Wolfgang
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Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany and Austria. Its earliest known bearer was a tenth century saint. The name is a combination of the Old High German
word wulf, meaning "wolf" and gang, meaning "path
". Grimm (Teutonic Mythology
p. 1093) interpreted the name as that of a hero in front of whom walks the "wolf of victory". A Latin gloss by Arnoldus Emmeramensis interprets the name as Lupambulus.
Notable people called "Wolfgang" include:
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
word wulf, meaning "wolf" and gang, meaning "path
Path
Path, pathway or PATH may refer to:-Path:* Course , the intended path of a vehicle over the surface of the Earth* Trail, hiking trail, footpath, or bridle path...
". Grimm (Teutonic Mythology
Teutonic Mythology
Teutonic Mythology may refer to:*Continental Germanic mythology*Jacob Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie *Viktor Rydberg's Undersökningar i germanisk mythologi I...
p. 1093) interpreted the name as that of a hero in front of whom walks the "wolf of victory". A Latin gloss by Arnoldus Emmeramensis interprets the name as Lupambulus.
Notable people called "Wolfgang" include:
- Wolfgang BauerWolfgang BauerWolfgang Bauer was an Austrian writer best known as a playwright who, particularly in his younger days, was regarded as an enfant terrible by the Austrian cultural establishment.-Life and career:...
, name of at least three notable people - Wolfgang BolyaiFarkas BolyaiFarkas Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry, and of his son János Bolyai.-Biography:...
(1775-1856), Hungarian mathematician - Wolfgang BorchertWolfgang BorchertWolfgang Borchert was a German author and playwright whose work was affected by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. His work is among the best examples of the Trümmerliteratur movement in post-World War II Germany...
German author and playwright - Wolfgang FlürWolfgang FlürWolfgang Flür is a German musician, best known as a member of the electronic group Kraftwerk, from 1973 to 1987, playing electronic percussion...
German musician, member of KraftwerkKraftwerkKraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008... - Wolfgang GartnerWolfgang GartnerWolfgang Gartner is a Grammy-nominated American electro house producer and DJ. Much of his music prior to 2010 was released through his own record label – Kindergarten, but in 2010 he signed with Ultra Records and in 2011 signed to Ministry of Sound in the UK.In his short time producing music, a...
, an Electro House DJ - Wolfgang Hawkes, Progressive gaffiti artist
- Wolfgang KetterleWolfgang KetterleWolfgang Ketterle is a German physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . His research has focused on experiments that trap and cool atoms to temperatures close to absolute zero, and he led one of the first groups to realize Bose-Einstein condensation in these...
, German physicist - Wolfgang KlietmannWolfgang KlietmannWolfgang Klietmann is a clinical pathologist and medical microbiologist and serves at Harvard Medical School faculty as an appointed Lecturer on Pathology...
, German pathologist, microbiologist, and businessman - Wolfgang KosackWolfgang KosackWolfgang Kosack is a German Egyptologist and author. He is one of the world's leading Coptic scholars. He is an expert in the translation of the ancient Coptic language; he lives and works in Berlin, Germany.-Works:...
, German Egyptologist - Wolfgang KuckWolfgang KuckWolfgang Kuck is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the Men's National Team in the 1990s and the early 2000s. He earned a total number of 203 caps for the national squad. He was German Volleyball Player of the Year three times: 1994, 1996 and 1997.-References:...
, German volleyball player - Wolfgang LangewiescheWolfgang LangewiescheWolfgang Langewiesche aviator, author and journalist, is one of the most quoted authors in aviation writing. His book, Stick and Rudder , is still in print, and is considered a primary reference on the art of flying fixed-wing aircraft....
, German aviation expert and author - Wolfgang LeonhardWolfgang LeonhardWolfgang Leonhard is a German political author, historian, and expert on Communism. He is the only living member of the Ulbricht Group.-Early years:...
