Günther (given name)

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

• Gunther, semi-legendary king of Burgundy
• Günter Bischof (born 1953), Austrian-American historian
• Gunther Cunningham (1946–2019), American football coach for the Detroit Lions of the NFL
• Günter Deckert (1940–2022), German neo-Nazi
• Günter Grass (1927–2015), German novelist and Nobel laureate
• Günther Jauch (born 1956), German television presenter
• Günther Kaschlun (1935–2020), West German rower
• Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), German field marshal during World War II
• Günther von Scheven (1908–1942), German sculptor
• Günter Kochan (1930–2009), German composer
• Günther Krause (born 1953), German politician and businessman
• Guenter Lewy (born 1923), American political historian
• Günther Lütjens (1889–1941), Kriegsmarine admiral
• Günter Meisner (1926–1994), German actor
• Gunther of Bohemia (955–1045), Bohemian hermit
• Gunther of Cologne (died 873), Roman Catholic archbishop of Cologne
• Günther Netzer (born 1944), German football player
• Günther Oettinger (born 1953), German politician
• Günther Rall (1918–2009), German Luftwaffe pilot and third-ranking ace in history
• Günther Reindorff (1899–1974), Estonian-Soviet graphic designer
• Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004), German politician
• Günther Schifter (1923–2008), Austrian radio presenter
• Gunther Schuller (1925–2015), American musician
• Günther Schumacher (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
• Günter Schulz, former guitarist of KMFDM and Excessive Force, current guitarist of Slick Idiot and live guitarist for PIG
• Günter Steinke (born 1956), German composer
• Günter Strack (1929–1999), German actor
• Guenther Steiner (born 1965), Former team principal of the Haas F1 Team
• Günther Tamaschke (1896–1959), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
• Günter Vetter (1936–2022), Austrian politician
• Gunther von Hagens (born 1945), German anatomist, businessman and lecturer
• Günter Wallraff (born 1942), German writer and undercover journalist
• Günter Wendt (1923–2010), German-American mechanical engineer
• Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician

Fictional characters and stage names

• General Gunther von Esling, a fictional general in Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• Günther (singer) (born 1967), stage name of Swedish singer and musician Mats Söderlund
• Gunther (wrestler), professional wrestler, formerly going under WALTER, now named Gunther
• Gunther, one of the main characters from the film Sing
• Gunther, one of the aliases of Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Gunther, a dinosaur in the animated series Adventure Time episode "Evergreen"

See also

• Ginter, a surname and given name