Sigmund, also spelled Siegmund, is a Germanic

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with roots in proto-Germanic ''*segaz'' and ''*mundō'', giving a rough translation of "protection through victory".

People with this name

* Sigmund Borgundvåg, Norwegian naval architect *

Sigmund Brouwer Sigmund Brouwer (born 1959) is a prolific Canadian author of children's, young adult, and adult books. He has over 100 titles and four million books in print. Brouwer's novel, ''Dead Man's Switch'', won the Arthur Ellis Award in 2015 for Canada ...

, Canadian author *

Sigmund Fraenkel Sigmund Fraenkel or Sigmund Fränkel (22 May 1868, in Krakau – 7 June 1939, in Geneva) was a Polish-born chemist who lived and worked in Austria, and is notable for being the head of the ''Ludwig-Spiegler-Stiftung'' in Vienna from 1904 and his wor ...

, Polish-Austrian chemist *

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating psychopathology, pathologies explained as originatin ...

, the Austrian-Jew psychologist *

Sigmund Freudenberger Sigmund Freudenberger (16 June 1745 – 15 November 1801) was a Swiss painter and engraver. Biography Freudenberger was the son of a lawyer, and studied as a portraitist. He lived from 1765 to 1773 in Paris, where he worked with François Bo ...

, Swiss painter *

Sigmund Hecht Sigmund Hecht (1849–1925) was a Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi. An immigrant to the United States, he served congregations in Alabama and Wisconsin before serving as the fifth rabbi of Congregation B'nai B'rith, the oldest synagogue ...

(1849–1925), Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi * Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson, African-American singer in the

Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 (sometimes stylized as the Jackson 5ive, also known as the Jacksons) are an American pop band composed of members of the Jackson family. The group was founded in 1964 in Gary, Indiana, and for most o ...

Sigmund Jähn Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme. Early life Jähn was born on 13 Fe ...

, an East German cosmonaut *

Siegmund Klein Siegmund Klein (April 10, 1902 – May 24, 1987) was a German-American strongman (strength athlete), strongman, bodybuilding, bodybuilder, magazine publisher, and gymnasium owner prominent in physical culture. He was inducted into the IFBB Ha ...

(1902–1987}, American bodybuilder *

Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng (20 September 1934 – 27 May 2014) was a Norwegian philosopher, illustrator, mountain climber, environmental activist and politician. He was born in Trondheim. Among his publications are ''Musikk-kritikk og kommunikas ...

, Norwegian philosopher and activist *

Sigmund Mifsud Sigmund Mifsud is a trumpeter, musical director, arranger, and concert producer from Malta. Education and early years Sigmund Mifsud began his musical education playing the trumpet with the Sliema Band Club at age 11, and he continued his study o ...

, Maltese musician * Sigmund Moren, Norwegian philologist *

Sigmund Mowinckel Sigmund Olaf Plytt Mowinckel (4 August 1884 – 4 June 1965) was a Norwegian professor, theologian and biblical scholar. He was noted for his research into the practice of religious worship in ancient Israel. Life Mowinckel was born at Kjerri ...

, Norwegian professor and theologian *

Sigmund Rascher Sigmund Rascher (12 February 1909 – 26 April 1945) was a German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) doctor. He conducted deadly experiments on humans pertaining to high altitude, freezing and blood coagulation under the patronage of ''Reichsführer-SS'' Hei ...

, German SS doctor *

Sigmund Romberg Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his musicals and operettas, particularly ''The Student Prince'' (1924), ''The Desert Song'' (1926) and ''The New Moon'' (1928). Earl ...

, a Hungarian composer *

Sigmund Ruud Sigmund Ruud (30 December 1907 – 7 April 1994) was a Norwegian ski jumper. Together with his brothers Birger and Asbjørn, he dominated ski jumping in the 1920s and 1930s. Career At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Sigmund earned a si ...

, Norwegian ski jumper *

Sigmund Skard Sigmund Skard (31 July 1903 – 26 May 1995) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and professor of American literature. Biography Skard was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He was a son of educators Matias Skard (1846–1927) and Gyda Christensen (1868� ...

, Norwegian poet *

Sigmund Sternberg Sir Sigmund Sternberg ( hu, Sternberg Zsigmond; 2 June 1921 – 18 October 2016) was a Hungarian-British philanthropist, interfaith campaigner, businessman and Labour Party donor. Early life Sternberg was born in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. He ...

, Hungarian-British businessman and philanthropist *

Sigmund Sommer Sigmund Sommer (June 19, 1916 – April 30, 1979) was a Brooklyn, New York building contractor, philanthropist, and racehorse owner of Sham, the horse that placed second to Secretariat in two legs of the 1973 U.S. Triple Crown series. At th ...

, the American builder *

Sigmund von Erlach Sigmund von Erlach (October 3, 1614 – December 7, 1699), sometimes given as Sigismund von Erlach, was a Swiss military commander and a politician in Bern. A member of the Erlach family, one of the foremost families of the city, he initially ...

, Swiss military commander *

Sigmund von Haimhausen Sigmund von Haimhausen (28 December 1708 – 16 January 1793) was a Bavarian aristocrat, mining operator, head of the Bavarian Mint and Mines commission, porcelain manufacturer and first president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Early yea ...

, Bavarian aristocrat *

Sigmund Widmer Sigmund Widmer (born 30 July 1919 in Zürich, died 11 August 2003 in Visp) was a Swiss historian, writer and LdU politician who served as mayor of the city of Zürich. Early life and education Born in Zürich to Bertha Gizella, née Oechslin, ...

(1919-2003), a Swiss politician *

Sigmund Zois Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein, usually referred as Sigmund Zois ( sl, Žiga Zois, formerly Slovenized as ''Cojs'' or ''Cojz''; ) (23 November 1747 – 10 November 1819) was a Carniolan nobleman, natural scientist and patron of the arts. He ...

, Carniolan nobleman

Mythological and fictional characters

Sigmund In Norse mythology, Sigmund ( non, Sigmundr , ang, Sigemund) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the children of Völsung and his wife Hljod. Sigmund is best known as the father of Sigurð the dr ...

(also Siegmund), a hero in Norse mythology * Siegmund, a focal character in

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

's ''

Die Walküre (; ''The Valkyrie''), WWV 86B, is the second of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on ...

'' *

Sigmund (comics) Doctor Sigmund is a Dutch gag-a-day comic strip, created by Peter de Wit. It centers around a short-sized psychiatrist who constantly fails to provide his patients with proper help. History ''Sigmund'' made his first appearance in an educatio ...

, Doctor Sigmund, a Dutch comics character * Siegmund, a fictional lance wielded by Ephraim in video game '' Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' * Sigmund the Sorcerer, a fictional character from the kids' TV show ''

Fanboy & Chum Chum ''Fanboy & Chum Chum'' is an American computer-animated television series created by Eric Robles for Nickelodeon. It is based on ''Fanboy'', an animated short created by Robles for Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Frederator Studios, which was b ...

'' * Sigmund, the titular sea monster of the kids' TV show from the 1970s, ''

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters ''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'' is an American children's television series that ran from September 8, 1973 to October 18, 1975, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft and aired on Saturday mornings. It was syndicated by itself from December 1975 to J ...

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