Mueller (surname)

Mueller is a spelling variant of the German surname Müller (miller). In German, the letter "ü" can be replaced with "ue". Notable people with this surname include:

Acting and filmmaking

• Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), German actor
• Brooke Mueller (born 1977), American actress
• Cookie Mueller (1949–1989), American actress
• Heidi Mueller (born 1982), American actress
• Jessie Mueller (born 1983), American actress and singer
• Mauro Mueller, Swiss-Mexican narrative filmmaker
• William A. Mueller (1901–1992), American sound engineer nominated for two Academy Awards

Government

• Anne Mueller (1930–2000), British civil servant and academic
• August B. Mueller (1905-1996), American politician and farmer in Minnesota
• Fred A. Mueller (1868–?), American politician in Wisconsin
• Frederick H. Mueller (1893–1976), United States Secretary of Commerce (1959–1961)
• Jacob Mueller (1822–1905), German-born American politician in Ohio
• James Mueller, American politician in Ohio
• James Mueller (mayor), American politician in Indiana
• Johannes Ferdinand Mueller (fl. 1906), Australian postmaster
• Kimberly J. Mueller (born 1957), American judge in California
• Mike Mueller (born 1974), American politician in Michigan
• Otto Mueller (politician) (1875–1973), American politician in Wisconsin
• Robert Mueller (born 1944), American lawyer, former Director of the FBI and author of the Mueller Report
• Ursula Mueller, German foreign affairs figure
• Walter H. Mueller (c. 1925–2011), American politician in Missouri

Journalism, writing, publishing

• Andrew Mueller, Australian-born, London-based journalist and author
• Gene Mueller (born 1942), American historian and author
• Jen Mueller (born 1978), American television and radio sports broadcast journalist
• Lisel Mueller (1924–2020), German-born American poet, translator, and teacher
• Marnie Mueller, American novelist
• Merrill Mueller (1916–1980), American journalist
• P. S. Mueller, American cartoonist and voice actor
• Pamela Bauer Mueller (born 1945), American author
• Wolfgang Philipp Mueller (born 1966), German founder of VDM Publishing

Military

• Greta Bösel (née Mueller) (1908–1947), German concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
• Desmond Mueller (born 1943), Australian Army officer
• Paul J. Mueller (1892–1962), United States Army officer

Music

• Caleb Mueller], known as Decomposure, Canadian electronic music mixer, graphic and visual artist
• Gussie Mueller (1890–1965), American jazz clarinetist
• Ivan Mueller (1786–1854), Russian clarinetist
• Jeff Mueller, American math-rock vocalist and guitarist
• Jon Mueller (born 1970), American drummer, percussionist, and composer
• Karl Mueller (rock musician) (1963–2005), American rock musician
• Mark Mueller, American songwriter
• Otto-Werner Mueller (1926–2016), German-born conductor in the United States

Painters and artisans

• Herman Carl Mueller (1854–1941), German-born ceramicist in the United States
• Otto Mueller (1874–1930), German Expressionist painter
• Stephen Mueller (1947–2011), American painter

Religion

• Gerhard Ludwig Müller (born 1947), German Cardinal

Science and education

• Alfred Mueller (born 1939), American theoretical physicist
• Brian Mueller, American academic and university administrator
• Dennis Mueller, professor of economics at the University of Vienna
• Eva Mueller (1920–2006), American professor of economics
• Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896), German-Australian botanist
• Fritz Mueller (1907–2001), German engineer who later emigrated to the United States
• George Mueller (NASA) (1918–2015), American engineer who served as an associate administrator at NASA
• Gerhard Mueller (engineer) (1835–1918), German-born New Zealand surveyor, engineer and land commissioner
• Gustav Adolph Mueller (1864–1937), German-American architect, engineer, and sculptor
• Gustav Emil Mueller (1898–1987), Swiss philosopher
• Hans Mueller (physicist) (1900-1965), Swiss-American physicist, inventor of Mueller calculus
• Ivan I. Mueller (1930–2023), Hungarian-American geodesist
• Jean Mueller (born 1950), American astronomer
• Jennifer Mueller, American applied mathematician
• John Mueller (born 1937), American political scientist
• John Howard Mueller (1891–1954), American biochemist, pathologist, and bacteriologist
• Kai-Markus Mueller (born 1976), German neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and professor
• Kate Hevner Mueller (1898–1984), American educator
• Steffen Mueller, American virologist and professor
• Tom Mueller, American rocket engineer

