Müller (surname)
Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈmʏlɐ] ⓘ; Czech and Slovak feminine: Müllerová) is a German-language surname, meaning 'miller' (as a profession). It is the most common family surname in Germany, Switzerland, and the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle[1] (with the spelling Müller, Mueller or Muller) and is the fifth most common surname in Austria (see List of most common surnames in Europe). Other forms are Miller (mainly Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and Möller (Northern and Central Germany and the Netherlands).
A–F
- Achim Müller (1938–2024), German chemist
- Adam Müller (1779–1829), German political economist and theorist of the state
- Adolf Müller (industrialist) (1857–1932), Croatian industrialist, manufacturer and entrepreneur
- Adolf Müller (politician, born 1916) (1916–2005), German politician
- Alexander Müller (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexandre Müller (born 1997), French tennis player
- Alfred Müller (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alina Müller (born 1998), Swiss ice hockey player
- Andy Müller-Maguhn (born 1971), German computer expert
- Andreas Müller (1811–1890), German painter
- Ann-Katrin Müller (born 1987), German journalist
- Arnold Müller (1884–1934), Austrian entomologist who was born and spent his life in what is now Romania
- Axel Müller (born 1996), Uruguayan football player
- Axel Müller (born 1963), German politician
- Baal Müller (born 1969), German writer and publisher
- Bettina Müller (born 1959), German politician
- Carl Wilhelm Müller (1728–1801), also written Karl Wilhelm Müller, German politician
- Carsten Müller (born 1970), German politician
- Caroline Müller (mezzo-soprano) (1755–1826), Danish/Swedish mezzo-soprano, singer, actress
- Caroline Müller (born 1964), Dutch-German pop-singer, known as C. C. Catch
- Caspar Detlef Gustav Müller (1927–2003), German Coptologist
- Cecília Müller (born 1958), Hungarian physician
- Claudia Müller (born 1981), German politician
- Detlef Müller (born 1964), German politician
- Daniel Müller (born 1965), Swiss curler
- Daniel Jobst Müller (born 1965), German scientist
- Danny Muller (born 1969), Dutch football player
- Dieter Müller (born 1954), German football player
- Dirk Müller (disambiguation), several persons
- Eduard Müller (disambiguation), several persons
- Erwin Wilhelm Müller (1911–1977), German physicist
- Filinto Müller (1900–1973), Brazilian politician and police chief
- Filip Müller (1922–2013), Holocaust survivor
- Frank Müller (born 1968), German decathlete
- Franz Müller (born 1965), German film director, screenwriter and producer
- Friedrich Müller (disambiguation), several persons
- Fritz Müller (1821–1897), German-born Brazilian naturalist
- Fritz Müller (doctor) (1834–1895), Swiss doctor, zoologist, and herpetologist
- Fritz Müller (rugby player), German rugby player
G–H
- Gebhard Müller (1900-1990), German lawyer and politician
- George Müller (1805–1898), Christian benefactor and missionary
- Georg Elias Müller (1850–1934), German experimental psychologist
- Gerd Müller (disambiguation), name of several persons
- Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705–1783), Russian historian of German descent
- Gerhard Ludwig Müller (born 1947), German cardinal
- Gilles Müller (born 1983), Luxembourgian tennis player
- Günter Müller (born 1954), German jazz percussionist
- Gustav Müller (disambiguation)
- Hanno Müller-Brachmann (born 1970), German baritone
- Hans Müller (disambiguation), name of several persons
- Hansjörg Müller (born 1968), German politician
- Heiner Müller (1929–1995), German dramatist
- Heinrich Müller (Gestapo) (1900–1945), German Nazi official, wartime Gestapo chief
- Heinrich Müller (physiologist) (1820–1864), German physiologist
- Henri Müller, French curler
- Henrike Müller (born 1975), German politician
- Herbert Müller (racing driver) (1940–1981), Swiss race car driver
- Hermann Müller (disambiguation), name of several persons
- Herta Müller (born 1953), Romanian-born German novelist and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature
- Hildegard Müller (born 1967), German politician
I–K
- Inge Müller (1925–1966), German poet
- Jaroslav Müller, Czech swimmer
- Jens Müller (pilot) (1917–1999), Norwegian World War II pilot, POW and survivor of the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III
- Jens Müller (luger) (born 1965), German luger
- Jochum Nicolay Müller (1775–1848), Danish (Norwegian) Naval officer
- Joel Müller (1827–1895), German rabbi
- Joël Müller (born 1952), football player and manager
- Johann Gotthard von Müller (1747–1830), German engraver, and his son, Johann Friedrich Müller (1782–1816), engraver
- Johann Heinrich Jakob Müller (1809–1875), German physicist
- Johannes Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Jörg Müller (born 1969), German race car driver
- Jörg Müller (cyclist) (born 1961), Swiss track cyclist and road bicycle racer
