Gaertner or Gärtner is a German surname meaning "

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". Notable people with the surname include: *

Karl Friedrich von Gaertner Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (or Carl Friedrich von Gärtner) (1 May 1772 – 1 September 1850) was a well-known Germany, German botanist, and the son of Joseph Gaertner. He was a pioneer in the study of Hybrid (biology), hybrids, and he is conside ...

(1772–1850), German botanist known as "C.F.Gaertn." or "Gaertner fils" * Christian Gärtner (1705–1782), German merchant and astronomer, after whom is named: ** Gärtner (crater), a crater on the Moon ** 132445 Gaertner, an asteroid *

Joseph Gaertner Joseph Gaertner (12 March 1732 – 14 July 1791) was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, ''De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum'' (1788-1792). Biography He was born in Calw, and studied in Göttingen under Albrecht von Haller. ...

(1732–1791), German botanist known as "Gaertn." *

Friedrich von Gärtner Friedrich von Gärtner (10 December 1791 in Koblenz – 21 April 1847 in Munich) was a German architect. Biography His father was also an architect, and moved in 1804 to Munich, where young Gärtner received his first education in architect ...

(1791–1847), German architect *

Gottfried Gaertner Philipp Gottfried Gaertner (29 October 1754, Hanau – 27 December 1825, Hanau) was a German botanist.http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/Imagenes/F(46)Fl_Iber4/Fl_iber4_628.pdf An apothecary from Hanau, Gaertner spent several years in Strasbourg as ...

(1754–1825), German botanist known as "G. Gaertn." *

Friedrich Gärtner Friedrich Gärtner (11 January 1824 in Munich - 1905 ibid) was a German architectural painter. Biography He was born in Munich, the son of the architect Friedrich von Gärtner, with whom he went to Athens in 1840. After his return, he studied ...

(1824–1905), German architectural painter *

Gustav Gärtner Gustav Gärtner (September 28, 1855 – November 4, 1937) was an Austrian pathologist born in Pardubice, Bohemia. In 1879 he earned his doctorate from the University of Vienna, afterwards working in Vienna as an assistant to Salomon Strick ...

(1855–1937), Austrian pathologist *

Carl Gaertner Carl Frederick Gaertner (April 18, 1898 – November 4, 1952) was an American artist. Gaertner was born in Cleveland in 1898 and remained there until his death in 1952. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, which was then called the Cleve ...

(1898–1952), U.S. artist *

Belva Gaertner Belva Eleanora Gaertner (née Boosinger; September 14, 1884 – May 14, 1965) was an American woman who was acquitted of murder in a 1924 trial. She inspired elements of the 1926 play ''Chicago'' created by Maurine Dallas Watkins; Watkins reporte ...

(1885–1965), U.S. cabaret singer and alleged murderer *

Georg Gärtner Georg Gärtner (; December 18, 1920 – January 30, 2013) was a German soldier who served during World War II and who was captured and held as a prisoner of war by the United States. He escaped from a prisoner of war camp, took on a new identit ...

(1920–2013), German soldier * Hildesuse Gärtner (1923–2016), German alpine skier *

Bertil Gärtner Bertil Edgar Gärtner (13 December 1924 – 20 September 2009) was a Swedish Lutheran bishop of Gothenburg (1970–1991) and professor of New Testament exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary, United States. In 1969 Gärtner became provost ...

(1924–2009), Swedish Lutheran bishop of Gothenburg *

Claus Theo Gärtner Claus Theo Gärtner (born 19 April 1943) is a German television actor mainly known for his role as Josef Matula, the main character in the German detective show series ''Ein Fall für Zwei'' (''A Case For Two''). Gärtner spent his youth in Aus ...

(born 1943), German television actor *

Jürgen Gärtner Jürgen Gärtner (born 1950 in Reichenbach, Oberlausitz) is a German mathematician, specializing in probability theory and analysis. Gärtner graduated in 1973 with '' Diplom'' from TU Dresden. He received in 1976 his Ph.D. from Lomonosov Univer ...

(born 1950), German mathematician *

Paul Gertner Paul Gertner is an American close-up magician from Pittsburgh. He is best known in the magic world for his ''Steel and Silver'' book and set of DVDs. Magic career Paul Gertner's interest in magic began as a child, borrowing library books on th ...

(born Paul Gaertner 1953), U.S. magician

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