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Werner (name)

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Region of origin
  
Germanic

Related names
  
Verner, Wernher, Warner, Wessel

Werner is a name of Germanic origins. It is common both as a given name and a surname. There are alternate spellings, such as the Scandinavian Verner.

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The oldest known usage of the name was in the Habsburg family.

  • Werner I (Bishop of Strasbourg) (c. 980 – 1028)
  • Werner I, Count of Habsburg (c. 1025 – 1096)
  • Werner II, Count of Habsburg (d. 1167)

    • Other people with the name Werner include:

    Surname

  • Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), German geologist
  • Alfred Werner (1866–1919), Swiss Nobel Prize–winning chemist
  • André Werner (born 1960), German composer
  • Anton von Werner (1843–1915), German painter
  • Björn Werner (born 1990), German player of American football
  • Brian Werner (born 1966), American Tiger Conservationist, founder of Tiger Missing Link Foundation
  • Buddy (Wallace Jerold) Werner (1936–1964), American alpine skier
  • C. W. Otto Werner (1879–1936), German physician, discoverer of the premature aging condition, Werner syndrome
  • Carla Werner, New Zealander / Australian singer-songwriter
  • Emmy Werner (born 1920), American psychologist
  • E. T. C. Werner (Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner), (1864–1954),British diplomat and sinologist
  • Éric Werner (born 1940), Swiss philosopher
  • Franz von Werner, Austrian and Ottoman diplomat and writer, known as Murad Effendi
  • Franz Werner (1867–1939), Austrian herpetologist and entomologist
  • Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768–1823), German poet, dramatist and preacher
  • Fritz Werner (1898–1977), German conductor and composer
  • Georg Werner (1904–2002), Swedish swimmer
  • Gerhard Werner (1921–2012), Austrian American neuroscientist
  • Götz Werner, German entrepreneur
  • Gregor Werner (1693–1766), Austrian composer
  • Hans Werner (film director) (born 1950), Austrian film director
  • Heinrich Werner (composer) (1800–1833), German composer
  • Heinrich Werner (physician) (1874–1946), German physician
  • Hildegard Werner (1834–1911), Swedish musician
  • Ilse Werner (1921–2005), Dutch/German singer/actress
  • Jan Werner (athlete) (born 1946), Polish athlete
  • Johannes Werner (1466–1528), German priest and cartographer, inventor of the Werner map projection
  • Josiah Werner (born 1980), American rock musician
  • Karel Werner (born 1925), Czech philosopher
  • Lars Werner (born 1935), Swedish politician
  • Marco Werner (born 1966), winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2005 and 2006
  • Markus Werner (1944–2016), Swiss writer
  • Oskar Werner (1922–1984), Austrian theatre and movie actor
  • Pe Werner (1960), German singer
  • Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Luxembourger politician
  • Reinhold von Werner (1825–1909), German naval officer
  • Gladys "Skeeter" Werner Walker (1933–2001), American alpine skier
  • Susan Werner (born 1965), American singer/songwriter
  • Susan Elizabeth Werner Kieffer (born 1942), American physical geologist and planetary scientist
  • Theodore B. Werner (1892–1989), American politician
  • Tom Werner (born 1950), American television producer of Carsey-Werner Productions and owner of the Boston Red Sox
  • Tommy Werner (born 1966), Swedish swimmer
  • Wendelin Werner (born 1968), French mathematician, winner of the Fields medal in 2006
  • Yehudah Leopold Werner (born 1931), Israeli zoologist
  • Zack Werner (born 1960), Canadian artist and producer; judge on Canadian Idol

