What is "wachter"

Wachter is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anita Wachter (born 1967), Austrian professional alpine skier
• Charles Wachter (1865–1928), German-born businessman and city commissioner in Bismarck, North Dakota
• Ed Wachter (1883–1966), professional basketball player
• Frank Charles Wachter (1861–1910), American politician and Congressman from Maryland
• Harry W. Wachter (1868–1941), a Toledo, Ohio architect
• Marcia De Wachter (born 1953), Belgian businesswoman and Director of the National Bank of Belgium
• Matt Wachter (born 1976), American bassist
• Robert M. Wachter, physician on the faculty of UCSF

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 politician
• Doug Waechter (born 1981), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Eberhard Wächter (baritone) (1929–1992), Austrian baritone
• Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter (1762–1852), German painter
• F. K. Waechter (1937–2005), German cartoonist, author, and playwright
• Harry Waechter (1871–1929), English businessman and philanthropist
• Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter (born 1878), German physician who described Bracht-Wachter bodies
• Johann Michael Wächter (1794–1853), Austrian bass-baritone
• Max Waechter (born 1924), English businessman, art collector, and philanthropist
• Otto Wächter (1901–1949), Austrian lawyer and SS officer
• Stefan Wächter (born 1978), German football goaltender
• Torkel S. Wächter, Swedish novelist

• Wachter
• Wächtler
• Wachtler

Category:German-language surnames