Wieland is a

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements ( stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', meaning "noble", and ', meaning "counsel". The i ...

, from ''wela'', "battle", and ''nand'', "brave". The English form is Wayland. * Weyland the Smith, a smith in Germanic mythology

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Wieland Wagner Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, and grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the musica ...

(1917–1966), grandson of Richard Wagner

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Alon Wieland Alon Carl Wieland (April 26, 1935 – January 22, 2022) was an American politician in the state of North Dakota. He was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, from 2002 to 2014. representing the 13th district. A Republican, he wa ...

(1935–2022), American businessman and politician *

Christoph Martin Wieland Christoph Martin Wieland (; ; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo. He is best-remembered for having written the first ''Bildungsroman'' (''Geschichte des Agathon''), as well as the ...

(1733–1813), German poet *

Heinrich Otto Wieland Heinrich Otto Wieland (; 4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957) was a German chemist. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids. Career In 1901 Wieland received his doctorate at the University of Munich while studying ...

(1877–1957), Nobel Prize–winning German chemist *

Jan Müller-Wieland Jan Müller-Wieland (born 30 March 1966 in Hamburg) is a German composer and conductor of classical music and an academic teacher. He is known for his operas. Career Müller-Wieland studied at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, composition with Frie ...

(born 1966), German composer *

Joe Wieland Joseph Andrew Wieland (born January 21, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego ...

(born 1990), American baseball player * Johann Wieland (born 1972), Austrian ski mountaineer * Liza Wieland (born 1960), American novelist *

Melchior Wieland Melchior Wieland Latinized as Melchior Guilandinus with the Italian form Melchiorre Guilandino (c. 1520 – 25 December 1589) was a Prussian botanist and physician who worked in Padua. Wieland was born in Königsberg and was educated at the Unive ...

(c. 1520–1589), Prussian herbalist *

Paul Wieland Paul Joseph Wieland (born December 24, 1962) is an American businessman and politician from the state of Missouri. A member of the Republican Party, Wieland represented the 22nd District in the Missouri State Senate starting on January 7, 2015. ...

(born 1962), American politician *

Rainer Wieland Rainer Wieland (born 19 February 1957 in Stuttgart) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament for Germany since 1997. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. ...

(born 1957), German politician *

Wolfgang Wieland Wolfgang Wieland (9 March 1948 – 5 December 2023) was a German lawyer and politician. He was a co-founder of the Berlin Alternative Liste (AL), a precursor of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He was a member of the parliament of the city of Berlin ...

(1948–2023), German lawyer and politician

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* ''Wieland'' (novel), a 1798 novel by Charles Brockden Brown

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