# Kestner

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**Kestner** is a [German](/source/German_language) surname. Notable people with the surname include:

- [(Georg Christian) August Kestner](/source/August_Kestner) (1777, Hanover - 1853), German antiquarian and diplomat - [Kestner-Museum](/source/Kestner-Museum), Hanover, Germany, founded in 1889 - [kestnergesellschaft](/source/Kestnergesellschaft), an art gallery in Hanover, Germany, founded in 1916
- [Boyd Kestner](/source/Boyd_Kestner) (born 1964), American actor
- [Charlotte Kestner, née Buff](/source/Charlotte_Kestner) (1753 - 1828), wife of Johann Christian Kestner[1]
- [Jens Kestner](/source/Jens_Kestner) (born 1971), German politician
- [Johann Christian Kestner](/source/Johann_Christian_Kestner) (1741 - 1800), German jurist and archivist[2]

## See also

- [Kastner](/source/Kastner)
- [Kästner](/source/K%C3%A4stner)

## References

1. [Charlotte Kestner](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Kestner)

1. [Johann Christian Kestner](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Kestner)

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