Wächter is a surname of Germanic origin, sometimes Romanized Waechter.
People with this name include:
Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter (1852–1912), German diplomat and politician August von Wächter (diplomat) (1776–1852), Württembergian diplomat August von Wächter zu Lautenbach (1807–1879), Württembergian diplomat and politician Carl Georg von Wächter (1797–1880), Württembergian and president of the High Court of Appeal of the Four Free Cities Doug Waechter (born 1981), Major League Baseball pitcher Eberhard Waechter (baritone) (1929–1992), Austrian baritone Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter (1762–1852), German painter F. K. Waechter (1937–2005), German cartoonist, author, and playwright Harry Waechter (1871–1929), English businessman and philanthropist Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter (1878–1944), German physician who described Bracht-Wachter bodies Johann Michael Wächter (1794–1853), Austrian bass-baritone Karina Wächter (born 1990), German politician Karl Eberhard von Wächter (1758–1829), Württembergian lawyer and minister Karl von Wächter-Spittler (1798–1874), Württembergian lawyer and minister Max Waechter (1837–1924), English businessman, art collector, and philanthropist Oscar von Wächter (1825–1902), Württembergian lawyer and politician Otto Wächter (1901–1949), Austrian lawyer and SS officer Paula von Wächter (1860–1944), German painter Stefan Wächter (born 1978), German football goaltender Tobias Wächter (born 1988), German track cyclist Torkel S. Wächter (born 1961), Swedish novelist
See also Wächter (music), a music notation symbol that is similar to a catchword in literature Wachter Wächtler Wachtler