Geiger (surname)
Geiger is a German, Hungarian or French surname. In the German language Geiger means "violin player."
People with this surname include:
- Joseph Solomon Gieger ben Medigo Mi-Candia, Greek rabbi, author, physician
- Abraham Geiger, German Reform Judaism rabbi
- Alain Geiger, Swiss international football manager and former player
- Anna Bella Geiger, Brazilian artist
- Anna Margarethe Geiger, German painter in pastel
- Arno Geiger, Austrian writer
- Constanze Geiger, Austrian pianist, actor, theatrical actress, composer and singer
- Emily Geiger, American messenger in the American Revolutionary War
- Franz Geiger, German screenwriter
- Friedrich Geiger, German automobile designer, particularly for Mercedes-Benz
- Gary Geiger, American Major League Baseball player
- George Geiger, United States Army sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Little Bighorn
- H. Jack Geiger, American physician and civil rights activist
- Hans Geiger, German physicist, co-inventor of the detector component of the Geiger counter, son of Wilhelm Geiger and brother of Rudolf Geiger
- Harold Geiger, American pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning
- Harriel G. Geiger, African-American politician, blacksmith and lawyer
- Hermann Geiger, Swiss pilot
- Hugo Geiger, German politician
- Jacob Casson Geiger, American public health physician
- Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Viennese court painter
- John Geiger (disambiguation)
- Karl Geiger, German ski jumper
- Kaylon Geiger, American football player
- Ludwig Geiger, German literary historian
- Lazarus Geiger, German philologist and philosopher
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- Mark Geiger, American football referee
- Matt Geiger, American basketball player
- Michael Geiger (footballer), German football manager and former player
- Michael Geiger (American football), American former college football player
- Nick Geiger, Australian rugby league footballer
- Nikolaus Geiger, German sculptor and painter
- Peter Geiger, Liechtenstein political historian
- Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Viennese artist
- Philipp Lorenz Geiger, German pharmacist and chemist
- Reinold Geiger, Austrian businessman
- Richard Geiger, Austrian painter
- Roger Geiger, American scholar of higher education in the United States
- Rolf Geiger, German footballer
- Roy Geiger, United States Marine Corps general
- Rudolf Geiger, German meteorologist and climatologist, son of Wilhelm Geiger and brother of Hans Geiger
- Rupprecht Geiger, German abstract painter and sculptor
- Teddy Geiger, American singer and guitarist
- Theodor Geiger, German sociologist
- Vinzenz Geiger, German Nordic combined skier and 2022 Olympic champion
- Wilhelm Geiger, German Orientalist and father of Hans Geiger