Winterhalter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Albert G. Winterhalter (1856–1920), admiral in the United States Navy, commander in chief of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet from 1915 to 1917 Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873), German painter and lithographer Hermann Winterhalter (1808–1891), German painter, brother of Franz Hugo Winterhalter (1909–1973), American arranger and composer