Günther (given name)

The given name Günther, Guenther, Gunther, Günter, Guenter or Gunter may refer to:

• Günter Bialas (1907–1995), German composer
• Günter Brus (1938–2024), Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker, and writer
• Günter Bust (1930–2005), German music educator and composer
• Gunter Christmann (1936–2013), German-born Australian painter
• Gunter Demnig (born 1947), German artist
• Günter Eich (1907–1972), German lyricist, dramatist, and author
• Günter Fruhtrunk (1923–1982), German geometric abstract painter and printmaker
• Gunter Gabriel (1942–2017), German singer, musician, and composer
• Günter Grasmück, member of the Austrian band Opus
• Günter Grass (1927–2015), German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor
• Günter Graulich (born 1926), German church musician and music publisher
• Gunter Hampel (born 1937), German jazz vibraphonist, clarinetist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer
• Günter Haumer (born 1973), Austrian operatic baritone
• Günther Jauch (born 1956), German television presenter
• Günter Jena (born 1933), German choral conductor and musicologist
• Günter Katzenberger (1937–2020), German musician, musicologist, conductor, professor, writer, and publisher
• Günter Kehr (1920–1989), German violinist, conductor, and academic teacher of violin and chamber music
• Günter Kochan (1930–2009), German composer
• Günter Krämer (born 1940), German stage director and theatre manager
• Günter Lamprecht (1930–2022), German actor
• Günter Lenz (born 1938), German jazz bassist and composer
• Günter Ludwig (1931–2022), German pianist
• Günter Mack (1930–2007), German actor
• Günter Meisner (1926–1994), German film and television character actor
• Günter Müller (born 1954), German-born Swiss sound artist
• Günter Neubert (1936–2021), German composer and tonmeister
• Günter Neuhold (born 1947), Austrian conductor
• Günter Pfitzmann (1924–2003), German film actor
• Günter Pichler (born 1940), Austrian violinist, teacher, and conductor
• Günter Platzek (1930–1990), German keyboard player
• Günter Raphael (1903–1960), German composer
• Günter Reich (1921–1989), German-born Israeli baritone
• Günther Reindorff (1899–1974), Estonian-Soviet graphic designer
• Günter Reisch (1927–2014), German film director and screenwriter
• Günter Rimkus (1928–2015), German dramaturge
• Günter Rittner (1927–2020), German painter and illustrator
• Günter Rössler (1926–2012), German photographer
• Gunter Sachs (1932–2011), German photographer, author, student, industrialist, and astrologist
• Günther von Scheven (1908–1942), German sculptor
• Günther Schifter (1923–2008), Austrian radio presenter
• Gunter Schoß (born 1940), German voice and television actor
• Günter Schubert (1938–2008), German actor and voice actor
• Gunther Schuller (1925–2015), American musician
• Günter Schulz (born 1963), German musician, songwriter, and former member of the industrial band KMFDM
• Gunter Sieberth (born 1965), German oboist
• Günter Sommer (born 1943), German jazz drummer
• Günter Steinke (born 1956), German composer and teacher
• Günther Stoll (1924–1977), German actor
• Günter Strack (1929–1999), German film and television actor
• Günther Uecker (1930–2025), German painter, sculptor, and installation artist
• Günter Voglmayr (1968–2012), Austrian classical flutist
• Gunter Waldek (born 1953), Austrian composer, conductor, and music educator
• Günter Wand (1912–2002), German orchestra conductor and composer
• Günter Wewel (1934–2023), German operatic bass and television presenter

