Preller
# Preller

Preller is a surname derived from Middle High German brellen 'to yell', 'to bawl.' Also derived from Preller (Bruller), one who shouts or roars, i.e. a Town Crier. Notable people with the surname include:

* A. J. Preller (born 1977), former MLB scout and the current GM of San Diego Padres
* Fred W. Preller (1902–1974), New York assemblyman
* Friedrich Preller the Elder (1804–1878), German landscape painter
* Friedrich Preller the Younger (1838–1903), German painter
* Gustav Preller (1875–1943), South African journalist and historian
* James Preller (1961–), American author
* Johann Gottlieb Preller (1727–1786), German composer
* Ludwig Preller (1809–1861), German philologist and antiquarian
