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, it is a dithematic name, meaning it is composed of two semantically unrelated word stems, in this case the Old High German waron and heri. Wernher is a variation on Werner. Cognate names in other languages include Warner, Guernier, and Verner.
The name was popular in the Habsburg family.
People with the surname
A–H
- Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist
- Alfred Werner, Swiss Nobel Prize–winning chemist
- Alice Werner, German/English writer and poet
- André Werner, German composer
- Annette Werner, German mathematician
- Anton von Werner, German painter
- Axel Werner, Argentine professional footballer
- Björn Werner, German player of American football
- Brian Werner, American Tiger Conservationist, founder of Tiger Missing Link Foundation
- Bruno E. Werner, German diplomat, writer, philologist and publicist
- Buddy (Wallace Jerold) Werner, American alpine skier
- C. W. Otto Werner, German physician, discoverer of the premature aging condition, Werner syndrome
- Carla Werner, New Zealander/Australian singer-songwriter
- Eberhard Werner (artist), German artist and landscapist
- Emmy Werner, American psychologist
- E. T. C. Werner,, British diplomat and sinologist
- Éric Werner, Swiss philosopher
- Ferdinand Werner, German civil servant and politician
- Franz von Werner, Austrian and Ottoman diplomat and writer, known as Murad Effendi
- Franz Werner, Austrian herpetologist and entomologist
- Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner, German poet, dramatist and preacher
- Fritz Werner, German conductor and composer
- Georg Werner, Swedish swimmer
- Gerhard Werner, Austrian/American neuroscientist
- Götz Werner, German entrepreneur
- Gregor Werner, Austrian composer
- Heinrich Werner (composer), German composer
- Heinrich Werner (physician), German physician
- Hildegard Werner, Swedish musician
I–Z
- Ilse Werner, Dutch/German singer/actress
- Jan Werner (athlete), Polish sprinter
- Johannes Werner, German priest and cartographer, inventor of the Werner map projection
- Josiah Werner, American rock musician
- Jürgen Werner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Karel Werner, Czech philosopher
- Karl Werner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Katrin Werner, German politician
- Lars Werner, Swedish politician
- Marco Werner, German car racer, two times winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Mariano Werner, Argentine motor racing driver
- Markus Werner, Swiss writer
- Mike Werner, German footballer
- Oskar Werner, Austrian theatre and movie actor
- Pe Werner, German singer
- Pete Werner, American football player
- Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian politician
- Reinhold von Werner, German naval officer
- Sabine Werner, German biochemist
- Gladys "Skeeter" Werner Walker, American alpine skier
- Stephanie C. Werner, German-Norwegian geologist and planetologist
- Susan Werner, American singer/songwriter
- Susan Elizabeth Werner Kieffer, American physical geologist and planetary scientist
- Theodore B. Werner, American politician
- Timo Werner, German footballer
- Tom Preston-Werner, American entrepreneur
- Tom Werner, American television producer of Carsey-Werner Productions and owner of the Boston Red Sox
- Tommy Werner, Swedish swimmer
- Wendelin Werner, French mathematician, winner of the Fields medal in 2006
- Wilhelm Werner, German naval and SS officer
- William E. Werner, American judge from New York
- Yehudah Leopold Werner, Israeli zoologist
- Zack Werner, Canadian artist and producer; judge on ''Canadian Idol''
People with the given name
Given name only
A–J
- Werner Aisslinger, German furniture designer
- Werner Abrolat, German actor and voice actor
- Werner Aspenström, Swedish poet
- Werner Asam, German television actor, director and writer
- Werner Best, high-ranking Nazi official during World War II
- Werner Bochmann, German composer
- Werner Braune, German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
- Werner Bruschke, East German politician
- Werner Cabrera, Peruvian politician
- Werner Christie, Norwegian Labour Party politician, former Minister of Social Affairs and Health and Social Affairs
- Werner Dankwort, German diplomat before and after the Nazi era
- Werner Erhard, American founder of Erhard Seminars Training and The Landmark Forum
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German movie director, screenwriter and actor
- Werner Faymann, Austrian politician
- Werner Finck, German comedian
- Werner Fenchel, German mathematician
- Werner Forssmann,, German physician, received Nobel Prize for cardiological studies
- Werner Franz, Austrian alpine skier
- Werner Funck, German stage and film actor, singer and film director
- Werner Günthör, Swiss olympic track and field athlete
- Werner Hamacher, German deconstructive literary critic and theorist
- Werner Heisenberg, German quantum physicist and Nobel laureate
- Werner Herzog, German film and opera actor, director, and screenwriter
- Werner Wolfgang Heubeck, German transport executive, former managing director of Ulsterbus and Citybus
- Werner Heuser, German painter
- Werner Hippler, plays American football in Germany for the Cologne Centurions, formerly played for Frankfurt Galaxy
- Werner Z. Hirsch, German-born American economist
- Werner Hoeger, Venezuelan Olympic athlete
- Werner D. Horn, American politician
- Werner Hug, Swiss chess-player
- Werner Jäger, Austrian speed skater
K–Z
- Werner Kiem, Italian biathlete
- Werner Klemperer, German actor
- Werner Koch, German free-software author
- Werner Kohlmeyer, West German football player
- Werner Krämer, West German football player
- Werner Krauss, German film actor
- Werner Kutzelnigg, prominent Austrian-German theoretical chemist
- Werner Lička, Czech football player and manager
- Werner Liebrich, German football player and coach
- Werner Mamugwe, Namibian politician
- Werner Marti (ski mountaineer), Swiss ski mountaineer
- Werner Mölders, Nazi German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II
- Werner Munter, Swiss mountaineering expert
- Werner of Oberwesel, Christian boy allegedly murdered by Jews but venerated as a saint and martyr
- Hans Werner Olm, German television and film comedian
- Werner Otto (cyclist), East German track cyclist
- Werner Perathoner, Italian alpine skier
- Werner Peter, East German football player
- Werner Potzernheim, German road bicycle and track cyclist
- Werner Ploberger, Austrian econometrician
- Werner Rahn, German naval officer and naval historian
- Werner Reiterer, Australian discus thrower
- Werner Rolevinck, Carthusian monk
- Werner Roth (footballer, born 1925), coach of Karlsruher SC in the 1960s
- Werner Roth (footballer, born 1948), American soccer player
- Werner Roth (comics), American comic book artist
- Werner Schildhauer, East German track and field athlete
- Werner Schmidt, Canadian politician
- Werner Schmieder, German politician
- Werner Schnitzer, German television actor
- Werner Schroeter, German film director
- Werner Sobek, German architect and research engineer
- Werner Stengel, German engineer and roller-coaster designer
- Werner Stocker (actor), German film and television actor
- Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist
- Werner von Blomberg German General Staff officer and first Minister of War
- Werner von Fritsch, member of the German High Command and commander-in-chief of the German Army
- Werner von Urslingen, German mercenary
- Werner Vogels, Dutch-American Amazon CTO
- Werner Voss, German World War I fighter ace
- Werner Weinhold, Former NVA soldier and defector to West Germany
- Werner Zorn, German computer scientist