# 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)

## People with the surname
### 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
* Eberhard Werner (1924–2002), German artist and landscapist
* 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
* William E. Werner (1855–1916), American judge from New York
* Yehudah Leopold Werner (born 1931), Israeli zoologist
* Zack Werner (born 1960), Canadian artist and producer; judge on Canadian Idol

## People with the given name
### 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