Herwig

Article summary

Herwig is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Herwig Ahrendsen (born 1948), German handball player *Herwig Dirnböck (born 1935), Austrian sprint canoeist *Herwig Drechsel (born 1973), Austrian footballer *Herwig Görgemanns (born 1931), German classical scholar *Herwig Kircher (born 1955), Austrian footballer *Herwig Kogelnik (born 1932), Austrian electrical engineer *Herwig Mitteregger (born 1953), Austrian musician *Herwig Reiter (born 1941), Austrian composer *Herwig Schopper (1924–2025), German physicist *Herwig van Staa (born 1942), Austrian politician *Herwig Wolfram (born 1934), Austrian historian Surname: *Bob Herwig (1914–1974), American football player *Conrad Herwig (born 1959), American jazz trombonist *Holger Herwig (born 1941), German-Canadian historian *Malte Herwig (born 1972), German writer, journalist and literary critic *Walther Herwig (1838–1912), German jurist, biologist and politician *Christopher Herwig (born 1974), German-Canadian photographer and filmmaker

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1948 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307124596