Wenger (surname)

Wenger is a surname of German origin with a European concentration of the name in Switzerland. It was recorded as early as 1728 in America when an Eva Grabiel was married to a Christian Wenger in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Many of its early American bearers were Mennonites. Other - rather seldom - forms of the same name are Wanger and Winger.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Albert Wenger, German-American businessman and venture capitalist
 * Andrew Wenger (born 1990), American soccer player
 * Antoine Wenger (1919–2009), French priest, Patristics scholar and journalist
 * Arsène Wenger (born 1949), French professional footballer and manager
 * Brittany Wenger (born 1994), American winner of the Google Science Fair in 2012
 * Don S. Wenger (1911–1986), Major General in the United States Air Force
 * Éric Wenger, computer programmer
 * Étienne Wenger (born 1952), educational theorist and practitioner from Switzerland
 * Fridolin Wenger (died 1931, Swiss footballer
 * J. C. Wenger (John Christian Wenger 1910–1995), American Mennonite theologian and professor
 * John Wenger (John Weaver Wenger 1778–1851), founder of the Pentecostal Church of the Brethren, popularly known as the Wengerites
 * John Wenger (missionary) (1811–1880), Swiss missionary and orientalist
 * John Wenger (artist) (1887–1976), Russian-American artist and scenographist, winner of the Rome Prize
 * Joseph Wenger (1901–1970), Rear-Admiral of the United States Navy
 * Joseph Wenger (bishop) (1868–1956), American Old Order Mennonite preacher
 * Jürg Wenger (born 1969), Swiss skeleton racer who competed from 1991 to 2003
 * Lauren Wenger (born 1984), American water polo player
 * Leopold Wenger (1874–1953), Austrian historian
 * Lisa Wenger (1858–1941), Swiss painter
 * Livio Wenger (born 1993), Swiss skater
 * Louis Wenger (1809–1861), Swiss architect and politician
 * Marion A. (Gus) Wenger (1907–1982), American psychologist
 * Marta Wenger (born 1953), South African politician
 * Michael Wenger (born 1947), American Soto Zen priest
 * Mireille Wenger, South African politician
 * Nanette Kass Wenger (born 1930), American clinical cardiologist
 * Noah W. Wenger (born 1934), Pennsylvania State Senator
 * Peter Wenger (1944–2016), Swiss international footballer
 * Piers Wenger (born 1972), British television producer
 * Susanne Wenger, also known as Adunni Olorisha (c. 1915–2015), Austrian artist
 * Ulrich Wenger (born 1944), Swiss cross-country skier
 * Walter Wenger, Swiss wrestler
 * Helen Gibson, born Rose August Wenger (1892–1977), American film actress and first American stuntwoman