Widener (surname)

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Widener is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname are as follows:

• Chris Widener (born 1963), American politician
• Chris Widener (author) (born 1966), American author and motivational speaker
• Christine Ourmières-Widener (born 1964), French businesswoman
• Eleanor Elkins Widener (c. 1862–1937), American heiress
• George Widener (born 1962), autistic savant
• George Dunton Widener (1861–1912), American businessman who died in the sinking of the Titanic
• H. Emory Widener, Jr. (1923–2007), American judge
• Harry Elkins Widener (1885–1912), American book collector who died in the sinking of the Titanic
• Jeff Widener (born 1956), American photographer
• Joseph E. Widener (1871–1943), American art collector and founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
• Peter Arrell Browne Widener (1834–1915), Philadelphia transit magnate
• Peter Arrell Browne Widener II (1895–1948), American race horse breeder and owner
• Taylor Widener (born 1994), American baseball player
• Warren Widener (1938–2013), American politician

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