Werner
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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.
Other people with the name Werner include:
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
origins. It is common both as a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. 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 HabsburgWerner I, Count of HabsburgWerner I, Count of Habsburg . The great-great-great-great-grandfather of Rudolph I of Germany.He was sometimes called Werner The Pious. His father was Radbot, Count of Habsburg, and his mother was Ida de Lorraine...
(c. 1025 – 1096) - Werner II, Count of HabsburgWerner II, Count of HabsburgWerner II was Count of Habsburg and a progenitor of the royal House of Habsburg. He was the great-great-grandfather of King Rudolph I of Germany....
(d. 1167)
Other people with the name Werner include:
Surname
- Abraham Gottlob WernerAbraham Gottlob WernerAbraham Gottlob Werner , was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and coined the word Neptunism...
(1749–1817), German geologist - Alfred WernerAlfred WernerAlfred Werner was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration of transition metal complexes. Werner developed the basis for modern coordination chemistry...
(1866–1919), Swiss Nobel-prize winning chemist - André WernerAndré WernerAndré Werner is a German composer of classical music.André Werner studied classical guitar and oboe at the Musikhochschule Bremen from 1980 to 1986, composition from 1986 to 1992 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Frank Michael Beyer...
(born 1960), German composer - Anton von Werner (1843–1915), German painter
- Brian WernerBrian WernerBrian Werner, a native of Norwood, Ohio, is the founder of the Tiger Missing Link Foundation and the Tiger Creek Wildlife refuge, both located in Tyler, Texas. Werner was involved with the first open heart surgery performed on a tiger. Brian and his family were featured internationally on Animal...
(born 1966), American Tiger Conservationist, founder of Tiger Missing Link Foundation - Buddy (Wallace Jerold) WernerBuddy WernerWallace "Buddy" Werner was an American ski racer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Werner and his siblings were accomplished skiers, and competed in both alpine and Nordic events on Howelsen Hill...
(1936–1964), American alpine skier - C. W. Otto WernerOtto WernerC. W. Otto Werner was a German physician, after whom Werner syndrome —a form of progeria—was named. As a medical student in 1903, Werner observed the syndrome in four siblings near the age of 30. He documented his observations in his inaugural dissertation in 1904.Werner was born in Flensburg,...
(1879–1936), German physician, discoverer of the premature aging condition, Werner syndrome - Carla WernerCarla WernerCarla Werner is a singer and songwriter from New Zealand who began her music career at age 11.Her first major record deal was in 2002 with Columbia Records, Sony Music and was followed by the release of her debut album Departure in 2003...
, New Zealander / Australian singer-songwriter - Emmy WernerEmmy WernerEmmy E. Werner is an American developmental psychologist. She received her Ph. D. from the University of Nebraska and is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of Human and Community Development at the University of California at DavisDr...
, American psychologist - E. T. C. WernerE. T. C. WernerEdward Theodore Chalmers Werner was a noted British diplomat in Qing Dynasty China and sinologist specialising in superstition, myths and magic in China. Werner arrived in Peking in the 1880s attached to the British Legation as a student interpreter and remained in China until 1914. E.T.C. Werner...
(Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner), (1864–1954),British diplomat and sinologist - Éric WernerÉric Werner- Biography :He studied at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He is a retired professor of the University of Geneva.- Works :* De la violence au totalitarisme, essai sur la pensée de Camus et de Sartre, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1972....
, swiss philosopher - Franz von WernerFranz von WernerFranz Xaver Karl Georg Arthur von Werner, better known by his pseudonym and Muslim name Murad Effendi, was an Austrian writer, and diplomat for the Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...
, Austrian and Ottoman diplomat and writer, known as Murad Effendi - Franz WernerFranz WernerFranz Werner was an Austrian zoologist and explorer. Specializing as a herpetologist and entomologist, Werner described numerous species and other taxa of frogs, snakes, insects, and other organisms....
(1867–1939), Austrian herpetologist and entomologist - Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768–1823), German poet, dramatist and preacher
- Fritz WernerFritz WernerFritz Werner was a German choral conductor, church music director, conductor, organist and composer...
