Rieger and de Reiger are surnames. Notable people with the surname include: *

August Rieger August Rieger (1914–1984) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director.Goble p.158 He worked in the Cinema of Austria, Austrian and later the Cinema of Germany, West German film industry. Selected filmography * ''The Blue Danube (1955 film), ...

Bernhard Rieger Bernhard Rieger (born 17 December 1922; died 10 April 2013 in Kressbronn) was a German Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 ...

, German Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Durhane Wong-Rieger, Canadian physician *

Erich Rieger Erich Otto Ernst Rieger (born 1935 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German astrophysicist who spent his research career at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) near Munich. He is notable for his 1984 discovery of the period of ...

, German astrophysicist * František Ladislav Rieger, Czech politician and leader of nationalist movement *

Fritz Rieger Friedrich Edmund "Fritz" Rieger (28 June 1910 – 30 September 1978), was a German conductor. Rieger was born in Oberaltstadt, Karkonosze, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. From 1931 to 1938 he worked in Prague. In August 1941 he became director of th ...

, German conductor *

Gottfried Rieger Gottfried Rieger (1 May 1764, Opavice – 13 October 1855, Brno) was an Austrian composer, conductor and teacher, resident for many years at Brno in what is today the Czech Republic. Life Rieger was born in 1764 in Tropplowitz, then in the Aus ...

(1764–1855), Austrian composer * James E. Rieger, American lawyer and US Army officer * Janusz Rieger, Polish linguist *

Joerg Rieger Joerg Michael Rieger (born 1963) is a German professor of Christian theology whose work emphasizes economic justice and political movements. Rieger is also an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church. Life and career Born on August 3, ...

(born 1963), American professor *

Jürgen Rieger Jürgen Hans Paul Rieger (11 May 1946, Blexen, Lower Saxony – 29 October 2009) was a Hamburg lawyer, avowed anti-semite, and deputy chairman of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) (as of October 2009), known for his Holocaust de ...

, German lawyer and Holocaust denier * Ladislav Svante Rieger, Czech mathematician *

Max Rieger Max Rieger (born 10 July 1946 in Mittenwald) is a German former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was ...

(born 1946), German alpine skier * Nicole Rieger, German pole-vaulter *

Sabine Günther Sabine Günther (''née'' Rieger; born 6 November 1963, in Jena) is a retired East German sprinter who competed mainly in the 200 metres. Biography She won the 200 metres gold medal at the 1981 European Junior Championships. At the 1982 Europ ...

née Rieger, East German athlete * Silvia Rieger, German athlete

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