# Wiegand

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'''Wiegand''' is a German [surname](/source/surname). It originated from the [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) [verb](/source/verb) ''wîgan'', meaning ''to fight'', through the [past participle](/source/past_participle) form ''wîgant'', meaning ''the fighter''.  The word comes from ''wîg'' (''battle''/''war''). The name was in use by the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), also as a first name.  

People with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand:
 
*[Auguste Wiegand](/source/Auguste_Wiegand) (1849–1904), Belgian organist in Sydney, Australia
*[Charmion Von Wiegand](/source/Charmion_Von_Wiegand) (1896–1983), American journalist and abstract artist
*[Clyde Wiegand](/source/Clyde_Wiegand) (1915–1996), American physicist
*[Dave Wiegand](/source/Dave_Wiegand) (1974-), American Scrabble player
*[David Wiegand](/source/David_Wiegand) (1947–2018), American journalist and critic
*[Ernest H. Wiegand](/source/Ernest_H._Wiegand) (1886–1973), American scientist
*[Frank Wiegand](/source/Frank_Wiegand) (born 1943), German Olympic medallist in swimming
* Haike Beruriah Wiegand (born 1965), Oxford Lector in Hebrew and Jewish Studies
*[Heinrich Wiegand](/source/Heinrich_Wiegand) (1855–1909), head of Norddeutscher Lloyd
*[Joe Wiegand](/source/Joe_Wiegand) (born 1965), portrayer of Theodore Roosevelt
*[John R. Wiegand](/source/John_R._Wiegand)
**[Wiegand effect](/source/Wiegand_effect)
**[Wiegand wire](/source/Wiegand_wire)
**[Wiegand protocol](/source/Wiegand_protocol), used in card readers
*[Karl Henry von Wiegand](/source/Karl_Henry_von_Wiegand) (1874–1961), German-born American journalist
*[Karl McKay Wiegand](/source/Karl_McKay_Wiegand) (1873–1942), American botanist
*[Krista E. Wiegand](/source/Krista_E._Wiegand) (born 1971), American political scientist
*[Leander Wiegand](/source/Leander_Wiegand) (born 1999), German American football player
*[Lisa Wiegand](/source/Lisa_Wiegand) (born 1968), American cinematographer
*[Theodor Wiegand](/source/Theodor_Wiegand) (1864–1936), German archaeologist
*[Thomas Wiegand](/source/Thomas_Wiegand) (born 1970), German electrical engineer
*[Wayne A. Wiegand](/source/Wayne_A._Wiegand) (born 1946), American library historian, author, and academic
*[William B. Wiegand](/source/William_B._Wiegand), pioneer in carbon black technology 
* Dick and Larry Wiegand, members of [Crow (band)](/source/Crow_(band))

==See also==
*[Weygand](/source/Weygand)
*[Weigandt](/source/Weigandt)
*[Wigand (disambiguation)](/source/Wigand_(disambiguation))
*[Weigand](/source/Weigand)
*[Wiegand Island](/source/Wiegand_Island)

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