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Weck is the family name of the following people:

  • Alain L. de Weck (1928–2013), Swiss immunologist
  • Anton Weck (1623–1680), electoral Saxon councilor and secret secretary, author of a Dresden chronicle
  • Bernard Weck (1890–1950), Swiss politician and State Councilor of the Canton of Friborg
  • Charles Weck (1837–1931), Swiss politician and State Councilor of the Canton of Friborg
  • Christian Franz Weck (* 1904; † after 1957), German physician and dentist in the Flossenbürg concentration camp
  • Christina Weck (1942–2020), German gold and silversmith
  • Eugène de Weck (1872–1912), Swiss landscape painter, drawing teacher and restorer
  • Felicitas Weck (* 1954), German politician (WASG, Die Linke)
  • Gerhard Weck (1913–1974), SPD politician, persecuted by National Socialism and Stalinism
  • Hervé de Weck (* 1943), Swiss military historian
  • Johann Carl Weck (1841–1914), German entrepreneur, namesake for the canning jar brand
  • Kurt Weck (1892-1959), German politician (SPD)
  • Laura de Weck (* 1981), Swiss actress and playwright, daughter of Roger de Weck
  • Louis Weck (1867–1916), Swiss politician and State Councilor for the Canton of Friborg
  • Louis de Weck-Reynold (1823–1880), Swiss politician and State Councilor of the Canton of Friborg
  • Manfred Weck (* 1937), German engineer
  • Peter Weck (* 1930), Austrian actor and director
  • Philippe de Weck (1919–2009), Swiss bank manager, father of Roger and Pierre de Weck
  • Pierre de Weck (* 1950), Swiss bank manager, son of Philippe and brother of Roger de Weck
  • Roger de Weck (* 1953), Swiss publicist, son of Philippe, brother of Pierre and father of Laura de Weck
  • Rodolphe Weck-Bussy (1826–1861), Swiss politician and State Councilor of the Canton of Friborg


Weck denotes:

  • regional bread
  • in parts of the Rhineland white bread
  • the company J. Weck GmbH u. Co. KG, manufacturer of preserving jars


See also:

Wiktionary: Weck  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations