Geiger

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

People

• Abraham Geiger (1810-1874), German reform rabbi
• Arno Geiger (born 1968), Austrian writer
• Hans Geiger (1882-1945), inventor of the geiger counter (a device for detecting radiation), son of Wilhelm Geiger
• Hermann Geiger (1914-1966), Swiss pilot
• H. R. Giger (born 1940), 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 remembered for possibly unrepresentative Erotic art
• Ludwig Geiger (1848-1919), German literary historian
• Matt Geiger (born 1969), American basketball player
• Nikolaus Geiger (1849-1897), German sculptor and painter
• 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

Places

• Geiger, Alabama

Other

• Geiger counter, a device for detecting radiation
  • Geiger-Müller tube, the sensing element of the a Geiger counter
• Geiger-Marsden experiment, 1909 physics experiment
• Geiger tree, named after John Geiger (a friend of John A. Audubon)
• H. R. Giger, a contemporary artist (common misspelling)