Steve Wiegand

Steve Wiegand is a veteran journalist who has been writing for the Sacramento Bee since 1989. Prior to that, Wiegand was chief political writer for the San Diego Tribune for five years and a political writer and the Sacramento bureau chief for the San Francisco Chronicle for eight years. He is the author of Sacramento Tapestry and U.S. History for Dummies and a contributing author to Forbidden Knowledge.

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Wiegand is an old German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb wgan, meaning to fight, through the past participle form wgant, meaning the fighter. The word comes from wîg (battle/war). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name.

People with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand:

• Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), American journalist and abstract artist
• Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), American physicist
• Dave Wiegand, American Scrabble player
• Ernest H. Wiegand (1886–1973), American scientist
• Frank Wiegand (born 1943), German Olympic medallist in swimming
• Heinrich Wiegand (1855–1909), head of Norddeutscher Lloyd
• Joe Wiegand (born 1965), portrayer of Theodore Roosevelt
• John R. Wiegand
  • Wiegand effect
  • Wiegand wire
  • Wiegand protocol, used in many kinds of card readers, both for Wiegand wire card readers and magnetic stripe card readers.
• Karl Henry von Wiegand (1874–1961), German-born American journalist
• Lisa Wiegand (born 1968), American cinematographer
• Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), German archaeologist
• Thomas Wiegand (born 1970), German electrical engineer
• Wayne A. Wiegand (born 1946), American library historian, author, and academic
• Dick and Larry Wiegand, members of the rock band Crow

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