Religion
- Clemens Ziegler, 16th-century German religious leader
- Gregorius Thomas Ziegler (1770–1852), a Benedictine monk and bishop of Linz
- Ignaz Ziegler (1861–1948), Austrian rabbi
- Jacob Ziegler (c. 1470 – 1552), humanist and theologian
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