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Given name

*Saint Wigand, three people: **
Venantius of Berri Venantius of Berri was a fifth century Saint and abbot. He was born in Berri and joined the order of Martin of Tours and was elected abbot. His life was written by Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (30 November 538 – 17 November 594 AD) ...
, 5th century **
Venantius of Camerino Venantius of Camerino ( it, San Venanzio, also known as Saint Wigand) (died 18 May 251 or 253)San V ...
, 3rd century ** Venantius of Salona, 3rd century *Wigand of Herford, author of a biography of Saint
Waltger Waltger was a Saxons, Saxon nobleman who founded Herford Abbey in the 830s. In 838, he gave the monastery to the Emperor Louis the Pious, who in turn placed it under the authority of the Benedictine Order, Benedictine nunnery of Notre-Dame de Soiss ...
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Wigand Siebel Wigand Siebel (born 4 January 1929 in Freudenberg, Westphalia, died 29 August 2014) was a German sociologist. Scientific career After his graduation, Siebel worked for the Social Research Center of Dortmund. In 1964, he was appointed a lectu ...
, German sociologist *
Wigand Wirt Wigand Wirt (1460June 30, 1519) born at Frankfurt, was a German theologian best known for his polemic writings attacking the Catholic doctrine of the immaculate Conception. In 1506, the Archbishop of Mainz forbade the reading of certain of Wirt's w ...
, German theologian * Wigand of Marburg, German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia


Surname

* Johann Wigand (ca. 1523-1587), German Lutheran cleric and theologian, and Bishop of Pomesania *
Albert Julius Wilhelm Wigand Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand, known as Albert Wigand (April 21, 1821 – October 22, 1886) was a German people, German Botany, botanist, Pharmacology, pharmacologist and Pharmacognosy, pharmacognostician. His is most well-known for being the dire ...
(1821–1886), German botanist and opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution * Jeffrey Wigand, former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson *
Justus Heinrich Wigand Justus Heinrich Wigand (13 September 1769 – 10 February 1817) was a Baltic German obstetrician born in Reval (Tallinn). Wigand studied medicine at the Universities of Jena and Erlangen, earning his doctorate at the latter. From 1793 to 1814 he w ...
, German obstetrician


Other

* ''Wigand'' (album), album by the German band Adorned Brood


See also

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Weigand Weigand is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Weigand (born 1977), Canadian lawn bowler * Andreas Weigand (born 1945), American sprint canoeist *Bill Weigand (1928–2021), Canadian politician * Geoff Weigand (born ...
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Wiegand Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb ''wîgan'', meaning ''to fight'', through the past participle form ''wîgant'', meaning ''the fighter''. The word comes from ''wîg'' (''battle''/''war''). The name was in use ...
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Weygand Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist * Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander * Robert Weygand (born 1948), American politician * Zina Weygand, French histor ...
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