Sports

Association football (soccer)

• Chris Mueller (soccer) (born 1996), American soccer player
• Danny Mueller (born 1966), American-born, Puerto Rico association football midfielder
• Taylor Mueller (born 1988), American soccer player

Baseball

• Bill Mueller (born 1971), American baseball infielder
• Bill Mueller (outfielder) (1920–2001), American baseball player
• Don Mueller (1927–2011), American baseball outfielder
• Dorothy Mueller (1925–1985), American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League)
• Gordie Mueller (1922–2006), American baseball pitcher
• Heinie Mueller (second baseman) (1912–1986), American baseball player
• Heinie Mueller (outfielder) (1899–1975), American baseball player
• Jon Mueller (baseball) (born 1970), American college baseball coach (Albany)
• Les Mueller (1919–2012), American baseball pitcher
• Ray Mueller (1912–1994), American baseball catcher
• Walter Mueller (1894–1971), American baseball outfielder
• Willie Mueller (born 1956), American baseball pitcher

Basketball

• Earl Mueller (1903–1932), American basketball player
• Erwin Mueller (1944–2018), American basketball player
• Kit Mueller (born c. 1971), American basketball player
• Tex Mueller (1916–2012), American basketball player

Gridiron football

• Jamie Mueller (born 1964), American football player
• Marc Mueller (born 1989), Canadian coach of gridiron football
• Randy Mueller (born 1961), American football executive
• Rick Mueller (born 1967), American football executive
• Ryan Mueller (born 1991), American football player
• Tom Mueller (American football) (born c. 1945), American football coach (Nebraska–Omaha)
• Tom Mueller (American football, born 1946), American football coach (Texas Lutheran)
• Vance Mueller (born 1964), American football player

Ice hockey

• Chris Mueller (ice hockey) (born 1986), American ice hockey player
• Greg Mueller (born 1971), Swiss-born former ice hockey player in Germany; professional poker player
• Norbert Mueller (1906–1956), Canadian ice hockey player
• Peter Mueller (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player

Other

• Alexandra Mueller (born 1988), American professional tennis player
• Barbara Mueller (athlete) (born 1933), American track and field athlete
• Blake Mueller (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
• Brock Mueller (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
• Eric Mueller (born 1970), American rower
• Felice Mueller (born 1989), American rower
• Gunnar Mueller (born 1948), Swedish professional golfer
• Jack Mueller (1915–2001), Australian rules footballer
• Julio Mueller (1905–1984), Mexican polo player
• Melissa Mueller (born 1972), American pole vaulter
• Merv Mueller (1914–1984), Australian cricketer
• Michelle Mueller (fl. 2012), Canadian equestrian
• Peter Mueller (speed skater) (born 1954), American former speed skater and speed skating coach

Other fields

• Barbara R. Mueller (1925–2016), American philatelist
• Christoph Mueller (born 1961), German business executive in the aviation industry
• Christopher Mueller (disambiguation), several people
• Edward Mueller, American executive, former CEO and chairman of Qwest Communications
• Gordon H. Mueller (born 1940), American historian
• Gustave A. Mueller (1863–1912), American homeopath and surgeon
• Joseph Maximilian Mueller (1894–1981), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Kayla Mueller (1988–2015), American human rights activist
• Peter Mueller (disambiguation), several people
• William Boyce Mueller (1942–1993), American scouting figure

See also

• Müller (surname)