Meissner

Meissner, Meißner or Meisner may refer to:

Geography

Meissner is the name of the following geographic features:

• the Meißner (range), an important mountain range in Hesse, Germany
• Hoher Meißner, the highest peak of the Meißner range
• Meißner, Hesse, a community in the district Werra-Meißner-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany

Surnames

Meissner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname and its variants include:

• Alexander Meissner (1883–1958), Austrian engineer and physicist
• Andy Meisner (born 1973), American politician
• August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807), German writer
• Beate Meißner (born 1982), German politician
• Boris Meissner (1915–2003), German lawyer and social scientist
• Bruno Meissner (1868–1947), German assyriologist
• Carl Meissner (1800–1874), Swiss botanist
• Christian Meissner (born 1969), German politician
  • Meisner's Banksia, Australian shrub
• Carl Meissner (1830–1900), German Latin scholar
• Constantin Meissner (1854-1942), Romanian teacher
• Elena Meissner (1867–1940), Romanian feminist
• Elinor Meissner Traeger (1906–1983), composer
• Ernst Meisner (born 1982), Dutch dancer and choreographer
• Friedrich Ludwig Meissner (1796–1860), German obstetrician
• Fred Meissner (1931–2007), American geologist and engineer
• Freda Meissner-Blau (1927–2015), Austrian politician and activist
• Georg Meissner (1829–1905), German anatomist and physiologist
  • Meissner's corpuscle, type of mechanoreceptor
  • Meissner's plexus, intestinal nerve plexus
• Greg Meisner (born 1959), American football player
• Günter Meisner (1926–1994), German actor
• Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), German writer and novelist
• Heike Meißner (born 1970), German hurdler and runner
• Heinrich August Meissner (1862–1940), German railway engineer and Ottoman Pasha
• James Meissner (1896–1936), American World War I flying ace
• Janusz Meissner (1901–1978), Polish writer and aviator
• Joachim Meisner (1933–2017), Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Germany
• Jochen Meißner (born 1943), German rower
• Joern Meissner (born 1970), German academic and business consultant
• Johann Heinrich Meißner (1701–1770), German sculptor and wood carver
• Karl Meissner (1891–1959), German-American physicist
• Katrin Meissner (born 1973), German swimmer
• Kimmie Meissner (born 1989), American figure skater
• Krzysztof Antoni Meissner (born 1961), Polish theoretical physicist
• Maurice Meisner (1931–2012), American historian of 20th century China
• Otto Meissner (1880–1953), head of the Office of the Reich President, Germany
• Paul Traugott Meissner (1778–1864), Austrian chemist
• Randy Meisner (1946–2023), founder of the band the Eagles and solo artist
  • Randy Meisner (1978 album), self-titled
  • Randy Meisner (1982 album), self-titled
• Renate Meissner (born 1950), German sprinter and triple Olympic champion
• Sanford Meisner (1905–1997), American actor and acting coach
  • Meisner technique, an acting technique
• Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner, Native American feminist philosopher
• Silvio Meißner (born 1973), German football player
• Stan Meissner (born 1956), Canadian songwriter/composer
• Stefan Meissner (born 1973), German football player
• Stuart Meissner (born 1962), American federal prosecutor and politician
• Verne Meisner (1938–2005), American polka musician
• Walther Meissner (1882–1974), German technical physicist
  • Meissner effect, decay of a magnetic field inside a superconductor
• Werner Meißner (1937–2025), German economist, president of the Goethe University Frankfurt (1994–2000)
• Wolf Meissner (born 1969), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian

See also

• Messner