Messner is a surname. It is an occupational name of Austro-Bavarian origin, in which dialect it means sacristan/sexton.

People with the name Messner include:

• Carrie Messner (born 1977), American long-distance runner
• Franz Josef Messner (1896–1945), Austrian resistance leader
• Fritz Messner (1912–1945), German field hockey player
• Gabriel Messner (born 1997), Italian snowboarder
• Günther Messner (1946–1970), Italian mountaineer
• Heinrich Messner (1939–2023), Austrian alpine skier and Olympic medalist
• Johannes Messner (1891–1984), Austrian economist
• Johnny Messner (1909–1986), American big/swing bandleader
• Johnny Messner (born 1970), American actor
• Joseph Messner (1893–1969), Austrian composer
• Karl Messner (born 1970), American musician
• Mark Messner (born 1965), American football player
• Marland Messner (1934–1993), American actor and writer of soap operas
• Michael Messner (born 1952), American sociologist
• Mirko Messner (born 1948), Austrian Slavist
• Pat Messner (born 1954), Canadian water skier
• Reinhold Messner (born 1944), Italian mountaineer
• Roe Messner (1935–2025), American building contractor
• Tammy Faye Messner (1942–2007), American evangelist
• Tony Messner (born 1939), Australian politician
• Willi Messner (born 1940), German swimmer
• William Messner-Loebs (born 1949), American comic book writer
• Wolfgang Messner (born 1971), German Professor of International Management
• Zbigniew Messner (1929–2014), Polish economist and politician

See also

• 6077 Messner, asteroid named after Reinhold Messner
• Messner Mountain Museum, Reinhold Messner museum project at 5 locations in South Tyrol
• The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, music record NOT referring to the mountaineer
• Meissner
• Messmer (disambiguation)

Surname list

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