Metzger

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

Metzger

 * Adam Metzger, Jack Metzger, and Ryan 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, 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
 * David Metzger (born 1960), American orchestrator and composer
 * Ed Metzger (born 1946), American actor and writer
 * Erika Metzger (fl. 1927–1929), German table tennis player
 * 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
 * Henri Metzger (1912–2007), French archaeologist and hellenist
 * Jill Metzger (born 1973), American air force officer
 * Kurt Metzger (born 1977), American comedian, actor, and writer
 * 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 (sinologist) (born 1933), American scholar of Chinese politics and society
 * Tom Metzger (1938-2020), American founder of the White Aryan Resistance
 * 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), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel

Mezger

 * 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
 * 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