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patronymic surname. The given name ''Wigger'' is a form of the Germanic Wichard, from Wîh- ("battle") and -hard ("strong").Wigger
at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands Variant spelling include ''Wichers'' and ''Wiggerts''. People with this surname include * Carl J. Wiggers (1883–1963), American physiologist **

Wiggers diagram A Wiggers diagram, named after its developer, Carl Wiggers, is a unique diagram that has been used in teaching cardiac physiology for more than a century. In the Wiggers diagram, the X-axis is used to plot time subdivided into the cardiac phases ...

, a cardiac physiology diagram he devised * Charles Wiggers (

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1920), Belgian racewalker * Dirceu Wiggers de Oliveira Filho (born 1988), Brazilian football defender * Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers (1746–1811), German botanist * Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers (1803–1880), German pharmacist * Hermann Wiggers (1880–1968), German football defender * (1811–1901), German theologist * Ketlen Wiggers (born 1992), Brazilian football forward * Lone Wiggers (born 1963), Danish architect *

Martin H. Wiggers Martin Helmut Wiggers (born 31 July 1963) is a German economist, editor, author and businessman. Education In the 1980s Wiggers studied Business Administration at the Munich School Of Strategic Management of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Mu ...

(born 1963), German economist, editor, author and businessman * Michaël Wiggers (born 1980), Belgian football defender * Moritz Wiggers (1816–1894), German lawyer and revolutionary * Namita Gupta Wiggers (born 1967), American contemporary craft expert, curator and writer *

Thais Souza Wiggers Thais Souza (born Florianópolis, 24 October 1985) is a Brazilian television presenter and model. She was a showgirl in the Italian satirical series ''Striscia la notizia''. Biography Career Thais started her career in the fashion industry at ...

(born 1985), Brazilian television presenter and model * (born 1987), Dutch long-distance runner ;Wichers *

Edward Wichers Edward Wichers (March 25, 1892 – January 1984) was a US chemist and Associate Director of the National Bureau of Standards from 1958-62. He is notable for his work on atomic weights of the elements. Edward Wichers graduated from Hope College ...

(1892–1984), American chemist * (1902–1990), Dutch writer known as "Belcampo" * (1887–1956), Dutch composer of marches * Otto Wichers (born 1981), Dutch singer-songwriter *

Peter Wichers Peter Wichers (born 8 February 1979) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and record producer best known as one of the founding members of melodic death metal band Soilwork. From 1995 until late 2005, when he announced his departure from the ban ...

(born 1979), Swedish heavy metal bass guitarist

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