, German professor and expert on communism - Wolfgang LoitzlWolfgang LoitzlWolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World...
, Austrian ski jumper - Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, Austrian composer - Wolfgang PauliWolfgang PauliWolfgang Ernst Pauli was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics. In 1945, after being nominated by Albert Einstein, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contribution through his discovery of a new law of Nature, the exclusion principle or...
, Austrian physicist - Wolfgang PetersenWolfgang PetersenWolfgang Petersen is a German film director and screenwriter. His films include The NeverEnding Story, Enemy Mine, Outbreak, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy, and Poseidon...
German film director - Wolfgang PreissWolfgang PreissWolfgang Preiss was a German theatre, film and television actor.The son of a teacher, in the early 1930s Preiss studied philosophy, German and drama. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932...
, German actor - Wolfgang PuckWolfgang PuckWolfgang Johannes Puck is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, businessman and occasional actor. Wolfgang Puck restaurants, catering services, cookbooks and licensed products are run by Wolfgang Puck Companies, with three divisions...
American chef - Wolfgang PriklopilWolfgang PriklopilWolfgang Priklopil was an Austrian communications technician. In 1998, he kidnapped 10-year-old Natascha Kampusch and held her for eight years, committing suicide after she escaped....
Austrian criminal - Wolfgang of RegensburgWolfgang of RegensburgSaint Wolfgang was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death. He is a saint of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches...
Bavarian bishop and Catholic saint - Wolfgang ReithermanWolfgang ReithermanWolfgang Reitherman , also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a famed Disney animator and one of Disney's Nine Old Men.-Personal life:...
German-American animator of classic Disney films - Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violinist) (1915-2002), Austrian violinist
- Wolfgang Schneiderhan (general)Wolfgang Schneiderhan (General)Wolfgang Schneiderhan is a German general who served as Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, from 2002 to 2009.-Military career:...
(born 1946), German general - Wolfgang Van HalenWolfgang Van HalenWolfgang William Van Halen , is an American musician. He is the current bassist for Van Halen, replacing Michael Anthony in 2006.-Personal life:...
American Musician and member of Van HalenVan HalenVan Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart... - Wolfgang von KempelenWolfgang von KempelenJohann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd was a Hungarian author and inventor with Irish ancestors.-Life:...
Hungarian author and inventor - Wolfgang von LeydenWolfgang von LeydenWolfgang Marius von Leyden was a German political philosopher who edited the letters of the 17th century empiricist, John Locke. He was born in Berlin on 28 December, 1911, and was a grandson of Ernst Viktor von Leyden. He received a broad humanistic education, studying at German and Italian ...
German philosopher - Wolfgang WagnerWolfgang WagnerWolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966...
(1919-2010), German opera director - Wolfgang WeichselbaumerWolfgang WeichselbaumerWolfgang Weichselbaumer is a maker of hurdy gurdys. His instruments are known for their tone, dynamics, stability and craftsmanship. He developed the adjustable metal tangents and also the movable axle for more possibilities on the instrument...
, hurdy-gurdy craftsman - Wolfgang Werlé, German murderer
See also
- Wolfgang (Filipino band)Wolfgang (Filipino band)Wolfgang is a Filipino heavy metal, hard rock and grunge band formed around 1992 in Manila, Philippines. Wolfgang is notable for being the only Filipino rock band to release albums in Japan and the United States and for realizing Platinum record sales in their home country...
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold Erich Wolfgang KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austro-Hungarian film and romantic music composer. While his compositional style was considered well out of vogue at the time he died, his music has more recently undergone a reevaluation and a gradual reawakening of interest...
- Wolfang
- Sankt Wolfgang (disambiguation)
- Wolfgang Andreas Crabbé (1995, Gent)
- Peavey EVH WolfgangPeavey EVH WolfgangThe Peavey EVH Wolfgang guitar series is the result of the collaboration between guitarist Edward Van Halen and Hartley Peavey's company, Peavey Electronics....
- Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All