Ziegler is a common German-language surname meaning "brick-maker" and may refer to the following people:

Actors

Ernst Ziegler Ernst Ziegler (born Ernst Aldoff, 16 April 1894 – 11 April 1974) was a German film and television actor. Biography Ziegler began his film career in 1932, appearing in the German film '' Die verkaufte Braut'' (The Bartered Bride). He went on ...

(1894–1974), German actor *

Lulu Ziegler Karen Margrete Maria (Lulu) Ziegler (18 April 1903 – 14 November 1973) was a Danish actress, singer and theatre director who was active in both Denmark and Sweden. She gained fame as a cabaret singer in the 1930s, enchanting her audiences in her ...

(1903–1973), Danish actress *

Matilda Ziegler Matilda Ziegler (born 23 July 1964) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Donna Ludlow in ''EastEnders'', Irma Gobb in '' Mr. Bean'', and Pearl Pratt in '' Lark Rise to Candleford''. Television and film career Ziegler's first sc ...

(born 1964), English actress *

Maddie Ziegler Madison Nicole Ziegler (; born September 30, 2002) is an American actress and dancer. She appeared in Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime's reality show ''Dance Moms'' from 2011 (at age 8) until 2016, and starred in a series of music videos by Si ...

(born 2002), American dancer and actress *

Mackenzie Ziegler Mackenzie Ziegler (born June 4, 2004; age ) is an American singer, actress and former dancer, and internet personality. She appeared as a child for six years on the Lifetime reality dance series ''Dance Moms'' together with her older sister, d ...

(born 2004), American dancer and actress

Artists

* Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959), German painter, favoured by Adolf Hitler * Johann Ziegler (1749–1802), German-Austrian painter and copperplate engraver * Samuel P. Ziegler (1882–1967), American painter, educator, musician *

Yvonne Ziegler Yvonne Ziegler (née Yvonne Henriette Marie Lefeuve; 1 June 1902 – 16 January 1988) was a French Resistance, French resistance fighter, painter, sculptor, engraver, and educator. She had founded and directed the Académie Ziegler in Paris. Z ...

(1902–1988), French resistance fighter, artist, educator *

Zio Ziegler Zio Ziegler (born 1988) is an American visual artist. He is known best for his paintings and murals, many of which appear in the Mission District, San Francisco, Mission District of San Francisco, as well as around the world such as Tokyo, Los A ...

(born 1988), American visual artist and graphic artist

Authors

* Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930), Pennsylvanian poet *

Christiana Mariana von Ziegler Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (28 June 1695 – 1 May 1760) was a German poet and writer. She is best known for the texts of nine cantatas, which Johann Sebastian Bach composed after Easter in 1725. Biography Christiana Mariana Romanus was born ...

(1695–1760), German poet * Jennifer Ziegler, American author

Fictional characters

* Morgan Ziegler, a.k.a. Zitz in the ''

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'' series *

Toby Ziegler Tobias "Toby" Zachary Ziegler was a fictional character in the television serial drama ''The West Wing'', played by Richard Schiff. The role of Toby Ziegler earned actor Richard Schiff the Primetime Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outst ...

, White House Communications Director in American TV series

The West Wing ''The West Wing'' is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where t ...

* Angela Ziegler, a.k.a.

Mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French , from Medieval Latin , "price paid, wages", from Latin , "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts. In the social and le ...

in ''Overwatch'' * Victor Ziegler, wealthy member of New York's elite in ''

Eyes Wide Shut ''Eyes Wide Shut'' is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella '' Dream Story'' () by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's setting from earl ...

'' * Werner Ziegler, German construction engineer in ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American legal crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould for AMC. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–201 ...

'' *

Margarethe Ziegler ''Breaking Bad (franchise), Breaking Bad'' is a crime drama franchise created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan. It started with the television series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–13), and is followed by a prequel/sequel series, ''Better Call Sau ...

, wife of Werner

Military

David Ziegler David Ziegler (July 13, 1748 – September 24, 1811) was a German immigrant to the United States who served in the U.S. military and became the first mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Early life and career Johann David Ziegler was born in Heidelbe ...

(1748–1811), military officer of the Continental Army,

Society of the Cincinnati The Society of the Cincinnati is a lineage society, fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. Membership is largely restricted to descendants of milita ...

