Wieland is a

Germanic name Germanic languages, Germanic given names are traditionally wikt:dithematic, dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, Ethelred II of England, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', f ...

, from ''wela'', "battle", and ''nand'', "brave". The English form is Wayland. * Weyland the Smith, a smith in Germanic mythology

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Wieland Wagner Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the operas, depa ...

(1917–1966), grandson of Richard Wagner

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Alon Wieland Alon Carl Wieland (April 26, 1935 – January 22, 2022) was an American politician in the state of North Dakota. He was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, from 2002 to 2014. representing the 13th district. A Republican, he wa ...

(1935–2022), American businessman and politician * Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813), German poet *

Heinrich Otto Wieland Heinrich Otto Wieland (; 4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957) was a German chemist. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids. Career In 1901 Wieland received his doctorate at the University of Munich while studyi ...

(1877–1957), Nobel Prize–winning German chemist * Jan Müller-Wieland (born 1966), German composer *

Joe Wieland Joseph Andrew Wieland (born January 21, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. He has pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Seattle Mariners. H ...

(born 1990), American baseball player *

Johann Wieland Johann Wieland (born 1 January 1972) is an Austrian ski mountaineer. Wieland started ski mountaineering in 1984 and competed first in the ''Preberlauf'' event in 1999. He has been member of the ASKIMO national team since 2008 and lives in Tamsw ...

(born 1972), Austrian ski mountaineer *

Liza Wieland Liza Wieland (born 1960) is an American novelist, short story writer and poet. Wieland has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, and the North Carolina Arts Council, and her work has b ...

(born 1960), American novelist * Melchior Wieland (c. 1520–1589), Prussian herbalist *

Paul Wieland Paul Joseph Wieland (born December 24, 1962) is an American businessman and politician from the state of Missouri. A member of the Republican Party, Wieland represents the 22nd District in the Missouri State Senate. Early life Wieland was rais ...

(born 1962), American politician *

Rainer Wieland Rainer Wieland (born 19 February 1957 in Stuttgart) is a German politician and member of the European Parliament for Germany. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. He has been a member of the Europ ...

(born 1957), a German politician

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* ''Wieland'' (novel), a 1798 novel by Charles Brockden Brown

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