Geiger (surname)

Geiger is a German^[1] or French^[2] surname. In the German language Geiger means "violin player."^[3]

People with this surname

• Abraham Geiger (1810–1874), German reform rabbi
• Arno Geiger (born 1968), Austrian writer
• Emily Geiger (born about 1760), legendary heroine of the American Revolutionary War
• Hans Geiger (1882–1945), inventor of the Geiger counter and son of Wilhelm Geiger
• Harold Geiger (1884-1927) pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning
• Hermann Geiger (1914–1966), Swiss pilot
• H.R. Giger (1940–2014), Swiss painter, sculptor and set designer best known for his design work on the film Alien
• Jacob Casson Geiger (1885–1981), American public health physician
• Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880), Viennese court painter
• John Geiger (1875-1956), American rower
• Ludwig Geiger (1848–1919), German literary historian
• Lazarus Geiger (1829–1870), German philologist and philosopher
• Matt Geiger (born 1969), American basketball player
• Margarethe Geiger, (1783–1809), German artist
• Michael Geiger (born 1960), German association football player
• Nick Geiger, (born 1952) Australian rugby league footballer
• Nikolaus Geiger (1849–1897), German sculptor and painter
• Philipp Lorenz Geiger (1785–1836), German botanist, chemist and pharmacist
• Roy Geiger (1885–1947), United States Marine Corps general
• Rudolf Geiger (1894–1981), German meteorologist and climatologist
• Teddy Geiger (born 1988), American singer and guitarist
• Theodor Geiger (1891–1952), German sociologist
• Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943), German Orientalist and father of Hans Geiger

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