People
- Edward D. Muhlenberg (1831–1883), American civil engineer and Civil War officer
- Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795–1831, a 19th century American political leader
- Frederick Muhlenberg (1750-1801), the first Speaker of the American House of Representatives
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980), an American military and political leader
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (educator) (1818-1901), president of Muhlenberg College
- Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753-1815), American clergyman and Botanist
- Henry Muhlenberg (1711-1787), German Lutheran clergyman and patriarch of the Muhlenberg family
- Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), an early American political leader and diplomat
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854), a 19th century American politician
- Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1807), clergyman and a major general of the Continental Army
- William Augustus Mühlenberg (1796–1877), an American philanthropist and Protestant Episcopal clergyman
- The Muhlenberg family, an American political, religious, and military dynasty
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