Wagner (surname)
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The surname Wagner is derived from the Germanic surname Waganari, meaning 'wagonmaker' or 'wagon driver.' The surname is German but is also well-established in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, eastern Europe, and elsewhere as well as in all German-speaking countries, and among Ashkenazi Jews.
The Wagner surname was first found in Saxony, where the family became a prominent contributor to the development of the area from ancient times.[3] The alternatively spelled surname Wegner has its origin in Silesia.
This common occupational surname was often given to one who transported produce or other goods via high-sided wagons or carts. Among some German populations, especially the Pennsylvania Germans, Wagner also denoted a wagon-maker, wainwright, or cartwright.[4]
People with the surname Wagner
- Aamil Wagner (born 2003), American football player
- Adolph Wagner (1835–1917), German economist
- Agnieszka Wagner (born 1970), Polish actress
- Alan Wagner (1931–2007), American television executive, radio personality, writer, opera historian and critic
- Allan Wagner (disambiguation)
- Alex Wagner (born 1977), American television host, liberal journalist and author
- Amber Wagner (born 1980), American soprano
- Andreas Wagner (disambiguation)
- Ann Wagner (born 1962), American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Annett Wagner-Michel (born 1955), German chess master
- Anthony Wagner (1908–1995), British Garter Principal King of Arms
- Wagner (footballer, born 1966) (born Antonio Wagner de Moraes in 1966), Brazilian football forward
- Arthur Wagner (1824–1902), English clergyman from Brighton
- Ashley Wagner (born 1991), American figure skater
- Audrey Wagner (1927–1984), American baseball player (1943–1949), obstetrician and gynecologist
- Austin Wagner (born 1997), Canadian professional ice hockey player playing for United States teams
- Ben Wagner (born 1980), American radio sportscaster
- Billy Wagner (born 1971), American Major League Baseball player
- Blake Wagner (born 1988), American soccer coach
- Bobby Wagner (born 1990), American NFL football player
- Boyd Wagner (1916–1942), an American aviator and the first United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighter ace of World War II.
- Bruce Wagner (born 1954), American novelist and screenwriter
- Carl-Ludwig Wagner (1930–2012), German politician
- Carolin Wagner (born 1982), German politician
- Charles Wagner (1852–1919), French pastor and author who was invited to preach at the White House
- Chris Wagner (born 1991), American National Hockey League player
- Christean Wagner (1943–2025), German politician
- Chuck Wagner (born 1958), American actor, director, musical theater historian and teacher
- Cosima Wagner (1837–1930), director of the Bayreuth Festival, daughter of Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner
- Dajuan Wagner (disambiguation)
- Dalton Wagner (born 1998), American football player
- Daniela Wagner (born 1957), German politician
- Daniel Wagner, several people
- David Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Denisa D. Wagner, American biologist and professor of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Dennis Wagner (disambiguation)
- Dietrich Wagner (1945–2023), German engineer
- Dinara Wagner (born 1999), German chess woman grandmaster
- Donald P. Wagner (born 1960), American politician
- Dr. Wagner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Eberhard Wagner (born 1938), German academic, linguist and author
- Eduard Wagner (1894–1944), quartermaster-general of the German Army in World War II
- Eric Wagner (1959–2021), American heavy metal vocalist
- Florence Wagner (disambiguation)
- Franz Wagner (disambiguation)
- Friedelind Wagner (1918–1991), German writer and broadcaster, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner
- Fridolin Wagner (born 1997), German footballer
- Gary Wagner, multiple people
- George Wagner, several people
- Gerhard Wagner, multiple people
- Gillian Wagner (1927–2025), British writer and social administrator
- Gottfried Wagner (born 1947) writer and critic of the Wagner family, son of Wolfgang Wagner
- Gudrun Wagner (1944–2007), second wife of Wolfgang Wagner
- Günter P. Wagner (born 1954), Austrian biologist
- Guillermo Wagner (disambiguation)
- Gustav Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Hans Wagner, multiple people
- Harvey M. Wagner (1931–2017), American management scientist and professor
- Haylie Wagner (born 1993), American softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch league
- Heinrich Wagner (disambiguation)
- Henry Wagner, multiple people
- Ina Wagner (born 1946), Austrian scientist and university professor
- Jack Wagner, multiple people
- James Wagner, multiple people
- Jane Wagner (born 1935), American writer, director and producer
- Jaques Wagner (born 1951), Brazilian federal government's Minister of Defence
- Jasmin Wagner (born 1980), stage name Blümchen, German singer, actress, model and spokeswoman
- Jenny Wagner (disambiguation)
- Jens-Christian Wagner (born 1966), German historian
- Jill Wagner (born 1979), American actress
- Johann Wagner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johannes Wagner, multiple people