Joachim Ziegler Joachim Ziegler (2 October 1904 – 2 May 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the SS Division Nordland, and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oa ...

(1904–1945), SS-Brigadeführer and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves *

William Smith Ziegler William Smith (Bill) Ziegler CBE, DSO, ED (Calgary, 5 April 1911 – 1999) was a Canadian General officer active in World War II. Ziegler was born in Calgary, Alberta. His mother took him to Edmonton after the death of his father in 1925. He ...

(1911–1999), Canadian general in World War II

Musicians

Anne Ziegler Anne Ziegler (born Irené Frances Eastwood; 22 June 1910 – 13 October 2003) was an English singer, known for her light operatic duets with her husband Webster Booth. The pair were known as the "Sweethearts in Song" and were among the most famo ...

(1910–2003), English singer, wife of Webster Booth *

Klaus Martin Ziegler Klaus Martin Ziegler (23 February 1929 – 22 September 1993) was a German choral conductor, organist and Protestant church musician. Career Ziegler was born in Freiburg. He studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe and matriculated f ...

(1929–1993), German choral conductor, organist and Protestant church musician *

Delores Ziegler Delores Ziegler (born September 4, 1951) is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active international performance career since the late 1970s. A former resident artist at the Cologne Opera, she has performed leading roles with many of the wor ...

(born 1951), American mezzo-soprano *

Pablo Ziegler Pablo Ziegler (born September 2, 1944) is a Grammy Awards winning Argentine composer, pianist, arranger based in New York City.Oteri, Frank J"Pablo Ziegler: Making the Music Dance" NewMusicBox, July 1, 2014; accessed July 9, 2014. He is an exponen ...

(born 1944), Argentine composer *

Adrian von Ziegler Adrian von Ziegler (; born 25 December 1989) is a Swiss composer from Zurich, Switzerland. He gained popularity on the video-sharing website YouTube, where his channel has over 1,000,000 subscribers as of May 2021. He composes instrumental mus ...

(born 1989), Swiss musician

Politicians

* A. H. Ziegler (1889–1972), American lawyer and politician *

Bridget Ziegler Bridget Anne Ziegler ( McGrath; born July 23, 1982) is an American politician who is on the school board for Sarasota County, Florida. She is a conservative education activist and a co-founder of Moms for Liberty. Early life and career Brid ...

(born 1982), American politician and right-wing activist *

Christian Ziegler (politician) Christian Michael Ziegler (born 1983) is an American politician from Florida. He was the chairman of the Florida Republican Party from February 12, 2023, to January 8, 2024, when he was removed from office by the party. Early life Ziegler was ...

(born 1983), American politician *

Bob Ziegler Robert Holton Ziegler, Sr. (March 27, 1921 – September 29, 1991) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ziegler served in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War II. He then received his law degree f ...

(1921–1991), American lawyer and politician, son of A. H. Ziegler * Dagmar Ziegler (born 1960), German politician * Erich Ziegler (1914–2004), German politician and anti-Nazi resistance activist * Kay-Uwe Ziegler (born 1963), German politician *

Ron Ziegler Ronald Louis Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was the 13th White House Press Secretary, serving during President Richard Nixon's administration. Early life Ziegler was born to Louis Daniel Ziegler, a production manager, and Ruby (Par ...

(1939–2003), Richard Nixon's press secretary and assistant to the president

Religion

* Gregorius Thomas Ziegler (1770–1852), Benedictine monk and bishop of Linz * Ignaz Ziegler (1861–1948), Austrian rabbi *

Jacob Ziegler Jacob Ziegler (c. 1470/71 – August 1549) was a humanist and theologian from Landau an der Isar in Bavaria. He was an itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer, who lived a wandering life in Europe. He studied at the University of Ingol ...

(c. 1470 – 1549), German humanist and theologian, itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer

Scientists and academics

* Daniel Ziegler (1804–1876), American clergyman and entomologist * Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician *

Heinz Otto Ziegler Heinz Otto Ziegler (1903–1944) was a Czech political scientist, who became an RAF pilot. He was killed in action in May 1944. Career Ziegler wrote his doctoral dissertation for Heidelberg University in 1925 ''Die Bedeutung des geltenden Wahl ...

