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. Rieger was born in Wißgoldingen, Germany and was ordained a priest on 29 July 1951. Rieger was appointed bishop to the ...

, 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, 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 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 Austr ...

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

(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 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 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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