Adler is a German word for 'eagle', and is therefore the name of many people and for the bird featured on the German Bundeswappen and at times on the flags of Austria and Germany.
Most people with the surname Adler are of German or Jewish origin.
- Ada Adler , (1878-1946), Danish scholar
- Alexandra Adler (1901–2001), a neurologist
- Alfred Adler , (1870-1937), Austrian psychologist, father of Individual Psychology
- Dankmar Adler (1844-1900), German-US architect
- David Adler , (1882-1949), architect
- Darin Adler , the technical lead for Apple Computer's System 7 operating system release
- Felix Adler (1851–1933), a Jewish rationalist intellectual who founded the Society for Ethical Culture in New York City
- Mortimer Adler , (1902-2001), U.S. philosopher & author
- Stephen L. Adler (1939-), an American physicist specializing in elementary particles and field theory
- Allen Adler , an American writer
- Celia Adler (1891–1979), an American Jewish actress
- Cyrus Adler (1863 - 1940), U.S. educator
- David A. Adler (1947-), Writer of children's books
- Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855 - 1926), born Yankev P. Adler, was a (Ukrainian-born) Jewish actor and a star in Yiddish theater
- Jay Adler (1896–1978), an American actor in theater, television, and film
- Julius Ochs Adler (1892–1955), a U.S. publisher, journalist, and United States Army General
- Luther Adler (1903–1984), an American actor and director on Broadway
- Margot Adler , (1946-), author, journalist, Wiccan Priestess and Elder, NPR correspondent in New York City
- Maurice Adler or E. Maurice "Buddy" Adler, (1909–1960) was an American film producer and a former production head for 20th Century Fox studios
- Renata Adler (1938-), an American journalist and writer
- Sara Adler (1858–1953), a Ukrainian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States
- Sonya Adler or Sonya Oberlander (?–1886), one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia
- Stella Adler (1901–1992),a Jewish-American actress regarded as America's foremost acting teacher
- Warren Adler (1927-), an American businessman and novelist
- Walter Adler , German director
- André José Adler (1944-), A Hungarian born actor, director, writer and sportscaster for Brazil
- Chris Adler (1973-), the drummer of the thrash metal band Lamb of God
- Guido Adler (1855–1941), a Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer on music
- Frederick Charles Adler (1889-1959), conductor
- Kurt Herbert Adler (1905-1988) was an American conductor born in Austria
- Larry Adler (1914–2001), an American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players
- Peter Herman Adler (1899-1990), a U.S. (Czech-born) conductor
- Richard Adler (1923-), a Jewish-American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows
- Steven Adler (1965-), the drummer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses from 1985 - 1990
- Vincent Adler , Hungarian pianist, composer
- Willie Adler (1973-), the guitarist of the thrash metal band Lamb of God
- Hermann Adler (1839–1911), the Orthodox Chief Rabbi of Britain from 1891 to 1911
- Johann Kaspar Adler (1488-1560), also Kaspar Aquila, Caspari Aquilae, real name Johann Kaspar Adler, a German reformer
- Nathan Marcus Adler (ca.1800–1891), the Orthodox Chief Rabbi of Britain 1845–1891
- Jens Adler , German football player
- Rene Adler (1985-), a goalkeeper for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany
- Irene Adler , a fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Adler, Russia , a district of Sochi
- Adler, Alabama , USA
- Adler Township, North Dakota , USA
- Adler (automobile) , an early 20th century automobile
- Adler (locomotive) , the first German steam locomotive (1835)
- Adler (supermarket) , a supermarket in Poland
- Adler Mannheim , a German Ice Hockey team
- Adler (airport) , an airport in Russia
- Adlerwerke Vorm Heinrich Kleyer , a German Aircraft Manufacturer
- The Adler-32 Checksum Algorithm
- Adler Planetarium
- Operation Adler
- The Collected Clinical Works Of Alfred Adler
- Erwin Adlers , chief designer for Germany's Henschel & Son during World War II
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