title: Drechsler
text: # Drechsler
  
  Drechsler is a German surname, literally meaning "woodturner" or "lathe operator". Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Charles Drechsler (1892–1986), American mycologist
  * Dave Drechsler (born 1960), former guard in the National Football League
  * Debbie Drechsler (born 1953), American illustrator and comic book creator
  * Hanno Drechsler (1931–2003), German political scientist
  * Heike Drechsler (born 1964), German track and field athlete
  * Joseph Drechsler (1782–1852), Austrian organist, composer and conductor
  * Karl Drechsler (1800–1873), German cellist
  * Margot Dreschel (1908–1945), SS-Aufseherin at many Nazi German concentration camps.
  * Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), German dentist, mayor of Lübeck, General Commissioner of Latvia for the Nazi occupation regime
  * Paul Drechsler (born 1956), Irish businessman
  * Werner Drechsler (1923–1944), German U-boat crewman
  * Wolfgang Drechsler (born 1963), member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  