(1898–1977), German conductor and composer - Georg WernerGeorg WernerGeorg Werner was a Swedish freestyle swimmer.He won a bronze medal in 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris along with Orvar Trolle, Åke Borg and Arne Borg.-External links:*...
(1904–2002), Swedish swimmer - Gerhard WernerGerhard WernerGerhard Werner is a medical doctor and scholar active in research covering areas of pharmacology, psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, especially neurodynamics, artificial intelligence, and complexity theory...
, Austrian American neuroscientist - Götz WernerGötz WernerGötz Wolfgang Werner is the founder, co-owner, and member of the advisory board of dm-drogerie markt, a German drugstore chain. He was leading the company for 35 years. Since October 2003, he is the head of Cross-Department Group for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology...
, German entrepreneurEntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to... - Gregor WernerGregor Werner-Career:Werner was born in Ybbs an der Donau. He served from 1715 to either 1716 or 1721 as the organist at Melk Abbey. During the 1720s he was in Vienna, where he may have studied with Johann Fux and was married on 27 January 1727....
(1693–1766), Austrian composer - Hans Werner (film director) (born 1950), Austrian film director
- Heinrich Werner (composer)Heinrich Werner (composer)Heinrich Werner was a German composer.He was born in 1800 into a musical family in Kirchohmfeld in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia. Initially trained at home, he played the organ for the local church at the age of 11 and became a choral singer at Sankt Andreasberg at 15...
(1800–1833), German composer - Heinrich Werner (1874–1946), German physician
- Ilse WernerIlse WernerIlse Werner was an actress and singer. She was born to a Dutch father and a German mother and was a Dutch citizen by birth...
(1921–2005), Dutch/German singer/actress - Jan Werner DanielsenJan Werner DanielsenJan Werner Danielsen, artist name Jan Werner, was a Norwegian pop, classical, and rock singer, famous for his powerful voice which stretched over four and a half octaves...
(1976–2006), Norwegian pop rock singer - Jan WernerJan Werner (athlete)Jan Werner was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.He was born in Brzeziny and represented the club AZS Warszawa. At the 1966 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres and won the 4 x 400 metres relay together with Edmund Borowski, Stanislaw Gredzinski and...
(born 1946), Polish athlete - Johannes WernerJohannes WernerJohann Werner was a German parish priest in Nuremberg and a mathematician...
(1466–1528), German priest and cartographer, inventor of the Werner map projection - Josiah Werner (born 1980), American rock musician
- Lars WernerLars WernerLars Helge Werner is a Swedish politician. A construction worker by profession, he was elected the chairman of the Left Party - Communists in 1975 and was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1965 to 1994. During his time as party leader, in 1990, the party changed its name to the Left Party,...
(born 1935), Swedish politician - Marco WernerMarco WernerMarco Werner is a professional racer from Germany.In his early career, Werner was Formula Opel vice-champion in 1990 and German F3 vice-champion in 1991 ....
(born 1966), winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2005 and 2006 - Markus WernerMarkus WernerMarkus Werner is a German-speaking Swiss writer, the author of Zündels Abgang .-Life:...
(born 1944), Swiss writer - Oskar WernerOskar Werner-Early life:Born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer in Vienna, Werner spent much of his childhood in the care of his grandmother, who entertained him with stories about the Burgtheater, the Austrian state theatre, where he was accepted at the age of eighteen by Lothar Müthel. He was the youngest person ever...
(1922–1984), Austrian theatre and movie actor - Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Luxembourger politician
- Gladys "Skeeter" Werner WalkerSkeeter Werner WalkerGladys "Skeeter" Werner Walker was an American alpine skier and Olympian. She was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In 1954 she was the youngest member of the U.S. National Ski Team and an Olympian in 1956. She retired from competition in 1957...
(1933–2001), American alpine skier - Susan WernerSusan WernerSusan Werner is an American singer-songwriter. Much of Werner's work has been in the contemporary folk genre.-Career:Born and raised near Manchester, Iowa, Werner became interested in music at a young age and went on to receive a bachelor's degree in voice at the University of Iowa. In 1987, she...
