Wilhelm is a German given name, and a cognate of the English name

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

. The feminine form is

Wilhelmine The Wilhelmine Period () comprises the period of German history between 1890 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the resignation of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck until the end of World War I and Wilhelm' ...

People with the given name

Wilhelm I, German Emperor William I or Wilhelm I (german: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German Emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the f ...

(1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor *

Wilhelm II, German Emperor Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (german: Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918. Despite strengthening the German Empir ...

(1859–1941), grandson of the former, King of Prussia and German Emperor *

Prince Wilhelm (disambiguation) Prince Wilhelm may refer to: * Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851) * Prince William of Hesse (1787–1867) * Wilhelm, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1817–1887) * Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864–1927) * William of Albania ...

Wilhelm Boger Wilhelm Friedrich Boger (19 December 1906 – 3 April 1977) known as "The Tiger of Auschwitz" was a German police commissioner and concentration camp overseer. He was infamous for the appalling crimes which he had committed at Auschwitz ...

(1906–1977), German police officer and one of the SS staff at Auschwitz concentration camp *

Wilhelm Burgdorf Wilhelm Emanuel Burgdorf (15 February 1895 – 2 May 1945) was a German general during World War II, who served as a commander and staff officer in the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. In October 1944, Burgdorf assumed the role of the chief ...

(1895–1945), Germany Army commander and staff officer during World War II *

Wilhelm Dörr (Nazi) Wilhelm Dörr (9 February 1921 – 13 December 1945) was a German SS-''Oberscharführer'' and concentration camp officer. He served as a guard at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp and as deputy commander of the sub-camp of Kleinbodungen. Fo ...

(1921–1945), German SS and concentration camp officer executed for war crimes *

Wilhelm Frick Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1877 – 16 October 1946) was a prominent German politician of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), who served as Reich Minister of the Interior in Adolf Hitler's cabinet from 1933 to 1943 and as the last governor of the Protectorate ...

(1877–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes *

Wilhelm Fuchs Oberführer and Oberst of Police Wilhelm Fuchs (1 September 1898, in Mannheim – 24 January 1947, in Belgrade) was a Nazi Einsatzkommando leader. From April 1941 to January 1942 he commanded Einsatzgruppe Serbia. From 15 September 1943 throu ...

(1898–1947), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes *

Wilhelm Furtwängler Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler ( , , ; 25 January 188630 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. He was a major ...

(1886–1954), German conductor and composer, leader of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra *

Wilhelm Gerstenmeier '' SS-Hauptsturmführer'' Wilhelm Gerstenmeier (17 January 1908 – 3 December 1944) was a German member of the SS (member number 13300) during World War II. He was convicted of atrocities committed at the Majdanek concentration camp in occupie ...

(1908–1944), German SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes *

Wilhelm Gideon Wilhelm Gideon (15 November 1898, in Oldenburg – 23 February 1977) was a Schutzstaffel officer and Nazi concentration camp commandant. A native of Oldenburg in the state of Lower Saxony, Gideon began work as a trainee engineer but had his stud ...

(1898–1977), German Nazi SS commandant of the concentration camp Gross-Rosen *

Wilhelm Grimm Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 178616 December 1859) was a German author and anthropologist, and the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm. Life and work Wilhelm was born in February 1786 in Hanau, in ...

(1786–1859), German anthropologist *

Wilhelm Göcke Wilhelm Göcke (12 February 1898, Schwelm, German Empire – 20 October 1944, Fontana Liri, Italy) was an ''SS-Standartenführer'', ''SS-Obersturmbannführer der Reserve der Waffen-SS'' and a commandant of Warsaw concentration camp and the Kovno Ghe ...

(1898–1944), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Wilhelm Heinrich Erb Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (30 November 1840 – 29 October 1921) was a German neurologist. He was born in Winnweiler, and died in Heidelberg. Academic career In 1864 he received his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg, where for sev ...

(1840–1921), German neurologist *

Wilhelm Hetling Wilhelm Hetling (8 January 1740, Reval, Russian Empire (modern-day Tallinn, Estonia) – 8 January 1798, Reval) was a Baltic German politician who was the first mayor of Tallinn, then known as Reval. His family was a prominent Baltic German fami ...

(1740–1798), Baltic-German politician and the first mayor of Reval (modern-day

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) *

Wilhelm von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after ...

(1767–1835), Prussian philosopher and diplomat *

Wilhelm Imkamp Wilhelm Imkamp (born 27 September 1951) is a German Catholic Church, Catholic priest, theologian, and church historian. A former member of the Papal household, he was appointed as a Prelate of Honour of His Holiness in 2006 and an Protonotary ...

(born 1951), German Catholic prelate *

Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (; 22 September 188216 October 1946) was a German field marshal and war criminal who held office as chief of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's Armed Forces, duri ...

(1882–1946), German Nazi field marshal, executed for war crimes *

Wilhelm List Wilhelm List (14 May 1880 – 17 August 1971) was a German field marshal during World War II who was convicted of war crimes by a US Army tribunal after the war. List commanded the 14th Army in the invasion of Poland and the 12th Army in the ...

