Kessler

Kessler or Kessler is a family name. The Low German form of the name is Kettler.

Origin and Meaning

Kessler is the late medieval professional title of most of the hiking industry working blacksmith craftsman draws devices made ​​of copper, iron or brass and repaired. In southern German and Swiss Room Kessler were organized into guild-like Kessler companies. Since the mid-15th century they were mostly about this, " coppersmith " to call themselves or " cold forging " while now Kessler as the counted among the dishonest professions tinkers were called. In Austria also Almknechte were designated as Kessler, probably due to their preoccupation with the cheese being made, and in Swabia, the overseer of the forge and pans in the salt-works. In Eastern Switzerland Kessler is now a usually pejorative term used for Travellers.

Bearers of the name

A

  • Adolf Kessler (1890-1974), German painter
  • Adolf Wilhelm Kessler (1839-1895), German banker
  • Alfred von Kessler (1833-1907), German general of infantry
  • Alice Kessler ( b. 1936 ), German dancer and actress, see Kessler Twins
  • Aloys Kessler (1777-1820), German engraver
  • Andreas Kessler (1595-1643), German Lutheran theologian, see Andreas Kesler
  • Andreas Kessler ( born 1959 ), German journalist and mechanical engineer
  • Anton Kessler (1816-1890), German civil servant and politician
  • August Kessler (1826-1906), German painter

B

  • Beatrice Kessler ( b. 1949 ), Swiss actress
  • Boelie Kessler (1896-1971), a Dutch footballer
  • Bruce Kessler ( b. 1936 ), American film director
  • Bruno Kessler (1927-1991), Italian politician

C

  • Charles Kessler ( born 1911 ), Swiss ice hockey player
  • Christian Kessler ( born 1968 ), German film publicist
  • Christof Kessler ( born 1950 ), German neurologist

D

  • Dé Kessler (1891-1943), a Dutch footballer
  • Dietrich Kessler ( born 1946 ), German musician and composer
  • Dolf Kessler (1884-1945), a Dutch footballer
  • Donald J. Kessler, American astronomer

E

  • Elias Kessler (around 1685-1730 ), German sculptor
  • Ellen Kessler ( b. 1936 ), German dancer and actress, see Kessler Twins
  • Emil Kessler ( Kessler also; 1813-1867 ), German entrepreneur
  • Emil Kessler (architect ) ( 1833-1907 ), Swiss architect
  • Emil Kessler (1841-1895), German businessman and politician ( German Party)
  • Erich Kessler ( born 1955 ), Austrian politician ( SPÖ)
  • Erich Kessler (1899-1989), German District
  • Erwin Kessler ( born 1944 ), Swiss animal rights activist

F

  • Florian Kessler ( born 1981 ), German cultural journalist
  • Frank Kessler (* 1961), German actor
  • Franz Kessler (painter) ( 1580 - circa 1650 ), German painter and inventor
  • Franz Kessler (entrepreneur) ( 1888-1971 ), German engineer and entrepreneur
  • Franz Josef Kessler (1867-1949), Austrian politician (CSP )
  • Franz Joseph Kessler (1838-1904), German politician ( center ), MdR
  • Franz Xaver Kessler, German politician ( center ), MP Württemberg
  • Friedemann Kessler (1928-1985), German politician (CDU ), Mayor of Siegen
  • Friedemann Kessler ( pianist ) ( b. 1949 ), German pianist and pedagogue
  • Friedrich von Kessler (1875-1933), German officer and diplomat
  • Friedrich Kessler ( jurist ) ( 1901-1998 ), German -American legal scholar and university teacher
  • Friedrich Kessler (1913-1987), Israeli diplomat German origin, see Shlomo Kaddar
  • Friedrich- Wilhelm Kessler (1902-1945), German resistance fighter

G

  • Gabriel Kessler (1645-1719), South Tyrolean painter
  • Georg Kessler ( District ), German politician
  • Georg Kessler ( born 1932 ), German football player and coach
  • Georg Christian Kessler (1787-1842), German entrepreneur
  • Georg Wilhelm Kessler (1782-1846), German officer and writer
  • George Kessler (1863-1920), American businessman
  • Gerhard Kessler (economist ) ( 1883-1963 ), German Economic and Social Scientists
  • Gerhard Kessler ( police officer ) ( 1903 -? ), German lawyer and police officer
  • Giovanni Kessler ( born 1956 ), Italian jurist and politician
  • Gisela Kessler ( born 1935 ), German trade unionist

B

  • Hans Kessler (1906-2000), German painter, sculptor, engineer and architect
  • Hans Kessler ( born 1938 ), German theologian
  • Count Harry Kessler (1868-1937), German writer, art collector and politician
  • Harry W. Kessler (1927-2007), American politician
  • Heinz Kessler (* 1920), German general and politician (SED )
  • Herbert Kessler ( hockey player ) (* 1912), Swiss ice hockey player
  • Herbert Kessler ( jurist ) ( 1918-2002 ), German lawyer and publisher
  • Herbert Kessler ( governor ) ( born 1925 ), Austrian politician ( ÖVP)
  • Hermann Kessler (1866-1951), German jurist
  • Horst Kessler ( born 1940 ), German chemist
  • Hubert Kessler ( politician), German politician ( SPD), MdHB
  • Hubert Kessler ( football official ) ( 1934-2008 ), German football official