(born 1965), American singer/songwriter - Susan Elizabeth Werner KiefferSusan KiefferSusan Elizabeth Werner Kieffer is an American physical geologist and planetary scientist. Kieffer is known for her work on the fluid dynamics of volcanoes, geysers, and rivers, and for her model of the thermodynamic properties of complex minerals...
(born 1942), American physical geologist and planetary scientist - Theodore B. WernerTheodore B. WernerTheodore B. Werner was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Ossian, Iowa. He served as the mayor of Rapid City, South Dakota from 1929 to 1930. He was elected to two terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing South Dakota, and served from March 4, 1933 to January 3,...
(1892–1989), American politician - Tom WernerTom WernerThomas Charles "Tom" Werner is an American television producer and businessman who, via his investment in New England Sports Ventures, is chairman of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club....
(born 1950), American television producer of Carsey-Werner Productions and owner of the Boston Red Sox - Tommy WernerTommy WernerTommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...
(born 1966), Swedish swimmer - Ute WernerUte WernerUte Werner is an American actress and model.In additional to modeling, Werner is best known for films and television shows such as Succubus: Hell Bent, Opie Gets Laid, How I Met Your Mother, Mind of Mencia, USA High and Las Vegas....
, American model and actress - Wendelin WernerWendelin WernerWendelin Werner is a German-born French mathematician working in the area of self-avoiding random walks, Schramm-Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematical physics. In 2006, at the 25th International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain he received the...
(born 1968), French mathematician, winner of the Fields medal in 2006 - Yehudah Leopold WernerYehudah L. WernerYehudah Leopold Werner is an Israeli herpetologist and Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ....
(born 1931), Israeli zoologist - Zack WernerZack WernerZack Werner has had a career in the music industry as an artist, producer, entertainment lawyer and manager. He is also president of Toronto-based Venus Management and Venus Records , where he spends his time finding and developing new talent across Canada.He attended the St...
(born 1960), Canadian artist and producer; judge on Canadian Idol
Given name
- Werner AisslingerWerner AisslingerWerner Aisslinger born Berlin 1964 is a German furniture designer.From 1987-1991 he studied Design at the University of Arts in Berlin from 1989-1992 Freelanced at Jasper Morrison and Ron Arad in London....
(born 1964), German furniture designer - Werner AbrolatWerner AbrolatWerner Abrolat was a German actor best known for his role as various characters in the West German crime-drama television series Tatort....
(1924–1997), German actor and voice actor - Werner AspenströmWerner AspenströmKarl Werner Aspenström was a Swedish poet.Born at Norrbärke, he was a member of the Swedish Academy, where he held Seat 12 from 1981 to 1997....
(1918–1997), Swedish poet - Werner AsamWerner AsamWerner Asam is a German television actor, director, and writer.He played several roles in Derrick during the 80's and 90's.-Selected filmography:* Derrick - Season 5, Episode 4: "Ein Hinterhalt"...
(born 1944), German television actor, director and writer - Werner BestWerner BestDr. Werner Best was a German Nazi, jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer and Nazi Party leader from Darmstadt, Hesse. He studied law and in 1927 obtained his doctorate degree at Heidelberg...
(1903–1989), high-ranking Nazi official during World War II - Werner BochmannWerner BochmannWerner Bochmann was a German composer.-External links:...
(1900–1993), German composer - Werner BruschkeWerner BruschkeWerner Bruschke was an East German politician and member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He was Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from August 13, 1949 until the state was abolished on July 23, 1952.From 1933 he worked as tobacco goods dealer and later an insurance agent...
(1898–1995), East German politician - Werner CabreraWerner CabreraWerner Cabrera Campos is a Peruvian politician. He is currently a Congressman representing Cajamarca for a term stretching between 2006 and 2011, and belongs to the Nationalist Party of Peru party.- Background :...
