Herwig

Herwig is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:
 * Herwig Ahrendsen (born 1948), German handball player
 * Herwig Dirnböck (born 1935), Austrian sprint canoeist
 * Herwig Drechsel (born 1973), Austrian footballer
 * Herwig Görgemanns (born 1931), German classical scholar
 * Herwig Kircher (born 1955), Austrian footballer
 * Herwig Kogelnik (born 1932), Austrian electrical engineer
 * Herwig Mitteregger (born 1953), Austrian musician
 * Herwig Reiter (born 1941), Austrian composer
 * Herwig Schopper (born 1924), German physicist
 * Herwig van Staa (born 1942), Austrian politician
 * Herwig Wolfram (born 1934), Austrian historian

Surname:
 * Bob Herwig (1914–1974), American football player
 * Conrad Herwig (born 1959), American jazz trombonist
 * Holger Herwig (born 1941), German-Canadian historian
 * Malte Herwig (born 1972), German writer, journalist and literary critic
 * Walther Herwig (1838–1912), German jurist, biologist and politician
 * Christopher Herwig (born 1974), German-Canadian photographer and filmmaker