J

  • Jacob Kessler (1872-1939), German jurist, judge and church president
  • Jeanette Kessler (1908-1972), British skier
  • Jessica Kessler ( born 1980 ), German figure skater and actress
  • Jörg Kessler (born 1964 ), German football referee
  • John Kessler (around 1502-1574 ), Swiss reformer
  • Johann Friedrich Kessler, pseudonym of Johann Ernst Daniel Bornschein (1774-1838), German writer
  • Johann Gottfried Kessler (1754-1830), German mining engineer and civil servant
  • John Kessler (volleyball player ) (* 1992), German volleyball player
  • Josef Kessler (1825-1887), Austrian painter
  • Josef Kessler (1885-1967), Austrian politician (CSP / ÖVP)
  • Joseph Christoph Kessler (originally Kötzler; 1800-1872 ), German pianist and composer

K

  • Karin Kessler ( born 1939 ), German track and field athlete
  • Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815-1881), Russian zoologist
  • Katja Kessler (born 1969 ), German columnist
  • Kent Kessler ( born 1957 ), American bassist
  • Klaus Kessler ( writer ) ( 1925-2005 ), German writer romania, doctor, translator and music critic
  • Klaus Kessler ( politician ) ( born 1951 ), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )

L

  • Liz Kessler (born 1966 ), British writer and educator

M

  • Margot Kessler (* 1948), German politician (SPD )
  • Margrit Kessler ( born 1948 ), Swiss politician
  • Marija Kessler (1860-1939), salonière
  • Markus Kessler ( politician ) ( 1823-1880 ), a Liechtenstein lawyer and politician
  • Markus Kessler ( athlete ) (born 1962 ), German track and field athlete
  • Martin Kessler (born 1965 ), German veterinary surgeon
  • Martin Kessler ( filmmaker ) ( born 1953 ), German filmmaker and television journalist
  • Martin Kessler (actor ) ( born 1960 ), German actor and voice actor
  • Martina Kessler (* 1961), German television presenter and author
  • Mario Kessler ( born 1955 ), German historian
  • Matthias Kessler ( born 1979 ), German cyclist
  • Maximilian Kessler (* 1989), German track and field athlete
  • Meredith Kessler (born 1978 ), American triathlete
  • Michael Kessler ( politician ) ( b. 1949 ), German politician ( SPD)
  • Michael Kessler (born 1967 ), German actor, comedian and author
  • Michael Kessler ( botanist ) ( born 1967), Peruvian - German botanist and curator
  • Mikkel Kessler ( born 1979 ), Danish boxer

N

  • Nadine Kessler (* 1988), German football player

O

  • Oliver Kessler (born 1973 ), German political scientist and university teacher
  • Otmar Kessler (* 1924), German politician

P

  • Peter Kessler (1843 -? ), German organ builder

R

  • Rainer Kessler (1919-2002), German jurist
  • Rainer Kessler ( born 1944 ), German theologian
  • Reed Kessler (* 1994), American showjumper
  • Richard Kessler ( born 1940 ), German politician ( CSU)
  • Rolf Kessler (* 1942), German lawyer

S

  • Siegfried Kessler (1883-1943), German educator
  • Siegfried Kessler (musician ) ( 1935-2007 ), French jazz pianist, composer and flautist
  • Siegfried Kessler ( footballer ) ( 1941-2013 ), German football player
  • Simon Kessler (born 1976 ), South African cyclist
  • Stephan Kessler (painter) ( 1622-1700 ), German - Austrian painter
  • Stephan Kessler ( Baltist ) (* 1966), German Baltist and high school teachers
  • Susanne Kessler ( born 1955 ), German - Italian artist
  • Susanne Breit- Kessler (born 1954 ), German clergy and Kirchenfunktionärin

T

  • Thomas Kessler ( composer ) ( born 1937 ), American composer
  • Thomas Kessler ( born 1943 ), German diplomat
  • Thomas Kessler ( politician ) ( born 1959 ), Swiss politician
  • Thomas Kessler (jazz musician) (born 1962 ), German jazz musician
  • Thomas Kessler ( psychologist ) (* 1965 ), German social psychologist and professor
  • Thomas Kessler ( footballer ) ( born 1986 ), German football player
  • Tonny Kessler (1889-1960), a Dutch footballer
  • Todd A. Kessler ( born 1979 ), American film director

U

  • Ulrich Kessler (1894-1983), German officer
  • Ursel Kessler ( born 1944 ), German educator and artist

V

  • Volker Kessler (born 1962 ), German theologian

W

  • Walther Kessler (1930-2006), German physicist
  • Wolfgang Kessler (General ) (* 1922), German General
  • Wolfgang Kessler ( historian ) ( born 1946 ), German historian
  • Wolfgang Kessler (journalist ) ( born 1953 ), German journalist
  • Wolfgang Kessler (economist ) ( born 1956 ), German economist and university professor
  • Wolfgang Kessler (painter) (born 1962 ), German painter
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