Geiger 580187 217816464 2008-06-07T20:32:16Z Yonderboy 746015 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) {{disambig}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[cs:Geiger]] [[de:Geiger]] [[fr:Geiger]] [[he:גייגר]] [[nl:Geiger]]