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Ziegler is a common German-language surname meaning "brick-maker" and may refer to the following people:

Actors

• Daniela Ziegler (born 1948), German actress
• Ernst Ziegler (1894–1974), German actor
• Joseph Ziegler (actor) (1953–2025), Canadian actor and theatre director
• Lulu Ziegler (1903–1973), Danish actress
• Mackenzie Ziegler (born 2004), American dancer and actress
• Maddie Ziegler (born 2002), American dancer and actress
• Matilda Ziegler (born 1964), English actress

Artists

• Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959), German painter, favoured by Adolf Hitler
• Johann Ziegler (1749–1802), German-Austrian painter and copperplate engraver
• Samuel P. Ziegler (1882–1967), American painter, educator, musician
• Yvonne Ziegler (1902–1988), French resistance fighter, artist, educator
• Zio Ziegler (born 1988), American visual artist and graphic artist

Authors

• Alexander Ziegler (German writer) (1822–1887), German writer and economist
• Alexander Ziegler (Swiss writer) (1944–1987), Swiss author and actor
• Calvin Ziegler (1854–1930), Pennsylvanian poet
• Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695–1760), German poet
• Jennifer Ziegler, American author
• Leopold Ziegler (1881–1958), German philosoph

Fictional characters

• Morgan Ziegler, a.k.a. Zitz in the Battletoads series
• Toby Ziegler, White House Communications Director in American TV series The West Wing
• Angela Ziegler, a.k.a. Mercy in Overwatch
• Victor Ziegler, wealthy member of New York's elite in Eyes Wide Shut
• Werner Ziegler, German construction engineer in Better Call Saul
• Margarethe Ziegler, wife of Werner
• Yehezkel Ziegler, Tel Aviv municipality member in Blaumilch Canal

Military

• David Ziegler (1748–1811), military officer of the Continental Army, Society of the Cincinnati
• Joachim Ziegler (1904–1945), SS-Brigadeführer and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
• Werner Ziegler (1916–2001), German officer in World War II
• William Smith Ziegler (1911–1999), Canadian general in World War II

Musicians

• Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer, wife of Webster Booth
• Klaus Martin Ziegler (1929–1993), German choral conductor, organist and Protestant church musician
• Delores Ziegler (born 1951), American mezzo-soprano
• Pablo Ziegler (born 1944), Argentine composer
• Adrian von Ziegler (born 1989), Swiss musician

Politicians

• A. H. Ziegler (1889–1972), American lawyer and politician
• Bridget Ziegler (born 1982), American politician and right-wing activist
• Christian Ziegler (politician) (born 1983), American politician
• Christin Ziegler (born 1989), German politician
• Bob Ziegler (1921–1991), American lawyer and politician, son of A. H. Ziegler
• Dagmar Ziegler (born 1960), German politician
• Erich Ziegler (1914–2004), German politician and anti-Nazi resistance activist
• Justin Ziegler, Canadian politician
• Kay-Uwe Ziegler (born 1963), German politician
• Maximilian Ziegler (born 1992), German politicians
• Ron Ziegler (1939–2003), Richard Nixon's press secretary and assistant to the president

Religion

• Albert Ziegler (theologian) (1927–2022), Swiss Roman-Catholic theologian, ethicist and author
• Gregorius Thomas Ziegler (1770–1852), Benedictine monk and bishop of Linz
• Ignaz Ziegler (1861–1948), Austrian rabbi
• Jacob Ziegler (c. 1470 – 1549), German humanist and theologian, itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer

Scientists and academics

• Albert Ziegler (born 1961), German psychologist and professor
• Daniel Ziegler (1804–1876), American clergyman and entomologist
• Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician
• Heinz Otto Ziegler (1903–1944), German speaking Czech political scientist
• Jean Ziegler (1934–2026), Swiss professor of sociology, author and politician, active in the anti-globalization movement
• Johann Heinrich Ziegler (1857–1936), Swiss dye chemist
• John Bosley Ziegler, American physician who pioneered the athletic use of the steroid Dianabol
• Karl Ziegler (1898–1973), German chemist and Nobel laureate
• Peter Ziegler (1928–2013), Swiss geologist
• Philip Ziegler (1929–2023), British biographer and historian
• Regina G. Ziegler, American biochemist and nutritional epidemiologist
• Tamar Ziegler (born 1971), Israeli mathematician
• Willi Ziegler (1929–2002), a German paleontologist
• William Ziegler (1843–1905), American industrialist, co-founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company, Arctic explorer

Sports

• Ava Marie Ziegler (born 2006), American figure skater
• Brad Ziegler (born 1979), American baseball player
• Dave Ziegler (born 1977), American football executive
• Edi Ziegler (1930–2020), German road cyclist
• Gus Ziegler (1875–1960), American college football coach
• John Ziegler Jr. (1934–2018), American lawyer and former president of the National Hockey League
• Kate Ziegler (born 1988), American swimmer
• Larry Ziegler (born 1939), American golfer
• Marc Ziegler (born 1976), German footballer
• Patrick Ziegler (born 1990), German-Australian footballer
• Reto Ziegler (born 1986), Swiss footballer
• Reto Ziegler (curler), Swiss curler
• Thomas Ziegler (ice hockey) (born 1978), Swiss hockey player
• Thomas Ziegler (cyclist) (born 1980), German road racing cyclist

Technicians

• Bernard Ziegler (1933–2021), French, former Airbus director of engineering, son of Henri Ziegler
• Hans K. Ziegler (1911–1999), German pioneer in the field of satellite technology

Others

• Anne Ziegler (1910–2003), English singer (born Irene Eastwood)
• Christian Ziegler (fl. 2000s–2020s), German photojournalist
• Elizabeth Ziegler (1854–1942), Canadian schoolteacher
• Henri Ziegler (1906–1998), French, Airbus first CEO
• John Ziegler (talk show host) (born 1967), radio talk show host in Los Angeles
• Mary Ziegler (born 1982), American legal historian
• Mel Ziegler and Patricia Ziegler, American businesspeople
• Regina Ziegler (born 1944), German producer
• Garrett Ziegler, American political aide

Other uses

• Ziegler, Wisconsin, ghost town, United States
• Ziegler House (Ketchikan, Alaska), NRHP-listed in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, associated with A. H. and Bob Ziegler
• Ziegler–Natta catalyst, chemical reagent named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta
• Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, graduate program at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles
• Ziegler Cray Y-MP M90 NSA supercomputer, now at National Cryptologic Museum
• Ziegler & Co., manufacturer and distributor of Persian carpets
• Zig Ziglar, American personality