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Metzger

For the locality in Oregon, see Metzger, Oregon.

Metzger (also Mezger) is a German occupational surname, meaning "butcher". Notable people with the name include:

Metzger

  • Adam, Jack, and Ryan Metzger, members of American rock band AJR
  • Alex Metzger (born 1973), German bobsledder
  • Alex Metzger (footballer) (fl. 1979–1984), New Zealand footballer
  • Arnold Metzger, German philosopher
  • Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007), American biblical scholar, Bible translator, and professor
  • Butch Metzger (born 1952), American baseball pitcher
  • David Metzger (born 1960), American orchestrator and composer
  • Ed Metzger (born 1946), American actor and writer
  • Erika Metzger (fl. 1927–1929), German table tennis player
  • Georg Balthasar Metzger (1623–1687), German physician
  • Gustav Metzger (1926–2017), German-born artist and political activist
  • Heinz-Klaus Metzger (1932–2009), German music critic and theoretician
  • Henri Metzger (1912–2007), French archaeologist and hellenist
  • Jill Metzger (born 1973), American air force officer
  • Kelly Metzger, Canadian voice actress
  • Kurt Metzger (born 1977), American comedian, actor, and writer
  • Matthew Metzger (born 1980), American actor
  • Mike Metzger (born 1975), American freestyle motocross rider
  • Otto Metzger (1885–1961), German-British engineer and inventor
  • Radley Metzger (1929–2017), American filmmaker and film distributor
  • Richard Metzger (born 1965), American television host and author
  • Robert A. Metzger (born 1956), American electrical engineer and science fiction author
  • Roger Metzger (born 1947), American baseball player
  • Sol Metzger (1880–1932), American football coach and syndicated sports writer
  • Thomas Metzger (sinologist) (born 1933), American scholar of Chinese politics and society
  • Tom Metzger (1938-2020), American founder of the White Aryan Resistance
  • William E. Metzger (1868–1933), American automotive pioneer, co-founder of E-M-F Company
  • Wolfgang Metzger (1899–1979), German psychologist
  • Yona Metzger (born 1953), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel

Mezger

  • Eduard Mezger (1807–1894), Bavarian architect and professor
  • Francis Mezger (1632–1701), Austrian Benedictine academic and writer
  • Guy Mezger (born 1968), American martial artist
  • Joseph Mezger (1635–1683), Austrian Benedictine
  • Paul Mezger (1637–1702), Benedictine theologian and academic

In fiction

  • Karl Metzger, a Nazi correctional officer in the HBO drama series Oz
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