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
Germanic
Mason , Thatcher , Setter ,Clay , Stone , Slater , Waller
Bouwmeester , Baumeister , Ziegel , Bauman Baumann
Maurer , Shindler (Schindel ), Schindler
Romance Slavic