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