# 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 (1591 – 1655), Greek rabbi, author, physician
* 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
* August Geiger (architect) (1888–1968), American architect
* August Geiger (pilot) (1920–1943), German Luftwaffe night fighter ace
* Constanze Geiger (1835–1890), Austrian pianist, actor, theatrical actress, composer and singer
* Dennis Geiger (footballer, born 1984), German footballer
* Dennis Geiger (footballer, born 1998), German footballer
* 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), United States 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
* Jacob Casson Geiger (1885–1981), American public health physician
* Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880), Viennese court painter
* John Geiger (disambiguation)
* Karl Geiger (born 1993), German ski jumper
* Kaylon Geiger (born 1997), American football player
* Ludwig Geiger (1848–1919), German literary historian
* Lazarus Geiger (1829–1870), German philologist and philosopher
* Margarethe Geiger [de] (1783–1809), German artist
* Mark Geiger (born 1974), American football referee
* Matt Geiger (born 1969), American basketball player
* Michael Geiger (born 1960), German football manager and former player
* Nick Geiger, (born 1952) Australian rugby league footballer
* Nikolaus Geiger (1849–1897), German sculptor and painter
* 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
* Teddy Geiger (born 1988), American singer and guitarist
* Theodor Geiger (1891–1952), German sociologist
* Vinzenz Geiger (born 1997), German Nordic combined skier and 2022 Olympic champion
* Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943), German Orientalist and father of Hans Geiger
* Willi Geiger (judge) (1909–1994), German judge, president of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany and Associate Justice in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
* Willi Geiger (painter) (1878–1971), German painter