Wagner (surname)
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| Meaning | A maker or driver of wagons |
| Region of origin | Germany |
| Language of origin | German |
| Related names | Carter Cartwright Wagoner Wainwright |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Wagner |
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]
[edit] People with the surname "Wagner"
- Adolf Wagner, a Nazi statesman
- Adolph Wagner, German economist
- Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
- Billy Wagner, American MLB relief pitcher
- Cosima Wagner, diarist and director of the Bayreuth Festival, daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Richard Wagner
- David L. Wagner, entomologist
- David Wagner, computer security and cryptography researcher
- Eric Wagner, American heavy metal vocalist
- Friedlinde Wagner writer and broadcaster, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner
- George D. Wagner, Union general during the American Civil War
- Gottfried Wagner writer and critic of the Wagner family, son of Wolfgang Wagner
- Gudrun Wagner second wife of Wolfgang Wagner
- Heinrich Leopold Wagner, dramatist and author
- John Peter "Honus" Wagner, U.S. baseball player
- Jill Wagner, actress
- Johann Wagner German rococo sculptor
- Johann Andreas Wagner, German zoologist
- John Wagner, American comics writer
- Josef Franz Wagner, Austrian composer
- Josef Wagner, a Nazi Gauleiter in the Third Reich
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg
- Karl Willy Wagner (1883-1953), German pioneer in the theory of electronic filters
- Katharina Wagner German opera director, daughter of Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner
- Lindsay Wagner, U.S. actress
- Matt Wagner, U.S. comics writer and artist
- Melinda Wagner, U.S. composer
- Nandor Wagner, Hungarian sculptor
- Nike Wagner, writer and arts festival director, daughter of Wieland Wagner
- Otto Wagner, Austrian architect
- Richard Wagner, German composer
- Richard Wagner (engineer) German Engineer
- Richard E. Wagner, American economist
- Robert Wagner, U.S. actor
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877 – 1953), U.S. Senator (D-NY)
- 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, American skating coach
- Siegfried Wagner, German composer (son of Richard and Cosima Wagner)
- Steve Wagner (b. 1967), US field hockey goalkeeper
- Tini Wagner (b. 1919), Dutch swimmer
- Viktor Vladimirovich Wagner , Russian mathematician
- 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
- Winifred Wagner, British-born director of the Bayreuth Festival, wife of Siegfried Wagner and friend of Adolf Hitler
- Wolfgang Wagner German opera festival director, younger brother of Wieland Wagner
[edit] See also
- Wagner family tree, the composer Richard Wagner and his family, many of whom have been active in the arts, or as supporters or critics of the Nazis
- Wagner Ferreira dos Santos (born 1985), Brazilian football player
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