Gaertner or Gärtner is a German surname meaning "

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". Notable people with the surname include: *

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 the character of Velma in the 1926 play ''Chicago'' created by Maurine Dallas Watkins; W ...

(1885–1965), American cabaret singer and alleged murderer *

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 *

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), American artist * Claus Theo Gärtner (born 1943), German television actor * Christian Gärtner (1705–1782), German merchant and astronomer * Friedrich Gärtner (1824–1905), German architectural painter *

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 architec ...

(1791–1847), German architect *

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

(1920–2013), German soldier and prisoner of war who escaped after the end of World War II and lived under an alias in the US *

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 ...

(1754–1825), German botanist *

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 Stricker ...

(1855–1937), Austrian pathologist *

Hildesuse Gärtner Hildesuse Gaertner (10 February 1923 – 10 February 2016) was a German alpine skier, born in Freiburg. Between 1949 and 1952, she became a sevenfold German champion in alpine skiing. She retired to work as a journalist and became later a writer ...

(1923–2016), German alpine skier *

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. H ...

(1732–1791), German botanist *

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

(born 1950), German mathematician *

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

(1772–1850), German botanist * Paul Gaertner (born 1953), birth name of

Paul Gertner Paul Gertner (born 1953) 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 ...

, American magician

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