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Wacker (surname) (1883–1948), American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
*Frans Wackers (born 1939), Dutch nuclear cardiologist
*Fred Wacker (1918–1998), American engineer and president of two Chicago companies, also a socialite, a jazz musician, and a racing driver
*Grant Wacker (born 1945), American historian of religion in America
*Ingrid Wacker, German film editor
*Jim Wacker (1937–2003), American football coach and college athletics administrator
*Lou Wacker (born 1934), former Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders
*Otto Wacker (1898–1970 ...
Wacker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles H. Wacker (1856–1929), American businessman and philanthropist *Jimmy Wacker Charles James Wacker (December 8, 1883 – August 7, 1948) was a professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909. He was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana and died in Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in, and the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |