Gessner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), Swiss naturalist, bibliographer, botanist, physician and classical linguist * David Gessner (born 1961), American essayist, memoirist, nature writer, editor, and cartoonist *

Johannes Gessner Johannes Gessner (18 March 1709 – 6 May 1790) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, botanist, mineralogist and physician. He is seen as the founder of the "Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich". Gessner was born and died in Zürich, whe ...

(1709–1790), Swiss mathematician, physicist, botanist, mineralogist and physician *

Nicolas Gessner Nicolas Gessner (born 17 August 1931, in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France. His movies are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Sta ...

(born 1931), film director * Salomon Gessner (1730–1788), poet and painter

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