Werner (name)

Werner is a name of German origin. Werner, meaning “the defender” or “the defending warrior”, is common both as a given name and a surname. There are alternate spellings, such as the Scandinavian Verner.

The name was popular in the Habsburg family.


 * Werner I (Bishop of Strasbourg) (c. 980 – 1028)
 * Werner I, Count of Habsburg (c. 1025 – 1096)
 * Werner II, Count of Habsburg (d. 1167)

A–H

 * Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), German geologist
 * Alfred Werner (1866–1919), Swiss Nobel Prize–winning chemist
 * Alice Werner (1859-1935), German/English writer and poet
 * André Werner (born 1960), German composer
 * Annette Werner (born 1966), German mathematician
 * Anton von Werner (1843–1915), German painter
 * Axel Werner (born 1996), Argentine professional footballer
 * Björn Werner (born 1990), German player of American football
 * Brian Werner (born 1966), American Tiger Conservationist, founder of Tiger Missing Link Foundation
 * Buddy (Wallace Jerold) Werner (1936–1964), American alpine skier
 * C. W. Otto Werner (1879–1936), German physician, discoverer of the premature aging condition, Werner syndrome
 * Carla Werner, New Zealander/Australian singer-songwriter
 * Emmy Werner (1929-2017), American psychologist
 * E. T. C. Werner (Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner), (1864–1954), British diplomat and sinologist
 * Éric Werner (born 1940), Swiss philosopher
 * Franz von Werner (1836–1881), Austrian and Ottoman diplomat and writer, known as Murad Effendi
 * Franz Werner (1867–1939), Austrian herpetologist and entomologist
 * Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768–1823), German poet, dramatist and preacher
 * Fritz Werner (1898–1977), German conductor and composer
 * Georg Werner (1904–2002), Swedish swimmer
 * Gerhard Werner (1921–2012), Austrian/American neuroscientist
 * Götz Werner (1944–2022), German entrepreneur
 * Gregor Werner (1693–1766), Austrian composer
 * Heinrich Werner (composer) (1800–1833), German composer
 * Heinrich Werner (physician) (1874–1946), German physician
 * Hildegard Werner (1834–1911), Swedish musician

I–Z

 * Ilse Werner (1921–2005), Dutch/German singer/actress
 * Jan Werner (athlete) (1946-2014), Polish sprinter
 * Johannes Werner (1466–1528), German priest and cartographer, inventor of the Werner map projection
 * Josiah Werner (born 1980), American rock musician
 * Jürgen Werner (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Karel Werner (1925–2019), Czech philosopher
 * Karl Werner (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Katrin Werner (born 1973), German politician
 * Lars Werner (1935–2013), Swedish politician
 * Marco Werner (born 1966), German car racer, two times winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans
 * Mariano Werner (born 1988), Argentine motor racing driver
 * Markus Werner (1944–2016), Swiss writer
 * Mike Werner (born 1971), German footballer
 * Oskar Werner (1922–1984), Austrian theatre and movie actor
 * Pe Werner (born 1960), German singer
 * Pete Werner (born 1999), American football player
 * Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Luxembourgian politician
 * Reinhold von Werner (1825–1909), German naval officer
 * Sabine Werner (born 1960), German biochemist
 * Gladys "Skeeter" Werner Walker (1933–2001), American alpine skier
 * Stephanie C. Werner, German-Norwegian geologist and planetologist
 * Susan Werner (born 1965), American singer/songwriter
 * Susan Elizabeth Werner Kieffer (born 1942), American physical geologist and planetary scientist
 * Theodore B. Werner (1892–1989), American politician
 * Timo Werner (born 1996), German footballer
 * Tom Preston-Werner (born 1979), American entrepreneur (GitHub)
 * Tom Werner (born 1950), American television producer of Carsey-Werner Productions and owner of the Boston Red Sox
 * Tommy Werner (born 1966), Swedish swimmer
 * Wendelin Werner (born 1968), French mathematician, winner of the Fields medal in 2006
 * Wilhelm Werner (1888-1945), German naval and SS officer
 * Yehudah Leopold Werner (born 1931), Israeli zoologist
 * Zack Werner (born 1960), Canadian artist and producer; judge on Canadian Idol

Given name only

 * Werner, Margrave of the Nordmark (died 1014), Margrave of the Nordmark 1003–1009

