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
  • Brad Geiger (born 1984), American Singer & Songwriter
  • Emily Geiger (born about 1760), legendary heroine of the American Revolutionary War
  • Gary Geiger (1937–1996), Major League Baseball player
  • 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
  • Margarethe Geiger, (1783–1809), German artist
  • Mark Geiger (born 1974), American football referee
  • Matt Geiger (born 1969), American basketball player
  • 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
  • Reinold Geiger (born 1947), Austrian businessman
  • 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
  • Lothar Geiger (born 1959) German Photographer, living in Canada

See also

References
  1. http://www.houseofnames.com/geiger-family-crest
  2. http://www.houseofnames.com/geiger-family-crest/French
  3. "Meaning of Geiger Last Name - Surname - Family Name Geiger".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.