Herwart (first name)

Herwart or Herwarth is a first name of Germanic origin. He comes from old Germanic Guardians of the Army .

• Herwart Fischer (1885–1938), German forensic doctor and university professor
• Herwart Grosse (1908–1982), German actor, speaker and theater director
• Herwart Koppenhöfer (* 1946), German soccer player
• Herwart Miessner (1911–2002), German politician (DKP-DRP, later FDP)
• Herwart Opitz (1905–1978), German engineer, professor at the RWTH in Aachen
• Herwarth von Schade (1926–2009), German theologian and church library director
• Herwarth Walden (1878–1941), German writer