German Germanist and speech scientist
- Christian Winkler (ski jumping trainer) (* 1969), German ski jumping trainer
- Christian Winkler (ice hockey trainer) (* 1972), German ice hockey trainer and manager
- Christian Winkler (soccer player) (* 1973), Austrian soccer player
- Christian Winkler (author) (* 1981), Austrian author and playwright
- Christoph Winkler (painter) (* 1952), German painter, restorer and exhibition technician
- Christoph Winkler (* 1967), German choreographer
- Claus Winkler (politician) (1912–1971), German politician, mayor of Wedel
- Claus Winkler (architect) (* 1929), German architect
- Claus Winkler (* 1974), German graffiti artist, see Seak
- Clemens Winkler (1838–1904), German chemist
- Constantin Georg Alexander Winkler (1848–1900), Baltic German botanist
- Cuno Winkler (1919–2003), German nuclear medicine specialist
D.
- Daniel Winkler (physician) (1599–1658), German physician, physicus in Brieg and personal physician to the Elector of Brandenburg
- Daniel Winkler (literary scholar) (* 1973), German-Austrian literary and film scholar
- Daniel Winkler (soccer player) (* 1973), German soccer player
- Daniel Winkler (presenter) (* 1981), Italian radio presenter and columnist
- Daniel Winkler (climber) (* 1986), Swiss sport climber
- Daniel Winkler (baseball player) (* 1990), American baseball player
- Daniela Winkler (politician) (* 1980), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Daniela Winkler (comic artist) (* 1988), German comic artist
- Danny Winkler (* 1973), German soccer player
- Dario Winkler (* 1997), Austrian ice hockey player
- David Winkler (Director) , American film producer and director
- David Winkler (composer) (born 1948), American composer
- David Winkler (ski jumper) (* 1989), German ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete
- David W. Winkler (* 1955), American ornithologist
- Debby Winkler (1959–2011), American show jumper
- Dieter Winkler (* 1956), German writer
- Dietmar W. Winkler (* 1963), Austrian theologian
E.
- Eberhard Winkler (theologian) (* 1933), German theologian
- Eberhard Winkler (soccer player) (* 1939), German soccer player
- Eberhard Winkler (philologist) (* 1955), German Finnougrist
- Eduard Winkler (1799–1862), German botanist
- Eduard Winkler (artist) (1884–1978), German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Eike-Meinrad Winkler (1948–1994), Austrian anthropologist
- Emil Winkler (1835–1888), German engineer
- Emil Winkler (Romanist) (1891–1942), Austrian Romanist
- Erhart Winkler (1921–2005), Austrian economist and geographer
- Erich Winkler (* 1968), German disabled cyclist
- Ernst Winkler (painter) (1877–?), German painter
- Ernst Winkler , known as the gold fountain pen king (1886–1974), Viennese impostor and city original
- Ernst Winkler (soccer player) , Austrian soccer player
- Ernst Winkler (politician) (1899–1976), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Ernst Winkler (geographer) (1907–1987), Swiss geographer
- Ernst Winkler (ski racer) (* 1955), Austrian ski racer
- Eugen Gottlob Winkler (1912–1936), German essayist
F.
