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
Stuart Meissner, an American federal prosecutor and politician
Tammy Faye Messner (1942–2007), American evangelist (formerly Tammy Faye Bakker)
Tony Messner (born 1939), Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
Willi Messner (born 1940), German swimmer
Wolfgang Messner (born 1971), German Professor of International Management at MYRA School of Business
Zbigniew Messner (1929-2014), Polish economist and politician
William Messner-Loebs (born 1949), American comic book writer

Other uses:

6077 Messner, asteroid named after Reinhold Messner
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