Werner

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Werner is the family surname of a number of people, mainly of German, Dutch, Swiss, and Scandinavian origins:

• Johannes Werner (1466 – 1528), German priest and cartographer
• Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749 or 1750 – 1817), German geologist
• Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768 - 1823), German poet, dramatist and preacher
• Alfred Werner (1866 - 1919), German Nobel-prize winning chemist
• Heinrich Werner 1874 - 1946), German physician
• Pierre Werner (1913 - 2002), Luxembourg politician
• Buddy (Wallace Jerold) Werner (1936 - 1964), American alpine skier in the 1950s and 1960s
• Gladys "Skeeter" Werner Walker (1933 - 2001), American alpine skier
• Lars Werner (b. 1935), Swedish politician
• Marco Werner, Winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans 2005 & 2006
• Susan Werner, American singer/songwriter
• Emmy Werner, American psychologist
• Wendelin Werner, French mathematician, winner of the Fields medal in 2006.
• Zack Werner, Canadian Idol judge, former artist and producer

Werner is also the first name of a number of people:

• Werner Heisenberg (1901 – 1976), German quantum physicist and Nobel laureate.
• Werner Erhard, American leader of est in the 1970s
• Werner, an 1822 work of Lord Byron
• Werner, a German comic book character
• Werner Peter (born 1950), East German football (soccer) player

Several companies and at least one mountain have been named for people with the surname Werner:

• Mt. Werner, mountain that includes the Steamboat Ski Resort, in the Park Range of Colorado
• Werner Enterprises, Inc., Nebraska-based trucking company
• Werner Co., the world's largest manufacturer of ladders

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