- Federico Winkler (1942–2013), Swiss artist
- Felix Cantlivres-von Winkler , real name of Adolphe Villemart (1867–1927), Swiss writer
- Ferdinand Winkler (1870–1936), Austrian dermatologist and hematologist
- Frank Winkler (* 1962), German volleyball player
- Franz Winkler (entomologist) (1861–1927), Austrian hospital director and insect researcher (beetle collector)
- Franz Winkler (painter, 1887) (1887–1945), Austrian painter
- Franz Winkler (1890–1945), Austrian politician (Landbund)
- Franz Winkler (painter, 1899) (1899–1947), German painter and wood carver
- Franz Winkler (musician) (1906–1962), Austrian composer and musician
- Franz Winkler (mathematician) (* 1955), Austrian mathematician and university professor
- Franz Winkler von Forazest (1791–1860), Austrian merchant and manufacturer
- Friedrich Winkler (art historian) (1888–1965), German art historian
- Friedrich Winkler (medic) ( Friedrich Wolfgang Winkler , also Wolfgang Friedrich Winkler ; 1890–1972), German medic
- Friedrich Winkler (resistance fighter) (1902–1943), Austrian railway official and resistance fighter
- Fritz Winkler (chemist) (1888–1950), German chemist
- Fritz Winkler (publisher) (1889 – after 1968), German newspaper publisher
- Fritz Winkler (painter) (1894–1964), German painter
- Fritz Winkler (local history researcher) (1931–2019), Austrian pedagogue and local history researcher
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- Gabriele Winkler (actress) (stage name Gabriele Klerwin ; 1880–1914), German singer and actress
- Gabriele Winkler (* 1940), German liturgist
- Georg Winkler (mountaineer) (1869–1888), German alpinist
- Georg Winkler (sculptor) (1910–2002), German sculptor and restorer
- Georg Winkler (composer) (* 1930), Austrian music teacher and composer of German origin
- Georg Carl Winkler (1902–1989), German pianist, conductor and composer
- Georg Friedrich Winkler (1772–1829), German theater painter, see George Friedrich Winckler
- Georg Hellmuth Winkler (1899–1983), German architect
- Georg Johann Winkler von Brückenbrandt (1776–1853), Austrian mathematician and forester
- Gerd Winkler (director) (1929–1978), German author and director
- Gerhard Winkler (architect) (1898–1975), German architect
- Gerhard Winkler (composer) (1906–1977), German composer
- Gerhard Winkler (art historian) (1921–2001), director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig
- Gerhard Winkler (agricultural economist) (* 1924), German agricultural economist
- Gerhard Winkler (epigraphist) (1935–2012), Austrian ancient historian, epigraphist and classical philologist
- Gerhard Winkler (painter) (* 1939), Austrian painter
- Gerhard Winkler (mathematician) (1946–2014), German biomathematist and university lecturer
- Gerhard Winkler (biathlete) ( Gerd ; * 1951), German biathlete
- Gerhard Winkler (soccer player) (* 1963), Austrian soccer player
- Gerhard Bernhard Winkler (* 1931), Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, Cistercian and church historian
- Gerhard J. Winkler (1956–2012), Austrian musicologist
- Geri Winkler ( Gerhard Winkler , * 1956), Austrian mountaineer and adventurer
- Gert Winkler (1942–2016), Austrian director
- Gertrud Nunner-Winkler (* 1941), German psychologist and sociologist
- Gottfried Winkler (* 1956), Austrian trade union official
- Gunnar Winkler (1931–2019), German social scientist
- Gunnar Winkler (football player) (* 1974), German American football player
- Günter Winkler (* 1969), Austrian cameraman
- Günther Winkler (painter, 1923) (1923–2006), German painter
- Günther Winkler (* 1929), Austrian lawyer
- Günther Winkler (painter, 1946) (1946–2011), Austrian painter and musician
- Gustav Winkler (textile manufacturer) (1867–1954), German textile industrialist
- Gustav Winkler (architect) (1872–1947), German architect
- Gustav Winkler (designer) , German vehicle designer , see Winkler (car brand)
- Gustav Winkler (engineer) (* 1940), German engineer and designer
- Gustav Georg Winkler (1820-1896), German geologist
