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, American mixed martial artist Alexander 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, American football player Anton Felix Schindler (1795–1864), secretary and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven Anton Karl Schindler (1879–1964), German botanist Christopher Schindler, German footballer Bill Schindler (1909–1952), American race car driver David Schindler, American-Canadian ecologist Emil Jakob Schindler (1842–1892), Austrian landscape painter, father of Alma Mahler Emilie Schindler (1907–2001), German humanitarian, wife of Oskar Schindler Frederic Schindler, French-Argentinean music supervisor and entrepreneur George Schindler, American stage magician, magic consultant, comedian, actor, ventriloquist and writer Hans Schindler Bellamy (1901–1982), Austrian researcher and author Hans Schindler (1889–1974), German musician Harold Schindler (1929–1998), American journalist and historian Kevin Schindler, German footballer Kurt Schindler (1882–1935), German composer and conductor Jan Schindler, Czech rower Jochem Schindler (1944–1994), Austrian Indo-Europeanist Lisa Schindler, Austrian sprint canoer Lynn Schindler (1944–2018), American politician and businesswoman Marvin Schindler (1932–2003), American professor of German and Slavic studies Osmar Schindler (1869–1927), German painter Oskar Schindler (1908–1974), German businessman who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust, subject of the film Schindler's List Otto Schindler (1906–1956), German zoologist Otto Schindler, Austrian sprint canoer Paul Schindler, American computer journalist Peter Schindler, German composer, musician and author Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740), Danish composer Rudolf Michael Schindler (1887–1953), Austrian-American architect Rudolph Schindler (disambiguation), multiple people Solomon Schindler (1842–1915), American rabbi Steve Schindler, American football player Szabolcs Schindler, Hungarian football (soccer) player Valentin Schindler, German Lutheran Hebraist and professor Walter Schindler (1897–1991), American navy officer