• Günter Ambraß (born 1955), East German weightlifter
• Günter Anderl (1947–2015), Austrian figure skater
• Günter Bartusch (1943–1971), East German motorcycle road racer
• Günter Beier (born 1942), German gymnast
• Günter Benkö (born 1955), Austrian football (soccer) referee
• Günter Bergau (born 1939), German rower
• Günter Bernard (born 1939), German professional footballer
• Günter Böttcher (1954–2012), West German handball player
• Günter Bittengel (born 1966), Czech football (soccer) coach and former player
• Günter Breitzke (born 1967), German footballer
• Günter Bresnik (born 1961), Austrian tennis coach
• Gunter Brewer (born 1964), American football coach
• Günter Brocker (1925–2015), German footballer and later manager
• Günter Brümmer (1933–2020), West German slalom canoeist
• Günter Busarello (1960–1985), Austrian wrestler
• Günter Busch (1930–2006), German footballer
• Günter Burghard (1942–2022), Austrian ice hockey player
• Gunther Cunningham (1946–2019), American football coach for the Detroit Lions of the NFL
• Gunther Danne (1942–2025), German sport shooter
• Günter Deckert (nordic combined) (1950–2005), East German Nordic combined skier
• Günter Deuble, West German slalom canoeist
• Günter Dohrow (1927–2008), German middle-distance runner
• Günter Dreibrodt (born 1951), East German handball player
• Günter Drews (born 1967), German footballer
• Günter Flauger (born 1936), German skier
• Günter Friesenbichler (born 1979), Austrian footballer
• Günter Fronzeck (born 1937), German footballer
• Günter Grosswig, East German slalom canoeist
• Günter Güttler (born 1961), German footballer and manager
• Günter Habig (born 1964), German footballer
• Günter Haritz (1948–2025), West German road and track cyclist
• Günter Havenstein (1928–2008), German long-distance runner
• Günter Heine (1919–?), German water polo player
• Günter Hermann (born 1960), German footballer
• Günter Heßelmann (1925–2010), German middle-distance runner
• Günter Hirschmann (1935–2023), German footballer
• Günter Hoge (1940–2017), German footballer
• Günter Holzvoigt, East German sprint canoeist
• Günter Jäger (born 1935), German footballer
• Günter Jochems (1928–1991), German professional ice hockey player
• Günter Kaltenbrunner (born 1943), Austrian former footballer and manager
• Günther Kaschlun (1935–2020), West German rower
• Günter Kaslowski (1934–2001), German cyclist
• Günter Keute (born 1955), German footballer
• Günter Kilian (1950–2026), German water polo player
• Günter Kirchner, West German slalom canoeist
• Günter Klass (1936–1967), German racing driver
• Günter Konzack (1930–2008), East German footballer
• Günter Koren (born 1962), Austrian ice hockey player
• Günter Kowalewski (born 1943), German wrestler
• Günter Krammer, West German sprint canoeist
• Günter Krispel (born 1951), Austrian bobsledder
• Günter Krivec (born 1942), German athlete
• Günter Kronsteiner (born 1953), Austrian footballer
• Günter Kubisch (1939–2005), East German footballer
• Günter Kutowski (born 1965), German professional footballer
• Günter Lobing, German lightweight rower
• Günter Lörke (born 1935), German cyclist
• Günter Lyhs (1934–2025), German gymnast
• Günter Malcher (born 1934), German athlete
• Günter Mielke (1942–2010), West German long-distance runner
• Günter Nachtigall (born 1930), German gymnast
• Günter Netzer (born 1944), German footballer
• Günter Neuburger (born 1954), West German bobsledder
• Günter Nowatzki, German sprint canoeist
• Günter Oberhuber (1954–2021), Austrian ice hockey player
• Günter Orschel (born 1956), Bulgarian equestrian
• Günter Petersmann (1941–2024), German rower
• Günter Preuß (born 1936), German footballer
• Günter Pröpper (born 1941), German professional footballer
• Gunter Rodríguez (born 1981), Cuban swimmer
• Günter Sawitzki (1932–2020), German footballer
• Günter Schaumburg (born 1943), German athlete
• Günter Schießwald (born 1973), Austrian footballer
• Günter Schlierkamp (born 1970), German professional bodybuilder
• Günter Schlipper (born 1962), German footballer
• Günter Schliwka (1956–2023), German weightlifter
• Günter Schmid (1932–2005), German motorsport founder and principal
• Günter Schneider (born 1963), Swiss rower
• Günter Schroers (born 1939), German rower
• Günter Schröter (1927–2016), German footballer and coach
• Günther Schumacher (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
• Günter Sebert (born 1948), German former footballer and manager
• Günter Seibold (1936–2013), German footballer
• Günter Siegmund (1936–2020), East German boxer
• Günter Spies (born 1948), German gymnast
• Günter Spindler (born 1949), German wrestler
• Guenther Steiner (born 1965), former team principal of the Haas F1 Team
• Günter Stratmann (1931–2010), German fencer
• Gunter Thiebaut (born 1977), Belgian footballer
• Gunter Thielen (born 1942), German chief executive
• Günter Thorhauer (1931–2007), East German footballer
• Günter Tilch (born 1937), German speed skater
• Günter Tittes (born 1936), East German breaststroke swimmer
• Günter Traub (born 1939), German speed skater
• Gunter Trojovsky, West German slalom canoeist
• Günter Twiesselmann (1925–2025), German rower
• Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 1978), Belgian footballer and team manager
• Gunter Vanderveeren (born 1970), Belgian tennis player
• Gunter Verjans (born 1973), Belgian footballer
• Günter Wienhold (1948–2021), German footballer
• Günter Wolf (born 1949), German water polo player
• Günter Zeitler, German handballer
• Günter Zöller (born 1948), German figure skating coach and former East German competitor

