Rainier (name)

The name Rainier ( or ;, a French form of Rainer) may refer to:

Given name

 * Reginar II, Count of Hainaut (890–932), also written Rainier II
 * Rainier, Margrave of Tuscany, Margrave of Tuscany from 1014 to 1027
 * Rainier, Marquess of Montferrat (c.1084–1135)
 * Rainerius (c. 1115/1117–1160), also spelled Rainier, patron saint of Pisa and travelers
 * Renier of Montferrat (1162–1183), son-in-law of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
 * Several princes of Monaco, of the House of Grimaldi:
 * Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes (1267–1314)
 * Rainier II, Lord of Monaco (14th century)
 * Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923–2005)

Surname

 * John Harvey Rainier (1847–1915), British admiral
 * John Spratt Rainier (1777–1822), British rear-admiral and Member of Parliament
 * Peter Rainier (Royal Navy officer, born 1741) (1741–1808), British admiral and Member of Parliament
 * Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986), South African-British composer

Fiction

 * Charles Rainier, main character in the novel Random Harvest by James Hilton
 * Rainier Wolfcastle, an action hero star in The Simpsons episodes and comics