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patronymic surname. The given name ''Wigger'' is a form of the Germanic Wichard, from Wîh- ("battle") and -hard ("strong").Wigger
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Carl J. Wiggers Carl J. Wiggers (May 28, 1883 – April 28, 1963) was a doctor and medical researcher famous for his heart and blood-pressure research. He developed the Wiggers diagram, which is commonly used in teaching of cardiovascular research. Wiggers was b ...

(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 (fl. 1920), Belgian racewalker *

Dirceu Wiggers de Oliveira Filho Dirceu Wiggers de Oliveira Filho (born 5 January 1988), simply known as Dirceu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Portuguese club U.D. Vilafranquense. Club career Dirceu was born in Ibaiti, Paraná. A Cor ...

(born 1988), Brazilian football defender *

Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers (15 March 1746 – 3 March 1811) was a German botanist who wrote a flora of Holstein in 1780. A number of variants of his name exist, including "Fridrich Hindrich" and the Latinisation "Fredericus Henricus" and the alte ...

(1746–1811), German botanist * Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers (1803–1880), German pharmacist *

Hermann Wiggers Hermann Wiggers (7 April 1880 – 1968) was a German international association football, footballer. References

1880 births 1968 deaths German footballers Association football defenders Germany international footballers SC Victoria Hambu ...

(1880–1968), German football defender * (1811–1901), German theologist *

Ketlen Wiggers Ketlen Wiggers (born 7 January 1992), commonly known as Ketlen, is a Brazilian football forward who plays for Santos in Brazil and the Brazil women's national football team. Since playing for Vitória das Tabocas, she has sometimes worn the n ...

(born 1992), Brazilian football forward *

Lone Wiggers Lone Wiggers (born 1963, in Helsingør) is a Danish architect, one of the partners at C. F. Møller Architects.

(born 1963), Danish architect * Martin H. Wiggers (born 1963), German economist, editor, author and businessman * Michaël Wiggers (born 1980), Belgian football defender *

Moritz Wiggers Moritz Karl Georg Wiggers (October 17, 1816 – July 30, 1894), German politician, started out as a lawyer and a notary in his home town of Rostock. The Revolution of 1848 prompted him to enter public life as a representative to the Mecklenburg co ...

(1816–1894), German lawyer and revolutionary * Namita Gupta Wiggers (born 1967), American contemporary craft expert, curator and writer * Thais Souza Wiggers (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 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 band, and again from 2008 un ...

(born 1979), Swedish heavy metal bass guitarist

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