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- Hal Winkler (1892–1956), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Hans Winkler (botanist) (1877–1945), German botanist
- Hans Winkler (racing driver) (1898–1936), German motorcycle racing driver
- Hans Winkler (bobsleigh driver) , German bobsleigh driver
- Hans Winkler (resistance fighter) (1906–1987), judicial officer, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Hans Winkler (painter) (1919–2000), German painter
- Hans Winkler (poet) (* 1933), German architect, entrepreneur and poet
- Hans Winkler (pharmacologist) (* 1939), Austrian pharmacologist and university professor
- Hans Winkler (diplomat) (* 1945), Austrian diplomat
- Hans Winkler (ornithologist) (* 1945), Austrian ornithologist
- Hans Winkler-Dentz , artist name of Johann Ferdinand Winkler (1884–1952), German painter and draftsman
- Hans Alexander Winkler (1900–1945), German orientalist
- Hans Günter Winkler (1926–2018), German show jumper
- Hans-Günther Winkler (* 1965), German photographer
- Hans-Heinrich Winkler (* 1954), German luge rider
- Hans Hs Winkler (* 1955), German artist
- Hans-Joachim Winkler (1928–1995), German trade unionist (FDGB) and politician (SED)
- Harald Winkler (* 1962), Austrian bobsledder
- Hartmut Winkler (* 1953), German media scientist
- Heino Winkler (1912–1964), German actor
- Heinrich Winkler (linguist) (1848–1930), German linguist
- Heinrich Winkler (architect) , German architect
- Heinrich Winkler (theologian) (1895–1981), German theologian and religious educator
- Heinrich Winkler (General) (1929–2019), German major general
- Heinrich August Winkler (* 1938), German historian
- Heinrich Johann Winkler (1798–1864), Baltic German teacher, school inspector, landowner and book collector
- Heinz Winkler (politician) (1910-1958), German politician (GDR CDU)
- Heinz Winkler (cook) (* 1949), German cook
- Hellmuth Winkler (1906–1970), German gynecologist and university professor
- Helmut Winkler (1900–1983), German entrepreneur
- Helmut Winkler (biologist) (* 1950), German biologist
- Helmut GF Winkler (1915–1980), German mineralogist
- Henry Winkler (* 1945), American actor
- Herbert Winkler (1896–1946), German psychologist
- Hermann Winkler (soldier) (1888–1946), German lieutenant general
- Hermann Winkler (singer) (1924–2009), German singer
- Hermann Winkler (politician) (* 1963), German politician (CDU)
- Hermann Erich Winkler (1738–1793), German clergyman
- Herta Winkler (1917–2003), Austrian politician
- Horst Winkler (* 1922), German politician (NDPD)
- Hubert Winkler (1875–1941), German botanist and university professor
I.
- Immanuel Winkler (1886–1932), German pastor and author
- Ingrid Winkler (* 1958), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Iris Winkler (musicologist, 1964) (* 1964), German musicologist and university professor
- Iris Winkler (Germanist) (* 1968), German Germanist and university professor for didactics of German literature
- Iris Winkler (musicologist, 1969) (* 1969), German musicologist, assistant director, music theater teacher and author
- Irwin Winkler (* 1931), American film producer and director
- Iuliu Winkler (* 1964), Romanian politician of the Hungarian minority (UDMR)
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- Jacob Winkler Prins (1849–1904), Dutch writer
- Jakob Winkler (theologian) (1864–1944), Swiss theologian and politician
- Jakob Winkler (SS member) (1892–1948), German SS Obersturmführer
- Jenny Winkler (* 1979), German actress
- Joachim Winkler (* 1951), German sociologist and historian
- Joey Grit Winkler (* 1975), German presenter and journalist
- Johan Winkler (1898–1986), Dutch journalist and author
- Johann Winkler (painter) (1795– ??), Austrian painter
- Johann Winkler (politician, 1805) (1805–1863), Swiss lawyer and politician
- Johann Winkler (politician, 1817) (1817–1887), German politician, MdL Bavaria
- Johann Winkler (politician, 1845) (1845–1918), Swiss lawyer, federal judge and politician
- Johann Winkler (librarian) (* 1946), Austrian librarian