, Peruvian politician - Werner ChristieWerner ChristieWerner Hosewinckel Christie is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Norway's first Minister of Health from 1992 to 1995, serving in Gro Harlem Brundtland's cabinet from 1992 to 1996....
(born 1949), Norwegian Labour Party politician, former Minister of Social Affairs and Health and Social Affairs - Werner DankwortWerner DankwortDr. Carl Werner Dankwort born in Gumbinnen, Germany, was a German diplomat who served a major role in bringing Germany into the League of Nations in 1926 prior to representing the German contingent in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, the post-World War II effort known as the...
(1895–1986), German diplomat before and after the Nazi era - Werner ErhardWerner ErhardWerner Hans Erhard is an author of transformational models and applications for individuals, groups, and organizations...
, American founder of Erhard Seminars Training (EST) and The Landmark Forum - Rainer Werner FassbinderRainer Werner FassbinderRainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
(1945–1982), German movie director, screenwriter and actor - Werner FinckWerner FinckWerner Finck was a German comedian, an actor with "comic bones". He could read the phone book and it would seem extremely funny.-Life:...
(1902–1978), German comedian - Werner FranzWerner FranzWerner Franz is a former Austrian alpine skier.Franz was born in Weissbriach and he could already be found in the mountains at the age of 2, learning his first skiing techniques. He was coached by his father who was determined to make a professional skier out of his son...
(born 1972), Austrian former alpine skier - Werner FenchelWerner FenchelMoritz Werner Fenchel was a mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and to optimization theory. Fenchel established the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory. Fenchel's monographs and lecture-notes were very influential also...
(1905–1988), German mathematician - Werner ForssmannWerner ForssmannWerner Theodor Otto Forßmann, was a physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a procedure that allowed for cardiac catheterization. In 1929, he put himself under local anesthetic and inserted a catheter into his own arm...
, (1904–1979), German physician, received Nobel Prize for cardiological studies - Werner FranzWerner FranzWerner Franz is a former Austrian alpine skier.Franz was born in Weissbriach and he could already be found in the mountains at the age of 2, learning his first skiing techniques. He was coached by his father who was determined to make a professional skier out of his son...
(born 1972), Austrian alpine skier - Werner GünthörWerner GünthörWerner Günthör is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field....
(born 1961), Swiss olympic track and field athlete - Werner HamacherWerner HamacherWerner Hamacher is a German literary critic and theorist influenced by deconstruction. Hamacher studied philosophy, comparative literature and religious studies at the Free University of Berlin and the École Normale Supérieure , where he got in touch with Jacques Derrida...
(born 1948), German deconstructive literary critic and theorist - Werner HeisenbergWerner HeisenbergWerner Karl Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and is best known for asserting the uncertainty principle of quantum theory...
(1901–1976), German quantum physicist and Nobel laureate - Werner HerzogWerner HerzogWerner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
(born 1942), German film and opera actor, director, and screenwriter - Werner Wolfgang HeubeckWerner HeubeckWerner Wolfgang Heubeck, CBE was a German-British transport executive, who was managing director of the Northern Ireland transport companies Ulsterbus and Citybus.-Early life and military service:...
(1923–2009), German transport executive, former managing director of Ulsterbus and Citybus - Werner HipplerWerner HipplerWerner Hippler is a football tight end from Canada who was born in Germany. He played for the Cologne Centurions, but the majority of his career has been with the Frankfurt Galaxy...
(born 1970), plays American football in Germany for the Cologne Centurions, formerly played for Frankfurt Galaxy - Werner HoegerWerner HoegerWerner Hoeger is a professor emeritus of exercise science at Boise State University. He has published 51 editions of Fitness & Wellness college textbooks. He is one of the most widely read fitness and wellness college authors in the United States...
(born 1954), Venezuelan Olympic athlete - Werner HugWerner HugWerner Hug is a Swiss chess player. Hug was World Junior Chess Champion in 1971 and was Switzerland's leading player of the 1970s.In 1968 he won the Swiss Junior Championship...
(born 1952), Swiss chess player - Werner JägerWerner JägerWerner Jäger is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia-References:*...
