Kinder is a surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
John Kinder Labatt (1803–1866), brewer, founded Labatt Brewing Company
John Kinder (clergyman) (1819–1903), New Zealand artist and photographer
Claude W. Kinder (1852–1936), English railway engineer in China
Mary Kinder (1909–1981), Prohibition era gun moll
Ellis Kinder (1914–1968), baseball pitcher
Manfred Kinder (born 1938), West German sprinter
Jan Kinder (1944–2013), Norwegian ice hockey player
Richard Kinder (born 1944), American businessman, CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
Chuck Kinder (born 1946), American novelist
Peter Kinder (born 1954), American politician
Gary Kinder (author), American writer on sociology and true crime, wrote Victim: The Other Side of Murder
Tony Kinder, Scottish businessman and lecturer
Gary Kinder (born 1962), American decathlete
Steve Kinder, American basketball coach
Kate Kinder, (born 1984), British Rugby Union Photographer
Vladimír Kinder (born 1969), Slovak footballer
John Kinder (born 1974), racing driver
Randy Kinder (born 1975), American football player (running back)
Derek Kinder (born 1986), American football player (wide receiver)
