Messner is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. It is an

occupational name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

Austro-Bavarian Bavarian (; ), alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a group of Upper German varieties spoken in the south-east of the German language area, including the German state of Bavaria, most of Austria, and South Tyrol in Italy. Prior to 1945, Bavaria ...

origin, in which dialect it means

sacristan A sacristan is an officer charged with care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ancient times, many duties of the sacrist were performed by the doorkeepers ( ostiarii), and later by the treasurers and mansionarii. The Decretal ...

/ sexton. People with the name Messner include: * Carrie Messner (born 1977), American long-distance runner * Franz Josef Messner (1896–1945), Austrian resistance leader * Fritz Messner (1912–1945), German field hockey player *

Gabriel Messner Gabriel Messner (born 7 June 1997) is an Italian snowboarder specializing in parallel slalom. Career During the 2024–25 FIS Snowboard World Cup, Messner earned his first World Cup podium on 1 December 2024. He finished the World Cup season in ...

(born 1997), Italian snowboarder *

Günther Messner :''This article has been translated from German into English, from the German version of Wikipedia.'' Günther Messner (18 May 1946Diary of Günther Messner, entry from May 18, 1970. In Reinhold Messner, '' Der Nackte Berg'', 2002, Piper Verlag, ...

(1946–1970), Italian mountaineer *

Heinrich Messner Heinrich "Heini" Messner (1 September 1939 – 19 October 2023) was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals: in the giant slalom in 1968 and in the downhill in 1972. Biography On 5 J ...

(1939–2023), Austrian alpine skier and Olympic medalist *

Johannes Messner Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Ye ...

(1891–1984), Austrian economist * Johnny Messner (1909–1986), American big/swing bandleader * Johnny Messner (born 1970), American actor *

Joseph Messner Joseph Messner (27 February 1893 – 23 February 1969) was an Austrian musician, composer and priest. Life Joseph Messner, brother of the social ethicist , was born in Schwaz/Tyrol as the son of a miner (in the ) and a tobacco worker. He rece ...

(1893–1969), Austrian composer * Karl Messner (born 1970), American musician *

Mark Messner Mark W. Messner (born December 29, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1989 season. He sustained a serious knee injury in the 1 ...

(born 1965), American football player * Marland Messner (1934–1993), American actor and writer of soap operas *

Michael Messner Michael Alan Messner (born 1952) is an American sociologist. His main areas of research are gender (especially men's studies) and the sociology of sports. He is the author of several books, he gives public speeches and teaches on issues of gend ...

(born 1952), American sociologist * Mirko Messner (born 1948), Austrian

Slavist Slavic (American English) or Slavonic (British English) studies, also known as Slavistics, is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic peoples, languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was ...

* Pat Messner (born 1954), Canadian water skier *

Reinhold Messner Reinhold Andreas Messner (; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent o ...

(born 1944), Italian mountaineer *

Roe Messner Ronald Roe Messner (August 1, 1935 – March 24, 2025) was an American building contractor (Messner Construction) who built more than 1,700 churches, including several megachurches. Having divorced his first wife, he married televangelist Tamm ...

(1935–2025), American building contractor *

Tammy Faye Messner Tamara Faye Messner (née LaValley, formerly Bakker ; March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) was an American evangelist. She co-founded the televangelist program ''The PTL Club'' with her husband Jim Bakker in 1974. They had hosted their own puppet- ...

(1942–2007), American evangelist *

Tony Messner Anthony John Messner (24 September 1939 – 11 October 2024) was an Australian politician and government minister. Life and career Messner was born in Melbourne and educated at a state primary school in Queensland, Pulteney Grammar School, Ad ...

(born 1939), Australian politician * Willi Messner (born 1940), German swimmer *

William Messner-Loebs William Francis Messner-Loebs (; born William Francis Loebs Jr., February 19, 1949) is an Americans, American comics artist and writer from Michigan, also known as Bill Loebs and Bill Messner-Loebs. His hyphenated surname is a combination of his a ...

(born 1949), American comic book writer *

Wolfgang Messner Wolfgang Messner (born 9 February 1971) is Clinical Professor of International Business at the Darla Moore School of Business (University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC). Prior to coming to the University of South Carolina in August 2016, he wa ...

(born 1971), German Professor of International Management *

Zbigniew Messner Zbigniew Stefan Messner (; 13 March 1929 – 10 January 2014) was a Polish communist politician and economist. His ancestors were of German Polish descent who had assimilated into Polish society. In 1972, he became Professor of Karol Adamiecki U ...

(1929–2014), Polish economist and politician

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