- Josef Müller (CSU politician) (1898–1979), German politician and resistance member
- Josef Müller (entomologist) (1880–1964), Croatian entomologist
- Julius Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Julius Müller (theologian) (1801–1878), German theologian
- Jürgen Müller (born 1963), German neurologist and forensic psychiatrist
- Karl Müller (astronomer) (1866–1942), Austrian government official and amateur astronomer
- Karl Müller (politician, born 1884) (1884–1964), German politician
- Karl Alexander Müller (1927–2023), Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Karl H. Müller (born 1953), Austrian social scientist
- Karl Otfried Müller (1797–1840), German scholar of Spartan culture
- Karl Wilhelm Müller, written also Carl Wilhelm Müller, (1728–1801), German politician
- Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller (1813–1894), German scholar of ancient Greek geography
- Karl von Müller (1873–1923), German naval officer
- Klaus Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Kurt Müller (footballer) (born 1948), Swiss footballer
- Klaus Uwe Müller (1915–1989), German chess player
L–O
- Lauro Müller (1863–1926), Brazilian politician, diplomat, and military engineer
- Lena Müller (born 1987), German rower
- Leo Müller (1894–1941), Croatian industrialist and philanthropist killed during the Holocaust
- Leopold Müller (engineer) (1908–1988), Austrian tunneling engineer
- Leopold Müller (painter) (1834–1892), Austrian genre painter
- Lillian Müller (born 1951), Norwegian model and actress
- Lorenz Müller, (1868–1953), German herpetologist
- Lucian Müller (1836–1898), German classical scholar
- Ludmila Müllerová (born 1954), Czech politician
- Ludwig Müller (disambiguation), several persons
- Maler Müller (1749–1825), German poet, dramatist and painter
- Malik Müller (born 1994), German basketball player
- Margit Müller (born 1952), German field hockey player
- Maria Müller (1898–1958), Austrian soprano
- Martin Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Martina Müller (footballer) (born 1980), German footballer
- Martina Müller (tennis), (born 1982), German professional tennis player
- Mary Müller (1819–1901) aka "Fémmina," New Zealand pamphleteer
- Matthias Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Maurice Edmond Müller (1918–2009), Swiss orthopedic surgeon
- Max Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Michael Müller (born 1948), German politician
- Milena Müllerová (1923–2009), Czech gymnast
- Monika Müller-Seps (born 1986), Swiss chess grandmaster
- Müller (footballer) (born 1966), Brazilian footballer nicknamed Müller
- Niclas Müller (1809–1875), German-American poet
- Norbert Müller (born 1986), German politician
- Norman Müller (born 1985), German decathlete
- Nuraan Muller, South African politician
- Otto Müller (painter) (1898–1979), German artist
- Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784), Danish naturalist
P–Z
- Paul Heinrich Theodor Müller (1896–?), German SS-Obersturmführer and Schutzhaftlagerführer
- Paul Hermann Müller (1899–1965), Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Patrick Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Peter Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725–1776), German zoologist
- Rabeya Müller (1957–2024), German Islamic scholar
- Renate Müller (1906–1937), German actress
- Richard Müller (singer) (born 1961), Slovak singer and musician
- Richard Müller (socialist) (1880-1943), German trade unionist and revolutionary
- Robert Müller (1980–2009), German ice hockey player
- Rosmarie Müller (born 1958), Swiss long-distance runner
- Salomon Müller (1804–1864), German naturalist
- Sándor Müller, Hungarian footballer
- Sepp Müller (born 1989), German politician
- Silke Müller (born 1978), German field hockey player
- Sophie Müller (1803–1830), German and Austrian stage actress
- Stefan Müller (born 1975), German politician
- Susanne Müller (born 1972), German field hockey player
- Theo Müller (born 1940), German businessman
- Thomas Müller (disambiguation), several people
- Torsten Müller (agroscientist) (born 1961), German agroscientist
- Vincenz Müller (1894–1961), German soldier and politician
- Vít Müller, Czech athlete
- Vladimir Müller (1880–before 1943), Russian lexicographer and medieval dramaturgy scholar
- Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945), Swiss actor and comedian
- Walther Müller (1905–1979), German physicist
- Walther Otto Müller (1833–1887), German botanist
- Wenzel Müller (1767–1835), Austrian composer
- Werner Müller (politician) (1946–2019), German businessman and politician
- Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827), German poet
- William James Müller (1812–1845), English artist
- Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873), German novelist and poet
- Wolfgang Müller (1931–2021), German equestrian
- Wolfgang Philipp Müller (born 1966), German founder of VDM Publishing
- Xeno Müller (born 1972), Swiss rower
See also
- Müller (disambiguation)
- Muller, people with this surname