Günther (given name)

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The given name Günther, Guenther, Gunther, Günter, Guenter or Gunter may refer to:

* Gunther, semi-legendary king of Burgundy
* Günter Bischof (born 1953), Austrian-American historian
* Gunther Cunningham (1946–2019), American football coach for the Detroit Lions of the NFL
* Günter Deckert (1940–2022), German neo-Nazi
* Günther Denzler (born 1946), German politician
* Günter Grass (1927–2015), German novelist and Nobel laureate
* Günther Jauch (born 1956), German television presenter
* Günther Kaschlun (1935–2020), West German rower
* Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), German field marshal during World War II
* Günther von Scheven (1908–1942), German sculptor
* Günter Kochan (1930–2009), German composer
* Günther Krause (born 1953), German politician and businessman
* Guenter Lewy (born 1923), American political historian
* Günther Lütjens (1889–1941), Kriegsmarine admiral
* Günter Meisner (1926–1994), German actor
* Gunther of Bohemia (955–1045), Bohemian hermit
* Gunther of Cologne (died 873), Roman Catholic archbishop of Cologne
* Günther Netzer (born 1944), German football player
* Günther Oettinger (born 1953), German politician
* Günther Rall (1918–2009), German Luftwaffe pilot and third-ranking ace in history
* Günther Reindorff (1899–1974), Estonian-Soviet graphic designer
* Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004), German politician
* Günther Schifter (1923–2008), Austrian radio presenter
* Gunther Schuller (1925–2015), American musician
* Günther Schumacher (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
* Günter Schulz, former guitarist of KMFDM and Excessive Force, current guitarist of Slick Idiot and live guitarist for PIG
* Günter Steinke (born 1956), German composer
* Günter Strack (1929–1999), German actor
* Guenther Steiner (born 1965), Former team principal of the Haas F1 Team
* Günther Tamaschke (1896–1959), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
* Günter Vetter (1936–2022), Austrian politician
* Gunther von Hagens (born 1945), German anatomist, businessman and lecturer
* Günter Wallraff (born 1942), German writer and undercover journalist
* Günter Wendt (1923–2010), German-American mechanical engineer
* Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician

## Fictional characters and stage names

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* General Gunther von Esling, a fictional general in Command & Conquer: Red Alert
* Günther (singer) (born 1967), stage name of Swedish singer and musician Mats Söderlund
* Gunther (wrestler), professional wrestler, formerly going under WALTER, now named Gunther
* Gunther, one of the main characters from the film Sing
* Gunther, the manager of the Central Perk coffee house in NBC sitcom Friends
* Gunther, one of the aliases of Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events
* Gunther, a dinosaur in the animated series Adventure Time episode "Evergreen"

## See also

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* Ginter, a surname and given name

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