Rainer (surname)
Appearance
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Rainer is a German surname.[citation needed]
Notable people
[edit]People with the Rainer family name include:
- Adam Rainer (1899–1950), Austrian dwarf and giant
- Alfred Rainer (1987–2008), Austrian Nordic combined skier
- Alois Rainer (born 1965), German politician
- Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), Austrian painter
- Dachine Rainer (1921–2000), British poet and anarchist
- Francisc Rainer (1874–1944), Austrian-born Romanian physician
- Friedrich Rainer (1903–1947), Austrian National Socialist politician
- Gerhard Rainer, Austrian bobsledder
- Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German film actress
- Margrit Rainer (1914–1982), Swiss actress
- Marie-Luise Rainer, Italian luger
- Niklas Rainer, Swedish alpine skier
- Ove Rainer (1925–1987), Swedish politician
- Peter Rainer, German violinist
- Reinhold Rainer (born 1973), Italian luger
- Roland Rainer (1910–2004), Austrian architect
- Thom S. Rainer (born 1955), American Christian writer and speaker
- Wali Rainer (born 1977), American football player
- Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), American choreographer and filmmaker