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 · Jacob Casson Geiger (1885-1981), American public health physician · Johann Nepomuk Geiger (18O5-1980), 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 · T