Wiegand

Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb wîgan, meaning to fight, through the past participle form wîgant, meaning the fighter. The word comes from wîg (battle/war). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name.

People with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand:
 * Auguste Wiegand (1849–1904), Belgian organist in Sydney, Australia
 * Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), American journalist and abstract artist
 * Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), American physicist
 * Dave Wiegand (1974-), American Scrabble player
 * David Wiegand (1947–2018), American journalist and critic
 * Ernest H. Wiegand (1886–1973), American scientist
 * Frank Wiegand (born 1943), German Olympic medallist in swimming
 * Haike Beruriah Wiegand (born 1965), Oxford Lector in Hebrew and Jewish Studies
 * Heinrich Wiegand (1855–1909), head of Norddeutscher Lloyd
 * Joe Wiegand (born 1965), portrayer of Theodore Roosevelt
 * John R. Wiegand
 * Wiegand effect
 * Wiegand wire
 * Wiegand protocol, used in card readers
 * Karl Henry von Wiegand (1874–1961), German-born American journalist
 * Karl McKay Wiegand (1873–1942), American botanist
 * Krista E. Wiegand (born 1971), American political scientist
 * Lisa Wiegand (born 1968), American cinematographer
 * Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), German archaeologist
 * Thomas Wiegand (born 1970), German electrical engineer
 * Wayne A. Wiegand (born 1946), American library historian, author, and academic
 * William B. Wiegand, pioneer in carbon black technology
 * Dick and Larry Wiegand, members of Crow (band)