Wegner

Wegner is a surname of German origin with the meaning 'wagon maker'. Alternative spellings are 'Wegener' and seldom 'Wägner' or 'Waegner'. The name Wagner has the same meaning. 'Wegner' may refer to:

A

• Armin T. Wegner (1886–1978), German WWI soldier, writer, and human-rights activist
• Axel Wegner (born 1963), German sports shooter

B

• Benjamin Wegner (1795–1864), Prussian-Norwegian industrialist, estate owner, and timber merchant
• Benjamin Wegner (civil servant) (1868–1949), Norwegian civil servant and lawyer
• Bernd Wegner (born 1949), German historian
• Bernd Wegner (mathematician) (1942–2024), German mathematician and editor-in-chief of zbMath
• Bettina Wegner (born 1947), German songwriter

C

• Carl Wegner (born 1991), South African rugby player
• Carl O. Wegner (1897-1986), American lawyer and politician
• Christel Wegner (born 1947), German politician

D

• Daniel Wegner (1948–2013), American experimental social psychologist
• Dennis Wegner (born 1991), German football player

E

• Erwin Wegner (1909–1945), German athlete

F

• Franz Wegner (born 1940), German theoretical physicist
• Fritz Wegner (1924–2015), Austrian-born British illustrator

G

• Gary A. Wegner (born 1944), American astronomer
• Gudrun Wegner (1955–2005), German swimmer
• Gustav Wegner (1903–1942), German athlete

H

• Hans Wegner (1914–2007), Danish furniture designer
• Henriette Wegner (1805–1875), Norwegian businesswoman and humanitarian leader
• Herman B. Wegner (1891–1964), American politician from Wisconsin

J

• Jack Wegner (1913–1982), Australian footballer
• Josef W. Wegner (born 1967), American Egyptologist

K

• Kai Wegner (born 1972), German politician
• Kurt Wegner (1908–1983), German artist

L

• Leon Wegner (1824–1873), Polish economist and historian
• Lisa Wegner (born 1976), Canadian actress
• Lutz Michael Wegner (born 1949), German computer scientist

M

• Mark Wegner (born 1972), American baseball umpire
• Max Wegner (born 1989), German football player

O

• Oscar Wegner (born 1939), Argentine-born American tennis coach

P

• Peter Wegner (computer scientist) (1932–2017), American computer scientist
• Peter Wegner (American artist) (born 1963)
• Peter Wegner (Australian artist)

R

• Robert Wegner, Polish phantasy writer
• Rolf B. Wegner (born 1940), Norwegian lawyer and civil servant

U

• Ulli Wegner (born 1942), German boxer and coach

W

• Waldo Wegner (1913–2001), American basketball player
• Wilhelm Wegner (1914–1989), German soldier

See also

• Brink-Wegner House
• Arne Wegner Haaland
• Christian Wegner Haaland
• Thomas Wegner Larsen Haaland
• Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard
• George Wegner Paus
• Wegener (disambiguation)
• Wegner (Norwegian family)
• Wegner Peak

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Wegner.
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