Wagner (surname)

Wagner

Language(s)	German
Origin
Meaning	A maker or driver of wagons
Region of origin	Germany
Other names
Related names	Carter Cartwright Wagoner Wainwright

Wagner is derived from the Germanic surname Waganari, meaning "wagonmaker" or "wagon driver".

This common occupational surname was often given to one who transported produce or other goods via high-sided wagons or carts. Among some German populations, especially the Pennsylvania Germans, Wagner also denoted a wagon-maker, wainwright, or cartwright.

People with the surname Wagner

• Adolph Wagner, German economist
• Allan Wagner, Peruvian diplomat
• Alex Wagner, American television host and liberal journalist
• Arthur Wagner (1824-1902), English clergyman from Brighton.
• Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• Audrey Wagner, American baseball player and Doctor of Medicine
• Billy Wagner, American baseball player
• Bobby Wagner, American football player
• Carl-Ludwig Wagner(1930-2012) , German politician
• Charles Wagner, French pastor and author who was invited to preach at the White House
• Chris Wagner, American ice hockey player
• Cosima Wagner, diarist and director of the Bayreuth Festival, daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner
• David Wagner, lead singer of the rock band Crow
• David A. Wagner, computer security and cryptography researcher
• David L. Wagner, entomologist
• Eduard Wagner, quartermaster-general of the German Army in World War II
• Eric Wagner, American heavy metal vocalist
• Friedlinde Wagner writer and broadcaster, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner
• Gary Wagner (baseball), Professional Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies
• George D. Wagner, Union general during the American Civil War
• Gerhard Maria Wagner, Austrian Roman Catholic priest who was nominated auxiliary bishop in Linz, but didn't accept
• Gerhard Wagner (Nazi physician), the first Reich Doctors' Leader (Reichsärzteführer) of Nazi Germany
• Gottfried Wagner writer and critic of the Wagner family, son of Wolfgang Wagner
• Gudrun Wagner second wife of Wolfgang Wagner
• Günter P. Wagner (born 1954), Austrian biologist
• Gustav Wagner (1911–1980), Austrian Nazi SS officer at Sobibór extermination camp
• Gustav Wagner (disambiguation)
• Harvey M. Wagner, American management scientist
• Heinrich Leopold Wagner, dramatist and author
• Henry Michell Wagner (1792–1870), Vicar of Brighton 1824–1870
• Honus Wagner (1874–1955), American baseball player
• Jane Wagner (born 1935), American writer, director and producer
• Jaques Wagner (born 1951), Brazilian federal government's Minister of Defence
• Jasmin Wagner, stage name Blümchen, German singer and actress
• Jill Wagner, actress
• Johann Wagner German rococo sculptor
• Johann Andreas Wagner, German zoologist
• John Wagner, American comics writer
• Josef Wagner (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Wagner (disambiguation), several people
• Karl Willy Wagner (1883–1953), German pioneer in the theory of electronic filters
• Katharina Wagner German opera director, daughter of Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner
• Klaus Wagner, (1910–2000) German mathematician
• Lindsay Wagner (model) (born 1988), American model
• Lee Wagner (Born 1988), Business Owner (LA Webs) in South Africa
• Mary Wagner. American legislator and jurist
• Matt Wagner, U.S. comics writer and artist
• Melinda Wagner, U.S. composer
• Mirel Wagner, Finnish singer-songwriter
• Moritz Wagner, German geographer and evolutionary biologist
• Nandor Wagner, Hungarian sculptor
• Nike Wagner, writer and arts festival director, daughter of Wieland Wagner
• Neil Wagner, South African-born New Zealand cricketer
• Otto Wagner, Austrian architect
• Paul Wagner (born 1967), American baseball player
• Paula Wagner (born 1946), American film and theatre producer and film executive
• Reinhard Wagner (businessman) (born 1966), German business consultant
• Renan Wagner, Brazilian footballer
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer
• Richard Wagner (judge), Canadian judge
• Richard Wagner (novelist), German novelist
• Richard E. Wagner, American economist
• Richard Paul Wagner, Chief of Design for Deutsche Reichsbahn 1922-1942; responsible for standard locomotive designs
• Robert Wagner, U.S. actor
  • See also: Robert Wagner (disambiguation)
• Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877–1953), U.S. Democratic Senator from New York
• Robert Ferdinand Wagner, Jr. (1910–1991), U.S. politician and mayor of New York City
• Robert Heinrich Wagner, Nazi Gauleiter and Reich Governor of Alsace
• Robin Wagner (figure skater), American skating coach
• Robin Wagner (designer), Broadway set designer
• Ryan Wagner, baseball player
• Sandro Wagner, German footballer
• Siegfried Wagner, German composer, son of Richard and Cosima Wagner
• Steve Wagner (disambiguation)
• Thomas Wagner (disambiguation)
• Tini Wagner (born 1919), Dutch swimmer
• Tyler Wagner, baseball player
• Viktor Wagner, Russian mathematician
• Walter Wagner (footballer), German footballer
• Walter Wagner (notary), notary who married Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun
• Warren H. Wagner, U.S. botanist
• Webster Wagner, American railroad inventor
• Wieland Wagner, German opera producer, son of Siegfried Wagner and Winifred Wagner
• Wilhelm R. Wagner, the full name of Richard Wagner above
• Wilhelm Wagner (scholar) (1843–1880), a German scholar of Greek poetry
• Winifred Wagner, British-born director of the Bayreuth Festival, wife of Siegfried Wagner and friend of Adolf Hitler
• Wolfgang Wagner (1919–2010), German opera festival director, younger brother of Wieland Wagner
• Wolfgang Wagner (social psychologist), Austrian social psychologist

See also

• Wagner family tree, the composer Richard Wagner and his family, many of whom have been active in the arts.
• Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in medicine