Wolfgang

Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany and Austria. The name is a combination of the Old High German word wolf, meaning "wolf" and gang, meaning "path, journey". Besides the regular "wolf", the first element also occurs in Old High German as the combining form "-olf". "Wolf" (in Old High German) or "wulf" (in most other Germanic languages) is a popular element of the common dithematic Germanic names. The word is present in hundreds of German names. Some Germanic names with this element include Adolf, Aethelwulf, Beowulf, Cynewulf, Rudolf, Wulfstan, Ulfilas, and Wulf. "Gang" is found in such names as Gangperht, Gangulf, Bertegang, Druhtgang, Hildigang, Hrodegang, and Wiligang.
The earliest reference of the name being used was in the 8th century. The name was also attested as "Vulfgang" in the Reichenauer Verbrüdungsbuch in the 9th century. The earliest recorded famous bearer of the name was a tenth-century Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg. Due to the lack of conflict with the pagan reference in the name with Catholicism, it is likely a much more ancient name whose meaning had already been lost by the tenth-century. 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 Arnold of St. Emmeram interprets the name as Lupambulus.

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Wolf going. Combine of wolf (wolf) and gang (path).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	1756	Austrian composer
2	Wolfgang Van Halen	1991	American bass guitarist
3	Wolfgang Puck	1949	American chef
4	Wolfgang Herrndorf	1965	German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965–2013)
5	Wolfgang Pauli	1900	Austrian physicist, Nobel prize winner
6	Wolfgang Schäuble	1942	German politician (CDU), Minister of Finance of Germany
7	Wolfgang Pauritsch	1972	German auctioneer and art dealer
8	Wolfgang Petersen	1941	German film director
9	Wolfgang Rohde	1950	German musician and electrician
10	Wolfgang Hess	1937	Swiss actor and voice actor
11	Wolfgang Grupp	1942	German entrepreneur and diplom-merchant
12	Wolfgang Beltracchi	1951	German art forger
13	Wolfgang Klafki	1927	German university teacher and non-fiction writer
14	Wolfgang Tillmans	1968	German photographer
15	Wolfgang Fierek	1950	German actor
16	Wolfgang Sobotka	1956	Austrian teacher
17	Wolfgang Bodison	1966	American actor
18	Wolfgang Reitherman	1909	American animator
19	Wolfgang	1986
20	Wolfgang Vogel	1925	German lawyer
21	Wolfgang Köhler	1887	German-American psychologist and phenomenologist
22	Wolfgang Eichhorn	1933	German mathematician and economist
23	Wolfgang Trepper	1961	German radio host
24	Wolfgang Gartner	1982	Dance music producer / DJ
25	Wolfgang von Trips	1928	Racecar driver
26	Wolfgang Pampel	1945	German actor and singer
27	Wolfgang Krause Zwieback	1951	German actor and writer
28	Wolfgang Porsche	1943	German businessman
29	Wolfgang Raufelder	1957	German politician
30	Wolfgang Schorlau	1951	German writer
31	Wolfgang Brandstetter	1957	Austrian politician and university teacher
32	Wolfgang Böck	1953	Austrian actor
33	Wolfgang Schnur	1944	German politician and lawyer
34	Wolfgang Ketterle	1957	German physicist
35	Wolfgang Winkler	1943	German actor
36	Wolfgang Preiss	1910	Actor
37	Wolfgang Lüth	1913	German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II
38	Wolfgang Herles	1950	German journalist and author
39	Wolfgang Flür	1947	Former member of Kraftwerk
40	Wolfgang Suschitzky	1912	Austrian cinematographer
41	Wolfgang Joop	1944	German fashion designer
42	Wolfgang Kapp	1858	Prussian civil servant and journalist. Nominal leader of the Kapp-Putsch.
43	Wolfgang Iser	1926	German philologist
44	Wolfgang Welt	1952	German journalist and author