(1880–1971), German field marshal *

Wilhelm Niklas Wilhelm Niklas (24 September 1887 – 12 April 1957) was a German academic and politician, who was the first minister of food, agriculture and forestry in Konrad Adenauer's First Adenauer cabinet, first cabinet. Early life and education Niklas w ...

(1887–1957), German academic and politician *

Wilhelm Reich Wilhelm Reich ( , ; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian Doctor of Medicine, doctor of medicine and a psychoanalysis, psychoanalyst, along with being a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. The author ...

(1897–1957), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst * Wilhelm Rietschel (1911–1941), German sculptor *

Wilhelm Ruppert Friedrich Wilhelm Ruppert (February 2, 1905 – May 28, 1946) was an SS-TV Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lt. Col.) in charge of executions at Dachau concentration camp; he was, along with others, responsible for the executions of ...

(1905–1946), SS trooper in charge of executions at Dachau concentration camp executed for war crimes *

Wilhelm Schitli Wilhelm Schitli (26 June 1912 in Osnabrück – missing in March 1945) was a German SS-''Hauptsturmführer'' and ''Schutzhaftlagerführer'' in the Neuengamme concentration camp. Life In 1934, Schitli, a member of the SS, was a member of the gu ...

(1912–1945 (missing)), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Wilhelm Trapp Major Wilhelm Trapp, nicknamed ''Papa Trapp'' by his subordinates (Havelberg, Nitzow, 4 September 1889 – executed 18 December 1948, Siedlce) was a career policeman who commanded the Reserve Police Battalion 101 formation of Nazi Germany uniformed ...

(1889–1948), German Nazi policeman, executed for war crimes * Wilhelm

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 ...

(1813–1883), German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor *

Wilhelm Weitling Wilhelm Christian Weitling (October 5, 1808 – January 25, 1871) was a German tailor, inventor, radical political activist and one of the first theorists of communism. Weitling gained fame in Europe as a social theorist before he emigrated t ...

(1808–1871), early German communist or socialist *

Wilhelm Wien Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (; 13 January 1864 – 30 August 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody ...

(1864–1928), Nobel Prize Winner in 1911 and scientist who created Wien's Displacement Law *

Wilhelm Woutersz Thelmuth Harris Wilhelm Woutersz (19 July 1939 - 16 November 2003) was a prominent Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant, who served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. He had served as Sri Lankan Amba ...

(1939–2003), Sri Lankan Burgher diplomat *

Wilhelm Wundt Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (; ; 16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the fathers of modern psychology. Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philosophy and ...

(1832–1920), German doctor and psychologist

Fictional characters with the given name

* Colonel Wilhelm Klink in ''Hogan's Heroes'' * Wilhelm van Astrea, a character in the light novel series ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' * Noiz (Wilhelm), a character from the Japanese visual novel, ''

DRAMAtical Murder is a Japanese BL visual novel developed and published by Nitro+chiral. It was originally released on March 23, 2012 for Windows PCs as a first press edition, with a regular edition released on April 27, 2012. A sequel titled ''Dramatica ...

'' * Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, Nazi general from the '' Wolfenstein series'' *

Wilhelm Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mount ...

, a character in ''

Xenosaga ''Xenosaga'' is a role-playing video game series developed by Monolith Soft and primarily published by Namco. Forming part of the wider '' Xeno'' metaseries, ''Xenosaga'' is set in a science fiction universe and follows a group of characters as th ...

'' video games *

Wilhelm Ryan This is a list of characters in ''The Amory Wars'' series. Main characters * Coheed Kilgannon (The Beast) - Husband of Cambria, he harbors the Monstar virus which, when triggered, causes the cooling of the star transformers that hold planets in ...

, Supreme Trimage in ''

The Amory Wars ''The Amory Wars'' is an ongoing series of science fiction comic books and novels created by Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez and published by Evil Ink Comics. The name also refers to the fictional conflict at the center of the story ...

'' * Wilhelm Wicki, a character in the 2009 film, ''

Inglourious Basterds ''Inglourious Basterds'' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alter ...

'' * Wilhelm Winter, an officer in ''

Generation War ''Generation War'' (german: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, links=no, translated as "Our Mothers, our Fathers") is a German World War II TV miniseries in three parts. It was commissioned by public broadcasting organization ZDF, produced by the UFA ...

''. * Wilhelm, a cyborg from the '' Borderlands series'' * Wilhelm, servant in the manga ''

Ludwig Kakumei is a Japanese manga series by Kaori Yuki. It debuted in the January 1999 issue of the '' shōjo'' (targeted towards girls) manga magazine ''Melody'', before being transferred to ''Hana to Yume Step'', ''Hana to Yume'', and finally ''Bessatsu ...

