Rainer (given name)

Rainer () is a German male given name.

Notable people

Notable people with this name include:

Musicians

• Rainer Bloss (1946–2015), German electronic musician
• Rainer Brüninghaus (born 1949), German jazz musician
• Rainer NygÃ¥rd (born 1972), Finnish guitarist (Diablo)
• Rainer Ptacek (1951–1997), American guitarist

Nobility

• Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827–1913), Austrian prime minister
• Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (1783–1853), Austrian viceroy of the kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
• Archduke Rainer of Austria (1895–1930), Austrian prince imperial
• Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1900–1945), German prince

Sportspeople

• Rainer Adrion (born 1953), German footballer and manager
• Rainer Aigner (born 1967), German former footballer
• Rainer Åkerfelt (born 1934), Finnish sprint canoer
• Rainer Bonhof (born 1952), German footballer
• Rainer Eitzinger (born 1983), Austrian tennis player
• Rainer Forss (1930–2005), Finnish footballer
• Rainer Nicot (born 1954), German footballer
• Rainer Ohlhauser (born 1941), German footballer
• Rainer Osselmann (born 1960), German water polo player
• Rainer Philipp (born 1950), German ice hockey player
• Rainer Schönfelder (born 1977), Austrian skier
• Rainer Schüttler (born 1976), German tennis player
• Rainer Torres (born 1980), Peruvian footballer
• Rainer Zobel (born 1948), German footballer

Other

• Rainer Arnold (born 1950), German politician
• Rainer Barzel (1924–2006), German politician
• Rainer Brüderle (born 1945), German politician
• Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851–1930), German chemist
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), German film director
• Rainer Fetting (born 1949), German painter and sculptor
• Rainer von Fieandt (1890–1972), Finnish banker and politician
• Rainer Frimmel (born 1971), Austrian film director and photographer
• Rainer Froese (born 1950), German marine ecologist
• Rainer Lagemann (born 1959), German sculptor and photographer
• Rainer Langhans (June 1940), German writer and filmmaker
• Rainer Maria Latzke (born 1950), German artist
• Rainer Lemström (1931–2007), Finnish politician
• M. Rainer Lepsius (1928–2014), German sociologist
• Rainer Liedtke (1943–2012), German physician, scientist and entrepreneur
• Rainer Mahlamäki (born 1956), Finnish architect
• Rainer Masera (born 1944), Italian academic and economist
• Rainer Moormann (born 1950), German chemist and nuclear whistleblower
• Rainer Neske (born 1964), German banker and business executive
• Rainer Nõlvak (born 1966), Estonian entrepreneur and environmentalist
• Rainer Offergeld (born 1937), German politician
• Rainer Ortleb (born 1944), German academic and politician
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist
• Rainer Sarnet (born 1969), Estonian film director
• Rainer Vakra (born 1981), Estonian politician
• Rainer Weiss (1932–2025), German-American Nobel Prize laureate in Physics
• Rainer Wimmer (born 1955), Austrian politician
• Rainer Zitelmann (born 1957), German historian

See also

• Rainer (surname)
• Rainer (disambiguation)
• Rainier (name)
• Raynor (surname)
• Reina (given name)

References