Wiggers is a German and Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Wigger is a form of the Germanic Wichard, from Wîh- ("battle") and -hard ("strong"). Variant spelling include Wichers and Wiggerts. People with this surname include

  • Carl J. Wiggers (1883–1963), American physiologist
  • Wiggers diagram, a cardiac physiology diagram he devised
  • Charles Wiggers (fl. 1920), Belgian racewalker
  • Dirceu Wiggers de Oliveira Filho (born 1988), Brazilian football defender
  • Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers (1746–1811), German botanist
  • Heinrich August Ludwig Wiggers (1803–1880), German pharmacist
  • Hermann Wiggers (1880–1968), German football defender
  • (1811–1901), German theologist
  • Ketlen Wiggers (born 1992), Brazilian football forward
  • Lone Wiggers (born 1963), Danish architect
  • Martin H. Wiggers (born 1963), German economist, editor, author and businessman
  • Michaël Wiggers (born 1980), Belgian football defender
  • Moritz Wiggers (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 (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 (born 1979), Swedish heavy metal bass guitarist

See also

  • Wigger (disambiguation), including people with the surname Wigger
  • Wiegers, surname of the same origin

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