Messner

Messner is a surname. It is an occupational name of Austro-Bavarian origin, in which dialect it means sacristan/sexton.

People with the name Messner include:

• Carrie Messner (born 1977), American long-distance runner
• Franz Josef Messner (1896-1945), Austrian resistance leader
• Fritz Messner (1912-1945), German field hockey player
• Günther Messner (1946-1970), Italian mountaineer from South Tyrol
• Heinrich Messner (born 1939), Austrian alpine skier and Olympic medalist
• Johnny Messner (1909-1986), American big/swing bandleader
• Johnny Messner (born 1970), American actor
• Joseph Messner (1893-1969), Austrian composer
• Karl Messner (born 1970), American musician
• Mark Messner (born 1965), American football player
• Marland Messner (1934-1993), American actor and writer of soap operas
• Michael Messner (born 1952), American sociologist
• Mirko Messner (born 1948), Austrian Slavist
• Pat Messner (born 1954), Canadian water skier
• Reinhold Messner (born 1944), Italian mountaineer from South Tyrol
• Roe Messner (born ca. 1935), American building contractor
• Tammy Faye Messner (1942–2007), American evangelist (formerly Tammy Faye Bakker)
• Tony Messner (born 1939), Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
• Zbigniew Messner (born 1929), Polish economist and politician

• William Messner-Loebs (born 1949), American comic book writer

Other uses:

• 6077 Messner, asteroid named after Reinhold Messner [1]
• Messner Mountain Museum, Reinhold Messner museum project at 5 locations in South Tyrol
• The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, music record NOT referring to the mountaineer

See also

• Meissner
• Messmer