• Gunther, semi-legendary king of Burgundy
• Gunther of Bohemia (955–1045), Bohemian hermit
• Gunther of Cologne (died 873), Roman Catholic archbishop of Cologne
• Günter Baum (born 1960), German politician and LGBT rights activist
• Günter Baumann (born 1947), German politician
• Günter Böhme (politician, born 1925) (1925–2006), German politician
• Günter Burghardt (born 1941), German lawyer and EU civil servant, EU ambassador to the United States 1999–2004
• Günter Deckert (1940–2022), German far-right political activist
• Günther Denzler (born 1946), German politician
• Günter Gaus (1929–2004), German political journalist, commentator, television interviewer, diplomat, and "government fixer"
• Günter Glende (1918–2004), East German party official
• Günter Guillaume (1927–1995), East German spy
• Gunter Hadwiger (1949–2021), Austrian politician
• Günter Henle (1899–1979), German politician, pianist, and music publisher
• Günther Krause (born 1953), German politician and businessman
• Günter Krings (born 1969), German lawyer and politician
• Günter Lach (1954–2021), German politician
• Günter Mittag (1926–1994), German politician
• Günter Nooke (born 1959), German politician and former civil rights activist
• Günther Oettinger (born 1953), German politician
• Gunter Pleuger (born 1941), German diplomat and politician
• Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004), German politician
• Günter Riesen (1892–1951), German Nazi politician
• Günter Schabowski (1929–2015), East German politician
• Günter Stempel (1908–1981), German politician and lawyer
• Günter Verheugen (born 1944), German politician
• Günter Vetter (1936–2022), Austrian stonemason and politician
• Günter Vogt (born 1961), Liechtenstein politician
• Günter von Drenkmann (1910–1974), German lawyer
• Günter Wächtershäuser (born 1938), German chemist turned patent lawyer

• Günter Abel (born 1947), German philosopher and former professor
• Günter Altner (1936–2011), German interdisciplinary active scientist, biologist, Protestant theologian, ecologist, environmentalist, writer, and lecturer
• Günter Asser (1926–2015), German professor emeritus of logic and mathematics
• Günter Behnisch (1922–2010), German architect
• Günter Benser (1931–2025), German Marxist historian
• Günter Bentele (born 1948), German semiotician
• Günter Bischof (born 1953), Austrian-American historian and professor
• Günter Breithardt (born 1944), German physician, cardiologist, and emeritus professor
• Günter Burg (born 1941), German dermatologist
• Günter Dreyer (1943–2019), German Egyptologist
• Günter Dyhrenfurth (1886–1975), German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and Himalayan explorer
• Günter Faltin (born 1944), German economist and entrepreneur
• Gunter Faure, American geochemist
• Günter Grönbold (born 1943), German Indologist and Tibetologist
• Gunther von Hagens (born 1945), German anatomist, businessman and lecturer
• Günter Harder (1938–2025), German mathematician
• Günter Heimbeck (born 1946), German-Namibian professor of mathematics
• Günter Heyden (1921–2002), German professor of philosophy and a sociologist
• Günter Hirsch (born 1943), German legal scholar
• Günter Hotz (born 1931), German pioneer of computer science
• Günter Kleinen (born 1941), German musicologist and professor of musicology
• Gunther Köhler (1965–2025), German herpetologist
• Günter Gerhard Lange (1921–2008), German typographer, teacher, and type designer
• Guenter Lewy (born 1923), American political historian
• Günter Lüling (1928–2014), German Protestant theologian, philological scholar, and pioneer in the study of early Islam
• Günter Lumer (1929–2005), German mathematician
• Gunter Malle (born 1960), German mathematician
• Günter Maschke (1943–2022), German political scientist
• Günter Mayer (1930–2010), German cultural academic and musicologist
• Günter Meißner (1936–2015), German art historian
• Günter Meyer (born 1946), German Geographer and Orientalist
• Günter Morge (1925–1984), German entomologist
• Günter Nimtz (born 1936), German physicist
• Günter Ollenschläger (born 1951), German physician, medical editor, and professor of internal medicine and clinical decision making
• Günter P. Wagner (born 1954), Austrian-born evolutionary biologist
• Günter Pilz (born 1945), Austrian mathematician and professor
• Günter Reimann (1904–2005), German-born economist and writer
• Günter Ropohl (1939–2017), German technology philosopher
• Günter Sauerbrey (1933–2003), German physicist, inventor of the quartz crystal microbalance
• Günter Schilder (born 1942), Dutch historian
• Günter Schmahl (1936–2018), German physicist, professor, and pioneer
• Gunter Schmidt (born 1938), German sexologist, psychotherapist, and social psychologist
• Günter Schmidt (arachnologist) (1926–2016), German arachnologist and author
• Günter Schmölders (1903–1991), German economist
• Gunter Schöbel (born 1959), German archaeologist and museum director
• Günter Tembrock (1918–2011), East German zoologist
• Günter Theißen (born 1962), German geneticist
• Günter Weigand (1924–2003), German economist, self-proclaimed social lawyer, and amateur prosecutor
• Günter Wendt (1923–2010), German-American mechanical engineer
• Günter Wirths (1911–2005), German chemist
• Günter Wyszecki (1925–1985), German-Canadian physicist
• Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician

