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 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 (born c. 1920), American football (American football) player
Anton Felix Schindler (1795–1864), secretary and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven
Christopher Schindler (born 1990), German footballer
Bill Schindler (1909–1952), American race car driver
David Schindler (born 1940), 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 (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
Hans Schindler (1889–1974), German musician
Harold Schindler (1929–1998), American journalist and historian
Kevin Schindler (born 1988), German footballer
Kurt Schindler (1882–1935), German composer and conductor
Jochem Schindler (1944–1994), Austrian Indo-Europeanist
Lisa Schindler (born 1929), Austrian sprint canoer
Marvin Schindler (1932–2003), American professor of German and Slavic studies
Nicola Schindler, British television producer and executive
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 (born 1925), Austrian sprint canoer
Paul Schindler (born 1952), American computer journalist
Peter Schindler (born 1960), German composer, musician and author
Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740), Danish composer
Robert and Mary Schindler, parents of Terri Schiavo
Rudolf Michael Schindler (1887–1953), Austrian-American architect
Rudolph Schindler (disambiguation), multiple people
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
