Wilhelm (name)
- For the similar Dutch name Wilhelmus, see Wilhelmus (disambiguation)
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| Pronunciation | German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Germanic languages |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | wille + helm (protection) |
| Meaning | Vehement protector |
| Region of origin | Germany |
| Other names | |
| Related names | William, Guillaume, Willem, Vilhelm, Villem, Vilhelms, Guglielmo, Guilherme, Guillem, Guillermo |
Wilhelm is a German given name, and a cognate of the English name William. The feminine form is Wilhelmine.[1]
People with the given name Wilhelm
- Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 1945), German filmmaker
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854), German philosopher
- Friedrich (Wilhelm) Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), German philosopher
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), German mathematician and philosopher
- Leonardo (Wilhelm) DiCaprio, (born 1974), American actor
- (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor
- Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977), German police officer and one of the SS staff at Auschwitz concentration camp
- Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895–1945), Germany Army commander and staff officer during World War II
- Wilhelm Dörr (1921–1945), German SS and concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Fuchs (1898–1947), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), German conductor and composer, leader of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Wilhelm Gerstenmeier (1908–1944), German SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Gideon (1898–1977), German Nazi SS commandant of the concentration camp Gross-Rosen
- Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German anthropologist
- Wilhelm Göcke (1898–1944), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840–1921), German neurologist
- Wilhelm Hetling (1740–1798), Baltic-German politician and the first mayor of Reval (modern-day Tallinn)
- Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor
- Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941), grandson of the former, King of Prussia and German Emperor
- Wilhelm Imkamp (b. 1951), German Catholic prelate
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946), German Nazi Field Marshal, executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm List (1880–1971), German Field Marshal
- Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- Wilhelm Rietschel (1911–1941), German sculptor
- Wilhelm Ruppert (1905–1946), SS trooper in charge of executions at Dachau concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Schitli (1912–1945 (missing)), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Wilhelm Trapp (1889–1948), German Nazi policeman, executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), Prussian philosopher and diplomat
- Wilhelm Weitling (1808–1871), early German communist or socialist
- Wilhelm Wien (1864–1928), Nobel Prize Winner in 1911 and scientist who created Wien's Displacement Law
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), German doctor and psychologist
- Wilhelm, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1817–1887)
Fictional characters with the given name Wilhelm
- Colonel Wilhelm Klink in Hogan's Heroes
- Wilhelm van Astrea, a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
- Noiz (Wilhelm), a character from the Japanese visual novel, DRAMAtical Murder
- Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, Nazi general from the Wolfenstein series
- Wilhelm, a character in Xenosaga video games
- Wilhelm Ryan, Supreme Trimage in The Amory Wars
- Wilhelm Wicki, a character in the 2009 film, Inglourious Basterds
- Wilhelm Winter, an officer in Generation War.
- Wilhelm, a cyborg from the Borderlands series
- Wilhelm, servant in the manga Ludwig Kakumei
People with the surname Wilhelm
- Anette Wilhelm (born 1972), Swedish wheelchair curler
- Bill de Blasio (born 1961), born Warren Wilhelm, American politician and current mayor of New York
- Bill Wilhelm (1929–2010), American college baseball coach
- Carl Wilhelm (1885–1936), German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era
- Eugène Wilhelm (1866–1951), French lawyer and sexologist
- Hellmut Wilhelm (1905–1990), German Sinologist
- Hoyt Wilhelm (1923–2002), American major league baseball pitcher
- Karl Wilhelm (disambiguation)
- Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018), American writer
- Kati Wilhelm (born 1976), German biathlete
- Manuel Wilhelm, German rugby union player
- Mary Jo Wilhelm, American politician
- Richard Wilhelm (disambiguation)
- Stephen Wilhelm (1919–2002), American phytopathologist
- Thomas Wilhelm (born 1971), Swedish curler and curling coach
- William Charles John Pitcher or C. Wilhelm (1858–1925), British costume designer of the Victorian era and Edwardian period
Fictional characters with the surname Wilhelm
- Mr. Wilhelm, a recurring minor character in Seinfeld
- Reinhardt Wilhelm, a tank hero in Overwatch
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Wilhelm
- All pages with titles containing Wilhelm
- Wilhelm (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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