Mahler is a German occupational surname. Mahler was a variant spelling of Maler ("painter"), particularly a painter of stained glass.Mahler in the Dictionary of American Family Names: 2013, Oxford University Press
The name most often refers to Gustav Mahler, Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor. His family included: Alma Mahler-Schindler (1879–1964): Austrian socialite and wife of, successively, Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel Anna Mahler (1904–1988): Austrian-British sculptor, daughter of Gustav and Alma Arthur Mahler (1871–1944): Austrian archæologist, cousin of Gustav Fritz Mahler (1901–1973): Austrian conductor, and cousin once removed of Gustav Joseph Mahler (1900–1981), inventor of the Vectograph stereoscopic technique, cousin of Gustav Otto Mahler (1873–1895), Bohemian-Austrian musician and youngest brother of Gustav Zdeněk Mahler (1936–2018): Czech pedagogue, writer, publicist, and musicologist; distantly related to Gustav
Other people named Mahler include: Ángel Mahler (1960–2025), Argentine composer and conductor Bruce Mahler (born 1950), American actor Eduard Mahler (1857–1945): Hungarian-Austrian orientalist, astronomer, natural scientist Fanny Mahler (1854–1942), Austrian pianist and music teacher Gregory Mahler (born 1950), American political scientist Henry Mahler (1921–1983), Austrian-American biochemist Halfdan T. Mahler (1923–2016): Danish physician, general director of the WHO Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), German prolific novelist Horst Mahler (1936–2025), German lawyer and political extremist (cofounded RAF) Kurt Mahler (1903–1988), British-German mathematician Margaret Mahler-Schnœnberger (1897–1985): American-Hungarian psychoanalyst, infant psychologist Marian Mahler (1908–1982): British designer, commercial artist, and book illustrator Mickey Mahler (born 1952), American baseball player Nicolas Mahler (born 1969), Austrian artist Raphael Mahler (1899–1977): Jewish historian from Poland, then America, and Israel Rick Mahler (1953–2005), American baseball player Thomas Mahler, Austrian game developer and founder of Moon Studios Vincent A. Mahler (born 1949), American political scientist
See also Mahler (disambiguation) Maler
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