title: Wächter
text: # 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
  