Heiner
As a form of Heinrich, Heiner is a male first name and family name that occurs particularly in the German-speaking world . A subsidiary form of the name is Hainer .
Name bearer
First name
A.
- Heiner Althaus (* 1953), Swiss jazz musician
- Heiner Altmeppen (* 1951), German painter and graphic artist
- Heiner Alwart (* 1951), German legal scholar
B.
- Heiner Backhaus (* 1982), German soccer player
- Heiner Baltes (* 1949), German soccer player
- Heiner Bartling (* 1946), German educator and SPD politician
- Heiner Bauschert (1928–1986), German wood cutter
- Heiner Bayer (1950–2015), German ice hockey player
- Heiner Berger (1933–2015), German administrative officer
- Heiner Bernhard (* 1957), German lawyer
- Heiner Bielefeldt (* 1958), German theologian, philosopher and historian
- Heiner Blum (* 1959), German conceptual artist
- Heiner Boberski (* 1950), Austrian non-fiction author
- Heiner Boehncke (* 1944), German author and literary scholar
- Heiner Braasch († 1982), Hamburg shipowner and finance broker
- Heiner Brand (* 1952), German handball player and coach
- Heiner Bremer (* 1941), German journalist, television presenter and former politician (FDP)
- Heiner Bruns (1935–2019), German theater director, dramaturge and director
- Heiner Bubb (* 1943), German ergonomist
- Heiner Buhlmann (* 1947), German music teacher, conductor and oboist
C.
- Heiner Carow (1929–1997), German director
D.
- Heiner Dikreiter (1893–1966), German landscape and portrait painter
- Heiner Dopp (* 1956), German hockey player
- Heiner Dudene (* 1930), German politician (SPD)
- Heiner Dunckel (* 1954), German work and organizational psychologist
- Heiner Dörner (* 1940), German wind energy scientist and local politician
- Heiner Dürr (1940–2010), German geographer
E.
- Heiner Egge (* 1949), German writer
- Heiner Eichner (* 1942), German and Austrian linguist and Indo-Europeanist
- Heiner Ellebracht (* 1955), German author, organizational consultant, coach and trainer
- Heiner Erke (1939–2007), German psychologist
F.
- Heiner Fangerau (* 1972), German medical historian and medical ethicist
- Heiner Feldhoff (* 1945), German writer
- Heiner Finkbeiner (* 1949), German hotelier and restaurateur
- Heiner Fischer (1936–2016), German politician (SED)
- Heiner Flaig (* 1928), German writer
- Heiner Flassbeck (* 1950), German economist
- Heiner Fleischmann (1914–1963), German motorcycle racer
- Heiner Franz (* 1946), German jazz guitarist and music producer
- Heiner Friedrich (* 1938), German art dealer, gallery owner and museum founder
G
- Heiner Garg (* 1966), German politician (FDP)
- Heiner Gautschy (1917–2009), Swiss radio and television journalist
- Heiner Geißler (1930-2017), German politician (CDU)
- Heiner Gembris (* 1954), German musicologist
- Heiner Giersberg (* 1941), German journalist, dubbing and audio book speaker
- Heiner Goebbels (* 1952), German musician, composer, radio play author, director and professor
- Heiner Greten (* 1939), German internist
- Heiner Grimm (1913–1985), German painter
- Heiner Gross (1923–1993), Swiss youth writer
- Heiner Gschwendt (1914–2011), South Tyrolean painter and graphic artist
H
- Heiner Halberstadt (* 1928), German politician (Die Linke)
- Heiner Hastedt (* 1958), German philosopher
- Heiner Herbst (* 1931), German politician (CDU)
- Heiner Heseler (* 1948), German economist
- Hainer Hill (1913–2001), German stage and costume designer, painter, graphic artist and photographer
- Heiner Hofsommer (1945–2018), German teacher, politician (AfD, formerly CDU and BfB), management consultant and author
- Heiner Hopfner (1941–2014), opera, lied and concert singer as well as singing teacher
- Heiner Horsten (* 1947), former German diplomat
- Heiner Hug (* 1946), Swiss journalist and book author
J
- Heiner Jacob (1943–2013), German designer
- Heiner Janik (1946–2015), German local politician (CSU) and lawyer
K
- Heiner Kamp (* 1964), German politician (FDP)
- Heiner Kamps (* 1955), German entrepreneur
- Heiner Kappel (* 1938), German pastor and politician
- Heiner Kausch (* 1966), German CDU politician
- Heiner Keupp (* 1943), German social psychologist
- Heiner Kielholz (* 1942), Swiss painter and conceptual artist
- Heiner Klose (1937-2004), German soccer player
- Heiner Knaub (1904–1975), German painter
- Heiner Knell (1937–2017), German classical archaeologist
- Hainer Kober (* 1942), German translator
- Heiner Koch (* 1954), Roman Catholic clergyman
- Heiner Koechlin (1918–1996), Swiss anarchist
- Heiner Kondschak (* 1955), German musician, actor, director and author
- Heiner Kreuzer (1944–1985), Lower Saxony politician (SPD)
- Heiner Kuch (1893–1976), German railway engineer and inventor
- Heiner Kugler (* 1911), German soccer player
L.