- Johann Baptist Winkler (1866– ??), German choir director
- Johann Ferdinand Winkler (stage name Hans Winkler-Dentz ; 1884–1952), German painter and draftsman
- Johann Heinrich Winkler (1703–1770), German philosopher, philologist and natural scientist, see Johann Heinrich Winckler
- Johann Jakob Winkler (1831–1893), Swiss arithmetic artist
- Johannes Winkler (physician) (1874–1958), German doctor, missionary and ethnologist
- Johannes Winkler (space engineer) (1897–1947), German space engineer
- Johannes Winkler (conductor) (1950–1989), German conductor
- John J. Winkler (1943–1990), American classical philologist
- Josef Winkler (theologian) (1826–1903), Austrian theologian
- Josef Winkler (politician, Salzburg) , Austrian postmaster and politician, member of the Salzburg state parliament
- Josef Winkler (soccer coach) (also Csibi Winkler ), Hungarian soccer coach
- Josef Winkler (painter) (* 1925), Austrian painter
- Josef Winkler (politician, 1950) (* 1950), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Josef Winkler (author) (* 1953), Austrian writer
- Josef Winkler (music journalist) (* 1972), German music journalist
- Josef Winkler (politician, 1974) (* 1974), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Josef R. Winkler ( Josef Rudolf Winkler ; 1930–1993), Czech entomologist
- Joseph Winkler (stonemason) (1665–1748), Austrian stonemason
- Joseph Winkler (theologian) (1809–1886), Swiss theologian and canon lawyer
- Joseph Winkler (painter) (1839–1877), German painter
- József Winkler (1905–1981), Hungarian clergyman
- Julius von Winkler († 1806), Austrian major general
- Julius Winkler (1855–1938), Austrian violinist and music writer
- Jürgen Winkler (mountaineer) (* 1940), German mountaineer and photographer
- Jürgen Winkler (neurologist) (* 1958), German neurologist, neurobiologist and university professor
- Jürgen Winkler (athlete) (* 1959), German pole vaulter
- Jürgen R. Winkler (* 1955), German political scientist
- Juri Winkler (* 2003), German actor
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- Karl Winkler (painter, 1827) (1827–1874), German painter and graphic artist
- Karl Winkler (entrepreneur) (1845–1900), German entrepreneur in St. Petersburg
- Karl Winkler (Austrian politician, I) , Austrian politician, MdL Carinthia
- Karl Winkler (police officer) (1884–1965), German police officer
- Karl Winkler (local researcher) (1891–1961), German local researcher, literary historian and teacher
- Karl Winkler (soccer player) (1899-1960), German soccer player and coach
- Karl Winkler (composer) (1899–1964), Austrian conductor and composer
- Karl Winkler (Austrian politician, II) , Austrian politician
- Karl Winkler (politician, 1909) (1909–1982), German politician (FDP), MdL Bavaria
- Karl von Winkler (1912–1988), Austrian entrepreneur, see Karl von Winckler
- Karl Winkler (teacher) (* 1939), Austrian teacher for special schools
- Karl Winkler (lawyer) (* 1941), German lawyer and author
- Karl Winkler (painter, 1970) (* 1970), Austrian painter
- Karl Alexander von Winkler (1860–1911), Baltic German painter
- Karl Gottfried Theodor Winkler , real name of Theodor Hell (1775-1856), German writer and publicist
- Karl Gottlieb von Winkler (1722–1790), German lawyer, see Carl Gottfried von Winckler
- Karl-Heinz Winkler (* 1948), German politician (PRO)
- Karl-Ulrich Winkler ( Kalle Winkler ; 1960–1994), German songwriter
- Karl Wilhelm Winkler (1842–1910), German astronomer
- Katharina Winkler (* 1979), Austrian author
- Kati Winkler (* 1974), German figure skater
- Kay Winkler (* 1956), German sculptor and installation artist
- Klaus Winkler (theologian) (1934–2000), German Protestant theologian and training analyst
- Klaus Winkler (soccer player) (1949–1985), German soccer player
- Konrad Winkler (* 1955), German Nordic combined athlete
- Kurt Winkler (historian) (* 1956), German historian, curator and museum director
- Kurt Alexander Winkler (1794–1862), German metallurgist
- Kurt Winkler (soccer coach)
L.
