Winkler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Artists and entertainers Austin John Winkler (born 1981), American singer-songwriter, former lead singer for Hinder John E. Winkler (1941–2007), American author and photographer Ralf Winkler (1939-2017), also known as A. R. Penck, German painter Vladimir Winkler (1884–1956), Czech and Russian sculptor
Actors Angela Winkler (born 1944), German actress Henry Winkler (born 1945), American actor Jenny Winkler (born 1979), German actress Margo Winkler (born 1930s), American actress Mel Winkler (1941–2020), American actor Wolfgang Winkler (actor)
Filmmakers Ben Winkler (1902–1979), American sound engineer Charles Winkler, American film director Irwin Winkler (born 1931), American film producer and director Johannes Winkler (composer), German film composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer Margaret J. Winkler (1895–1990), American film producer Paul Winkler (director) (born 1939), German film director active in Australia
Athletes Alberto Winkler (1932–1981) Italian rower and Olympian Dan Winkler (born 1990), American baseball player Hans Günter Winkler (1926-2018), German show jumping rider Jack Winkler (born 1998), American baseball player Konrad Winkler (fencer) (1882–1962), Polish fencer Rudy Winkler (born 1994), American Olympic track and field athlete Scott Winkler, American Paralympic track and field athlete
Footballers Bernhard Winkler (born 1966), German footballer Jim Winkler (American football) (1927–2001), American footballer Joe Winkler (1922–2001), American football player Paul Winkler (footballer) (1913–1996), German soccer player Randy Winkler (born 1943), American football player
Winter sportsmen Hans-Heinrich Winkler, East German luger Harald Winkler (born 1962), Austrian bobsledder Kati Winkler (born 1974), German figure skater Konrad Winkler (skier) (born 1955), East German Nordic combined skier Ronny Winkler (born 1971), German figure skater Sieglinde Winkler (born 1966), Austrian alpine skier Wolfgang Winkler (luger) (1940-2001), German luger
Other Alexander Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people Gerhard Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people Gus Winkler (1901-1933), American gangster and associate of Al Capone Gustav Winkler (1867–1954), German industrialist Harry Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people Jim Winkler, leading member of the United Methodist Church John Winkler (disambiguation) Josef Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people Mary Winkler (born 1973), American murderer Matthew Winkler (disambiguation), multiple people Paul Winkler (disambiguation) Todd Winkler, (born 1967), American murderer
Politicians Clinton McKamy Winkler (1821–1882), American politician and Confederate soldier, namesake of Winkler County, Texas Eric Winkler (1920–1995), Canadian politician Hermann Winkler (born 1963), German politician and Member of the European Parliament Lenny Winkler, American politician Max Winkler (1875–1961), German Reich Trustee and Reich Commissioner for German Cinema Mike Winkler, American politician Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), American educator and politician Tobias Winkler (born 1978), German politician
Scientists Johannes Winkler (1897–1947), German rocket pioneer Peter Winkler, American mathematician Wilhelm Winkler (1884-1984), Bohemian and Austrian statistician
Life scientists Albert J. Winkler (1894–1989), American professor of viticulture Hans Winkler (1877–1945), German botanist Helmut Gustav Franz Winkler (1915–1980), German geologist Hubert Winkler (1875–1941), German botanist Malcolm Winkler, American biologist
Physical scientists Clemens Winkler (1838–1904), German chemist, discoverer of germanium Emil Winkler (1835–1888), German engineer Frank Winkler, American astronomer Gernot M. R. Winkler (1922-2016), time measurement specialist at USNO Lajos Winkler (1863–1939), Hungarian chemist, a.k.a. Ludwig Wilhelm Winkler, who developed Winkler titration Rita Winkler, Canadian hydrologist Tiberius Cornelis Winkler (1822–1897), Dutch anatomist and paleontologist
Writers and academics Angelina Virginia Winkler (1842–1911), American journalist, editor, magazine publisher Anthony Winkler Prins (1817-1908), Dutch writer and encyclopedist Eugen Gottlob Winkler (1912–1936), German essayist Heinrich August Winkler (born 1938), German historian John J. Winkler (1943-1990), American philologist and Benedictine monk Jonathan Reed Winkler (born 1975), American historian Kenneth Winkler (born 1950), American philosopher Paul Winkler (publisher) (1898–1982), Jewish-Hungarian journalist, writer, publisher active in France
See also Potato Germans Winckler