Günther (given name) explained
The given name Günther, Guenther, Gunther, Günter, Guenter or Gunter may refer to:
- Gunther, semi-legendary king of Burgundy
- Günter Bischof (born 1953), Austrian-American historian
- Gunther Cunningham (1946–2019), American football coach for the Detroit Lions of the NFL
- Günter Deckert (1940–2022), German neo-Nazi
- Günter Grass (1927–2015), German novelist and Nobel laureate
- Günther Jauch (born 1956), German television presenter
- Günther Kaschlun (1935–2020), West German rower
- Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), German field marshal during World War II
- Günther von Scheven (1908–1942), German sculptor
- Günter Kochan (1930–2009), German composer
- Günther Krause (born 1953), German politician and businessman
- Guenter Lewy (born 1923), American political historian
- Günther Lütjens (1889–1941), Kriegsmarine admiral
- Günter Meisner (1926–1994), German actor
- Gunther of Bohemia (955–1045), Bohemian hermit
- Gunther of Cologne (died 873), Roman Catholic archbishop of Cologne
- Günther Netzer (born 1944), German football player
- Günther Oettinger (born 1953), German politician
- Günther Rall (1918–2009), German Luftwaffe pilot and third-ranking ace in history
- Günther Reindorff (1899–1974), Estonian-Soviet graphic designer
- Günter Rexrodt (1941–2004), German politician
- Günther Schifter (1923–2008), Austrian radio presenter
- Gunther Schuller (1925–2015), American musician
- Günther Schumacher (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
- Günter Schulz, former guitarist of KMFDM and Excessive Force, current guitarist of Slick Idiot and live guitarist for PIG
- Günter Steinke (born 1956), German composer
- Günter Strack (1929–1999), German actor
- Günter Vetter (1936–2022), Austrian politician
- Gunther von Hagens (born 1945), German anatomist, businessman and lecturer
- Günter Wallraff (born 1942), German writer and undercover journalist
- Günter Wendt (1923–2010), German-American mechanical engineer
- Günter M. Ziegler (born 1963), German mathematician
Fictional characters and stage names
- General Gunther von Esling, a fictional general in
- Günther (singer) (born 1967), stage name of Swedish singer and musician Mats Söderlund
- Gunther (wrestler), professional wrestler, formerly going under WALTER, now named Gunther
- Gunther, one of the main characters from the film Sing
- Gunther, the manager of the Central Perk coffee house in NBC sitcom Friends
- Gunther, one of the aliases of Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Gunther, a dinosaur in the animated series Adventure Time episode "Evergreen"
See also
- Ginter, a surname and given name
