# Weller

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For other uses, see [Weller (disambiguation)](/source/Weller_(disambiguation)).

**Weller** is a surname. Its origin is from [Old English](/source/Old_English) for a [well](/source/Well)—a hole dug for water—or a [spring](/source/Spring_(hydrology)).[1]

## People

- [Archie Weller](/source/Archie_Weller) (born 1957), Australian writer
- [Carl E. Weller](/source/Carl_E._Weller), American, patented a soldering gun, formed the [Weller Manufacturing Company](/source/Weller_Manufacturing_Company)
- [Craig Weller](/source/Craig_Weller) (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Dieter Weller](/source/Dieter_Weller), American engineer
- [Don Weller (musician)](/source/Don_Weller_(musician)) (1940–2020), British tenor saxophonist
- [Don Weller (painter)](/source/Don_Weller_(painter)), American illustrator and painter
- [Duncan Weller](/source/Duncan_Weller) (born 1975), Canadian children's book author and visual artist
- F. Weller (active 1909), a trader in leather in [Rundle Street](/source/Rundle_Street#The_Austral_to_Malcolm_Reid_building_group), [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), South Australia, around 1909
- [Franz Weller](/source/Franz_Weller) (1901–1944), World War II German Army officer
- [Freddy Weller](/source/Freddy_Weller) (born 1947), American country music singer/songwriter
- [George Weller](/source/George_Weller) (1907–2002), American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- [George Russell Weller](/source/George_Russell_Weller) (1916–2010?), elderly Californian motorist who accidentally drove through a crowd, killing 10
- [Hermann Weller](/source/Hermann_Weller) (1878–1956), German scholar and poet
- [Jerry Weller](/source/Jerry_Weller) (born 1957), American politician
- [Joe Weller](/source/KSI#KSI_vs_Temperrr) (born 1996), British YouTuber and amateur boxer
- [John Weller (disambiguation)](/source/John_Weller_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Keith Weller](/source/Keith_Weller) (1946–2004), English footballer
- [Lachie Weller](/source/Lachie_Weller) (born 1966), Australian rules footballer
- [Lance Weller](/source/Lance_Weller), American novelist
- [Louis Weller](/source/Louis_Weller) (1904–1979), Native-American National Football League player
- [Louis Weller (footballer)](/source/Louis_Weller_(footballer)) (1887–1952), English footballer
- [Marc Weller](/source/Marc_Weller) (born 1951), French former football goalkeeper
- [Mary Louise Weller](/source/Mary_Louise_Weller), American actress
- [Michael Weller](/source/Michael_Weller) (born 1942), American playwright and screenwriter
- [Michael J. Weller](/source/Michael_J._Weller) (born 1946), British artist and writer
- [Ovington E. Weller](/source/Ovington_E._Weller) (1862–1947), U.S. Senator from Maryland
- [Paul Weller](/source/Paul_Weller) (born 1958), British singer and songwriter
- [Paul Weller (footballer)](/source/Paul_Weller_(footballer)) (born 1975), English former footballer
- [Paul Weller (politician)](/source/Paul_Weller_(politician)) (born 1959), Australian politician
- [Peter Weller](/source/Peter_Weller) (born 1947), American actor
- [Ronny Weller](/source/Ronny_Weller) (born 1969), German weightlifter
- [Sam Weller (disambiguation)](/source/Sam_Weller_(disambiguation))
- [Samuel A. Weller](/source/Samuel_A._Weller) (1851–1925), American pottery manufacturer
- [Stuart Weller](/source/Stuart_Weller) (1870–1927), American paleontologist and geologist
- [Thomas Huckle Weller](/source/Thomas_Huckle_Weller) (1915–2008), American virologist and Nobel laureate
- [Walter Weller](/source/Walter_Weller) (1939–2015), Austrian conductor and violinist
- [William Weller](/source/William_Weller) (1799–1863), entrepreneur and official in Upper Canada and Canada West
- [Worth Hamilton Weller](/source/Worth_Hamilton_Weller) (1913–1932) American herpetologist, discovered Weller's Salamander
- [Weller brothers](/source/Weller_brothers), Joseph Brooks (1802–1835), George (1805–1875) and Edward (1814–1893), English whalers, merchants and early settlers of New Zealand and Australia

## Fictional characters

- [Conrad/Conrart Weller](/source/List_of_Kyo_Kara_Maoh!_characters#Conrad/Conrart_Weller), in the Japanese series of light novels *Kyo Kara Maoh!*
- [Sam Weller (character)](/source/Sam_Weller_(character)), in the Charles Dickens novel *The Pickwick Papers*
- [Tony Weller](/source/Tony_Weller), father of Sam Weller in *The Pickwick Papers*

## References

1. ["Weller History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms"](https://www.houseofnames.com/weller-family-crest). *House of Names*. Swyrich Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

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