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 Austrian and later the West German film industry. Selected filmography * '' The Blue Danube'' (1955) * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1955) * ''For ...

* Bernhard Rieger, German Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *

Durhane Wong-Rieger Durhane Wong-Rieger is a Chinese-born, American-raised, Canadian with a Ph.D. in psychology. She is best known for her role as an advocate of patients who contracted diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C from tainted blood transfusions, in particula ...

, 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 František Ladislav Rieger (10 December 1818 – 3 March 1903) was a Czech politician and publicist made famous for his leadership of the early Czech nationalist movement. Early life Rieger was born into the household of a miller in the town of ...

, Czech politician and leader of nationalist movement * Fritz Rieger, German conductor * Gottfried Rieger (1764–1855), Austrian composer *

James E. Rieger James Edward Rieger (September 20, 1870 – July 1, 1951) was an United States of America, American lawyer and United States Army officer from the state of Missouri. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (United States), Distinguished Ser ...

, American lawyer and US Army officer *

Janusz Rieger Janusz Andrzej Rieger (born 20 September 1934) is a Polish linguist and slavist specializing in the history of Polish language in Kresy, professor of the humanities, member of the Warsaw Scientific Society. He worked at the Institute of Slavic ...

, 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 ...

(born 1963), American professor * Jürgen Rieger, German lawyer and Holocaust denier *

Ladislav Svante Rieger __NOTOC__ Ladislav Svante Rieger (1916–1963) was a Czechoslovak mathematician who worked in the areas of algebra, mathematical logic, and axiomatic set theory Set theory is the branch of mathematical logic that studies Set (mathematics), s ...

, 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), wa ...

(born 1946), German alpine skier *

Nicole Rieger Nicole Humbert, née Rieger (born 5 February 1972 in Landau) is a retired German pole vaulter. Her personal best is 4.51 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca. This ranks her seventh among German pole vaulters, behind Annika Becker, Yvonne Bu ...

, German pole-vaulter * Sabine Günther née Rieger, East German athlete *

Silvia Rieger Silvia Sabine Rieger (born 14 November 1970) is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time in the 400 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg. This places her si ...

, German athlete

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