45	Wolfgang Greese	1926	German actor
46	Wolfgang of Regensburg	0924	German saint
47	Wolfgang Paul	1913	German physicist
48	Wolfgang Draeger	1928	German actor and voice actor
49	Wolfgang Gruner	1926	German actor and voice actor
50	Wolfgang Ziegler	1943	German composer
51	Wolfgang Streeck	1946	German economic sociologist
52	Wolfgang Fellner	1954	Austrian journalist
53	Wolfgang Stumpf	1909	German actor
54	Wolfgang Paalen	1905	Austrian artist
55	Wolfgang Overath	1943	German footballer
56	Wolfgang Güllich	1960	German rock climber
57	Wolfgang Spier	1920	German actor and voice actor
58	Wolfgang Heer	1973	German lawyer
59	Wolfgang von Kempelen	1734	Austrian dramatic, graphic, constructer, linguist, painter, writer, inventor and nobleman
60	Wolfgang Droege	1948	Canadian white supremacist
61	Wolfgang Schüssel	1945	Austrian chancellor
62	Wolfgang Heichel	1950	German singer
63	Wolfgang Urban	1945	German manager
64	Wolfgang Rihm	1952	German composer
65	Wolfgang Borchert	1921	German playwright, and short story writer
66	Wolfgang Donsbach	1949	German university teacher and non-fiction writer (1949-2015)
67	Wolfgang Rummenigge	1951	German association football player
68	Wolfgang Apel	1951
69	Wolfgang Weingart	1941	German graphic designer
70	Wolfgang A. Herrmann	1948	German chemist
71	Wolfgang Back	1943	German television presenter and journalist
72	Wolfgang Voigt	1961	German musician and label owner
73	Wolfgang Gropper	1944	German actor
74	Wolfgang Müller	1922	German actor
75	Wolfgang Stahl	1972	German lawyer
76	Wolfgang M. Heckl	1958	German physicist
77	Wolfgang Dehler	1936	German actor and voice actor
78	Wolfgang Krebs	1966	German cabaret artist
79	Wolfgang Murnberger	1960	Austrian film director and screenwriter
80	Wolfgang Hübner	1931	German actor
81	Wolfgang Fürstner	1896	German Army commander
82	Wolfgang Bittner	1941	German lawyer
83	Wolfgang Joecks	1953	German jurist
84	Wolfgang Hohlbein	1953	German writer
85	Wolfgang Welsch	1946	German philosopher and educationist
86	Wolfgang Leikermoser	1965	Austrian radio host
87	Wolfgang Bernhard	1960	German manager
88	Wolfgang Mattheuer	1927	German painter
89	Wolfgang Becker	1954	German film director
90	Wolfgang Kühne	1953	1953 German actor, voice actor and screenwriter
91	Wolfgang Sawallisch	1923	German conductor and pianist
92	Wolfgang Merkel	1952	German political scientist
93	Wolfgang Wolf	1957	German football player andmanager
94	Wolfgang Kiessling	1937	German entrepreneur
95	Wolfgang Link	1968
96	Wolfgang Münchau	1961	German journalist and writer
97	Wolfgang Lukschy	1905	German theatre and film actor
98	Wolfgang Ott	1957
99	Wolfgang Otto	1911
100	Wolfgang Weber	1944	German footballer
101	Wolfgang Schwanitz	1930	German politician
102	Wolfgang Sauer	1928	German musician
103	Wolfgang Grams	1953	German terrorist, member of RAF
104	Wolfgang Gehrcke	1943	German politician
105	Wolfgang Binder	1957	German television presenter
106	Wolfgang Georgsdorf	1959	Austrian painter and sculptor
107	Wolfgang Nieke	1948	German educationist
108	Wolfgang Mischnick	1921	German politician
109	Wolfgang Rudolph	1947	German television presenter and journalist
110	Wolfgang Petry	1951	German singer and songwriter
111	Wolfgang Wippermann	1945	German historian
112	Wolfgang Hofer	1950	Austrian pop singer, composer and lyricist
113	Wolfgang Krewe	1966	German actor
114	Wolfgang Reitzle	1949	German businessman
115	Wolfgang Flatz	1952	Austrian composer
116	Wolfgang Lotz	1921	Israeli soldier
117	Wolfgang Stark	1969	German football referee
118	Wolfgang Ischinger	1946	German diplomat
119	Wolfgang Däubler	1939	German jurist
120	Wolfgang Laib	1950	German artist
121	Wolfgang Schmidbauer	1941	German writer
122	Wolfgang Mayrhuber	1947	Austrian manager and engineer
