Werner (name)

Werner is a name of German origin and is common both as a given name and a surname. As is often the case with Germanic names, the name is dithematic, meaning it is composed of two semantically unrelated word stems, in this case the Old High German waron ("to protect/preserve/uphold") and heri ("army", cf, modern German Heer). Wernher is a variation on Werner. Cognate names in other languages include Warner (English), Guernier (French), and Verner (Nordic languages).

The name was popular 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)

People with the surname

A–H

• Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), German geologist
• Alfred Werner (1866–1919), Swiss Nobel Prize–winning chemist
• Alice Werner (1859-1935), German/English writer and poet
• André Werner (born 1960), German composer
• Annette Werner (born 1966), German mathematician
• Anton von Werner (1843–1915), German painter
• Axel Werner (born 1996), Argentine professional footballer
• 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
• Eberhard Werner (1924–2002), German artist and landscapist
• Emmy Werner (1929-2017), American psychologist
• E. T. C. Werner (Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner), (1864–1954), British diplomat and sinologist
• Éric Werner (born 1940), Swiss philosopher
• Ferdinand Werner (1876-1961), German civil servant and politician
• Franz von Werner (1836–1881), 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 (1944–2022), German entrepreneur
• Gregor Werner (1693–1766), Austrian composer
• 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) (1946-2014), Polish sprinter
• Johannes Werner (1466–1528), German priest and cartographer, inventor of the Werner map projection
• Josiah Werner (born 1980), American rock musician
• Jürgen Werner (disambiguation), multiple people
• Karel Werner (1925–2019), Czech philosopher
• Karl Werner (disambiguation), multiple people
• Katrin Werner (born 1973), German politician
• Lars Werner (1935–2013), Swedish politician
• Marco Werner (born 1966), German car racer, two times winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans
• Mariano Werner (born 1988), Argentine motor racing driver
• Markus Werner (1944–2016), Swiss writer
• Mike Werner (born 1971), German footballer
• Oskar Werner (1922–1984), Austrian theatre and movie actor
• Pe Werner (born 1960), German singer
• Pete Werner (born 1999), American football player
• Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Luxembourgian politician
• Reinhold von Werner (1825–1909), German naval officer
• Sabine Werner (born 1960), German biochemist
• Gladys "Skeeter" Werner Walker (1933–2001), American alpine skier
• Stephanie C. Werner, German-Norwegian geologist and planetologist
• 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 Preston-Werner (born 1979), American entrepreneur (GitHub)
• 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
• Wilhelm Werner (1888-1945), German naval and SS officer
• William E. Werner (1855–1916), American judge from New York
• Yehudah Leopold Werner (born 1931), Israeli zoologist
• Zack Werner (born 1960), Canadian artist and producer; judge on Canadian Idol

People with the given name

Given name only

• Werner, Margrave of the Nordmark (died 1014), Margrave of the Nordmark 1003–1009

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 (born 1935), 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 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 Funck (1881–1951), German stage and film actor, singer and film director
• Werner Günthör (born 1961), Swiss olympic track and field athlete
• Werner Hamacher (1948–2017), 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 Heuser (1880–1964), German painter
• 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 (1933–2019), 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 Mamugwe (1936-1998), Namibian politician
• 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 Ploberger (born 1956), Austrian econometrician
• Werner Rahn (1939–2022), German naval officer and naval historian
• Werner Reiterer (born 1968), Australian discus thrower
• Werner Rolevinck (1425–1502), Carthusian monk
• Werner Roth (footballer, born 1925) (1925–2011), coach of Karlsruher SC in the 1960s
• Werner Roth (footballer, born 1948), American soccer player
• Werner Roth (comics) (1921–1973), American comic book artist
• Werner Schildhauer (born 1959), East German track and field athlete
• Werner Schmidt (1932–2024), Canadian politician
• Werner Schmieder (born 1926), German 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 (1878–1946) German General Staff officer and first Minister of War
• Werner von Fritsch (1880–1939), member of the German High Command and commander-in-chief of the German Army
• Werner von Urslingen (1308–1354), German mercenary
• Werner Vogels (born 1958), Dutch-American Amazon CTO
• Werner Voss (1897–1917), German World War I fighter ace
• Werner Weinhold (1949–2024), Former NVA soldier and defector to West Germany
• Werner Zorn (born 1942), German computer scientist

See also

• Warner (given name)
• Warner (surname)