Wiegand

Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb wîgan, meaning to fight, through the past participle form wîgant, meaning the fighter. The word comes from wîg (battle/war). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name.

Notable people with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand include:

• Auguste Wiegand (1849–1904), Belgian organist in Sydney, Australia
• Bernd Wiegand (born 1957), German politician
• Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), American journalist and abstract artist
• Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), American physicist
• Dave Wiegand (born 1974), American Scrabble player
• David Wiegand (1947–2018), American journalist and critic
• Ernest H. Wiegand (1886–1973), American scientist
• Frank Wiegand (born 1943), German Olympic medallist in swimming
• Heinrich Wiegand (1855–1909), head of Norddeutscher Lloyd
• Joe Wiegand (born 1965), portrayer of Theodore Roosevelt
• John R. Wiegand (1912–1986), German-born American physicist
• Karl Henry von Wiegand (1874–1961), German-born American journalist
• Karl McKay Wiegand (1873–1942), American botanist
• Klaus Wiegand (born 1941), German major general
• Krista E. Wiegand (born 1971), American political scientist
• Leander Wiegand (born 1999), German American football player
• Lisa Wiegand (born 1968), American cinematographer
• Matthias Wiegand (born 1954), East German cyclist
• Otto Oscar Wiegand (born 1860), American politician
• Sepp Wiegand (born 1991), German rally driver
• Sylvia Wiegand (born 1945), American mathematician
• Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), German archaeologist
• Thomas Wiegand (born 1970), German electrical engineer
• Wayne A. Wiegand (born 1946), American library historian, author, and academic
• Wilhelm Wiegand (1851–1915), German archivist and historian
• William B. Wiegand (1889–1976), American carbon black scientist

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Wiegand
• All pages with titles containing Wiegand
• Weigand
• Weigandt
• Weygand
• Wigand (disambiguation)