Geitner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ernst August Geitner (1783–1852), German chemist, prominent in development of nickel silver Kurt von Geitner (1884-1968), German soldier and defendant at Nuremberg in Hostages Trial Tim Geitner (Colorado politician) Thomas Geitner (born 1955), German-born journalist
See also Timothy Geithner (born 1961), American economist and Secretary of the Treasury