Rainer (surname)

Rainer is a German surname, a spelling variant of Reiner. also a common given name in Germany. People with the Rainer family name include:

• Adam Rainer (1899–1950), Austrian sufferer from dwarfism and gigantism
• Alfred Rainer (1987–2008), Austrian alpine skier
• Alois Rainer (born 1965), German politician
• Arnulf Rainer (1929–2025), Austrian painter
• Bryce Rainer (born 2005), American baseball player
• Dachine Rainer (1921–2000), American–English writer
• Eduard Rainer (1909–1936), Austrian mountaineer
• Francisc Rainer (1874–1944), Romanian pathologist, physiologist and anthropologist
• Friedrich Rainer (1903–1950), Austrian Nazi politician, Gauleiter and SS-Obergruppenführer
• Gerhard Rainer (born 1961), Austrian bobsledder
• Gottfried Rainer, Austrian photojournalist
• Hannes Rainer (1954–2020), Austrian sports shooter
• Karl Rainer (1901–1987), Austrian footballer and coach
• Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-born actress
• Margrit Rainer (1914–1982), Swiss actress
• Maria-Luise Rainer (born 1959), Italian luger
• Marta Trancu-Rainer (1875–1950), Romanian surgeon
• Niklas Rainer (born 1983), Swedish alpine skier and coach
• Ove Rainer (1925–1987), Swedish jurist and politician
• Peter Rainer, German violinist
• Reinhold Rainer (born 1973), Italian luger
• Roland Rainer (1910–2004), Austrian architect
• Susanne Wasum-Rainer (born 1956), German diplomat
• Thom S. Rainer (born 1955), American executive and writer
• Wali Rainer (born 1977), American football player
• Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), American film director, choreographer and dancer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Rainer
• Rainer (given name)
• Rainer (disambiguation)
• "Rhine"/"ragin": Rain, Rainer, Rein/Reinel/Reinelt/Reinl, Reindel/Reindl, Reincke/Reinke, Reinecke/Reineke/Reinicke, Reincken/Reinken, Reinkens, Reinking, Reiner/Reiners, Reyner, Reyners
• Reginar, Régnier, Regnier
• "Reinhard": Reinert, Reynert
• "Runner": Renner, Rennert, Ronner, Rönner
• Other: Rainier, Rayne, Rayner, Raynor, Reinier, Renyer, Reyne