Stigler is a surname. Notable 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 James W. Stigler, American psychologist, researcher, entrepreneur and author Michael Stigler, American track and field athlete Stephen Stigler, professor at the University of Chicago, known for Stigler's law of eponymy; son of George Stigler William G. Stigler (1891–1952), American politician in Oklahoma