• Günter Böckle (born 1949), German software engineer and project manager
• Günter Felke (1929–2005), German furniture manufacturer, numismatist, and patron of culture
• Günter Fronius (1907–2015), Austrian entrepreneur
• Günter Herlitz (1913–2010), German businessman
• Günter Herz (born 1940), German businessman
• Günter Mast (1927–2011), German businessman
• Gunter Pauli (born 1956), Belgian entrepreneur, economist, and author

• Günter Halm (1922–2017), German infantryman
• Günter Hessler (1909–1968), German naval officer
• Gunter Jahn (1910–1992), German U-boat commander
• Günter Kießling (1925–2009), German general
• Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), German field marshal during World War II
• Günter Kuhnke (1912–1990), German submarine commander
• Günther Lütjens (1889–1941), Kriegsmarine admiral
• Günter Luther (1922–1997), German admiral
• Günther Rall (1918–2009), German Luftwaffe pilot and third-ranking ace in history
• Günter Schwartzkopff (1898–1940), German World War II Luftwaffe officer considered the "father of the Stuka" dive bomber
• Günter Steinhausen (1917–1942), German aviator
• Günther Tamaschke (1896–1959), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
• Günter Voigt (born 1933), German military scientist and major general
• Günter Vollmer (1917–2004), Nazi Germany officer
• Günter Weiler (born 1951), German army officer and lieutenant general

• Gunter d'Alquen (1910–1998), German journalist, propagandist, and author
• Günter de Bruyn (1926–2020), German author
• Günter Herburger (1932–2018), German writer
• Günter Kunert (1929–2019), German writer
• Günter Ruch (1956–2010), German writer, journalist, politician, and author
• Gunter Segers, Belgian children’s book author, non-fiction book author, graphic designer, and illustrator
• Gunter Silva Passuni (born 1977), Peruvian writer
• Günter Simon (born 1933), German journalist
• Günter Wallraff (born 1942), German writer and undercover journalist
• Günter Weitling (1935–2024), Danish Lutheran theologian, historian, and author

• Günter Hermann Ewen (1962–1999), German mass murderer
• Günter Hoffmann (disambiguation)
• Günter Krüger (disambiguation)
• Günter Litfin (1937–1961), German tailor
• Günter Lorenz (born 1964/1965), Austrian murderer
• Günter Neumann (disambiguation)
• Gunter Prus (died 1232), Polish Roman Catholic bishop
• Günter Stephan (disambiguation)

• Günther (singer) (born 1967), stage name of Swedish singer and musician Mats Söderlund
• Gunther (wrestler) (born 1987), Austrian professional wrestler, formerly going under WALTER, now named Gunther

• Gunther, king of the Burgundians in the Niebelungenlied
• General Gunther von Esling, a fictional general in Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• Gunter (Adventure Time), a major antagonist in the animated TV series Adventure Time
• Gunther, a dinosaur in the animated series Adventure Time episode "Evergreen"
• Gunter (Legends of Chima), a character in the animated TV series Legends of Chima
• Gunther, the manager of the Central Perk coffee house in NBC sitcom Friends
• Gunter, a character in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
• Gunther, one of the main characters from the film Sing
• Gunther Magnuson, a character in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
• Günther Bachmann, a character in the film A Most Wanted Man
• Gunther Berger, a character in the Luann comic strip
• Gunther Breech, a character in the Canadian animated TV show Jane and the Dragon
• Bernie Gunther, the protagonist of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels
• Welkin Gunther, a character in the video game Valkyria Chronicles
• Gunther Hermann, a character in the video game Deus Ex
• Gunther Hessenheffer, a character from Disney's TV series Shake It Up
• Gunther Thurl, a fictional character in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary
• Gunther Toody, a fictional character in the television show Car 54, Where Are You? (and the film based thereon)
• Gunther, a disguise used by Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events

• Günther (surname)
• Ginter, a surname and given name
• Guntur (disambiguation)
• Hans-Günter, a list of people with the given name Hans-Günter, Hans Günter, Hans-Günther or Hans Günter