Wagenaar

Wagenaar is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "wagoner" or "wagon builder" (cartwright). Variant forms are De Wagenaar, Wagenaars, Wag(h)enaer (archaic), and Wagener. The name is shared by the following people:


 * (1939–2021), Dutch journalist
 * Aad Wagenaar (born 1940), Dutch Reformed Protestant politician
 * Alexander Wagenaar (born 1955), American epidemiologist
 * Bernard Wagenaar (1894–1971), Dutch-born American composer, pupil but not family of Johan Wagenaar
 * Diderik Wagenaar (born 1946), Dutch composer and musical theorist, second cousin of Johan Wagenaar
 * Gerben Wagenaar (1912–1993), Dutch Communist Party politician
 * Jan Wagenaar (water polo) (born 1965), Dutch water polo player
 * Jan Wagenaar (1709–1773), Dutch historian
 * Jan Wagenaar (1937–2022), Dutch harness racing driver
 * Jelle Wagenaar (born 1989), Dutch football defender
 * Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941), Dutch composer and organist
 * Josh Wagenaar (born 1985), Canadian football goalkeeper
 * Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (1533/34–1606), Dutch sailor and cartographer
 * Rene Wagenaar (1954 -2007), Dutch Professor of Information and Communication Technology
 * Willem Albert Wagenaar (1941–2011), Dutch psychologist
 * Zacharias Wagenaer (1614–1668), German-born Dutch merchant, illustrator and Governor of the Cape Colony