Herwig

Herwig is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Herwig Ahrendsen (born 1948), German handball player
• Herwig Dirnböck (born 1935), Austrian sprint canoeist
• Herwig Drechsel (born 1973), Austrian footballer
• Herwig Görgemanns (born 1931), German classical scholar
• Herwig Kircher (born 1955), Austrian footballer
• Herwig Kogelnik (born 1932), Austrian electrical engineer
• Herwig Mitteregger (born 1953), Austrian musician
• Herwig Reiter (born 1941), Austrian composer
• Herwig Schopper (born 1924), German physicist
• Herwig van Staa (born 1942), Austrian politician
• Herwig Wolfram (born 1934), Austrian historian

Surname:

• Bob Herwig (1914–1974), American football player
• Conrad Herwig (born 1959), American jazz trombonist
• Holger Herwig (born 1941), German-Canadian historian
• Malte Herwig (born 1972), German writer, journalist and literary critic
• Walther Herwig (1838–1912), German jurist, biologist and politician
• Christopher Herwig (born 1974), German-Canadian photographer and filmmaker