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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