Cousin (family name)

Vetter is a common family name .

Origin and meaning

The family name Vetter goes back either to the profession of tanner ( skin worker ; Dutch : huidevetter ) or haulier ( loader , from loading , gathering ; Low German : to vatten ). It can also be a family name that goes back to the Middle High German word veter (e) for father brother, cousin .

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Adina Vetter (* 1980), German actress
• Adolf Vetter (1918–1973), German football player
• Albert Vetter (? –1962), German engineer and entrepreneur
• Alfred Vetter (? –1938), Swiss printer and publisher
• Angelika Vetter (* 1966), German political and social scientist and university lecturer
• Anna Vetter (1630–1703), German preacher and mystic
• Anouk Vetter (* 1993), Dutch athlete
• Arnold Vetter (1866–1933), German entrepreneur and company founder
• August Vetter (entrepreneur) (1847–1907), Russian entrepreneur, school founder and benefactor
• August Vetter (local history researcher, 1862) (1862–1923), German antiquarian and local history researcher
• August Vetter (1887–1976), German psychologist
• August Vetter (local history researcher, 1927) (1927–1999), German teacher, local history researcher and dialect writer
• Austin Vetter (* 1967), American clergyman, Bishop of Helena

B.

• Bernd Vetter (* 1948), German lawyer and politician (GAL), Member of the Bundestag
• Bernhard Vetter (* 1975), German tenor

C.

• Charles Vetter (1858–1936), German draftsman and painter of impressionism
• Christa Vetter (1932–2018), German television and radio play dramaturge
• Christian Vetter (1688–1734), Bohemian sculptor
• Christoph Vetter (1982), German handball player
• Christophe Vetter (* 1990), German-French actor
• Conrad Vetter (1548–1622), German publicist and writer

D.

• Daniel Vetter (1657–1721), German organist and composer
• David Vetter (1971–1984), American "Bubble Boy"
• Dieter Vetter (1931–2006), German Protestant theologian

E.

• Ekkehart Vetter (* 1956), German Protestant theologian and chairman of the German Evangelical Alliance
• Ellen Vetter (* 1962), German painter
• Emil Vetter (1878–1963), Austrian linguist
• Ernst Vetter (1906–1990), German politician and State Secretary
• Ernst Günter Vetter (1920–2003), German business journalist and editor
• Erwin Vetter (* 1937), German state politician (Baden-Württemberg, CDU)
• Ewald Vetter (painter) (1894–1981), German painter
• Ewald M. Vetter (1922–2006), German art historian

F.

• Ferdinand Vetter (1847–1924), Swiss Germanist
• Franz Vetter (also Franz Vetter-Gotha ; 1886–1967), German painter, graphic artist and writer
• Franz Xaver Vetter (1800–1845), German opera tenor
• Friedrich Vetter (* before 1947), German urban and transport geographer
• Friedrich Wilhelm August Vetter (1799 – after 1840), German physician and balneologist
• Fritz Vetter (1901–1969), German politician (GB / BHE)

G

• Gabriel Vetter (* 1983), Swiss slampoet
• Georg Vetter (hymn poet) (1536–1599), German hymn poet
• Georg Vetter (painter) (1891–1969), German painter
• Georg Vetter (lawyer) (* 1962), politician
• Gerhard Vetter (photographer) (1918–1971), German photographer
• Gerhard Vetter (chess player) (* 1936), German correspondence chess player
• Gisela Vetter-Liebenow (* 1959), German art historian and museum director
• Günter Vetter (* 1936), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
• Günther Vetter (1920–2014), German surgeon
• Gustav Vetter (1936–2013), Austrian politician (ÖVP)

H

• Hans Vetter (entrepreneur) (1869–1921), German entrepreneur
• Hans Vetter (chess player) (1894–1973), German chess player and chess composer
• Hans Adolf Vetter (1897–1963), Austrian architect
• Hans-Joachim Vetter (1906–2001), German singing teacher, professor and music director
• Hans-Jörg Vetter (* 1952), German bank manager
• Heinrich Vetter (politician) (1890–1969), German politician (NSDAP)
• Heinrich Vetter (entrepreneur) (1910–2003), German entrepreneur
• Heinrich Ludwig Vetter († around 1890), German composer
• Heinz Vetter (* 1924), German agricultural scientist and university professor
• Heinz Oskar Vetter (1917–1990), German trade unionist and politician (SPD)
• Hellmuth Vetter (1910–1949), German physician
• Helmut Vetter (pharmacist) (1920–1999), German pharmacist and entrepreneur, founder of Vetter Pharma
• Helmut Vetter (dancer) (1923–1988), German dancer
• Helmut Vetter (artist) (1923–2009), German graphic artist, painter and architect
• Helmuth Vetter (* 1942), Austrian philosopher
• Herbert Vetter (* 1957), German chess player
• Hermann Vetter (music teacher) (1859–1928), German pianist and music teacher
• Hermann Vetter (soccer player) (* 1921), German soccer player
• Hermann Vetter (translator) (* 1932/1933), German philosopher and translator
• Horst Vetter (* 1927), German politician (FDP), Senator from Berlin

