Wegener may refer to:
Astronomy
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9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding .
Evolution of the Arabic digit
In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...
, a main-belt asteroid
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Wegener (lunar crater)
Wegener is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located in the Moon's northern hemisphere, about midway between the equator and the north pole. It lies on the Far side (Moon), far side from the Earth, behind the northwestern limb. The s ...
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Wegener (Martian crater)
Wegener is an impact crater in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars, located at 64.6°S latitude and 4.0°W longitude. It measures approximately in diameter and was named after German geophysicist Alfred Wegener (1880–1930). The name was approved by ...
Places
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Wegener Range, an Antarctic mountain range
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Mount Wegener
Mount Wegener () is a mountain rising to 1,385 m in central Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. The feature was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967 and was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from 1968 to 1971. It was name ...
, an Antarctic mountain in the Read Mountains in the Shackleton Range
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Wegener Canyon, an undersea canyon
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Wegener Halvo Formation, a geologic formation in Greenland
Businesses
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Wegener (company)
Koninklijke Wegener NV was a Dutch publisher of newspapers. It was the largest publisher of daily regional newspapers, free local newspapers and special interest magazines in the Netherlands. It also sold internet products and graphical products. ...
, a Dutch media conglomerate
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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (German: ''Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung'') is located in Bremerhaven, Germany, and a member of the Helmholtz Association o ...
Medicine
* Wegener's granulomatosis, now known as
granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), is a rare long-term systemic disorder that involves the formation of granulomas and inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis). It is a form of vasculitis ...
People
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Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lothar Wegener (; ; 1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.
During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and a ...
(1880–1930), German geologist who originated the theory of
continental drift
Continental drift is the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed. The idea of continental drift has been subsumed into the science of pla ...
* ''Kapitänleutnant'' Bernhard Wegener, commander of German submarine ''U-27'', killed in one of the two
Baralong incidents
The ''Baralong'' incidents were two incidents during the First World War in August and September 1915, involving the Royal Navy Q-ship and two German U-boats. ''Baralong'' sank , which had been preparing to attack a nearby merchant ship, the ' ...
in 1915
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Bertha Frensel Wegener
Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (27 September 1874, in Bloemendaal – 17 July 1953, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer and music educator.
Biography
Bertha Koopman studied composition and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory and continued studying ...
(1874–1953), Dutch composer and music educator
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Bobby Wegener, American lawyer and Oklahoma's Secretary of Energy from 2008-2011
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Manuela (singer)
Doris Inge Wegener (; 18 August 1943 – 13 February 2001), better known by her stage name Manuela , was a German singer.
Life
Manuela was born and died in Berlin. She worked in Germany as a singer of Schlager songs. She played in some Ge ...
(1943–2001), German singer Doris Inge Wegener
* Einar Mogens Wegener (1882–1931), birth name of transsexual pioneer
Lili Elbe
Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter and transgender woman, and among the early recipients of sex reassignment surgery. She was a successful painter under her birth name Eina ...
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Emmy Wegener
Emmy Heil Frensel-Wegener (14 June 1901 in Amsterdam – 11 January 1973 in Laren (North Holland) was a Dutch violinist, pianist, poet and composer.
Life and career
Wegener was the daughter of composer Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman and Ameri ...
(1901–1973), Dutch violinist, pianist, poet and composer
* Frederico or Federico Wegener, aliases of
Eduard Roschmann
Eduard Roschmann (25 November 1908 – 8 August 1977) was an Austrian Nazi SS-''Obersturmführer'' and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities. As a result of a fictionalized port ...
(1908–1977), Nazi SS officer known as the "Butcher of Riga"
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Friedrich Wegener
Friedrich Wegener (7 April 1907, Varel – 9 July 1990, Lübeck, ) was a German pathologist who is notable for his description of a rare disease originally referred to Wegener disease and now referred to as granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Alth ...
(1907–1990), German pathologist
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Gerda Wegener
Gerda Marie Fredrikke Wegener ( Gottlieb; 15 March 1886 – 28 July 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter. Wegener is known for her fashion illustrations and later her paintings that pushed the boundaries of gender and love of her time. The ...
(1886–1940), Danish illustrator
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Ingo Wegener
Ingo Wegener (December 4, 1950 in Bremen – November 26, 2008 in Bielefeld) was an influential German computer scientist working in the field of theoretical computer science.
Education and career
Wegener was educated at the Bielefeld University. ...
(1950–2008), German computer scientist
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Kurt Wegener
Kurt Wegener (April 3, 1878 in Berlin - February 29, 1964 in Munich) was a German polar explorer and meteorologist.
He was the brother of Alfred Wegener. He worked at the Meteorological Observatory Lindenberg near Beeskow
Beeskow ( dsb, Bezkow) ...
(1878–1964), German polar explorer and meteorologist, brother of Alfred
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Mike Wegener
Michael Denis Wegener (born October 8, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was signed by the Baltimore Orioles before the 1964 season, drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Orioles in the 1964 first-year draf ...
(born 1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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Myrton O. Wegener (1917–1991), American farmer, businessman, and politician
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Otto Wegener
Otto Wegener (20 January 1849, in Helsingborg – 4 February 1924, in Paris) was a Swedish-born French portrait photographer.
Biography
He moved to Paris to open a photographic studio when he was eighteen. Where and how he learned photography ...
(1849–1924), French portrait photographer
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Otto Wegener
Otto Wegener (20 January 1849, in Helsingborg – 4 February 1924, in Paris) was a Swedish-born French portrait photographer.
Biography
He moved to Paris to open a photographic studio when he was eighteen. Where and how he learned photography ...
(1881–1938), Danish sports shooter
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Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.
Acting career
At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and conce ...
(1874–1948), German actor and film director
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Paul Wegener (Nazi)
Paul Wegener (1 October 1908 – 5 May 1993) was a German Nazi Party official and politician who served as the ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems as well as the ''Reichsstatthalter'' of both Bremen and the Free State of Oldenburg.
Early life
Weg ...
(1908–1993), German Nazi Party official
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Stephen T. Wegener Stephen Thomas Wegener (born November 20, 1952) is an American rehabilitation medicine, rehabilitation psychologist specializing in the psychology of pain management.Gillis, Linda (October 3, 1991)Individuals handle their pain in different ways.''In ...
(born 1952), American psychologist
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Ulrich Wegener
Ulrich Klaus "Ricky" Wegener (22 August 1929 – 28 December 2017) was a German police officer and founding member of the counter-terrorist force GSG 9.
Early life
Wegener was born in Jüterbog, Brandenburg. He was conscripted into the Luftwaff ...
(1929–2017), German police officer
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Wilhelm Wegener (1895–1944), German general during World War II
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Wolfgang Wegener
Wolfgang Wegener (September 16, 1875 in StettinOctober 29, 1956 in Berlin-Zehlendorf) was an officer in the Imperial German Navy, retiring in 1926 with the rank of ''Vizeadmiral'' (vice-admiral).
He is noted as the originator of a series of influ ...
(1875–1956), German admiral and naval historian
See also
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German-language surnames
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