Wagner (surname)

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Region of origin Germany		Language(s) of origin German

Meaning A maker or driver of wagons Related names Carter Cartwright Vagner Wagoner Wainwright

Wagner is derived from the Germanic surname Waganari, meaning "wagonmaker" or "wagon driver".

This common occupational surname was often given to one who transported produce or other goods via high-sided wagons or carts. Among some German populations, especially the Pennsylvania Germans, Wagner also denoted a wagon-maker, wainwright, or cartwright.

People with the surname Wagner

Adolph Wagner, (1835-1917), German economist

Agnieszka Wagner, Polsh actress

Allan Wagner, Peruvian diplomat

Alex Wagner, American television host and liberal journalist

Alfredo Wagner

Andreas Wagner (born 1967), Austrian-American evolutionary biologist

Arthur Wagner (1824-1902), English clergyman from Brighton.

Ashley Wagner, American figure skater

Audrey Wagner, American baseball player and Doctor of Medicine

Billy Wagner, American baseball player

Bobby Wagner, American football player

Mike Wagner, American football player

Carl-Ludwig Wagner (1930-2012) , German politician

Charles Wagner, French pastor and author who was invited to preach at the White House

Chris Wagner, American ice hockey player

Cosima Wagner (1837-1930), diarist and director of the Bayreuth Festival, daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner

David Wagner, lead singer of the rock band Crow

David A. Wagner, computer security and cryptography researcher

David L. Wagner, entomologist

Eduard Wagner, quartermaster-general of the German Army in World War II

Eric Wagner, American heavy metal vocalist

Friedlinde Wagner writer and broadcaster, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner

Gary Wagner (baseball), Professional Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies

George D. Wagner, Union general during the American Civil War

Gerhard Maria Wagner, Austrian Roman Catholic priest who was nominated auxiliary bishop in Linz, but didn't accept

Gerhard Wagner (Nazi physician), (1888-1939), the first Reich Doctors' Leader (Reichsärzteführer) of Nazi Germany

Gottfried Wagner writer and critic of the Wagner family, son of Wolfgang Wagner

Gudrun Wagner second wife of Wolfgang Wagner

Günter P. Wagner (born 1954), Austrian biologist

Gustav Wagner (1911–1980), Austrian Nazi SS officer at Sobibór extermination camp

Gustav Wagner (disambiguation)

Harvey M. Wagner, American management scientist

Heinrich Leopold Wagner, dramatist and author

Henry Michell Wagner (1792–1870), Vicar of Brighton 1824–1870

Honus Wagner (1874–1955), American baseball player

Jane Wagner (born 1935), American writer, director and producer

Jaques Wagner (born 1951), Brazilian federal government's Minister of Defence

Jasmin Wagner, stage name Blümchen, German singer and actress

Jill Wagner, actress

Johann Wagner German rococo sculptor

Johann Andreas Wagner (1797–1861), German zoologist

John Wagner, American comics writer

Joseph Wagner (disambiguation), several people

Karl Willy Wagner (1883–1953), German pioneer in the theory of electronic filters

Katharina Wagner German opera director, daughter of Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner

Klaus Wagner, (1910–2000) German mathematician

Lindsay Wagner (model) (born 1988), American model

Mary Wagner. American legislator and jurist

Matt Wagner, U.S. comics writer and artist

Melinda Wagner, U.S. composer

Mirel Wagner, Finnish singer-songwriter

Moritz Wagner, German geographer and evolutionary biologist

Nandor Wagner, Hungarian sculptor

Neil Wagner, South African-born New Zealand cricketer

Nike Wagner, writer and arts festival director, daughter of Wieland Wagner

Nikolai Wagner (1829-1907), Russian zoologist, writer and psychic researcher

Otto Wagner, Austrian architect

Paul Wagner (born 1967), American baseball player

Paula Wagner (born 1946), American film and theatre producer and film executive

Renan Wagner, Brazilian footballer

Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer

Richard Wagner (judge), Canadian judge

Richard Wagner (novelist), German novelist

Richard E. Wagner, American economist

Richard K. Wagner, American psychologist

Richard Paul Wagner, Chief of Design for Deutsche Reichsbahn 1922-1942; responsible for standard locomotive designs

Robert Wagner, U.S. actor

See also: Robert Wagner (disambiguation)

Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877–1953), U.S. Democratic Senator from New York

Robert Ferdinand Wagner, Jr. (1910–1991), U.S. politician and mayor of New York City

Robert Heinrich Wagner, Nazi Gauleiter and Reich Governor of Alsace

Robin Wagner (figure skater), American skating coach

Robin Wagner (designer), Broadway set designer

Ryan Wagner, baseball player

Sandro Wagner, German footballer

Siegfried Wagner, German composer, son of Richard and Cosima Wagner

Steve Wagner (disambiguation)

Thomas Wagner (disambiguation)

Tini Wagner (born 1919), Dutch swimmer

Tyler Wagner, baseball player

Viktor Wagner, Russian mathematician

Vladimir Wagner (1849 –1934), Russian psychologist and naturalist

Walter Wagner (footballer), German footballer

Walter Wagner (notary), notary who married Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun

Warren H. Wagner, U.S. botanist

Webster Wagner, American railroad inventor

Wieland Wagner, German opera producer, son of Siegfried Wagner and Winifred Wagner

Wilhelm R. Wagner, the full name of Richard Wagner above

Wilhelm Wagner (scholar) (1843–1880), a German scholar of Greek poetry

Winifred Wagner, British-born director of the Bayreuth Festival, wife of Siegfried Wagner and friend of Adolf Hitler

Wolfgang Wagner (1919–2010), German opera festival director, younger brother of Wieland Wagner

Wolfgang Wagner (social psychologist), Austrian social psychologist

References

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