- John Wagner (born 1949), American-born British comics writer
- Josef Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Kai Wagner (born 1997), German footballer
- Karl Wagner, multiple people
- Katharina Wagner (born 1949), German opera director, daughter of Wolfgang and Gudrun Wagner
- Katie Wagner (born 1964), American television personality and Hollywood reporter
- Klaus Wagner (1910–2000), German mathematician
- Kristina Wagner (born 1962), American actress
- Kurt Wagner, multiple people
- Lindsay Wagner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Madge Morris Wagner (1862–1924), American poet and journalist
- Marah Wagner (born 2000), American ice hockey player
- Markus Wagner (born 1964), German politician
- Martin Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Mary Wagner (born 1949), American politician and jurist
- Mathias Wagner (born 1974), German politician
- Matt Wagner (born 1961), American comics writer and artist
- Melinda Wagner (born 1957), American composer
- Michael Wagner, multiple people
- Milt Wagner (born 1963), American former basketball coach and former basketball player
- Mirel Wagner (born 1987) Ethiopia-born Finnish singer-songwriter
- Moritz Wagner, multiple people
- Nancy Wagner, American politician from Delaware
- Nándor Wagner (1922–1997), Hungarian sculptor
- Natasha Gregson Wagner (born 1970), American actress
- Neil Wagner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nike Wagner (born 1945), German dramaturge, daughter of Wieland Wagner
- Nikolai Wagner (1829–1907), Russian zoologist, writer and psychic researcher
- Otto Wagner (1841–1918), Austrian architect and urban planner
- Paul Wagner (born 1967), American baseball player
- Paula Wagner (born 1946), American film and theatre producer and film executive
- Pauline Wagner (1910–2014), American actress, dancer and glamour girl
- Renan Wagner (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
- René Wagner (born 1972), Czech footballer and manager
- Richard Wagner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Wagner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robin Wagner, multiple people
- Ruth Wagner (1940–2025), German politician
- Ryan Wagner (born 1982), Major League Baseball player
- Sandro Wagner (born 1987), German footballer
- Sascha H. Wagner (born 1980), German politician
- Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), German composer and conductor, son of Richard and Cosima Wagner
- Sofia Wagner (born 2010) paraguayan born in lambare city
- Stanley Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Steve Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Sue Wagner (1940–2026), American politician
- Susan Wagner (born 1961), American businesswoman
- Thomas Wagner (disambiguation), several people
- Tini Wagner (1919–2004), Dutch swimmer
- Todd Wagner (born 1960), American entrepreneur, co-founder, founder and CEO
- Tyler Wagner (born 1991), American Major League Baseball and Atlantic League of Professional Baseball player
- Thomas Wagner, multiple people
- Viktor Wagner (1908–1981), Russian mathematician
- Vladimir Wagner (1849–1934), Russian psychologist and naturalist
- Walter Wagner, multiple people
- Warren Wagner, multiple people
- Webster Wagner (1817–1882), American railroad inventor, manufacturer and politician
- Wende Wagner (1941–1997), American actress
- Wendy Wagner (1973–2025), American cross-country skier
- Wieland Wagner (1917–1966), German opera director and producer, son of Siegfried Wagner and Winifred Wagner
- Wilhelm Wagner, multiple people
- Willi Wagner (born 1941), German Olympic athlete
- William Wagner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Winifred Wagner (1897–1980), British-born director of the Bayreuth Festival, wife of Siegfried Wagner and friend of Adolf Hitler
- Wolfgang Wagner (disambiguation), several people
People with the surname Wagnerová
In Czech, the feminine form of the surname is Wagnerová. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alena Wagnerová (born 1936), Czech author and journalist
- Eliška Wagnerová (1948–2025), Czech judge and politician
- Magdalena Wagnerová (born 1960), Czech writer
- Petra Novotná (orienteer) (née Wagnerová, born 1966), Czech orienteering competitor
Fictional characters
- Ivan Wagner, protagonist of Alexander Belyayev's series Professor Wagner's Inventions
- Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) from Marvel Comics
- Talia Wagner (Nocturne) from Marvel Comics
- Lucius Wagner, the main character in the game trilogy Lucius
See also
General
- Wagner family tree, the composer Richard Wagner and his family, many of whom have been active in the arts
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940), Austrian physician, Nobel Prize laureate in medicine
- Von Wagner, ring name of professional wrestler Calvin Bloom
Things named similarly to Wagner
- Wagner (disambiguation), a list of things named Wagner
- Wagner (given name), a list of people with given name Wagner
- Vagner (name), a list of people with given name or surname Vagner
- Wágner, a list of people with given name or surname Wágner
- Wagener, a list of people with surname Wagener
- Waggener, a list of people with surname Waggener
- Waggoner, a list of people with surname Wagoner, Waggoner and Waggonner
