Wiebe (surname)
Appearance
Wiebe is a German (language) surname. It is from a short form of any various Ancient Germanic personal names beginning with wig, "battle", "war".[1]
List of people
[edit]- Adam Wiebe (c. 1590–1653), Dutch engineer
- Alejandro Wiebe (born 1970), Argentine television personality
- Armin Wiebe (born 1948), Canadian novelist
- Art Wiebe (1912-1971), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cainan Wiebe (born 1995), Canadian actor
- Cornelius Wiebe (1893-1999), Canadian physician
- Danilo Wiebe (born 1984), German footballer
- Ella Wiebe (born 1978), New Zealand association footballer
- Erica Wiebe (born 1989) Canadian Olympic gold medal wrestler
- Jack Wiebe (1936–2007), Canadian politician
- Janyce Wiebe (1959–2018), American computer scientist
- Katie Funk Wiebe (1924-2016), Canadian-American writer
- Mark Wiebe (born 1957), American golfer
- Mike Wiebe, American musician (The Riverboat Gamblers), actor, stand-up comedian
- Matt Wiebe (born 1979), Canadian politician
- Nettie Wiebe (born 1949), Canadian professor
- Phillip H. Wiebe (born 1945), Canadian philosopher
- Randall Wiebe (20th century–21st century), Canadian playwright
- Reg Wiebe (1963–2018), Canadian-born Dutch curler
- Robert Wiebe (born 1937), Canadian politician
- Rudy Wiebe (born 1934), Canadian author
- Shane Wiebe (born 1983), Canadian musician
- Steve Wiebe (born 1969), American video game player, school teacher, and musician who formerly held a high score record in Donkey Kong
- Warren Wiebe (1953-1998), American vocalist
References
[edit]- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press