Wagner (surname)
This article is about the family name. For other uses, see Wagner (disambiguation).
| Wagner | |
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| Meaning | A maker or driver of wagons |
| Region of origin | Germany |
| Language(s) of origin | German |
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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.[1]
People with the surname Wagner
- Adolph Wagner, (1835-1917), German economist
- 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 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
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)
References
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