Meissner

Meissner, Meißner or Meisner is a German surname and may refer to:

  • Alexander Meissner (1883–1958), Austrian engineer and physicist
  • Andy Meisner (born 1973), American politician
  • August Gottlieb Meißner (1753-1807), German writer
  • Boris Meissner (1915-2003), German lawyer and social scientist
  • Bruno Meissner (1868-1947), German assyriologist
  • Carl Meissner (1800–1874), Swiss botanist
    • Meisner's Banksia, Australian shrub
  • Carl Meissner (1830-1900), German Latin scholar
  • Ernst Meisner (bor 1982), Dutch dancer and choreographer
  • Fred Meissner (1931–2007), American geologist and engineer
  • Freda Meissner-Blau (born 1927), 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, 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- ), Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Germany
  • Jochen Meißner (born 1943), German rower
  • Karl Meissner (1891-1959), German-American physicist
  • Katrin Meißner (born 1973), German swimmer
  • Kimmie Meissner (1989-), American figure skater
  • Maurice Meisner (1931-2012), American historian of 20th century China
  • Otto Meißner (1880-1953), head of the Office of the Reich President, Germany
  • Randy Meisner (1946-), 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
  • Silvio Meißner (1973-), German football player
  • Stan Meissner (born 1956), Canadian songwriter/composer
  • Verne Meisner (1938-2005), American polka musician
  • Walther Meißner (1882–1974), German technical physicist
    • Meissner effect, decay of a magnetic field inside a superconductor