Kugler is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Franz Theodor Kugler (1808-1858), German writer and art historian Franz Xaver Kugler (1862-1929), German chemist, mathematician, astronomer and Assyriologist Hans Gottfried Kugler (1893–1986), Swiss geologist Israel Kugler (1917-2007) American professor of sociology Jehoshua Kugler (1916-2007), Israel entomologist Richard Kugler, American writer Sean Kugler (born 1966), American football coach Victor Kugler, also known as 'Mr Kraler', one of the people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands Variations of the name include, but are not limited to: Coughler, Kooglar, Coughlin, Koeler, Coughlan, Coglar, Koglar, Koglin See also Kugler Township, Minnesota, U.S. Kugler (crater), a crater on the Moon Crosby-Kugler capsule, a surgical device used for obtaining biopsies of the bowel German-language surnames