Metzger

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

## Metzger

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* né Adam Metzger,[1] Jack Metzger,[2] and Ryan Metzger,[3] members of American indie pop band AJR
* Alex Metzger (born 1973), German bobsledder
* Alex Metzger (footballer) (fl. 1979–1984), New Zealand footballer
* Arnold Metzger, German philosopher
* Bert Metzger (1909–1986), American football player
* Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007), American biblical scholar, Bible translator, and professor
* Butch Metzger (born 1952), American baseball pitcher
* Clark W. Metzger (1868–1946), American politician from Ohio
* Dagmar Metzger (born 1958), German lawyer and politician
* David Metzger (born 1960), American orchestrator and composer
* Ed Metzger (born 1946), American actor and writer
* Erich Metzger (1892–1942), German journalist
* 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
* Henry Metzger (1932–2018), American immunologist
* Jill Metzger (born 1973), American air force officer
* Kurt Metzger (born 1977), American comedian, actor, and writer
* 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
* Delbert E. Metzger (1875–1967), American politician

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* Caroline Mezger (1787–1843), Swiss painter, printmaker, and teacher
* Eduard Mezger (1807–1894), Bavarian architect and professor
* Francis Mezger (1632–1701), Austrian Benedictine academic and writer
* Guy Mezger (born 1968), American martial artist
* Hans Mezger (1929–2020), German automotive engineer
* Joseph Mezger (1635–1683), Austrian Benedictine
* Paul Mezger (1637–1702), Benedictine theologian and academic

## In fiction

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* Karl Metzger, a Nazi correctional officer in the HBO drama series Oz
* Metzger is the name of a lawyer in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49

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Surnames associated with the occupation of butcher

Germanic|

* Beenhouwer
* Butcher, Kellogg, Cleaver
* Metzger, Metzler
* Fleischer, Fleischner, Fleischhacker, Fleischhauer, Fleischmann, Fleishman
* Knaak, Wurster
* Schlachter, Schechter, Slagter
* Kalbfleisch, Rindfleisch

Romance|

* Boucher
* Carnicero, Obregon
* Beccaio, Boccieri, Buccieri, Bucceri. Beccheri, Becheroni, Becherini, Beghè, Carnera, Pizzicagnolo, Tagliabue, Tagliavacche
* Măcelaru/Măcelar
* Mangon

Slavic|

* Masar
* Masarik
* Masaryk
* Myasnikov
* Řezník, Reznik, Resnik, Resnick
* Řezníček
* Reznikoff
* Reznikov
* Rzeźnik

Semitic|

* Qasab, Kassab, Katsav, Schochet

Other|

* Kasabian
* Mészáros
* Quiguer (Kiger), Bosser
* Tu
* Kasap

Surname list

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## References

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1. ^ "Human Rights vs. (Sustainable) Development? | Institute for the Study of Human Rights". Columbia University. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
2. ^ "Distinguished Alumni | Professional Children's School". Professional Children's School. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
3. ^ "Alumni". TADA! Youth Theater. Retrieved 2024-09-02.

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