Wexler is a surname of German and Yiddish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

David Wexler (director) David Wexler is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and toy designer. Wexler is a New York City native and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he majored in communication arts. Prior to his feature film ...

(born 1983), American filmmaker *

Eleonora Wexler Eleonora Wexler (born April 2, 1974, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an ACE Awarded Argentine actress, who started her career in Argentine version of the musical '' Annie'', aged nine. Theatre Films Television *''Mesa de noticias'' (1984) * ...

, Argentine actress *

Haskell Wexler Haskell Wexler (February 6, 1922 – December 27, 2015) was an American filmmaker, cinematographer, and documentarian. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 1966 for ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' and 1976 for ''Bou ...

(1922–2015), American cinematographer and director * Ilana Wexler, fictional character from ''

Broad City ''Broad City'' is an American television sitcom created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. It was developed from their independent web series of the same name, which was produced between 2009 and 2011. The sitcom, like the web serie ...

'' * Jeff Wexler, American production sound mixer *

Karen Wexler ''General Hospital'' is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, it originally was set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the c ...

, fictional character from the soap opera ''General Hospital'' *

Kim Wexler Kimberly "Kim" Wexler is a fictional character in the television series ''Better Call Saul'', a spin-off of ''Breaking Bad''. Kim is primarily portrayed by Rhea Seehorn, and was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. An intelligent and pro ...

, fictional character from ''Better Call Saul'' * Miriam Wexler, fictional character from ''

Turning Red ''Turning Red'' is a 2022 American animated coming-of-age fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Domee Shi and produced by Lindsey Collins, from a screenplay written by S ...

'' *

Norman Wexler Norman Wexler (August 16, 1926 – August 23, 1999) was an American screenwriter whose work included films such as '' Saturday Night Fever'', '' Serpico'' and '' Joe''. A New Bedford, Massachusetts native and 1944 Central High School gra ...

(1926–1999), American screenwriter *

Paul Wexler (actor) Paul Goodwin Wexler (May 23, 1929 – November 21, 1979) was an American character actor in feature films and on television for nearly 30 years, from 1950 until 1979. tall and physically imposing with a long face and deep baritone voice, ...

(1929–1979), American actor *

Sy Wexler Sy Wexler (1916-2005) was an American filmmaker best known for the hundreds of educational short films he made, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous was ''Squeak the Squirrel''. He also co-produced a short film titled ''The Searchin ...

, American film maker *

Victor Raider-Wexler Victor Raider-Wexler is an American film and television actor, best known for roles as Stan in the sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2004), the dual roles of Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Kaufman in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (2001–2007), ...

, American television and film actor * Skyler Wexler, Canadian child actress

Other arts

* Aaron Wexler (born 1974), artist based in New York * Django Wexler, American fantasy writer *

Donald Wexler Donald Allen Wexler (January 23, 1926 – June 26, 2015) was an influential Mid-Century modern architect whose work is predominantly in the Palm Springs, California, area. He is known for having pioneered the use of steel in residential design ...

, American architect *

Elmer Wexler Elmer Wexler (August 14, 1918 - October 3, 2007) was an American illustrator and cartoonist. He is most famous for his work on comic strips and comic books in the 1940s, including being the inventor of the DC comic hero '' Miss America'' in 1941. ...

, American graphic designer *

Glen Wexler Glen Wexler is an American photographer who is best known for his elaborately staged digital photocompositions of improbable situations. Biography Wexler was born in Palm Springs, California. His father, Donald Wexler FAIA, is a noted mid-cen ...

, American photographer * Glenn Wexler, American contemporary artist *

Jerry Wexler Gerald Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s. He coined the term "rhythm and blues", and was integra ...

(1917–2008), American music writer and producer * Natalie Wexler, American novelist and historian * Robert Freeman Wexler, American writer

Government and politics

Anne Wexler Anne Levy Wexler (February 10, 1930 – August 7, 2009) was an influential American Democratic political consultant, public policy advisor, and later the first woman to head a leading lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. Early life and educati ...

(1930–2009), American political advisor and lobbyist * Max Wexler, Romanian Marxist activist *

Robert Wexler Robert Ira Wexler (born January 2, 1961) is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. He is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Represe ...

, American politician

Other

* Bernardo Wexler (1925–1992), Argentine chess International Master * David B. Wexler, American law professor *

Harry Wexler Harry Wexler (March 15, 1911 – August 11, 1962) was an American meteorologist, born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Biography Wexler attended Harvard University, and in 1939 he was awarded a Ph.D. in meteorology under Carl-Gustaf Rossby from ...

(1911–1962), American meteorologist *

Jacqueline Grennan Wexler Jacqueline Grennan Wexler (born Jean Marie Grennan; August 2, 1926 – January 19, 2012), commonly known as Sister J, was an American Catholic religious sister who rose to prominence when she, as President of Webster College, strove to convince ...

(1926–2012), American academic administrator *

Jerrold Wexler Jerrold Wexler (June 27, 1924 – November 10, 1992) was a noted American businessman and film producer. He was the brother of cinematographer Haskell Wexler and the stepfather of actress Daryl Hannah. Early life and education Wexler was bor ...

(1924–1992), American businessman *

Joan Wexler Joan Gottesman Wexler (born 1946) is an American attorney who is a former dean and president of Brooklyn Law School. She is also a former president of the Federal Bar Council. Education Wexler attended Cornell University (B.S., 1968), Harvard Gr ...

(born 1946), American Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School * Leonard D. Wexler (1924–2018), American judge *

Nancy Wexler Nancy Wexler (born 19 July 1945) FRCP MEASA is an American geneticist and the Higgins Professor of Neuropsychology in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons The Columbia Uni ...

, geneticist, contributor to the identification of the gene that causes Huntington's disease *

Paul Wexler (linguist) Paul Wexler (born November 6, 1938, , ) is an American-born Israeli linguist, and Professor Emeritus of linguistics at Tel Aviv University. His research fields include historical linguistics, bilingualism, Slavic linguistics, creole linguistic ...

, Israeli linguist *

Robert Wexler (rabbi) Rabbi Robert Wexler is the former president of the American Jewish University ( AJU), formerly known as the University of Judaism ( UJ).

, American rabbi and university president {{Surname, Wexler German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Occupational surnames