(1903–1944), German speaking Czech political scientist *

Jean Ziegler Jean Ziegler (; born Hans Ziegler, 19 April 1934) is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He ...

(born 1934), Swiss professor of sociology and politician, active in the

anti-globalization movement The anti-globalization movement, or counter-globalization movement, is a social movement critical of economic globalization. The movement is also commonly referred to as the global justice movement, alter-globalization movement, anti-globalist m ...

Johann Heinrich Ziegler Johann Heinrich Ziegler (6 December 1857 in Winterthur – 30 January 1936 in Zurich) was a Swiss dye chemist and natural philosopher. Life Johann Heinrich Ziegler was born as the son of the manufacturer Emil Ziegler. He studied chemistry and recei ...

(1857–1936), Swiss dye chemist *

John Bosley Ziegler John Bosley Ziegler (''ca.'' 1920–1983) — known as John Ziegler and Montana Jack — was the American physician who originally developed the anabolic steroid Methandrostenolone ( Dianabol, DBOL) which was released in the USA in 1958 ...

, American physician who pioneered the athletic use of the steroid Dianabol *

Karl Ziegler Karl Waldemar Ziegler (; 26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic comp ...

(1898–1973), German chemist and Nobel laureate * Peter Ziegler (1928–2013), Swiss geologist *

Philip Ziegler Philip Sandeman Ziegler (24 December 1929 – 22 February 2023) was a British biographer and historian. Background Ziegler was born in Ringwood, Hampshire on 24 December 1929, the son of Louis Ziegler, an Army officer, and Dora Barnwell, a hom ...

(1929–2023), British biographer and historian * Regina G. Ziegler, American biochemist and nutritional epidemiologist *

Tamar Ziegler Tamar Debora Ziegler (; born 1971) is an Israeli mathematician known for her work in ergodic theory, combinatorics and number theory. She holds the Henry and Manya Noskwith Chair of Mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Heb ...

(born 1971), Israeli mathematician *

Willi Ziegler Willi Ziegler (born 13 March 1929 in the neighborhood of Villingen in Hungen, Hessen; died 8 August 2002) was a German paleontologist. Works In 1969, he described the conodont genus '' Protognathodus''. In 1984, with Charles A. Sandberg, he d ...

(1929–2002), a German paleontologist *

William Ziegler William or Willi Ziegler may refer to: * William T. Ziegler (1840–1916), American politician from Pennsylvania *William Ziegler (industrialist) (1843–1905), American industrialist * William Ziegler Jr. (1891–1958), adopted son * William Ziegle ...

(1843–1905), American industrialist, co-founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company, Arctic explorer

Sports

Ava Marie Ziegler Ava Marie Ziegler (born February 28, 2006) is an American figure skater. She is the 2023 NHK Trophy champion and 2022 Budapest Trophy champion. Personal life Ziegler was born on February 28, 2006, in Morristown, New Jersey, to parents Ron and ...

(born 2006), American figure skater *

Brad Ziegler Brad Gregory Ziegler (born October 10, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, and Miami Marlins. Ziegler was one of th ...

(born 1979), American baseball player *

Dave Ziegler David Ziegler (born September 7, 1977) is an American professional football executive who currently serves as an assistant general manager for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He began his career as a scout for the De ...

(born 1977), American football executive * Edi Ziegler (1930–2020), German road cyclist * Gus Ziegler (1875–1960), American college football coach * John Ziegler Jr. (1934–2018), American lawyer and former president of the National Hockey League *

Kate Ziegler Kate Marie Ziegler (born June 27, 1988) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle and long-distance events. Ziegler has won a total of fifteen medals in major international competition, including eight golds, five silver ...

(born 1988), American swimmer *

Larry Ziegler Larry Ziegler (born August 12, 1939) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. Early life Ziegler was born in St. Louis and grew up in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was one of 14 children; he had seve ...

(born 1939), American golfer * Marc Ziegler (born 1976), German footballer * Patrick Ziegler (born 1990), German-Australian footballer *

Reto Ziegler Reto Pirmin Ziegler (; born 16 January 1986) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss Super League club Sion. Ziegler has played top-flight football in seven countries. He earned 35 international caps for Switzerl ...

