Geiger

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The name Geiger (which means violinist) can refer to:

• Geiger, Geiger Bros. (Since 1878), Creator of the Farmer's Almanac
• Abraham Geiger (1810-1874), German reform Rabbi
• Arno Geiger (*1968), Austrian writer
• Emily Geiger (1760-?), Revolutionary Heroine, with an important letter she ate so it wouldn't be discovered
• George Geiger, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient, Jewish
• Hans Geiger, German physicist, developer of the Geiger counter
• (Johannes) Hans (Wilhelm) Geiger (1882-1945), inventor of the Geiger counter (a device for detecting radiation), son of Wilhelm Geiger
• Hans Geiger, between 1926 and 1929 6 time player for the German soccer national team, see also German article
• Hans Geiger (*1912 - †1986), Politiker, see also German article
• Hermann Geiger (*1914 - †1966), Pilot, see also German article
• Hugo Geiger (*1901 - †1984), Politiker, see also German article
• Jacob Casson Geiger (1885 - 1981), American public health physician
• Lazarus Geiger (1829 - 1870), German philologist ([1])
• Ludwig Geiger (1848-1919), German literary historian, and son of Abraham Geiger ([2])
• Matt Geiger
• Michaela Geiger (*1943 - †1998), Politikerin, see also German article
• Moritz Geiger (1880-1937), German philosopher, see also German article
• Nikolaus Geiger (1849-97) German sculptor and painter
• Roy Geiger
• Rudolf Geiger (1894-), German meteorologist and climatologist.
• Rupprecht Geiger (*1908), Maler, see also German article
• Theodor Geiger (1891-1952), German sociologist
• Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943), German Indologist, see also German article
• Willi Geiger (1878-1971), German painter, see also German article
• Gregory G Geiger (1972-), American painter, sculptor and Martial Artist
• Teddy Geiger (1988-), American singer and guitarist
• Emily Geiger (1994-), not well known singer

• The city of Geiger, Alabama

[edit] See also

• Geiger counter (Geigerzähler)
• Geiger-Marsden experiment
• Geiger-Müller tube
• Geiger tree, named after John Geiger (a friend of John A. Audubon)
• (A common misspelling of) the contemporary artist H. R. Giger.
• H. R. Giger
• Fiedler (Fiddler)