Stigler

Stigler is a German noble family name.[1][2]

Stigler History

The first noble of Stigler family: Franciscus Joachimus Stigler, Nob. Saxo. ("Sächsische Adel": Maria II, Duchess of Saxony (Maria secunda Principum Saxoniae Mater, 1698).[3]The earliest occurrence in Germany is in the Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Bavaria. (1781, Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern - p. 221)[4]The Stigler family now lives in many countries around the world (Austria, Hungary, United States of America, Norway, Italy).

Coat of Arms of the Stigler Family

Book of Heraldry, renewed and enlarged, in German, p. 84 (Das erneuerte und vermehrte Teutsche Wappenbuch, 1657, Johann Siebmacher)[5]


Famous people with the surname include:

  • Franz Stigler (1915–2008), Luftwaffe pilot who escorted an American bomber back to safety in 1943
  • George Stigler (1911–1991), Nobel Prize–winning U.S. economist, associated with the Stigler Commission and Stigler diet; father of Stephen Stigler
  • William G. Stigler (1891–1952), American politician in Oklahoma

Other uses

  • Stigler, Oklahoma, a city Haskell County
  • Stigler Regional Airport, owned by the city of Stigler
  • Stigler diet, an optimization problem regarding recommended dietary allowances (RDAs)


Interesting Facts

  • Henriett Seth F. (b. Henrietta Fajcsák) is a blood descendant of the Stigler family.

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Stigler

References

See also

  • Maria secunda Principum Saxoniae Mater
  • Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern, 1871.
  • Kaiserlich-königlicher Schematismus des Erzherzogthums, 1825.
  • Walter, P. : Die ältesten Waldviertler Familiennamen, 1986. ISBN 3 900708 002

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