Wächter
# Wächter

Wächter is a surname of Germanic origin, sometimes Romanized Waechter.

People with this name include:

* Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter (1852–1912), German diplomat and politician
* August von Wächter (diplomat) (1776–1852), Württembergian diplomat
* August von Wächter zu Lautenbach (1807–1879), Württembergian diplomat and politician
* Carl Georg von Wächter (1797–1880), Württembergian and president of the High Court of Appeal of the Four Free Cities
* Doug Waechter (born 1981), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Eberhard Waechter (baritone) (1929–1992), Austrian baritone
* Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter (1762–1852), German painter
* F. K. Waechter (1937–2005), German cartoonist, author, and playwright
* Harry Waechter (1871–1929), English businessman and philanthropist
* Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter (1878–1944), German physician who described Bracht-Wachter bodies
* Johann Michael Wächter (1794–1853), Austrian bass-baritone
* Karl Eberhard von Wächter (1758–1829), Württembergian lawyer and minister
* Karl von Wächter-Spittler (1798–1874), Württembergian lawyer and minister
* Max Waechter (1837–1924), English businessman, art collector, and philanthropist
* Oscar von Wächter (1825–1902), Württembergian lawyer and politician
* Otto Wächter (1901–1949), Austrian lawyer and SS officer
* Paula von Wächter (1860–1944), German painter
* Stefan Wächter (born 1978), German football goaltender
* Tobias Wächter (born 1988), German track cyclist
* Torkel S. Wächter (born 1961), Swedish novelist
