Meaning of Last Name

Mahler most often refers to Gustav Mahler, Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor. Other people named Mahler (German for "someone who grinds") include: * Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879–1964), Austrian socialite and wife of, successively, Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel * Anna Mahler (1904–1988), Austrian-UK sculptor, daughter of Gustav and Alma Mahler * Arthur Mahler (1871–1944), Austrian archeologist * David Mahler (born 1944), US hammered dulcimer player * Eduard Mahler or Ede Mahler (1857–1945), Hungarian-Austrian orientalist, astronomer, natural scientist * Fritz Mahler (1901–1973), Austrian conductor, and cousin once removed of Gustav Mahler * Gregory Mahler (born 1950), administrator and U.S. Political Science scholar and professor * Halfdan T. Mahler (born 1923), Dane, former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) * Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), German writer * Horst Mahler (born 1936), German lawyer and political extremist * Kurt Mahler (1903–1988), mathematician * Margaret Mahler (1897–1985), Hungarian psychoanalytic child psychologist * Otto Mahler (1873–1895), Bohemian-Austrian musician and youngest brother of Gustav Mahler * Rick Mahler (1953–2005), U.S. baseball player * Vincent A. Mahler (born 1949), U.S. political science scholar and professor