Widmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Widmer, inventor of

8b/10b encoding In telecommunications, 8b/10b is a line code that maps 8-bit words to 10-bit symbols to achieve DC balance and bounded disparity, and at the same time provide enough state changes to allow reasonable clock recovery. This means that the di ...

Arthur Widmer Arthur Widmer (July 25, 1914 in Washington, D.C. – May 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film special effects pioneer. He invented the "Ultra Violet Traveling matte process", an early version of what would become known as Chro ...

(1914–2006), American film special effects pioneer * Carolyn Ladd Widmer (1902–1991), academic dean at the University of Connecticut * Daniel Widmer, Swiss curler *

Edward L. Widmer Edward "Ted" Ladd Widmer (born 1963) is an American historian, writer, librarian, and musician who served as a speechwriter in the Clinton White House. He serves on boards of the Harvard Lampoon, Massachusetts Historical Society and '' The N ...

(born 1963), historian, speechwriter, and librarian *

Eric Widmer Dr. Eric George Widmer (January 16, 1940 – January 18, 2025) was an American scholar and educator. He was born in Lebanon where his American mother was on the faculty of the American University in Beirut. He was educated at Deerfield, Williams, ...

(born 1940), American scholar and educator *

Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer (born 16 June 1957, Menziken, Switzerland), is Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg. Biography She studied the French and Hebrew languages at Zürich, Florence, Avignon, Lausanne and Lucerne, e ...

(born 1957), Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg *

Gianni Widmer Gianni Widmer (April 25, 1892 in Trieste, then in Austro-Hungarian Empire – October 30, 1971 in Milan, Italy) (Slovenian: Ivan Vidmar, German: Johann Widmer) was an Italian civil and military aviator of Slovenian descent, a pioneer of airma ...

(1892–1971), flight pioneer *

Kurt Widmer Kurt Widmer (28 December 1940 – 31 May 2023) was a Swiss baritone and voice teacher, who appeared and recorded internationally. He focused on concert singing, especially of oratorios from the Romantic music, Romantic period. His recordings cov ...

(1940–2023), Swiss baritone *

Marise Widmer Marise Widmer is a retired American lightweight rower. She won a gold medal at the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal, Canada, with the lightweight women's eight; this was the only year that this boat class competed at World Rowing Cham ...

, American rower *

Markus Widmer Markus Widmer is a Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss ...

, Swiss curler *

Pierre Widmer Pierre Widmer (1912–1999) was a French Mennonite pastor, editor of the journal ''Christ Seul''. Early life Born in Brognard, France, in the department of Doubs near Montbéliard, Pierre Widmer was raised in a Mennonite family. Widmer attended t ...

(1912–1999), French Mennonite pastor *

Samuel Widmer Samuel Widmer (24 December 1948 – 18 January 2017)Menge, Oliver"«Kirschblüten»-Guru Samuel Widmer gestorben" ''Aargauer Zeitung'', January 18 2017 was a controversial Swiss physician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author, who used Psyched ...

(1948–2017) Swiss physician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author *

Sigmund Widmer Sigmund Widmer (born 30 July 1919 in Zürich, died 11 August 2003 in Visp) was a Swiss historian, writer and LdU politician who served as mayor of the city of Zürich. Early life and education Born in Zürich to Bertha Gizella, née Oechsli ...

(1919–2003), Swiss politician *

Silvan Widmer Silvan Dominic Widmer (born 5 March 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05, whom he captains, and the Switzerland national team. Club career Widmer began his playing career at SV Würenlo ...

(born 1993), Swiss footballer

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