Notker Explained

Notker or Notger is a masculine Germanic given name. Notable people with the given name include:

Historical

• Notker the Stammerer ("Notker I"; 840–912), Latin poet, possibly composer and monk in Saint Gall
• Notker Physicus ("Notker II"; 900–975), physician and painter
• Notker Labeo ("Notker III"; 950–1022), monk in Saint Gall and author
• Notker (abbot of Saint Gall) (died 975), nephew of Notker Physicus
• Notker of Liège (940–1008), provost of Saint Gall and later first Prince-Bishop of Liège

Contemporary

• Notker Füglister (1931–1996), Catholic theologian
• Notker Wolf (1940–2024), the ninth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict