Researching Thomas Wiegand
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 17 people with the Wiegand surname? In that year Wiegand was ranked number 3562 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Wiegand on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Wiegand and the Wiegand Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 85 people with the Wiegand surname in the UK? Wiegand is now ranked number 3962 for popularity in the UK. |
Wiegand Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Wiegand surname in the USA? Wiegand is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Thomas Wiegand
Thomas Wiegand
Thomas Wiegand (born 6 May 1970 in Wismar) is a German electrical engineer who substantially contributed to the creation of the H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and H.266/VVC video coding standards. For H.264/AVC, Wiegand was one of the chairmen of the Joint Video Team (JVT) standardization committee that created the standard and was the chief editor of the standard itself. He was also an active technical contributor to both standards. Wiegand also holds a chairmanship position in the ITU-T VCEG of ITU-T Study Group 16 and previously in ISO/IEC MPEG standardization organizations. In July 2006, the video coding work of the ITU-T jointly led by Gary J. Sullivan and Wiegand for the preceding six years was voted as the most influential area of the standardization work of the CCITT and ITU-T in their 50-year history.
Source: Thomas Wiegand, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Wiegand
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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