Kohler
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Kohler is a family name of German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 origin. The name was first found in Saxony. It means, "Charcoal burner" so the first "Kohlers" were most likely of that occupation.

People

  • Alan Kohler
    Alan Kohler
    Alan Kohler has been a financial journalist since 1971. He began as a cadet on The Australian; has been a columnist for Chanticleer in The Australian Financial Review and was Editor of the AFR between 1985 and 1988...

    , Australian journalist
    Journalism
    Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

  • Herbert Kohler, Jr.
    Herbert Kohler, Jr.
    Herbert Vollrath Kohler, Jr. is the president and chairman of the Kohler Company, a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin, best known for its plumbing products....

    , business
    Business
    A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...

    man
  • John Michael Kohler
    John Michael Kohler
    John Michael Kohler was a prosperous industrialist and mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Kohler founded what later became known as the Kohler Company, a large producer of bathroom and kitchen products.-Early life:...

    , businessman
  • Josef Kohler
    Josef Kohler
    Josef Kohler was a German jurist, author and poet.-Biography:He studied at Offenburg and Rastatt gymnasiums and Freiburg and Heidelberg universities. He became doctor of laws and was appointed judge at Mannheim . He was a professor at Würzburg and Berlin...

    , German jurist
    Jurist
    A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...

  • Jürgen Kohler
    Jürgen Kohler
    Jürgen Kohler is a World Cup-winning German centre back football player and football manager. Kohler has retired from professional sports, but still occasionally plays for Alemannia Adendorf in the Kreisliga C...

    , former German football player
  • Kaufmann Kohler
    Kaufmann Kohler
    Kaufmann Kohler was a German-born U.S. reform rabbi and theologian.-Life and work:Kaufmann Kohler was born into a family of rabbis...

     (1843-1926), reform rabbi
    Reform Judaism
    Reform Judaism refers to various beliefs, practices and organizations associated with the Reform Jewish movement in North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In general, it maintains that Judaism and Jewish traditions should be modernized and should be compatible with participation in the...

  • Richie Kohler
    Richie kohler
    Richie Kohler is an experienced technical wreck diver and shipwreck historian who has been diving and exploring shipwrecks since 1980. Together with John Chatterton, Kohler was one of the co-hosts of the television series Deep Sea Detectives on the History Channel and is also a consultant for the...

    , shipwreck diver
    Surface supplied diving
    Surface supplied diving refers to divers using equipment supplied with breathing gas using a diver's umbilical from the surface, either from the shore or from a diving support vessel sometimes indirectly via a diving bell...

     and historian
    Historian
    A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

  • Terry Jodok Kohler
    Terry Jodok Kohler
    Terry Jodok Kohler is a prominent American businessman, Wisconsin Republican Party leader, sportsman, philanthropist, and conservationist. He is known internationally in part because of his lifetime dedication to the sport of sailing....

    , businessman
  • Walter J. Kohler, Sr.
    Walter J. Kohler, Sr.
    Walter Jodok Kohler, Sr. was an American businessman and politician. He was an innovative and highly successful Wisconsin industrialist. The Kohler Company was founded by his father, John Michael Kohler. Walter Kohler served as the company's president 1905 to 1937...

    , governor of Wisconsin
    Governor of Wisconsin
    The Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...

     1929-1931
  • Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
    Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
    Walter Jodok Kohler, Jr. was the 33rd Governor of Wisconsin for three terms from 1951 to 1957 and a leading figure in state and national Republican Party activities. His role in the clash between Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 has interested...

    , governor of Wisconsin 1951-1957
  • Ernesto Kohler
    Ernesto Köhler
    Ernesto Köhler was a flautist and composer. He was taught the flute by his father, Venceslau Joseph Köhler, who was the first flute of the Duke of Modena's orchestra....

    , flautist
    Flautist
    A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...

     and composer
    Composer
    A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

     1849-1907

See also

  • Kohler, Wisconsin
    Kohler, Wisconsin
    Kohler is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Sheboygan River. The population was 1,926 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Kohler Company
    Kohler Company
    'The Kohler Company is a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin best known for its plumbing products. Kohler also manufactures furniture, cabinetry, tile, engines, and generators.-History:...

  • Kohler Glacier
    Kohler Glacier
    Kohler Glacier is a distributary of the Smith Glacier in Marie Byrd Land, flowing northward through the middle of the Kohler Range into Dotson Ice Shelf. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN in association with the Kohler Range.-See also:* List of glaciers...

  • Kohler Range
    Kohler Range
    Kohler Range is a mountain range in the Marie Byrd Land of Antarctica. The range is about 64 km long and stands between the base of Martin Peninsula and Smith Glacier...

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