Winkler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Winkler (composer) (1865–1935), Russian composer of German originAlexander Winkler (footballer) (born 1992), German footballerAngela Winkler (born 1944), German actressCharles Winkler, American film directorClemens Winkler (1838–1904), German chemist, discoverer of germaniumEmil Winkler (1835–1888), German engineerEugen Gottlob Winkler (1912–1936), German essayistFrank Winkler, American astronomerGerhard Winkler (biathlete) (born 1951), German biathleteGustav Winkler (1867–1954), German industrialistHans Winkler (1877–1945), German botanistHans Günter Winkler (born 1926), German show jumping rider and 5 times olympic championHarry Winkler (handballer) (born 1945), American athleteHarry Winkler (writer), American sitcom writerHeinrich August Winkler (born 1938), German historianHenry Winkler (born 1945), American actorHubert Winkler (1875–1941), German botanistIrwin Winkler (born 1931), American film producer and directorJim Winkler, leading member of the United Methodist ChurchJoe Winkler (1922–2001), American football playerJohannes Winkler (1897–1947), German rocket pioneerJosef Winkler (politician) (born 1974), German politicianJosef Winkler (writer) (born 1953), Austrian writerKati Winkler (born 1974), German figure skaterLajos Winkler (1863–1939), Hungarian chemist, a.k.a. Ludwig Wilhelm WinklerMargo Winkler (born 1930s), American actressMary Winkler (born 1973), wife and convicted killer of Matthew WinklerMatthew Winkler (minister) (1974–2006), minister and victim in a high-profile murder case in 2006Max Winkler (1875–1961), German Reich Trustee and Reich Commissioner for German CinemaPeter Winkler, mathematicianRalf Winkler, German painterScott Winkler (athlete), American Paralympic track and field athleteScott Winkler (ice hockey) (1990–2013), Norwegian ice hockey playerTiberius Cornelis Winkler (1822–1897), Dutch anatomist and paleontologistVladimir Winkler (1884–1956), Czech and Russian sculptorWolfgang Winkler (born 1940), German lugerGunter Winkler (born 1999),Claims he is German, but is Flemish
