Vonnegut (surname)

Vonnegut is a German-rooted surname. Vonnegut is derived from two German words, vonn(e), meaning 'by', and gut, meaning 'good'.

Notable people with the surname Vonnegut include:


 * Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007), American science fiction writer
 * Clemens Vonnegut (1824–1906), German-American businessman, great-grandfather of Kurt Vonnegut
 * Bernard Vonnegut I (1855–1908), American lecturer and architect, son of Clemens Vonnegut, Sr. and grandfather of Kurt
 * Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. (1884–1957), American architect and lecturer, son of Bernard I and father of Kurt
 * Bernard Vonnegut (1914–1997), American atmospheric scientist, elder brother of Kurt
 * Edith Vonnegut (born 1949), American painter, daughter of Kurt
 * Mark Vonnegut (born 1947), American memoirist and journalist, son of Kurt
 * Norb Vonnegut (born 1958), American thriller author, fourth cousin of Kurt