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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_Geiger|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), [[Vienna|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)
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