Kirchner

Kirchner, a surname of German origin, from the Middle High German word, 'kirchenaere' (English: 'sexton'). Kirchner originated as an occupational surname for a church worker, such as a priest, church assistant or a church property administrator. Notable people with the name include:

Arts

 * Alfred Kirchner (born 1937), German actor, theatre director, opera director, theatre manager
 * Athanasius Kircher, a/k/a Athanasius Kirchner (1602–1680), German Jesuit scholar and polymath
 * Claude Kirchner (1916–1993), American television announcer and children's personality
 * Emma Kirchner (1830–1909), German photographer who lived and worked in the Netherlands.
 * Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), German Expressionist artist
 * Ignaz Kirchner (1946–2018), German actor
 * Jaime Lee Kirchner (1981), American actress
 * Leon Kirchner (1919–2009), American composer
 * Marilena Kirchner (1997), German volksmusik and schlager singer
 * Paul Kirchner (1952), American illustrator and comic-book author
 * Raphael Kirchner (1876–1917), Austrian artist and illustrator
 * Shabier Kirchner (born 1987/1988), Antiguan cinematographer and filmmaker
 * Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903), German composer
 * Volker David Kirchner (1942–2020), German violist and composer

Politics

 * Alicia Kirchner (born 1946), Argentine politician
 * Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (born 1953), Argentine politician, former President and Vice-President of Argentina
 * Máximo Kirchner (born 1977), Argentine politician
 * Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010), former President of Argentina
 * Russ Kirchner Jr., American businessman
 * William G. Kirchner (1916–1999), American politician and businessman

Sports

 * Albert Edward Lester "Alby" Kirchner (1888–1942), Australian rules footballer
 * Andreas Kirchner (1953–2010), German hammer thrower and bob pusher
 * H. E. Kirchner (1937–1993), American basketball player
 * Mark Kirchner (1970), German biathlete
 * Michael Kirchner or Corporal Kirchner (1957–2021), American professional wrestler
 * Zane Kirchner (1984), South African rugby player

Other

 * 16441 Kirchner, asteroid discovered in 1989
 * Friedrich Kirchner (1885–1960), German General during the Second World War
 * James Kirchner, University of California professor
 * Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), anti-Nazi dissident
 * Kirchner's viscacha rat, species of rodents in the family Octodontidae described in 2014, one of two species in the genus Tympanoctomys
 * Kirchner Cultural Centre, cultural centre located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * Kirchneriella, genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae
 * Kirchner Peak, isolated peak in Antarctica
 * Kirchnerism, Argentine political movement
 * Kirchner v. Venus (1859), English Law case precedent that defined freight as "the reward payable to the carrier of for the safe carriage and delivery of goods"
 * Oskar von Kirchner (1851–1925), German botanist and agronomist