(born 1986), Swiss footballer *

Reto Ziegler (curler) Reto Ziegler is a Switzerland, Swiss curling, curler. At the national level, he is a two-time Swiss Men's Curling Championship, Swiss men's champion curler (1995, 1998). (Note: before 2002 line-ups shows in ''reverse'' order: lead, second, thir ...

, Swiss curler *

Thomas Ziegler (ice hockey) Thomas Ziegler (born June 9, 1978) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey player. Biography Ziegler was born in Zürich, Switzerland. As a youth, he played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Zürich. He ...

(born 1978), Swiss hockey player * Thomas Ziegler (cyclist) (born 1980), German road racing cyclist

Technicians

Bernard Ziegler Bernard Ziegler (12 March 1933 – 4 May 2021) was a French pilot and engineer, who served in Airbus as senior vice president for engineering, well known for his evangelical zeal for the application of the fly-by-wire system in the Airbuses. He ...

(1933–2021), French, former Airbus director of engineering, son of Henri Ziegler * Hans K. Ziegler (1911–1999), German pioneer in the field of satellite technology

Others

(1910–2003), English singer (born Irene Eastwood) * Christian Ziegler (fl. 2000s–2020s), German photojournalist * Elizabeth Ziegler (1854–1942), Canadian schoolteacher *

Henri Ziegler Henri Ziegler CVO, CBE (18 November 1906 in Limoges – 24 July 1998, in Paris) was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president. An engineer, he was a graduate of the École Polytechnique and of "Sup'Aéro" (the national aerospace e ...

(1906–1998), French, Airbus first CEO *

John Ziegler (talk show host) John Ziegler (born March 28, 1967) is a former Talk radio, radio program host, documentary film writer/director, and conservative journalist. He was the evening (7–10 PM) host of a radio talk show called ''The John Ziegler Show'' on KFI (AM), ...

(born 1967), radio talk show host in Los Angeles * Mary Ziegler (born 1982), American legal historian * Mel Ziegler and Patricia Ziegler, American businesspeople *

Regina Ziegler Regina Ziegler (born 8 March 1944) is a German film and television producer. Life and career Born in Quedlinburg, the daughter of a journalist, Ziegler briefly studied law at the Free University of Berlin, before dropping her studies to work ...

(born 1944), German producer * Garrett Ziegler, American political aide

Other uses

* Ziegler, Wisconsin, ghost town, United States *

Ziegler House (Ketchikan, Alaska) The Ziegler House, also known as the Ziegler/Pitcher House, is a historic house at 623 Grant Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. It is a two-story wood frame residence, set on a hillside. It is roughly rectangular in shape, with a hip roof with clip ...

, NRHP-listed in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, associated with A. H. and Bob Ziegler *

Ziegler–Natta catalyst A Ziegler–Natta catalyst, named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta, is a catalyst used in the synthesis of polymers of 1-alkenes ( alpha-olefins). Two broad classes of Ziegler–Natta catalysts are employed, distinguished by their solubility ...

, chemical reagent named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta *

Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies is the graduate program of study leading to ordination as a Conservative rabbi at the American Jewish University (formerly known as the "University of Judaism"), offering a Masters in Rabbinic Studies (or ...

, graduate program at the

American Jewish University American Jewish University (AJU) is a Private university, private Jewish university in Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of the University of Judaism and Brandeis-Bardin Institute. AJU's academic division includes ...

in Los Angeles * Ziegler

Cray Y-MP The Cray Y-MP was a supercomputer sold by Cray, Cray Research from 1988, and the successor to the company's Cray X-MP, X-MP. The Y-MP retained software compatibility with the X-MP, but extended the address registers from 24 to 32 bits. High-densit ...

M90

NSA The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and proces ...

supercomputer, now at

National Cryptologic Museum The National Cryptologic Museum (NCM) is an American museum of cryptologic history that is affiliated with the National Security Agency (NSA). The first public museum in the U.S. Intelligence Community, NCM is located in the former Colony Sev ...

* Ziegler & Co., manufacturer and distributor of Persian carpets *

Zig Ziglar Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar /zɪg 'zɪglər/ (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. Biography Early life and education Zig Ziglar was born prematurely in Coffee County, Alabam ...

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