Siegfried Knemeyer was an aeronautical engineer and aviator for the Luftwaffe in WWII. Highly favored by Hermann Göring for his ideas that were pivotal to Germany's early success in the air war (Göring often called him "my boy"), and was promoted to Oberst (Colonel). Worked for the Americans as part of Operation Paperclip.
Siegfried Wentz is a former German track and field athlete. In the 1980s and until 1990 he represented West Germany and belonged to the world elite in the decathlon. His most notable result was winning the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. At that event he scored 8412 points, his results for each of the events were 10.99s - 7.11m - 15.87m - 2.09m - 47.78m - 14.35s - 46.60m - 4.50m - 67.68m - 4:33.96 min.
Siegfried Jerusalem is a German operatic tenor. Closely identified with the heldentenor roles of Wagner, he has performed Siegfried, Siegmund, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Tristan to wide acclaim. Since the 1990s, he has focused on lieder, particularly those by Strauss, Mahler and Schumann.
This is the name of James Herriot's employer in his books about his life as a country vet (Most notably, All Creatures Great and Small). When questioned about its origins, Siegfried explained that his father was a great fan of Wagner.