Gessner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Conrad Gessner Conrad Gessner (; ; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him t ...

(1516–1565), Swiss naturalist, bibliographer, botanist, physician and classical linguist *

David Gessner David Gessner is an American essayist, memoirist, nature writer, editor, and cartoonist. Gessner was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College where he worked at the ''Harvard Crimson'' d ...

(born 1961), American essayist, memoirist, nature writer, editor, and cartoonist *

Johannes Gessner Johannes Gessner (18 March 1709 – 6 May 1790) was a Switzerland, 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 ...

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

Nicolas Gessner Nicolas Gessner (17 August 1931 – 22 August 2023) was a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France. Biography Nicolas Gessner was born in Budapest, Hungary on 17 August 1931. His films are often characterized by strange, quirky atmo ...

(born 1931), Hungarian-born film director *

Salomon Gessner Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his ''Idylls''. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the fir ...

(1730–1788), poet and painter

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