Wiebe (surname)

Wiebe is a German (language) surname. It is from a short form of various Ancient Germanic personal names beginning with wig, meaning "battle", "war".^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Wiebe (c. 1590–1653), Dutch engineer
• Alejandro Wiebe (born 1970), Argentine television personality
• Armin Wiebe (born 1948), Canadian novelist
• Art Wiebe (1912–1971), Canadian ice hockey player
• Cainan Wiebe (born 1995), Canadian actor
• Cornelius Wiebe (1893–1999), Canadian physician
• Danilo Wiebe (born 1984), German footballer
• Ella Wiebe (born 1978), New Zealand association footballer
• Erica Wiebe (born 1989), Canadian Olympic gold medal wrestler
• Jack Wiebe (1936–2007), Canadian politician
• Janyce Wiebe (1959–2018), American computer scientist
• Katie Funk Wiebe (1924–2016), Canadian-American writer
• Mark Wiebe (born 1957), American golfer
• Matt Wiebe (born 1979), Canadian politician
• Mike Wiebe, American musician (The Riverboat Gamblers), actor, stand-up comedian
• Nettie Wiebe (born 1949), Canadian professor
• Phillip H. Wiebe (born 1945), Canadian philosopher
• Reg Wiebe (1963–2018), Canadian-born Dutch curler
• Robert Wiebe (born 1937), Canadian politician
• Rudy Wiebe (born 1934), Canadian author
• Shane Wiebe (born 1983), Canadian musician
• Steve Wiebe (born 1969), American video game player, schoolteacher, and musician who formerly held a high score record in Donkey Kong
• Warren Wiebe (1953–1998), American vocalist