Wiener

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Wiener is German for Viennese, but may also refer to:

  • A "Polish sausage" or "wenar"
  • A German sausage named after Vienna (called Frankfurter in Austria)
  • A hot dog, a cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a sliced bun as a sandwich

Wiener is the surname of:

  • Alexander S. Wiener (1907–1976), leader in the fields of forensic medicine, serology, and immunogenetics
  • Alfred Wiener (1885–1964), German Jewish campaigner against Nazism and anti-semitism
  • Charles Wiener (1851–1919), Austrian-French scientist-explorer best known for traveling extensively in Peru and nearly re-discovering Machu Picchu
  • Élisabeth Wiener (born 1946), French actress
  • Frederick Bernays Wiener (1906–1996), American jurist
  • Jacques Wiener (1815–99), Belgian Jewish-Flemish engraver
  • Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. (born 1934), American judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Jean Wiener (1896–1982), French pianist, composer
  • Jon Wiener (born 1944), American professor of history
  • Julien Wiener (born 1955), Australian cricketer
  • L.H. Wiener (born 1945), Dutch writer
  • Leigh Wiener (1929–1993), American photographer and photojournalist
  • Leo Wiener (1862–1939), American historian, linguist, author, and translator of Lev Tolstoy's collected works
  • Malcolm H. Wiener (born 1935), Aegean prehistorian and philanthropist
  • Mark Wiener (1951–2012), American abstract painter
  • Martin Wiener (born 1941), U.S. political historian and author
  • Michael A. Wiener (1938–2009), American business executive
  • Murray A. Wiener (born 1909), polar explorer and photographer
  • Norbert Wiener (1894–1964), American mathematician
    • Wiener process, a mathematical model related to Brownian motion
    • Wiener equation, named after Norbert Wiener, assumes the current velocity of a fluid particle fluctuates randomly
    • Wiener filter, a filter used to produce an estimate of a desired or target random process by linear time-invariant filtering an observed noisy process, assuming known stationary signal and noise spectra, and additive noise
    • Wiener (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
  • Otto Wiener (1913–2000), Austrian baritone
  • Otto Wiener (physicist) (1862–1927), German physicist
  • Paul Lester Wiener (1895–1967), American architect and urban planner
  • Phyllis Wiener (1921–2013), American painter
  • Rosalind Wiener Wyman (born 1930), Los Angeles politician
  • Scott Wiener (born 1970), American politician
  • Valerie Wiener (born 1948), American politician
  • Josh Keaton (born 1979), born Joshua Luis Wiener, American actor, voice actor, singer, and music producer

Places

  • Wiener Neudorf, a town in the eastern part of the Mödling district, Austria
  • Wiener Neustadt, a town south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria
  • Wiener Stadthalle, an indoor arena, in Vienna, Austria
  • Wiener Staatsoper, the Vienna State Opera

Other uses

See also

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