(born 1959), Austrian speed skater - Werner KiemWerner KiemWerner Kiem is a former Italian biathlete. Kiem won bronze medals in the 4 x 7.5 km relay with teammates Gottlieb Taschler, Johann Passler and Andreas Zingerle at the 1986 Biathlon World Championships in Oslo and the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary.-External links:*...
(born 1962), Italian biathlete - Werner KlempererWerner KlempererWerner Klemperer was a comedic and dramatic actor, best known for his role as Colonel Klink on the CBS television sitcom, Hogan's Heroes.-Early life:...
(1920–2000), German actor - Werner KochWerner KochWerner Koch is a German free software author. He is best known as the principal author of the GNU Privacy Guard . He was also Head of Office and German Vice-Chancellor of the Free Software Foundation Europe....
(born 1961), German free software author - Werner KohlmeyerWerner KohlmeyerWerner Kohlmeyer was a German footballer.He was part of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 22 caps for West Germany. He also played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 1941 to 1957.His position was that of a left full back...
(1924–1974), West German football (soccer) player - Werner Krämer (born 1940), West German football (soccer) player
- Werner KraussWerner KraussWerner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg...
(1884–1959), German film actor - Werner KutzelniggWerner KutzelniggWerner Kutzelnigg, born on September 10, 1933 in Vienna, Austria, is a prominent theoretical chemist. He is now emeritus Professor in the Chemistry Faculty, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany....
(born 1933), prominent Austrian-German theoretical chemist - Werner Lička (born 1954), Czech football (soccer) player and manager
- Werner LiebrichWerner LiebrichWerner Liebrich was a German footballer who played in the centre back position. He is notable for his role in West Germany's triumph in the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and spending his entire playing career of almost twenty years with hometown club Kaiserslautern, with whom he also briefly coached.-Early...
(1927–1995), German football (soccer) player and coach - Werner MöldersWerner MöldersWerner Mölders was a World War II German Luftwaffe pilot and the leading German fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War. Mölders became the first pilot in aviation history to claim 100 aerial victories—that is, 100 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft, and was...
, Nazi German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II - Werner MunterWerner MunterWerner Munter was born in 1941 in Lohnstorf, Switzerland and is a mountain guide, author and safety-expert for Alpine climbing.-Life:Munter, who lives in Vernamiège near Sion, Switzerland, introduced the 'Halbmastwurf' as a belay knot for climbing...
(1941–2007), Swiss mountaineering expert - Werner of OberweselWerner of OberweselWerner of Oberwesel ; b. 1271 in Womrath, Hunsrück; d. 1287) was a 16-year-old boy whose unexplained death was blamed on Jews, leading to revenge killings of Jews across Europe. He was long worshipped as a Catholic saint, and his memorial day was 19 April...
(1271–1287), Christian boy allegedely murdered by Jews - Hans Werner OlmHans Werner OlmHans Werner Olm is a German television and film comedian.His career began in 1975, when Olm travelled to Berlin to begin his comedy career in the city's clubs, striking a partnership in 1976 with Jürgen von der Lippe among others, known as the Gebrüder Blattschuss...
(born Hans Olm, 1955), German television and film comedian - Werner OttoWerner OttoWerner Otto is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he won the silver medal in the Men's Tandem, alongside Jürgen Geschke....
(born 1948), East German track cyclist - Werner PerathonerWerner PerathonerWerner Perathoner is an Italian former Alpine skier, who specialized in downhill and super-G disciplines.Born in Sëlva, South Tyrol, he obtained his first podium in World Cup in 1988, at the Leukerbad downhill, one of his country's most memorable races ever with three Italians occupying the whole...
(born 1967), Italian alpine skier - Werner PeterWerner PeterWerner Peter is a former football player from East Germany, who won the silver medal with the East German national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He obtained a total number of nine caps for his native country, scoring one goal.-International goals:- References :*...
(born 1950), East German football (soccer) player - Werner PotzernheimWerner PotzernheimWerner Potzernheim is a former road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's 1.000m sprint scratch race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland behind Enzo Sacchi and Lionel Cox . He was a professional rider from 1954 to 1966...