- Lajos Winkler ( Ludwig Wilhelm Winkler ; 1863–1939), Hungarian chemist
- Laura Winkler (* 1988), Austrian jazz singer and composer
- Lisa Barthel-Winkler (1893–1966), German writer
- Ljiljana Winkler (* 1981), opera singer (soprano)
- Lorenz Winkler-Horaček (* 1963), German classical archaeologist
- Lothar Winkler (1933–2014), German civil engineer, water management expert and local researcher
- Ludwig Winkler (writer) (1826–1883), German manufacturer and writer
- Ludwig Winkler (pharmacist) (1873–1935), Austrian pharmacist and pharmacy historian
- Ludwig Winkler (politician) (* 1937), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Ludwig Wilhelm Winkler (1863–1939), Hungarian chemist, see Lajos Winkler
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- Madeline Winkler-Betzendahl (1899–1995), German photographer
- Malte Ristau-Winkler (* 1952), German ministerial official (SPD)
- Manfred Winkler (1922–2014), Israeli writer
- Manuela Söller-Winkler (* 1961), German Ministerial Officer and State Secretary (Schleswig-Holstein)
- Maria Elikowska-Winkler (* 1951), Sorbian teacher and journalist
- Markus Winkler (philologist) (* 1955), German linguist and literary scholar and university professor
- Markus Winkler (baseball player) (* 1981), German baseball player and trainer
- Markus Winkler (referee) (* 1981), Austrian football referee
- Markus Maria Winkler (* 1975), German actor and singer
- Martin Winkler (politician) (1885–1959), German politician (CSU), MdL Bavaria
- Martin Winkler (author) (* 1965), German medic and writer
- Martin Winkler (singer) (* 1968), Austrian opera singer (bass baritone)
- Martin Winkler (presenter) (* 1980), German sports journalist and television presenter
- Martin Eduard Winkler (1893–1982), German historian
- Martina Winkler (* 1970), German modern historian and university lecturer
- Matthias Winkler (1682–1753), Austrian stonemason
- Max Winkler (philologist) (1866–1930), American Germanist and university lecturer of Austro-Hungarian origin
- Max Winkler (politician, 1875) (1875–1961), German politician (DDP, NSDAP) and Reich official
- Max Winkler (politician, 1876) (1876–1946), German politician (SPD), MdL Saxony
- Max Winkler (Director) (* 1983), American television director, screenwriter and actor
- Max Joseph Winkler (1810–1884), German composer and choir director
- Micha Winkler (* 1958), German freelance photographer
- Michael Winkler (publisher) (1878–1965), German stenographer and publisher
- Michael Winkler (educator) (* 1953), German educator and university lecturer
- Michael Winkler (columnist) (* 1957), German columnist and author
- Michael-Christfried Winkler (* 1946), German organist, conductor and university lecturer
- Monika Winkler (* 1962), German journalist and politician (AfD)
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- Olof Winkler (1843–1895), German landscape painter and illustrator
- Oskar Winkler (entrepreneur) ( OWI ; 1894–1959), German entrepreneur
- Oskar Winkler (architect) (1909–1970), Slovak architect
- Othmar Winkler (1907–1999), Italian painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Otto Winkler (1885–1960), German sculptor
- Otto Winkler (conductor) (1908–1988), German conductor and general music director
- Otto Winkler Sky (* 1954), Austrian painter
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- PW Gabriel Winkler (* 1935), German graphic artist and sculptor
- Paul Winkler (writer) (also Paul Winckler ; 1630–1686), German lawyer and writer
- Paul Winkler (publisher) (1898–1982), French author and publisher
- Paul Winkler (educator) (1901–1985), Swiss educator and local researcher
- Paul Winkler (soccer player) (1913–1994), German soccer player
- Paul Winkler (filmmaker) (* 1939), German-Australian filmmaker
- Paul Winkler (physicist) (* 1975), Austrian physicist
- Paul Winkler-Leers (1877 – after 1961), German painter and graphic artist
- Paul G. Winkler (1904 – after 1981), German painter and graphic artist
- Paula Winkler (* 1980), German photographer
- Peter Winkler (politician) (1873–1934), German politician, MdL Bavaria
- Peter Winkler (composer) (* 1936), German conductor and composer
- Peter Winkler (meteorologist) (* 1941), meteorologist and science historian
- Peter Winkler (musicologist) (* 1943), American musicologist and composer
- Peter Winkler (mathematician) (* 1946), American mathematician
- Peter Winkler (soccer player) (* 1947), German soccer player
- Peter Winkler (painter, 1949) (* 1949), Austrian painter and graphic artist
- Peter Winkler (journalist) (* 1956), Swiss journalist
- Peter Winkler (psychologist) (* 1963), German psychologist and author
- Peter Winkler (communication scientist) (* 1981), Austrian communication scientist and university professor
- Peter Winkler (painter, II) , Swiss painter
- Peter Winkler von Mohrenfels (* 1943), German lawyer
- Peter Winkler-Payot (* 1968), Swiss comedian and humorist, member of Lapsus (comedian duo)
- Peter Alois Winkler (* 1956), Italian neurosurgeon and university professor
- Peter L. Winkler (* 1956), American biographer and film historian
- Peter Paul Winkler (1912–1993), German musician and composer
- Philipp Winkler (politician) (1875–1962), German lawyer and politician (NLP)
- Philipp Winkler (writer) (* 1986), German writer
R.
