Geiger

Geiger may refer to:

People

• Abraham Geiger (1810–1874), German reform rabbi
• Arno Geiger (born 1968), Austrian writer
• Emily Geiger (born about 1760), legendary heroine of the American Revolutionary War
• Hans Geiger (1882–1945), inventor of the Geiger counter and son of Wilhelm Geiger
• Harold Geiger (1884-1927) pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning
• 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
• John Geiger (1875-?), American rower
• Ludwig Geiger (1848–1919), German literary historian
• Lazarus Geiger (1829–1870), German philogist and philosopher
• 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
• Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943), German Orientalist and father of Hans Geiger

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, a 1909 physics experiment
• Geiger-Nuttall law, an empirical 1911 rule relating alpha decay energy to decay half-life
• Geiger Tree (Cordia sebestena), a species of flowering plant
• Geiger (corporation), a promotional products company
• Geiger (comics), a minor, teenage Marvel Comics super-heroine

See also

• Giger (Swiss form)