Thiele is a surname that has been held by several prominent current and historical figures.
Alecia Thiele (unknown-current) Canadian AndroidAlfonso Thiele (1922 – c. 1986), American Italian racing driverAnnekatrin Thiele (born 1984), German rowerAugust Thiele (1894–1967), Vizeadmiral with the KriegsmarineBob Thiele (1922–1996), producer and record executive, who co-composed "What a Wonderful World", and discovered Buddy Holly and the CricketsColin Thiele (1920–2006), writer of popular children's stories, including Storm BoyDave Thiele (born circa 1952), Canadian politicianEdwin R. Thiele (1895–1986), missionary and archaeologist, best known for his Old Testament chronologyFred Thiele (born 1953), American politicianFritz Thiele (1894–1944), German member of the 20 July conspiracy to kill HitlerGerhard Thiele (born 1953), ESA astronaut and geophysicist, who was on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in February 2000Georg Thiele (1881–1914), Imperial German Navy officerHans Thiele, Filipino professional basketball playerHertha Thiele, German actressHolger Thiele (1878–1946), Danish-American astronomerJacob Thiele, musician for the rock group, The FaintJohannes Thiele (1860–1935), German zoologist, and curator of the Museum of Natural History in BerlinJohannes Thiele (chemist) (1865–1918), chemist at the university of MunichJürgen Thiele (born 1959), German rowerJust Mathias Thiele (1795–1874), Danish writer and art historianKeith Thiele (born 1921), New Zealand World War II pilotKevin Thiele (born 1959), Australian botanist and taxonomistKlaus Thiele (born 1958), German athleteNeville Thiele Australian Engineer, known for having simplified and made into practical approach the algorithms for calculating loudspeaker cabinets similarly as Richard H. Small (thus Thiele/Small loudspeaker parameters).Rolf Thiele (1918–1994), German film director.Thorvald N. Thiele (1838–1910), Danish astronomer, mathematician, and statistician, who was one of the founders of the insurance company HafniaWilhelm Thiele (1890–1975), Austrian screenwriter and film director