- Rainer Winkler (1940–2016), German doctor and book author
- Ralf Winkler (author) (1915–2009), Swiss writer and peace activist
- Ralf Winkler (set designer) (1936–2009), German set and costume designer
- Ralf Winkler, real name of AR Penck (1939–2017), German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Reiner Winkler (* 1961), German manager
- Reinhard Winkler (* 1965), Austrian photographer
- Richard Winkler (publisher) (1849–1937), German newspaper publisher
- Richard Winkler (entrepreneur) (1898–1972), German entrepreneur and inventor
- Richard Winkler (writer) , writer
- Richard Winkler (musician) , musician
- Robert Winkler (engineer) (1861–1922), Swiss engineer
- Robert Winkler (architect, 1878) (1878–1926), German architect
- Robert Winkler (architect, 1898) (1898–1973), Swiss architect
- Robert Winkler (producer) (* 1966), Austrian cameraman and film producer
- Robert Winkler (soccer player) (1968-2017), Austrian soccer player
- Robert Winkler (freestyle skier) (* 1991), Austrian freestyle skier
- Roland Winkler (1939–1995), German painter
- Rolf Winkler (illustrator) (1884–1942), Austrian illustrator, graphic artist and etcher
- Rolf Winkler (sculptor) (1930–2001), German sculptor and graphic artist
- Rolf Dieter Winkler (* 1942), German cultural worker, regional historian, author and editor
- Ron Winkler (* 1973), German writer
- Ronny Winkler (* 1971), German figure skater
- Rudolf Winkler (clergyman) (1855–1917), German Protestant pastor and local researcher
- Rudolf Winkler (pianist) (1889–1970), German pianist
- Rudolf Winkler (politician, 1920) (1920–1977), German politician (CDU)
- Rudolf Winkler (civil servant) (1927–2007), German local politician, town planning director and founder of the foundation
- Rudolf Winkler (politician, 1955) (* 1955), Swiss politician (BDP)
- Rudolf Winkler (mushroom expert) (* 1959), Swiss teacher and mushroom expert
S.