123	Wolfgang Steiert	1963	German ski jumper
124	Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe	1820	German jurist and writer
125	Wolfgang Lieb	1944	German politician and jurist
126	Wolfgang Cerny	1984	Austrian actor
127	Wolfgang Muthspiel	1965	Austrian musician
128	Wolfgang Berger	1941	German economist
129	Wolfgang Fischer	1888	German general
130	Wolfgang Zerlett	1942	German actor
131	Wolfgang Smith	1930	Mathematician and philosopher of science
132	Wolfgang Pissecker	1965	Austrian actor
133	Wolfgang Hepp	1941	German actor
134	Wolfgang Schröder	2000
135	Wolfgang Späte	1911	German World War II fighter pilot
136	Wolfgang Wagner	1963	German actor and voice actor
137	Wolfgang Berghofer	1943	Politician
138	Wolfgang Engels	1943	German soldier
139	Wolfgang Staehle	1950	German artist
140	Wolfgang Klosinski	2000	German presenter
141	Wolfgang Reinhard	1937	German historian
142	Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky	1919	American physicist
143	Wolfgang Dziony	1949	German musician
144	Wolfgang Haken	1928	German topologist
145	Wolfgang Niersbach	1950	German sports journalists and sports official
146	Wolfgang Hildesheimer	1916	German author
147	Wolfgang Krach	2000
148	Wolfgang Rolff	1959	German footballer
149	Wolfgang Bathke	1940	German actor
150	Wolfgang Liebe	1917	German pharmacist
151	Wolfgang Staudte	1906	German film director
152	Wolfgang Schmidt	1954	German discus thrower
153	Wolfgang Ambros	1952	Musical artist
154	Wolfgang Niedecken	1951	German musician
155	Wolfgang Larrazábal	1911	President of Venezuela
156	Wolfgang de Beer	1964	German footballer
157	Wolfgang Leonhard	1921	German author, historian
158	Wolfgang Grundmann	1948
159	Wolfgang von Kluge	1892	German General and Knight's Cross Recipient
160	Wolfgang Ecke	1927	German writer (1927-1983)
161	Wolfgang Mommsen	1930	German historian
162	Marvin Wolfgang	1924	American criminologist
163	Wolfgang Zilzer	1901	Actor
164	Wolfgang Sachs	1946	German academic
165	Wolfgang Willrich	1897	German painter
166	Wolfgang Dremmler	1954	German footballer
167	Wolfgang Falck	1910	German flying ace
168	Schobert Schulz	1941	German liedermacher, composer and record producer
169	Wolfgang Clement	1940	German politician
170	Wolfgang Zeh	1942
171	Walter Wolfgang	1923	British activist
172	Wolfgang Kulterer	1953	Austrian manager
173	Wolfgang Rindler	1924	Austrian physicist
174	Wolfgang Seidel	1949	German musician
175	Wolfgang Sievers	1913	Australian photographer
176	Wolfgang Reinhart	1956	German politician
177	Wolfgang Hedler	1899	German politician
178	Wolfgang Altenburg	1928	German general
179	Wolfgang Wieland	1948	German politician and lawyer
180	Wolfgang Pohrt	1945	German author
181	Wolfgang Birkner	1913	SS officer
182	Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg	1578	Duke of Jülich and Berg
183	Wolfgang Ullrich	1950	Austrian engineer
184	Wolfgang Purtscheller	1955	Austrian opinion journalist and journalist
185	Wolfgang Feil	1959	German author
186	Wolfgang G. Schwanitz	1955	Economist
187	Wolfgang Kaven	1940	German actor and voice actor
188	Wolfgang Hübsch	1939	Austrian actor
189	Wolfgang Frank	1951	German footballer
190	Wolfgang Kirsch	1955	German manager
191	Wolfgang Thüne	1943	German television meteorologist
192	Wolfgang Biermann	1927	German politician
193	Wolfgang Seidenberg	1962	German actor
194	Wolfgang Schivelbusch	1941	German historian
195	Wolfgang Kermer	1935	German art historian
196	Wolfgang Venohr	1925	German journalist, author and historian
197	Wolfgang Windgassen	1914	German operatic tenor
198	Wolfgang Bosbach	1952	German politician
199	Wolfgang Diewerge	1906	German journalist, author and jurist
200	Wolfgang Drexler	1946	German politician