Widmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Widmer, inventor of

8b/10b encoding In telecommunications, 8b/10b is a line code that maps 8-bit words to 10-bit symbols to achieve DC balance and bounded disparity, and at the same time provide enough state changes to allow reasonable clock recovery. This means that the diff ...

Arthur Widmer Arthur Widmer (July 25, 1914 in Washington, D.C. – May 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film special effects pioneer. He invented the "Ultra Violet Traveling matte process", an early version of what would become known as blu ...

(1914–2006), American film special effects pioneer * Carolyn Ladd Widmer (1902–1991), academic dean at the University of Connecticut * Daniel Widmer, Swiss curler * Edward L. Widmer (born 1963), historian, speechwriter, and librarian *

Eric Widmer Dr. Eric Widmer (born in Beirut) is an American scholar and educator. He was born in Lebanon where his American mother was on the faculty of the American University in Beirut. He was educated at Deerfield, Williams, and Harvard. After finishing ...

(born 1940), American scholar and educator *

Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer (born June 16, 1957, in Menziken, Switzerland), is Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg. Biography After her education Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer worked as Teacher at the comprehensive schoo ...

(born 1957), Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg * Gianni Widmer (1892–1971), flight pioneer * Marise Widmer, American rower * Markus Widmer, Swiss curler * Pierre Widmer (1912–1999), French Mennonite pastor * Samuel Widmer (1948–2017) *

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), Swiss politician * Silvan Widmer (born 1993), Swiss footballer

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