Wagner (surname)
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| Pronunciation | [ˈvaːgnɐ, -nər] |
| Language(s) | German |
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| Region of origin | Germany |
| Meaning | A maker or driver of wagons |
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Wagner is derived from the Germanic surname Waganari, meaning "wagonmaker" or "wagon driver". The Wagner surname is German. The name is also well established in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, eastern Europe, and elsewhere as well as in all German-speaking countries, and among Ashkenazi Jews. The Wagner surname was first found in Saxony, where the family became a prominent contributor to the development of the area from ancient times.
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.[1]
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
- 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
- Austin Wagner, professional ice hockey player
- Ben Wagner, American radio sportscaster
- 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
- Daniel Wagner, Drummer for Greta Van Fleet
- David Wagner, lead singer of the rock band Crow
- David Wagner, several people
- David A. Wagner, computer security and cryptography researcher
- David L. Wagner, entomologist
- Dennis Wagner (born 1958), American football coach
- Dennis Wagner (born 1997), German chess grandmaster
- Eduard Wagner, quartermaster-general of the German Army in World War II
- Eric Wagner, American heavy metal vocalist
- Friedelind Wagner (1918–1991), German writer and broadcaster, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner
- Fridolin Wagner (born 1997), German footballer
- Gary Wagner (born 1940), American baseball player
- 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 (1944–2007), 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
- Haylie Wagner, American softball player
- 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 (born 1979), American actress
- Johann Wagner (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
- Johann Peter Alexander Wagner (1730–1809), German rococo sculptor
- Johann Andreas Wagner (1797–1861), German zoologist
- John Wagner, American comics writer
- Josef Wagner, several people
- Joseph Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Kai Wagner (born 1997), German footballer
- 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 (born 1949), American actress
- Martin Wagner, several people
- Mary Wagner (born 1949), American politician 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
- Moritz Wagner (basketball) (born 1997), German basketball player
- 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) (born 1957), Canadian judge and 18th Chief Justice of Canada (2017–present)
- Richard Wagner (novelist) (born 1952), Romanian-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, German Nazi Gauleiter and Reich Governor of Alsace, executed for war crimes
- Robin Wagner (figure skater), American skating coach
- Robin Wagner (designer), Broadway set designer
- Ryan Wagner, baseball player
- Sandro Wagner (born 1987), German footballer
- Siegfried Wagner, German composer, son of Richard and Cosima Wagner
- Stanley Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- 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
See also
- Wagner family tree, the composer Richard Wagner and his family, many of whom have been active in the arts.
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in medicine
- Vagner (name)
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