'' * Wilhelm, crown prince of Sweden, ''

Young Royals ''Young Royals'' is a Swedish teen drama romance streaming television series on Netflix. Set at the fictional elite boarding school Hillerska, the plot primarily follows the fictional Prince Wilhelm of Sweden (Edvin Ryding), his romance with ...

People with the surname

Anette Wilhelm Anette Wilhelm (born Anette Svensson on 22 March 1972) is a Swedish wheelchair curler. She was on the bronze winning Swedish team at Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. She was also on the silver medal-winning Swedish team at the 2 ...

(born 1972), Swedish wheelchair curler *

Bill Wilhelm Billy Wilhelm (June 11, 1929 – December 24, 2010) was an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of the Clemson Tigers from 1958 to 1993. In his 36 seasons as head coach, Wilhelm had a record of 1,161–536–10. Before coming ...

(1929–2010), American college baseball coach *

Bruce Wilhelm Bruce Wilhelm (born July 13, 1945) is a former weightlifter and strongman from the United States. He is a two-time winner of the World's Strongest Man competition in 1977 and 1978 and the author of numerous strength-related articles and books. H ...

(born 1945), American former weightlifter strongman, twice winner of the World's Strongest Man competition, in 1977 and 1978 *

Carl Wilhelm Carl Wilhelm (born 1872 in Vienna; died in London 1936), was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity. L ...

(1885–1936), German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era * Eugène Wilhelm (1866–1951), French lawyer and sexologist *

Hellmut Wilhelm Hellmut Wilhelm (10 December 1905 – 5 July 1990) was a German Sinologist known for his studies of both Chinese literature and Chinese history. Wilhelm was an expert on the ancient Chinese divination text '' I Ching (Yi jing)'', whic ...

(1905–1990), German Sinologist *

Hoyt Wilhelm James Hoyt Wilhelm (July 26, 1922 – August 23, 2002), nicknamed "Old Sarge", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, California Angel ...

(1923–2002), American major league baseball pitcher *

Karl Wilhelm (disambiguation) Karl Wilhelm may refer to: KW or karl * Karl Wilhelm (botanist) (K.Wilh., 1848–1933), German botanist * Karl Wilhelm (conductor) (1815–1873), German choral director * Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1754–1782) See also

* Carl Wilh ...

Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning ''Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang''. Wilhelm established ...

(1928–2018), American writer *

Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm (; born 2 August 1976 in Schmalkalden) is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces (''Bundeswehr'') with the rank of master sergeant (''Hauptfeldwebel''). Wi ...

(born 1976), German biathlete *

Manuel Wilhelm Manuel Wilhelm (born 15 December 1980 in Ludwigsburg) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. Manuel Wilhelm plays rugby since 1986, first for R ...

, German rugby union player *

Mary Jo Wilhelm Mary Jo Wilhelm (born 1955) is a former Iowa State Senator who represented the 26th District. A Democrat, she served in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2017. She has been a Certified Residential Appraiser since 2000, and is the founder and owner o ...

, American politician *

Matthew Wilhelm Matthew Wilhelm is a New Hampshire politician. Education Wilhelm earned an M.A. in public administration from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. Career On November 6, 2018, Wilhelm was elected to the New Hamp ...

, American politician *

Richard Wilhelm (disambiguation) Richard Wilhelm may refer to: * Richard Wilhelm (sinologist) (1873–1930), German sinologist, theologian, and missionary * Richard Wilhelm (athlete) (1887–1917), German track and field athlete * Richard H. Wilhelm (1909–1968), American chemica ...

Stephen Wilhelm Stephen Wilhelm (19 April 1919, Imperial, California – 15 July 2002, Walnut Creek, California) was a professor of plant pathology, known for his success in controlling ''Verticillium'' wilt. His research on plant hybridization and soil fumigation ...

(1919–2002), American phytopathologist *

Thomas Wilhelm Thomas Georg Wilhelm (born in Stockholm) is a Swedish curler and curling coach. (look for "Wilhelm, Thomas") Record as a coach of national teams Private life He is married to fellow wheelchair curler Anette Wilhelm Anette Wilhelm (born Ane ...

(born 1971), Swedish curler and curling coach * Warren Wilhelm, birth name of

Bill de Blasio Bill de Blasio (; born Warren Wilhelm Jr., May 8, 1961; later Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm) is an American politician who served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the office of New Yor ...

(born 1961), American politician and current mayor of New York *

William Charles John Pitcher William John Charles Pitcher (21 March 1858 – 2 March 1925), known as Wilhelm or C. Wilhelm, was an English artist, costume and scenery designer, best known for his designs for ballets, pantomimes, comic operas and Edwardian musical comedies. Li ...

(1858–1925), British costume designer of the Victorian era and Edwardian period

Fictional characters with the surname

* Mr. Wilhelm, a recurring minor character in ''Seinfeld'' * Reinhardt Wilhelm, a tank hero in

Overwatch ''Overwatch'' is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment: ''Overwatch'' released in 2016, and ''Overwatch 2'' released in 2022. Both games fea ...

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