    • Given name

  • Werner Aisslinger (born 1964), German furniture designer
  • Werner Abrolat (1924–1997), German actor and voice actor
  • Werner Aspenström (1918–1997), Swedish poet
  • Werner Asam (born 1944), German television actor, director and writer
  • Werner Best (1903–1989), high-ranking Nazi official during World War II
  • Werner Bochmann (1900–1993), German composer
  • Werner Bruschke (1898–1995), East German politician
  • Werner Cabrera, Peruvian politician
  • Werner Christie (born 1949), Norwegian Labour Party politician, former Minister of Social Affairs and Health and Social Affairs
  • Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), German diplomat before and after the Nazi era
  • Werner Erhard, American founder of Erhard Seminars Training (EST) and The Landmark Forum
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), German movie director, screenwriter and actor
  • Werner Faymann (born 1960), Austrian politician
  • Werner Finck (1902–1978), German comedian
  • Werner Franz (born 1972), Austrian former alpine skier
  • Werner Fenchel (1905–1988), German mathematician
  • Werner Forssmann, (1904–1979), German physician, received Nobel Prize for cardiological studies
  • Werner Franz (born 1972), Austrian alpine skier
  • Werner Günthör (born 1961), Swiss olympic track and field athlete
  • Werner Hamacher (born 1948), German deconstructive literary critic and theorist
  • Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), German quantum physicist and Nobel laureate
  • Werner Herzog (born 1942), German film and opera actor, director, and screenwriter
  • Werner Wolfgang Heubeck (1923–2009), German transport executive, former managing director of Ulsterbus and Citybus
  • Werner Heyking (1913–1974), Danish actor
  • Werner Hippler (born 1970), plays American football in Germany for the Cologne Centurions, formerly played for Frankfurt Galaxy
  • Werner Z. Hirsch (1920–2009), German-born American economist.
  • Werner Hoeger (born 1954), Venezuelan Olympic athlete
  • Werner D. Horn, American politician.
  • Werner Hug (born 1952), Swiss chess-player
  • Werner Jäger (born 1959), Austrian speed skater
  • Werner Kiem (born 1962), Italian biathlete
  • Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), German actor
  • Werner Koch (born 1961), German free-software author
  • Werner Kohlmeyer (1924–1974), West German football (soccer) player
  • Werner Krämer (born 1940), West German football (soccer) player
  • Werner Krauss (1884–1959), German film actor
  • Werner Kutzelnigg (born 1933), prominent Austrian-German theoretical chemist
  • Werner Lička (born 1954), Czech football (soccer) player and manager
  • Werner Liebrich (1927–1995), German football (soccer) player and coach
  • Werner Mölders, Nazi German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II
  • Werner Munter (1941–2007), Swiss mountaineering expert
  • Werner of Oberwesel (1271–1287), Christian boy allegedly murdered by Jews but venerated as a saint and martyr
  • Hans Werner Olm (born Hans Olm, 1955), German television and film comedian
  • Werner Otto (cyclist) (born 1948), East German track cyclist
  • Werner Perathoner (born 1967), Italian alpine skier
  • Werner Peter (born 1950), East German football (soccer) player
  • Werner Potzernheim (born 1927), German road bicycle and track cyclist
  • Werner Rahn (born 1939), German naval officer and naval historian
  • Werner Reiterer (born 1968), Australian discus thrower
  • Werner Rolevinck (1425–1502), Carthusian monk
  • Werner Roth (footballer, born 1925), coach of Karlsruher SC in the 1960s
  • Werner Roth (footballer, born 1948), American soccer player
  • Werner Roth (comics), American comic book artist
  • Werner Schildhauer (born 1959), East German olympic track and field athlete
  • Werner Schmidt (born 1932), Canadian politician
  • Werner Schnitzer (born 1942), German television actor
  • Werner Schroeter (born 1945), German film director
  • Werner Sobek (born 1953), German architect and research engineer
  • Werner Stengel (born 1936), German engineer and roller-coaster designer
  • Werner Stocker (actor) (1955–1993), German film and television actor
  • Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), German inventor and industrialist
  • Werner von Blomberg, leading figure in Nazi Germany
  • Werner von Fritsch, leading figure in Nazi Germany
  • Werner von Urslingen (1308–1354), German mercenary
  • Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO
  • Werner Voss (1897–1917), German World War I fighter ace
  • Werner Weinhold (born 1949), Former NVA soldier and defector to West Germany

    • References

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