Gessner

Gessner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), Swiss naturalist, bibliographer, botanist, physician and classical linguist
 * David Gessner (born 1961), American essayist, memoirist, nature writer, editor, and cartoonist
 * Johannes Gessner (1709–1790), Swiss mathematician, physicist, botanist, mineralogist and physician
 * Nicolas Gessner (born 1931), Hungarian-born film director
 * Salomon Gessner (1730–1788), poet and painter