- Scott Winkler (1990-2013), Norwegian ice hockey player
- Sebastian Winkler (actor, 1978) (* 1978), German actor
- Sebastian Winkler (actor, 1982) (* 1982), German actor
- Sebastian Winkler (moderator) (* 1982), German moderator and voice actor
- Sieglinde Winkler (* 1966), Austrian ski racer
- Stefan Winkler (geographer) (* 1966), German geographer and university professor
- Stefan Winkler (* 1968), German painter
- Steffen Winkler (* 1952), German ethnographer and museologist
- Stephan Winkler (painter) (* 1961), German painter
- Stephan Winkler (* 1967), German composer
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- Theodor Winkler (musician) (1834–1905), German flautist and composer
- Theodor Winkler (journalist) (1844–1895), German journalist and writer
- Theodor Ferdinand Alexander Winkler (1888–1961), German-Baltic pedagogue
- Theodor H. Winkler ( Theodor Heinrich Winkler ; * 1951), Swiss diplomat
- Therese Winkler ( Winkler-Messerer ; 1824–1907), German teacher and writer ( works together with her husband Ludwig Winkler (writer) under the pseudonym Th. Messerer )
- Thomas Winkler (screenwriter) (* 1972), German screenwriter
- Thomas Winkler (ice hockey player) (* 1998), Austrian ice hockey player
- Thomas Winkler (soccer player) (* 1984), Austrian soccer player
- Thomas Winkler (politician) , Mayor of Mörfelden-Walldorf since July 2019
- Thomas Laszlo Winkler (* 1985), Swiss singer
- Tiberius Cornelis Winkler (1822–1897), Dutch naturalist and zoologist
- Tim Winkler (* 1986), Danish handball player
U
- Udo Winkler (* 1949), German painter and art theorist
- Ulrich Winkler (theologian) (* 1961), Austrian theologian and religious scholar
- Ulrich Winkler (soccer player) (* 1985), Austrian soccer player
V
- Volker Winkler (politician) (* 1945), Austrian politician (FPÖ)
- Volker Winkler (cyclist) (* 1957), German racing cyclist
- Volkmar Winkler (politician, 1929) (1929–1980), German politician (SED)
- Volkmar Winkler (politician, 1959) (* 1959), German politician (SPD)
W.
- Walfried Winkler (1904–1982), German motorcycle racing driver
- Walter Winkler (racing driver, 1926) (1926–2010), German motorcycle racing driver and motorsport official
- Walter Winkler (physicist) (1927–2015), Swiss physicist
- Walter Winkler (entrepreneur) (* 1937), German company founder and inventor in the logistics sector
- Walter Winkler (judge) (* 1942), German lawyer and judge
- Walter Winkler (soccer player) (1943-2014), Polish soccer player
- Walter Winkler (racing driver, 1948) (* 1948), Austrian motorcycle racing driver
- Walter Theodor Winkler (1914–1984), German psychiatrist
- Werner Winkler (chemist) (1913–1964), German chemist and politician (SED)
- Werner Winkler (psychologist) (1924–2019), German traffic psychologist
- Werner Winkler (theater director) (* 1950), German author, director and actor
- Werner Winkler (author) (* 1964), German author, consultant and calligrapher
- Werner Winkler (soccer player) (* 1964), Austrian soccer player
- Wilfried Winkler (* 1948), Swiss geologist and professor for sedimentology
- Wilhelm Winkler (teacher) (1842–1927), German teacher and historian
- Wilhelm Winkler (painter) (1882–1964), German painter
- Wilhelm Winkler (statistician) (1884–1984), Austrian statistician
- Wilhelm Winkler (musician) (1892–1973), Austrian cellist
- Wilhelm Winkler (archivist) (1893–1958), German archivist, general director of the Bavarian State Archives
- Wilhelm Winkler (politician) (1908-1993), German politician (CSU)
- Wilibald Winkler (1933–2010), Polish politician (AWS) and voivode of Silesia
- Willi Winkler (KPD) (1899–1938), German economist and party official (KPD)
- Willi Winkler (soccer player) (1903-1967), German soccer player
- Willi Winkler (author) (* 1957), German author and journalist
- Willibald Winkler (1914–1984), German jazz musician and lecturer
- Willy Winkler (1904–1986), German local researcher, poet, printer owner and museum founder
- Woldemar Winkler (1902–2004), German painter, draftsman and sculptor
- Wolfgang Winkler (District Administrator) (1902 – after 1945), German lawyer and district administrator
- Wolfgang Winkler (District President) (1924–2005), German lawyer and District President
- Wolfgang Winkler (musician) (* 1935), German jazz drummer
- Wolfgang Winkler (luge) (* 1940), German luge rider
- Wolfgang Winkler (actor) (1943-2019), German actor
- Wolfgang Winkler (Intendant) (* 1945), Austrian Intendant, musician, editor and presenter
- Wolfgang Winkler (tennis player) , German tennis player
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Kluge: Etymological dictionary. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1995, ISBN 3-11-012922-1 .