Geiger (surname)

Geiger is a German, Hungarian or French surname.

In the German language Geiger means "violin player."

People with this surname include:

• Abraham Geiger (1810–1874), German Reform Judaism rabbi
• Alain Geiger (born 1960), Swiss international football manager and former player
• Anna Bella Geiger (born 1933), Brazilian artist
• Anna Margarethe Geiger (1783–1809), German painter in pastel
• Arno Geiger (born 1968), Austrian writer

• Constanze Geiger (1835–1890), Austrian pianist, actor, theatrical actress, composer and singer

• Emily Geiger (1765–1825), American messenger in the American Revolutionary War
• Franz Geiger (1921–2011), German screenwriter
• Friedrich Geiger (1907–1996), German automobile designer, particularly for Mercedes-Benz
• Gary Geiger (1937–1996), American Major League Baseball player
• George Geiger (c. 1843–1904), US Army sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Little Bighorn
• H. Jack Geiger (1925–2020), American physician and civil rights activist
• Hans Geiger (1882–1945), German physicist, co-inventor of the detector component of the Geiger counter, son of Wilhelm Geiger and brother of Rudolf Geiger
• Harold Geiger (1884–1927), American pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning
• Harriel G. Geiger (c. 1840–1886), African-American politician, blacksmith and lawyer
• Hermann Geiger (1914–1966), Swiss pilot
• Hugo Geiger (1901–1984), German politician
• Jacob Casson Geiger (1885–1981), American public health physician
• Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880), Viennese court painter
• John Geiger (disambiguation)
• Joseph Solomon Gieger ben Medigo Mi-Candia (1591–1655): Greek rabbi, author, physician
• Karl Geiger (born 1993), German ski jumper
• Kaylon Geiger (born 1997), American football player
• Lazarus Geiger (1829–1870), German philologist and philosopher
• Ludwig Geiger (1848–1919), German literary historian
• (1783–1809), German artist
• Mark Geiger (born 1974), American soccer/football referee
• Matt Geiger (born 1969), American basketball player
• Michael Geiger (footballer) (born 1960), German football manager and former player
• Michael Geiger (American football) (born 1994), American former college football player
• Nick Geiger (born 1952), Australian rugby league footballer
• Nikolaus Geiger (1849–1897), German sculptor and painter
• Peter Geiger (1942–2025), Liechtenstein political historian
• Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880), Viennese artist
• Philipp Lorenz Geiger (1785–1836), German pharmacist and chemist
• Reinold Geiger (born 1947), Austrian businessman
• Richard Geiger (1870–1945), Austrian painter
• Roger Geiger (born 1943), American scholar of higher education in the United States
• Rolf Geiger (1934–2023), German footballer
• Roy Geiger (1885–1947), United States Marine Corps general
• Rudolf Geiger (1894–1981), German meteorologist and climatologist, son of Wilhelm Geiger and brother of Hans Geiger
• Rupprecht Geiger (1908–2009), German abstract painter and sculptor
• Stefan Geiger, German conductor and trombonist
• Teddy Geiger (born 1988), American singer and guitarist
• Theodor Geiger (1891–1952), German socialist and sociologist
• Vinzenz Geiger (born 1997), German Nordic combined skier and 2022 Olympic champion
• Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943), German Orientalist and father of Hans Geiger

See also

• Geiger's
• Giger. surnames
• Guyger. surnames

References