Werner (name)

Werner
Pronunciation	[ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Region of origin	Germanic
Other names
Related names	Verner, Wernher, Warner

Werner
Pronunciation	[ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ]
Origin
Region of origin	Germanic
Other names
Variant(s)	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.

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

A–H

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

I–Z

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 (1935–2013), 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 (born 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
Timo Werner (born 1996), German footballer
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

A–J

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 Braune (1909–1951), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
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

K–Z

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 (1940–2010), 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 (1927–2014), 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 (1945–2010), 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
Werner Zorn (born 1942), German computer scientist

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