Kestner
Kestner is the family name of the following people:
- August Kestner (1777–1853), German diplomat and art collector
- Auguste Scheurer-Kestner (1833–1899), French chemist, industrialist and politician
- Balthasar Kestner (1561–1633), German tailor, councilor and chamberlain
- Charles Kestner (1803–1870), Franco-German chemist and politician
- Charlotte Kestner (1753–1828), wife of Johann Christian Kestner, role model for Lotte in Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther"
- Christian Wilhelm Kestner (1694–1747), German physician and bibliographer
- Erich Schmidt-Kestner (1877–1941), German sculptor
- Georg Kestner (archivist, 1774) (1774–1867), German archivist, banker and art collector
- Georg Kestner (archivist, 1805) ( Georg Wilhelm Eduard Kestner ; 1805–1892), German archivist, art collector and patron
- Georg August Christian Kestner (1777–1853), German diplomat and art collector, see August Kestner
- Hans Schmidt-Kestner (1892–1915), German poet and playwright
- Henrich Ernst Kestner (1671–1723), German lawyer and university professor
- Hermann Kestner (1810–1890), German composer, music collector and patron
- Hermann Kestner (civil servant) (also Hermann Kestner-Lippert ; 1786–1871), German chamber councilor
- Hermann Kestner-Köchlin (1823–1905), German physician and author
- Jens Kestner (* 1971), German politician (AfD), Member of the Bundestag
- Johann Christian Kestner (1741–1800), German lawyer and archivist
- Johann Daniel Kestner (1787–1858), German toy manufacturer
- Karin Kestner (1956–2019), German sign language interpreter and publisher
- Kim Kestner (* 1975), German author of children's books
- Otto Kestner (1873–1953), German physician
- Ruth Kestner-Boche (1916–2015), German violinist and violin teacher
- Stephanie Kestner (* 1986), German volleyball player
- Theodor Kestner (1779–1847), German physician
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