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.
People with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand:
- Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), American journalist and abstract artist
- Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), American physicist
- Dave Wiegand, American Scrabble player
- 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
- Wiegand effect
- Wiegand wire
- Wiegand protocol, used in many kinds of card readers, both for Wiegand wire card readers and magnetic stripe card readers.
- Karl Henry von Wiegand (1874–1961), German-born American journalist
- Karl McKay Wiegand (1873–1942), American botanist
- Lisa Wiegand (born 1968), American cinematographer
- Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), German archaeologist
- Thomas Wiegand (born 1970), German electrical engineer
- Wayne A. Wiegand (born 1946), American library historian, author, and academic
- Dick and Larry Wiegand, members of the rock band Crow
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