Günther
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The Germanic first name Günther, Günter, Gunther or Guenther, also Gunthar, refers to various persons, fictional characters and companies including:
As a company name
- Gunther Brewing Company, an historic (now defunct) brewery, which originated as George Gunther, Jr. Brewing Company
As a family name, spelled Guenther
- Ron Guenther, athletic director
As a family name, spelled Günther
- Albert Günther (1830–1914), British zoologist
- Christian Günther (1886–1966), Swedish Foreign Minister
- Gotthard Günther (1900–1984), German philosopher
- Hans F. K. Günther (1891–1968), Nazi racial theorist
- Herbert V. Günther, teacher, writer and scholar
- Johann Christian Günther (1695–1723), German poet
As a family name, spelled Gunther
- Dave Gunther, basketball coach
- George Gunther, American politician
- Henry Gunther, last Allied soldier killed during World War I
- Joe Gunther, fictional character
- John Gunther, American author
- Johnny Gunther, son of John Gunther
- Jyllian Gunther, film director
- Kyle Gunther, lead vocalist for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
- Lee Gunther, film editor
- Neil J. Gunther, Australian-American scientist
- Robert Gunther, science historian
- Sherry Gunther, television producer
As a first name
- Gunther, semi-legendary king of Burgundy
- Gunther Cunningham, American football coach for the Detroit Lions of the NFL
- Günter Grass, German novelist and Nobel laureate
- Günther (singer), the stage name of Swedish singer and musician Mats Söderlund
- Günther Krause, German politician and businessman
- Guenter Lewy, American political historian
- Günther Lütjens, Kriegsmarine admiral
- Gunther of Bohemia, Bohemian hermit
- Gunther of Cologne, Roman Catholic archbishop of Cologne
- Günther Netzer, former German football player
- Günther Rall, Luftwaffe pilot and third-ranking ace in history
- Günther Reindorff, Estonian-Soviet graphic designer
- Guenther Schifter, Austrian radio presenter
- Günther Schumacher, German track and road cyclist
- Günter Schulz, former guitarist of KMFDM and Excessive Force, current guitarist of Slick Idiot and live guitarist for PIG
- Gunther von Hagens, anatomist
In geography
- Gunther Island, in Humboldt Bay, California
In popular culture
- Gunther, a fictional recurring character in Friends, played by James Michael Tyler.
- Gunter, the name of a recurring penguin in the animated series Adventure Time.
- Gunther, a character in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil.
- Günther (singer), the stage persona of Swedish musician Mats Söderlund.
- Bernie Gunther, the protagonist of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels.
- Gunther Hessenheffer, a fictional character from Disney's TV series Shake It Up, played by Kenton Duty.
- Gunther Hermann is a mechanical-augmented agent in the video gaming Deus Ex.
See also
- Guenther House (disambiguation)
- Gunter (disambiguation)
- Guntur (disambiguation)
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