Karcher or Kärcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Kärcher, German industrialist * Alan Karcher (1943–1999), New Jersey politician (father of Ellen Karcher) * Amalie Kärcher (1819–1887), German artist * Carl Karcher (1917–2008), restaurateur, founder of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain * Ellen Karcher (born 1964), New Jersey politician, state senator (daughter of Alan Karcher) * Ernst Friedrich Kärcher (1789–1855), German educator and philologist * J. Clarence Karcher (1894-1978), geophysicist and inventor of the reflection seismograph and founder of what would become

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* Jim Karcher (1914–1997), American football player * Karl-Ehrhart Karcher (1918–1973), German World War II Schnellboot commander * Ken Karcher (born 1963), American football player * Mark Karcher (born 1978), American basketball player * Margaret Karcher (1915–2006), American restaurateur

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