J

• Jakob Vetter (1872–1918), German preacher and founder of the tent mission
• Jan Vetter (* 1963), maiden name of Farin Urlaub , German punk rock musician
• Jessie Vetter (* 1985), American ice hockey goalkeeper
• Johann Georg Vetter (1681–1745), cartographer
• Johann Karl Vetter (around 1680–1742), Bohemian sculptor
• Johannes Vetter (church musician) (* 1952), German church musician
• Johannes Vetter (* 1993), German javelin thrower
• Julius Vetter (local history researcher) (1802–1877), German teacher and local history researcher
• Julius Vetter (founder) (1853–1917), Russian businessman, entrepreneur and founder

K

• Karl Vetter (politician, 1895) (1895 – after 1955), German politician (NSDAP), MdR
• Karl Vetter (politician, 1897) (1897–1957), German politician (RPD) and publisher
• Karl Vetter (soccer player) (1917–1984), German soccer player and coach
• Karl Vetter (politician, 1953) (* 1953), German politician (FW), MdL Bavaria
• Klaus Vetter (hockey player) (* 1934), German hockey player
• Klaus Vetter (historian) (* 1938), German historian
• Klaus Vetter (physician) (* 1946), German gynecologist and obstetrician
• Klaus J. Vetter (1916–1974), German physical chemist
• Kristian Vetter (* 1964), Danish musical actor

L.

• Lothar Vetter , German journalist

M.

• Marcus Vetter (* 1967), German documentary filmmaker
• Martin Vetter (* 1964), German Protestant theologian
• Max Vetter (1892–?), German rower
• Micha Vetter (* 1968), German rock bassist
• Michael Vetter (composer) (1943–2013), German composer, writer and artist
• Michael Vetter (General) (* 1962), German Brigadier General

N

• Nicolaus Vetter (1666–1734), German organist and composer

O

• Otto Vetter (1935–2012), German entrepreneur and company founder

P

• Patrick Vetter (* 1987), German ice hockey goalkeeper
• Paul Vetter (1850–1906), German Catholic clergyman, theologian and university professor
• Pauli Hofer-Vetter (1923–2013), Austrian painter, organist, music teacher and folk song collector
• Peter Vetter (1941–2009), German politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
• Phil Vetter (* 1971), German singer-songwriter

Q

• Quido Vetter (1881–1960), Czech mathematician

R.

• Reinhard Vetter (* 1940), German lawyer and data protection expert
• Reinhold Vetter (* 1946), German scientist and publicist
• Richard H. Vetter (1928–2105), American technician, engineer and camera specialist
• Richard Vetter (1919–2000), German inventor
• Roland Vetter (1946–2011), German teacher and local researcher
• Rolf Vetter (* 1949), German economist and university professor
• Rudolf Vetter (journalist) (? –1956), Swiss journalist
• Rudolf Vetter (chemist) ( Rudolf Conrad Vetter ; 1890–1967), Swiss chemist
• Rudolf Vetter (engineer) (* 1943), German engineer and university professor

S.

• Sandra Vetter (* 1985), German national basketball player
• Sascha Vetter (* 1971), German Ju-Jutsu athlete
• Sophie-Mayuko Vetter (* 1978), German-Japanese pianist

T

• Theodor Vetter (Anglist) (1853–1922), Swiss Anglist
• Theodor Vetter (1932-2004), German tattoo artist
• Thomas Vetter (* 1959), German computer scientist and university professor
• Tobias Vetter (* 1981), German paracycler

U

• Udo Vetter (* 1964), German specialist lawyer for criminal law and blogger
• Ulrich Vetter (* 1963), German architect and university professor

W.

• Walter Vetter (entrepreneur) (1896–1972), German entrepreneur
• Walter Vetter (local history researcher) (1933–1991), German journalist, insurance manager and local history researcher
• Walter Vetter (chemist) (* 1960), German food chemist and university professor
• Walther Vetter (1891–1967), German musicologist
• Wenzel Alois Vetter Count von Lilienberg (1770–1840), Austrian field warden
• Werner Vetter (* 1930), German soccer player
• Wilhelm Vetter (pastor) ( Karl Wilhelm Vetter ; 1801–1895), German pastor and publicist
• Wilhelm Vetter (politician) (1864–1943), German carpenter and politician (SPD)
• Wilhelm Vetter (physician) (* 1941), Swiss internist
• Wilhelmine Vetter (1795 – after 1834), German actress, see Wilhelmine Aschenbrenner
• William Vetter (1903–1986), Swiss architect
• Wolfgang Vetter (1926-2020), German entrepreneur ( Vetter Verkehrsbetriebe )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Forebears: Vetter: Meaning of the family name & statistics
2. ↑ ENZYKLO.DE: Dictionary entry on Vetter (copy of Meyer's Lexicon online)