Schindler

For other uses, see Schindler (disambiguation).

Schindler is a German surname that is derived from the German word "schindel", which means "shingle". This suggests that the original bearers of the name were in the roofing business. Variations and alternate spellings of the name include: Shindler, Schindel, and Schindelle.

* Adam Schindler (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
* Alexander M. Schindler (1925–2000), American Reform rabbi
* Allen R. Schindler, Jr. (1969–1992), American navy petty officer, victim of a hate crime
* Alma Schindler (1879–1964), later known as Alma Mahler-Werfel, Austrian composer
* Ambrose Schindler (1917–2018), American football (American football) player
* Anton Felix Schindler (1795–1864), secretary and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven
* Anton Karl Schindler (1879–1964), German botanist
* Bill Schindler (1909–1952), American race car driver
* Christopher Schindler (born 1990), German footballer
* David Schindler (1940–2021), American-Canadian ecologist
* Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
* Emil Jakob Schindler (1842–1892), Austrian landscape painter, father of Alma Mahler
* Emilie Schindler (1907–2001), German humanitarian, wife of Oskar Schindler
* Frederic Schindler (born 1980), French-Argentinean music supervisor and entrepreneur
* George Schindler (born 1929), American stage magician, magic consultant, comedian, actor, ventriloquist and writer
* Hans Schindler Bellamy (1901–1982), Austrian researcher and author
* Harold Schindler (1929–1998), American journalist and historian
* Kevin Schindler (born 1988), German footballer
* Kingsley Schindler (born 1993), German footballer
* Kurt Schindler (1882–1935), German composer and conductor
* Jan Schindler (born 1978), Czech rower
* Jochem Schindler (1944–1994), Austrian Indo-Europeanist
* Lisa Schindler (born 1929), Austrian sprint canoer
* Lynn Schindler (1944–2018), American politician and businesswoman
* Martin Schindler (born 1996), German darts player
* Marvin Schindler (1932–2003), American professor of German and Slavic studies
* Matthias Schindler (born 1982), German para-cyclist
* Oskar Schindler (1908–1974), German businessman who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust, subject of the film Schindler's List
* Osmar Schindler (1869–1927), German painter
* Otto Schindler (canoeist) (1925–2009), Austrian sprint canoer
* Otto Schindler (zoologist) (1906–1956), German zoologist
* Paul Schindler (born 1952), American computer journalist
* Peter Schindler (born 1960), German composer, musician and author
* Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740), Danish composer
* Rudolf Schindler (doctor) (1888–1968), German physician and gastroenterologist
* Rudolph Schindler (architect) (1887–1953), Austrian-born American architect
* Solomon Schindler (1842–1915), American rabbi
* Steve Schindler (born 1954), American football (American football) player
* Szabolcs Schindler (born 1974), Hungarian football (soccer) player
* Valentin Schindler (died 1604), German Lutheran Hebraist and professor
* Walter Schindler (1897–1991), American navy officer

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Schindler.
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Surnames associated with the occupations of stonemason/bricklayer/construction worker etc.

Germanic|

* Mason, Thatcher, Setter,Clay, Stone, Slater, Waller
* Bouwmeester, Baumeister, Ziegel, Bauman Baumann
* Maurer, Shindler (Schindel), Schindler

Romance|

* Masson, Macon
* Muratore, Muraro, Murer, Cazzola
* Cantero, Tejero, Tejada, Texeira
* Barros

Slavic|

* Kamenshchikov, Kamensky
* Kaminsky

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