Wiener

Wiener

Wiener is German for Viennese, but may also refer to:
* A hot dog, from German "Wiener Würstchen", meaning "Viennese small sausage"
* A slang term for penis

Wiener is the surname of:
* Alexander S. Wiener (1907-76), leader in the fields of forensic medicine, serology, and immunogenetics
* Alfred Wiener, German Jewish campaigner against Nazism and anti-semitism
** Wiener Library, London institute for the study of the Holocaust
* Great Wiener, The, character in the tale of the Ultimate Wiener, by author Eric Sweet
* Hugo Wiener (1904-93), Austrian Jewish composer, singer, pianist, entertainer, and author
* Jacques Wiener (1815-99), Belgian Jewish-Flemish engraver
* Jean Wiener (born 1896), French pianist, composer
* Martin Wiener, U.S. political historian
* Michael J. Wiener Canadian cryptologist
* Norbert Wiener, American mathematician
** Wiener process, a mathematical model related to Brownian motion
*** Wiener equation
** Wiener filter
** Paley–Wiener theorem
** Wiener–Khinchin theorem
** Shannon index, sometimes "incorrectly" referred to as "Shannon–Wiener index"
** Norbert Wiener Prizes:
*** Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
*** Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
** Wiener (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
* Robert Wiener, CNN senior producer in Baghdad 1990-91 during the Gulf War
* Rosalind Wiener Wyman, Los Angeles politician

ee also

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* Weiner


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