Wilhelm is a German given name, and a cognate of the English name
William. 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' ...
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People with the given name
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Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor
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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 Emp ...
(1859–1941), grandson of the former, King of Prussia and German Emperor
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Prince Wilhelm (disambiguation)
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Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977), German police officer and one of the SS staff at Auschwitz concentration camp
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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. In October 1944, Burgdorf assumed the role of the chief of the Army Personnel O ...
(1895–1945), Germany Army commander and staff officer during World War II
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Wilhelm Dörr (Nazi) (1921–1945), German SS and concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
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Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes
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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 th ...
(1898–1947), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes
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Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), German conductor and composer, leader of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Wilhelm Gerstenmeier (1908–1944), German SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
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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 stu ...
(1898–1977), German Nazi SS commandant of the concentration camp Gross-Rosen
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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, i ...
(1786–1859), German anthropologist
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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 ...
(1898–1944), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
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Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840–1921), German neurologist
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Wilhelm Hetling (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 '' ...
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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 afte ...
(1767–1835), Prussian philosopher and diplomat
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Wilhelm Imkamp
Wilhelm Imkamp (born 27 September 1951) is a German 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 Apostolic Protonotar in 2012 ...
(born 1951), German Catholic prelate
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Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946), German Nazi field marshal, executed for war crimes
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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
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Wilhelm Niklas (1887–1957), German academic and politician
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Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
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Wilhelm Rietschel
Wilhelm Rietschel (26 January 1911 – 18 December 1941) was a German sculptor. His work was exhibited as part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the Siege of Leningrad
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(1911–1941), German sculptor
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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
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Wilhelm Schitli (1912–1945 (missing)), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
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Wilhelm Trapp (1889–1948), German Nazi policeman, executed for war crimes
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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
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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 ...
(1808–1871), early German communist or socialist
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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 blackbod ...
(1864–1928), Nobel Prize Winner in 1911 and scientist who created Wien's Displacement Law
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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 Ambass ...
(1939–2003), Sri Lankan Burgher diplomat
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Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), German doctor and psychologist
Fictional characters with the given name
* Colonel Wilhelm Klink in
''Hogan's Heroes''
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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''
* Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, Nazi general from the ''
Wolfenstein series''
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Wilhelm, 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 t ...
'' video games
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Wilhelm Ryan, 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 st ...
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* Wilhelm Wicki, a character in the 2009 film, ''
Inglourious Basterds''
* 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 ...
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* 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 ...
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* Wilhelm, crown prince of Sweden, ''
Young Royals ''
People with the surname
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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 ...
(born 1972), Swedish wheelchair curler
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Bill Wilhelm (1929–2010), American college baseball coach
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Bruce Wilhelm (born 1945), American former weightlifter strongman, twice winner of the World's Strongest Man competition, in 1977 and 1978
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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.
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(1885–1936), German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era
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Eugène Wilhelm (1866–1951), French lawyer and sexologist
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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
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Hoyt Wilhelm (1923–2002), American major league baseball pitcher
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Karl Wilhelm (disambiguation)
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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
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Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm (; born 2 August 1976 in Schmalkalden) is a German former professional Biathlon, biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces (''Bundeswehr'') with the rank of master sergeant (''Feldwebel#Bu ...
(born 1976), German biathlete
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Manuel Wilhelm, German rugby union player
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Mary Jo Wilhelm, American politician
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Matthew Wilhelm, American politician
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Richard Wilhelm (disambiguation)
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Stephen Wilhelm (1919–2002), American phytopathologist
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Thomas Wilhelm (born 1971), Swedish curler and curling coach
* Warren Wilhelm, birth name of
Bill de Blasio (born 1961), American politician and current mayor of New York
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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.
L ...
(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''
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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 fe ...
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Wilhelm (disambiguation)
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