- Heiner Lauterbach (* 1953), German actor
- Heiner Legewie (* 1937), German psychologist and university professor
- Heiner Lichtenstein (1932–2010), German journalist and publicist
- Heiner Link (1960–2002), German writer
- Heiner Ludwig (* 1942), German Roman Catholic theologian
- Heiner Luz (* 1959), German landscape architect
- Heiner Lück (* 1954), German legal scholar
- Heiner Lünstedt (* 1960), German journalist, book author and comic book author
- Heiner Lürig (* 1954), German musician, guitarist, producer, composer and musical writer
M.
- Heiner Mechling (1892–1976), German football player
- Heiner Merz (* 1963), German lecturer and politician (AfD)
- Heiner Metzler (1930–2015), German judoka and national judo trainer
- Heiner Meulemann (* 1944), German sociologist
- Heiner Meyer (* 1953), German pop art artist and sculptor
- Heiner Minssen (* 1951), German sociologist
- Heiner Moldenschardt (1929–2011), German architect and university professor
- Heiner Monheim (* 1946), German transport scientist, geographer and professor emeritus
- Heiner Möller (politician) (1943–1998), German politician (CDU)
- Heiner Möller (handball player) (* 1948), German handball player
- Heiner Möllers (* 1965), German officer (lieutenant colonel) and military historian
- Heiner Mühlmann (* 1938), German philosopher
- Heiner Müller (1929–1995), German writer, playwright and director
- Heiner Müller-Krumbhaar (* 1944), German physicist
- Heiner Müller-Merbach (1936–2015), German economist
O
- Heiner Oviedo (* 1988), Costa Rican Taekwondoin
P
- Heiner Palinkas (1913–2004), German painter
- Heiner Pietzsch (* 1930), German entrepreneur, art collector and patron
- Heiner Pott (* 1954), German politician (CDU)
- Heiner Protzmann (* 1935), German classical archaeologist
- Heiner Pudelko (1948–1995), German rhythm 'n' blues and rock singer
R.
- Heiner Rank (1931–2014), German author
- Heiner Rickers (* 1966), Schleswig-Holstein politician (CDU)
- Heiner Riepl (* 1948), German painter, graphic artist and curator
- Heiner Rindermann (* 1966), German psychologist and educational researcher
- Heiner Roetz (* 1950), German sinologist
- Heiner Rothfuchs (1913–2000), German illustrator and university lecturer
- Heiner Ryssel (* 1941), German electrical engineer
S.
- Heiner Sandig (* 1945), German pastor and politician (CDU)
- Heiner Scheffold (* 1962), Swabian local politician
- Heiner Schirmer (1942–2016), German physician and biochemist
- Heiner Schmidt (1926–1985), German actor, speaker and director
- Heiner Schmieh (* 1947), German soccer player and coach
- Heiner Schober (1927–2009), German soccer player
- Heiner Schuhmann (* 1948), German soccer player and coach
- Heiner Schönecke (* 1946), German local politician (CDU)
- Heiner Spicker (* 1931), German viol player and university professor
- Heiner Stachelhaus (1930–2002), German culture editor and art critic
- Heiner Stadler (journalist) (* 1948), German journalist and television documentary filmmaker
- Heiner Stadler (musician) (1942–2018), German-American composer and music producer
- Heiner Studer (* 1949), Swiss politician (EPP)
T
- Heiner Thade (* 1942), modern pentathlete from Germany
- Heiner Thiel (* 1957), German sculptor, artist and curator
- Heiner Thomas (* 1958), soccer player in the GDR league
- Heiner Timmermann (1940–2018), German historian
V
- Heiner Vogel (1925–2014), German graphic artist and wood engraver and author
W.
- Heiner Wegesin (* 1953), German administrative lawyer
- Heiner Wember (* 1959), German historian and journalist
- Heiner Wemhöner (* 1950), German entrepreneur and art collector
- Heiner Wiberny (* 1944), German jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Heiner Widderich (* 1935), German politician (SPD)
- Heiner Wilmer (* 1961), German religious, Bishop of Hildesheim
- Heiner Wittmann (* 1955), German Romance scholar, historian and political scientist
Z
- Heiner Zametzer (1937–2006), German cultural historian and cultural scientist
- Heiner Zieschang (1936–2004), German mathematician
family name
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854–1944), American politician
- Harry Heiner (1931–1968), German soccer player
- Kenneth Heiner-Møller (* 1971), Danish football player and coach
- Ludwig Heiner (1883−?), Austrian confectioner and owner of the L. Heiner company
- Roy Heiner (* 1960), Dutch sailor
- Wilhelm Heiner (1902–1965), German sculptor, painter and graphic artist
- Zsuzsanna Heiner (* 1979), Hungarian astronomer and asteroid discoverer
stage name
- Heiner Heindorf , common pseudonym of the German writers Gerhard Neumann (1930–2002) and Heiner Rank (1931–2014)
Artificial name
- Heiner also stands as a name for a resident of the city of Darmstadt ; see. also Heinerfest .
Companies
- L. Heiner , Viennese confectionery chain