{{wiktionary|Heiner}} __NOTOC__ '''Heiner''' is a German male name, a diminutive of Heinrich,<ref name="behindthename">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/heiner|author=Mike Campbell|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Heiner|website=Behind the Name|access-date=2022-07-23}}</ref> and also a surname.
== Given name == *Heiner Backhaus (born 1982), football player *Heiner Baltes (born 1949), football player *Heiner Brand (born 1952), West German handball player *Heiner Dopp (born 1956), West German hockey player *Heiner Geißler (1930–2017), German politician *Heiner Goebbels (born 1952), German composer and music director *Heiner Lauterbach (born 1953), German actor *Heiner Möller (born 1952), West German handball player *Heiner Mühlmann (born 1938), German philosopher *Heiner Müller (1929–1995), German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director *Heiner Wilmer (born 1961), German Roman Catholic bishop *Heiner Zieschang (1936–2004), German mathematician *Klaus-Heiner Lehne (born 1957), German politician
== Family name == *Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854–1944), American politician from Pennsylvania *Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born 1971), Danish football player and manager *{{ill|Ludwig Heiner|de}} (1883 – between 1915 and 1925), Austrian pastry chef *Madeline Heiner (born 1987), Australian runner
== See also for == * Heiner Brau, microbrewery and brewing museum located in the historic Passenger Rail Station building in Covington, Louisiana, United States
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Category:German masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:German-language surnames Category:Surnames derived from given names