A–J

 * Werner Aisslinger (born 1964), German furniture designer
 * Werner Abrolat (1924–1997), German actor and voice actor
 * Werner Aspenström (1918–1997), Swedish poet
 * Werner Asam (born 1944), German television actor, director and writer
 * Werner Best (1903–1989), high-ranking Nazi official during World War II
 * Werner Bochmann (1900–1993), German composer
 * Werner Braune (1909–1951), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
 * Werner Bruschke (1898–1995), East German politician
 * Werner Cabrera, Peruvian politician
 * Werner Christie (born 1949), Norwegian Labour Party politician, former Minister of Social Affairs and Health and Social Affairs
 * Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), German diplomat before and after the Nazi era
 * Werner Erhard (born 1935), American founder of Erhard Seminars Training (EST) and The Landmark Forum
 * Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), German movie director, screenwriter and actor
 * Werner Faymann (born 1960), Austrian politician
 * Werner Finck (1902–1978), German comedian
 * Werner Fenchel (1905–1988), German mathematician
 * Werner Forssmann, (1904–1979), German physician, received Nobel Prize for cardiological studies
 * Werner Franz (born 1972), Austrian alpine skier
 * Werner Funck (1881–1951), German stage and film actor, singer and film director
 * Werner Günthör (born 1961), Swiss olympic track and field athlete
 * Werner Hamacher (1948–2017), German deconstructive literary critic and theorist
 * Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), German quantum physicist and Nobel laureate
 * Werner Herzog (born 1942), German film and opera actor, director, and screenwriter
 * Werner Wolfgang Heubeck (1923–2009), German transport executive, former managing director of Ulsterbus and Citybus
 * Werner Heuser (1880–1964), German painter
 * Werner Hippler (born 1970), plays American football in Germany for the Cologne Centurions, formerly played for Frankfurt Galaxy
 * Werner Z. Hirsch (1920–2009), German-born American economist
 * Werner Hoeger (born 1954), Venezuelan Olympic athlete
 * Werner D. Horn, American politician
 * Werner Hug (born 1952), Swiss chess-player
 * Werner Jäger (born 1959), Austrian speed skater

K–Z

 * Werner Kiem (born 1962), Italian biathlete
 * Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), German actor
 * Werner Koch (born 1961), German free-software author
 * Werner Kohlmeyer (1924–1974), West German football (soccer) player
 * Werner Krämer (1940–2010), West German football (soccer) player
 * Werner Krauss (1884–1959), German film actor
 * Werner Kutzelnigg (1933–2019), prominent Austrian-German theoretical chemist
 * Werner Lička (born 1954), Czech football (soccer) player and manager
 * Werner Liebrich (1927–1995), German football (soccer) player and coach
 * Werner Mölders, Nazi German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II
 * Werner Munter (1941–2007), Swiss mountaineering expert
 * Werner of Oberwesel (1271–1287), Christian boy allegedly murdered by Jews but venerated as a saint and martyr
 * Hans Werner Olm (born Hans Olm, 1955), German television and film comedian
 * Werner Otto (cyclist) (born 1948), East German track cyclist
 * Werner Perathoner (born 1967), Italian alpine skier
 * Werner Peter (born 1950), East German football (soccer) player
 * Werner Potzernheim (1927–2014), German road bicycle and track cyclist
 * Werner Ploberger (born 1956), Austrian econometrician
 * Werner Rahn (1939–2022), German naval officer and naval historian
 * Werner Reiterer (born 1968), Australian discus thrower
 * Werner Rolevinck (1425–1502), Carthusian monk
 * Werner Roth (footballer, born 1925), coach of Karlsruher SC in the 1960s
 * Werner Roth (footballer, born 1948), American soccer player
 * Werner Roth (comics) (1921–1973), American comic book artist
 * Werner Schildhauer (born 1959), East German track and field athlete
 * Werner Schmidt (born 1932), Canadian politician
 * Werner Schmieder (born 1926), German politician
 * Werner Schnitzer (born 1942), German television actor
 * Werner Schroeter (1945–2010), German film director
 * Werner Sobek (born 1953), German architect and research engineer
 * Werner Stengel (born 1936), German engineer and roller-coaster designer
 * Werner Stocker (actor) (1955–1993), German film and television actor
 * Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), German inventor and industrialist
 * Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946) German General Staff officer and first Minister of War
 * Werner von Fritsch (1880–1939), member of the German High Command and commander-in-chief of the German Army
 * Werner von Urslingen (1308–1354), German mercenary
 * Werner Vogels (born 1958), Dutch-American Amazon CTO
 * Werner Voss (1897–1917), German World War I fighter ace
 * Werner Weinhold (born 1949), Former NVA soldier and defector to West Germany
 * Werner Zorn (born 1942), German computer scientist