Verner (name)
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Verner is a Scandinavian name of Germanic
origins from the given name
Werner. Verner is common both as a given name
and a surname
. People with the name Verner include:
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
origins from the given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
Werner. Verner is common both as a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. People with the name Verner include:
Given name
- Verner ClappVerner ClappVerner Warren Clapp was a librarian and writer.Clapp was the son of US-American parents, who returned to the US after his birth in Johannesburg, South Africa. After graduating at Trinity College, Connecticut, he studied philosophy at Harvard University...
- Verner ClargesVerner ClargesVerner Clarges was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 62 films between 1909 and 1912.He died in New York, New York.-Selected filmography:* The Punishment * The Lonedale Operator...
- Ove Verner HansenOve Verner HansenOve Verner Hansen is a Danish opera singer and actor. He has played the character, "Bøffen" in several of the Olsen Gang movies...
- Verner von HeidenstamVerner von HeidenstamCarl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet and novelist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912...
- Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr.Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr.Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. was an American mathematician, known mostly for his work in Fibonacci numbers and number theory.Hogatt received a Ph.D...
- Verner JärvinenVerner JärvinenVenne "Verner" Järvinen was a Finnish athlete who competed mostly in the throwing events. A gold medalist in the Greek-style discus from the 1906 Intercalated Games, he went on to win a bronze in the same event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Career:Originally one of Finland's leading wrestlers, he...
- Verner MainVerner MainVerner Wright Main was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Main was born in Ashley, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from Marion High School in Marion, Ohio. He also graduated from Hillsdale College of Michigan in 1907, and from the law department of the...
- Elmer Verner McCollum
- Percy Verner Noble
- Verner PantonVerner PantonVerner Panton is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colors...
- Verner E. Suomi
- Verner WeckmanVerner WeckmanJohan Verner Weckman was a Finnish sport wrestler who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Loviisa in a family of farmer. He took Abitur in Helsinki 1902...
- Gerald Verner WhiteGerald Verner WhiteGerald Verner White was a Canadian politician.Born in Pembroke, Ontario, the son of Peter White and Janet Reid White, White was educated at Pembroke Public and High Schools. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering degree in 1901 from McGill University...
Surname
- Alterraun VernerAlterraun VernerAlterraun Ennis Verner is an American football cornerback. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Verner was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the 2010 NFL Draft...
- Elizabeth O'Neill VernerElizabeth O'Neill VernerElizabeth O'Neill Verner was an artist, author and lecturer from Charleston, South Carolina. Her etchings, drypoints and pastels of Charleston are her best known works...
- Frank Verner (1883–1966), American middle and long distance runner
- Frederick Arthur VernerFrederick Arthur VernerFrederick Arthur Verner was a Canadian painter, famous for his landscape and scenery paintings from the Canadian plains in the west....
- Josée VernerJosée VernerJosée Verner, PC, is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Louis-Saint-Laurent in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2011 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada...
- Karl VernerKarl VernerKarl Verner was a Danish linguist. He is remembered today for Verner's law, which he discovered in 1875.Verner, whose interest in languages was stimulated by reading about the work of Rasmus Christian Rask, began his university studies in 1864. He studied Oriental, Germanic and Slavic languages,...
- Mary VernerMary VernerMary Verner is the current mayor of Spokane, Washington.- Education :Originally from Fitzgerald, Georgia, Verner received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Davidson College, earned her Master of Arts degree in environmental management from Yale University, and a law degree from...
- Miroslav VernerMiroslav VernerProf. Dr. Miroslav Verner, DrSc. is a Czech Egyptologist, who specializes in the history and archaeology of Ancient Egypt of the Old Kingdom....
- Tomáš VernerTomas VernerTomáš Verner is a Czech figure skater. He is the 2008 European Champion, a two time European medalist , and a seven-time Czech national champion. He has won six senior Grand Prix medals, including the 2010 Cup of Russia title.- Early career:Verner started skating at the age of five...
See also
- Werner
- Wernher