(born 1927), German road bicycle and track cyclist - Werner RahnWerner RahnWerner Rahn , is a naval historian and former German naval officer.-Professional career:Werner Rahn entered the Naval Academy Mürwik and served at sea and ashore in a variety of appointments, reaching the rank of captain. He studied history at the University of Hamburg under Professor Dr...
(born 1939), German naval officer and naval historian - Werner ReitererWerner ReitererWerner Reiterer is an Austrian-born retired discus thrower and shot putter from Australia, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 . His best result was winning the title in the men's discus throw at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada...
(born 1968), Australian discus thrower - Werner RolevinckWerner RolevinckWerner Rolevinck was a Carthusian monk and historian who wrote about 50 titles. He was born near Laer, Westphalia, the son of a wealthy farmer. In 1447 he entered the Carthusian Monastery of Santa Barbara in Cologne where he died...
(1425–1502), Carthusian monk - Werner Roth (German football coach), coach of Karlsruher SC in the 1960s
- Werner Roth (soccer)Werner Roth (soccer)Werner Roth is a retired American professional football defender.Mainly associated with the New York Cosmos, he also represented the United States men's national soccer team for three years...
(born 1948), American soccer player - Werner Roth (comics)Werner Roth (comics)Werner Roth was an American comic book artist, perhaps best known for immediately succeeding Jack Kirby on Marvel Comics' X-Men....
, American comic book artist - Werner SchildhauerWerner SchildhauerWerner Schildhauer is a retired German track and field athlete, who represented the former East Germany at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the 10,000 meter run and placed 7th behind his team mate Jörg Peter .-Career:At the...
(born 1959), East German olympic track and field athlete - Werner SchmidtWerner SchmidtWerner Schmidt is a former Canadian politician. A teacher and school principal.-Political career:Schmidt was vice-president of Lethbridge Community College when he was chosen to succeed Harry Strom as leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party following the defeat of Strom's government in 1971...
(born 1932), Canadian politician - Werner SchnitzerWerner SchnitzerWerner Schnitzer is a German television actor.-Selected filmography:* Derrick - Season 2, Episode 10: "Kamillas junger Freund" * Derrick - Season 7, Episode 11: "Pricker" -External links:*...
(born 1942), German television actor - Werner SchroeterWerner SchroeterWerner Schroeter was a German film director and screenwriter, who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war period.-Biography:...
(born 1945), German film director - Werner SobekWerner SobekWerner Sobek is a German architect and structural engineer.- Life :Werner Sobek was born 1953 in Aalen, Germany. From 1974 to 1980, he studied structural engineering and architecture at the University of Stuttgart...
(born 1953), German architect and research engineer - Werner StengelWerner StengelWerner Stengel is a German roller coaster designer and engineer. Stengel is the founder of Stengel Engineering, also known as Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH ....
(born 1936), German engineer and roller coaster designer - Werner Stocker (1955–1993), German film and television actor
- Werner von SiemensErnst Werner von SiemensErnst Werner Siemens, von Siemens since 1888, was a German inventor and industrialist. Siemens' name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens...
(1816–1892), German inventor and industrialist - Werner von BlombergWerner von BlombergWerner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg was a German Generalfeldmarschall, Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces until January 1938.-Early life:...
, leading figure in Nazi Germany - Werner von FritschWerner von FritschWerner Thomas Ludwig Freiherr von Fritsch was a prominent Wehrmacht officer, member of the German High Command, and the second German general to be killed during World War II.-Early life:...
, leading figure in Nazi Germany - Werner VogelsWerner VogelsDr. Werner Vogels is the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Amazon.com in Seattle, Washington. In charge of driving technology innovation within the company, Vogels has broad internal and external responsibilities. He is the only executive apart from Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos to speak...
, Amazon CTO - Werner VossWerner VossWerner Voss was a World War I German flying ace, a friend and rival of the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen....
(1897–1917), German World War I fighter ace