Wächter is a surname of Germanic origin, sometimes romanized Waechter.
Notable people with this name include:
Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter (1852–1912), German diplomat and politicianDoug Waechter (born 1981), Major League Baseball pitcherEberhard Wächter (baritone) (1929–1992), Austrian baritoneEberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter (1762–1852), German painterF. K. Waechter (1937–2005), German cartoonist, author, and playwrightHarry Waechter (1871–1929), English businessman and philanthropistHermann Julius Gustav Wächter (born 1878), German physician who described Bracht-Wachter bodiesJohann Michael Wächter (1794–1853), Austrian bass-baritoneMax Waechter (born 1924), English businessman, art collector, and philanthropistOtto Wächter (1901–1949), Austrian lawyer and SS officerStefan Wächter (born 1978), German football goaltenderTorkel S. Wächter, Swedish novelistSee alsoWachterWächtlerWachtler