Eckhardt is a surname and less commonly a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

  • Edris Eckhardt (1905–1998), American ceramic and glass artist
  • Elizabeth Eckhardt May (1899–1996), American home economist
  • Franz Eckhardt (born 1927), Austrian bobsledder
  • Fred Eckhardt (1926–2015), American brewer and writer
  • Fritz Eckhardt (1907–1995), Austrian actor, director, and writer
  • Gisela Eckhardt (born 1926), German physicist and co-developer of the Raman laser
  • Jeffrey Edward Eckhardt (born 1965), English footballer
  • Gregory Eckhardt (born 1989), American soccer player
  • Jacob Eckhardt (1835–1881), American Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Johann Georg von Eckhart (1664–1730), German historian and linguist
  • Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt (1896–1945), German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II
  • Johnny Eckhardt (1911–1991), American freak show performer
  • Julius Eckhardt Raht (1826–1879), German engineer and businessman, pioneer of the mining and smelting of copper in Eastern Tennessee
  • Kai Eckhardt (born 1961), German composer and bassist
  • Kate Eckhardt (born 1997), Australian slalom canoeist
  • Linda West Eckhardt (born 1939), American culinary writer
  • Maik Eckhardt (born 1970), German sport shooter
  • Neele Eckhardt (born 1992), German triple jumper
  • Ox Eckhardt (1901–1951), American baseball player
  • Oliver Eckhardt (1873–1952), American actor
  • Peter Ralph Eckhardt (born 1960), Australian slalom canoeist
  • Robert C. Eckhardt (1913–2001), Texas congressman
  • Sarah Eckhardt (born 1964), American attorney and politician
  • Sean Eckhardt (born 1970), American former figure skater, retired boxer, and reality television personality
  • Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899–1974), Russian-born Canadian composer and virtuoso pianist and violinist
  • Todd Eckhart, former member of the American eight-piece ska/soul band The Pietasters
  • Walter Eckhardt (1906–1994), German politician of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE) and later CSU
  • William Eckhardt (lawyer), American lawyer and formerly military officer
  • William Eckhardt (trader) (born 1955), American commodities and futures trader and fund manager

Given name

  • Meister Eckhart (1260–1328), German theologian, philosopher, and mystic
  • Eckhardt Schultz (born 1964), West German rower
  • Eckhardt Tielscher (born 1942), German volleyball player

Fictional characters

  • Lt. Max Eckhardt, in the 1989 American superhero film Batman, directed by Tim Burton
  • Thomas Eckhardt, in the television series Twin Peaks

See also

  • Eckhard