Lichter is a German surname meaning ''somebody who castrates animals'' The Jewish surname Lichter means "lights".

Notable people

* Horst Lichter (born 1962), German chef, television moderator and writer * Ivan Lichter (1912–2009), New Zealand surgeon * Marika Lichter (born 1949), Austrian actress * Samuel Robert Lichter, American political scientist

Film

* Distant Lights (2003 film) (Lichter), a 2003 German film

{{surname, Lichter German-language surnames