Metzger (also Mezger) is a German/Yiddish (German-Jewish) occupational surname, meaning "butcher". Notable people with the name include:

Metzger

• , members of American indie pop band AJR

• Alex Metzger (born 1973), German bobsledder

• Alex Metzger (footballer) (fl. 1979–1984), New Zealand footballer

• Arnold Metzger (1892–1974), German philosopher

• Bert Metzger (1909–1986), American football player

• Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007), American biblical scholar, Bible translator, and professor

• Butch Metzger (born 1952), American baseball pitcher

• Clark W. Metzger (1868–1946), American politician from Ohio

• Dagmar Metzger (born 1958), German lawyer and politician

• David Metzger (born 1960), American orchestrator and composer

• Delbert E. Metzger (1875–1967), American politician

• Ed Metzger (born 1946), American actor and writer

• Erika Metzger (fl. 1927–1929), German table tennis player

• Fraser Metzger (1882-1954), American pastor and politician

• Georg Balthasar Metzger (1623–1687), German physician

• Gustav Metzger (1926–2017), German-born artist and political activist

• Heinz-Klaus Metzger (1932–2009), German music critic and theoretician

• Hélène Metzger (1889–1944), French philosopher and historian of science

• Henri Metzger (1912–2007), French archaeologist and hellenist

• Henry Metzger (1932–2018), American immunologist

• James_Metzger (born 1959), American businessman and philanthropist

• Jens Metzger (born 1990), German politician

• Jill Metzger (born 1973), American air force officer

• Kurt Metzger (born 1977), American comedian, actor, and writer

• Manuel Metzger (born 1986), German racing driver

• Martin Metzger (1925–1994), Swiss cyclist

• Mike Metzger (born 1975), American freestyle motocross rider

• Otto Metzger (1885–1961), German-British engineer and inventor

• Radley Metzger (1929–2017), American filmmaker and film distributor

• Richard Metzger (born 1965), American television host and author

• Robert A. Metzger (born 1956), American electrical engineer and science fiction author

• Roger Metzger (born 1947), American baseball player

• Sol Metzger (1880–1932), American football coach and syndicated sports writer

• Thomas Metzger (1933–2025), American scholar of Chinese politics and society

• Thomas Metzger (equestrian) (born 1959), Austrian equestrian

• Tom Metzger (1938–2020), American founder of the White Aryan Resistance

• William A. Metzger (1914–1985), American politician from Nebraska

• William E. Metzger (1868–1933), American automotive pioneer, co-founder of E-M-F Company

• Wolfgang Metzger (1899–1979), German psychologist

• Yona Metzger (born 1953), Israeli rabbi

Mezger

• Caroline Mezger (1787–1843), Swiss painter, printmaker, and teacher

• Eduard Mezger (1807–1894), Bavarian architect and professor

• Francis Mezger (1632–1701), Austrian Benedictine academic and writer

• Guy Mezger (born 1968), American martial artist

• Hans Mezger (1929–2020), German automotive engineer

• Jeffrey T. Mezger, American businessman

• Johann Georg Mezger (1838–1909), Dutch physiotherapist

• Joseph Mezger (1635–1683), Austrian Benedictine

• Paul Mezger (1637–1702), Benedictine theologian and academic

In fiction

• Karl Metzger, a Nazi correctional officer in the HBO drama series Oz

• Metzger is the name of a lawyer in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49

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