Weller is a surname. Its origin is from

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for a

well A well is an excavation or structure created on the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...

—a hole dug for water—or a

spring Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...

People

Archie Weller Archie Weller (born 1957) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and screen plays. Early life and education Archie Weller was born in 1957 in Subiaco, Western Australia, and grew up on a farm, Wonnenup, near Cranbrook in the Great S ...

(born 1957), Australian writer * Carl E. Weller, American, patented a soldering gun, formed the Weller Manufacturing Company * Craig Weller (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Dieter Weller, American engineer *

Don Weller (musician) Donald Arthur Albert Weller (19 December 1940 – 30 May 2020) was an English jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and composer. Career Don Weller began learning clarinet at the age of 14, and was classically educated on it for four or five years, ...

(1940–2020), British tenor saxophonist * Don Weller (painter), American illustrator and painter * Duncan Weller (born 1975), children's book author and visual artist * F. Weller (active 1909), a trader in leather in

Rundle Street Rundle Street, often referred to as "Rundle Street East" as distinct from Rundle Mall, is a street in the East End of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Pulteney Street to East Terrace, where it becomes Ru ...

Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...

, South Australia, around 1909 * Franz Weller (1901–1944), World War II German Army officer *

Freddy Weller Wilton Frederick "Freddy" Weller (born September 9, 1943) is an American rock and roll and country music and artist. He recorded for Columbia Records between 1969 and 1980. He had his highest charted single in 1969 with his debut release, "Gam ...

(born 1947), American country music singer/songwriter *

George Weller George Anthony Weller (July 13, 1907 – December 19, 2002) was an American novelist, playwright, and journalist for ''The New York Times'' and ''Chicago Daily News''. He won a 1943 Pulitzer Prize as a ''Daily News'' war correspondent. Weller's ...

(1907–2002), American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist *

George Russell Weller On the afternoon of July 16, 2003, George Weller, then age 86, drove his 1992 Buick LeSabre westbound down Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, California, toward the city's popular Third Street Promenade. The last few blocks of the street, before it ...

(1916–2010?), elderly Californian motorist who accidentally drove through a crowd, killing 10 *

Hermann Weller Hermann Weller (4 February 1878 - 9 December 1956) was a German Indiologist and Neo-Latin poet born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, died in Tübingen. He is considered the Horace of the twentieth century. Early life Weller's father was a businessman c ...

(1878–1956), German scholar and poet * Jerry Weller (born 1957), American politician * Joe Weller (born 1996), British YouTuber and amateur boxer * John Weller (disambiguation), several people *

Keith Weller Keith Weller (11 June 1946 – 13 November 2004) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. He is considered to be one of Leicester City's greatest-ever players. Career England Weller played during the 1960s and 1970s, hi ...

(1946–2004), English footballer *

Lachie Weller Lachlan Weller (born 23 February 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2015 to 2017. Per ...

(born 1966), Australian rules footballer * Lance Weller, American novelist * Louis Weller (1904–1979), Native-American National Football League player *

Louis Weller (footballer) Louis Charles Weller (7 May 1887 – September 1951) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Everton and Chesterfield Town. Personal life Weller served as a gunner in the Motor Machine Gu ...

(1887–1952), English footballer * Marc Weller (born 1951), French former football goalkeeper *

Mary Louise Weller Mary Louise Weller, born September 1, 1946, is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mandy Pepperidge in the popular 1978 film ''Animal House''. She has guest-starred in television series such as ''Starsky & Hutch'', ''Fa ...

, American actress *

Michael Weller Michael Weller (born September 26, 1942) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and screen writer. His plays include '' Moonchildren'', ''Loose Ends'', ''Spoils of War'' and ''Fifty Words''. His screenplays include ''Ragtime'', for which he was nomina ...

(born 1942), American playwright and screenwriter * Michael J. Weller (born 1946), British artist and writer *

Ovington E. Weller Ovington Eugene Weller (January 23, 1862 – January 5, 1947) was an American banker and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the Maryland, State of Maryland from 1921 to 1927. Early life ...

(1862–1947), U.S. Senator from Maryland *

Paul Weller John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside ...

(born 1958), British singer and songwriter * Paul Weller (footballer) (born 1975), English former footballer * Paul Weller (politician) (born 1959), Australian politician *

Peter Weller Peter Francis Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American actor and television director. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including ''RoboCop'' (1987) and its sequel ''RoboCop 2'' (1990), in which he played RoboCop ( ...

(born 1947), American actor *

Ronny Weller Ronny Weller (born 22 July 1969 in Oelsnitz, Saxony) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany. During the 1990s, he was three times world champion, and broke world records 11 times. He participated in ...

(born 1969), German weightlifter * Sam Weller (disambiguation) * Samuel A. Weller (1851–1925), American pottery manufacturer *

Stuart Weller Stuart Weller (December 26, 1870 – August 5, 1927) was an American paleontologist and geologist. Biography Stuart Weller was born in Maine, New York on December 26, 1870. Weller studied geology and paleontology at Cornell University with bache ...

(1870–1927), American paleontologist and geologist *

Thomas Huckle Weller Thomas Huckle Weller (June 15, 1915 – August 23, 2008) was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis ...

(1915–2008), American virologist and Nobel laureate *

Walter Weller Walter Weller (30 November 1939 – 14 June 2015) was an Austrian-born conductor and classical violinist. He made several recordings over the years, founded his own string quartet, and led or co-led several well known orchestras and operas. Wel ...

(1939–2015), Austrian conductor and violinist *

William Weller William Weller (May 13, 1799 – September 21, 1863) was an entrepreneur and official in Upper Canada and Canada West. He served three terms as mayor of Cobourg. He was born in Vermont and came to Upper Canada with his father. With Hiram Nort ...

(1799–1863), entrepreneur and official in Upper Canada and Canada West * Worth Hamilton Weller (1913–1932) American herpetologist, discovered Weller's Salamander *

Weller brothers The Weller brothers, Englishmen of Sydney, Australia, and Otago, New Zealand, were the founders of a whaling station on Otago Harbour and New Zealand's most substantial merchant traders in the 1830s. Immigration Members of a wealthy land-ownin ...

, Joseph Brooks (1802–1835), George (1805–1875) and Edward (1814–1893), English whalers, merchants and early settlers of New Zealand and Australia

Fictional characters

* Conrad/Conrart Weller, in the Japanese series of light novels ''Kyo Kara Maoh!'' *

Sam Weller (character) Sam Weller is a fictional character in ''The Pickwick Papers'' (1836-37), the first novel by Charles Dickens, and the character that made Dickens famous. A humorous Cockney bootblack, Sam Weller first appeared in the fourth serialised episode. ...

, in the Charles Dickens novel ''The Pickwick Papers'' *

Tony Weller Tony Weller is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's first novel, ''The Pickwick Papers'' (1836-37). The irresponsible and care-free Tony Weller is Sam Weller (character), Sam Weller's father. A loquacious coachman, the character never becam ...

, father of Sam Weller in ''The Pickwick Papers''

References

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