Rieger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:August Rieger, Austrian screenwriter and director Bernhard Rieger, German Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church Durhane Wong-Rieger, Canadian physician Eric Rieger, American artist Erich Rieger, German astrophysicist Eva Rieger, German musicologist František Ladislav Rieger, Czech politician and leader of nationalist movement Franz Rieger (1895–1965), German painter Franz Rieger (writer) (1923–2005), Austrian writer Fritz Rieger, German conductor Gottfried Rieger (1764–1855), Austrian composer Heinrich Rieger, Austrian dentist and art collector James E. Rieger, American lawyer and US Army officer Janusz Rieger, Polish linguist Joerg Rieger, American professor Joy Rieger, Israeli actress Jürgen Rieger, German lawyer and Holocaust denier Ladislav Svante Rieger, Czech mathematician Lukas Rieger, German singer Marc Oliver Rieger, German mathematician Max Rieger (skier), German alpine skier Max Rieger (musician), German singer-songwriter, musician and producer Nicole Rieger, German pole-vaulter Paul Rieger, New Zealand politician Reinhard Rieger, Austrian zoologist Renate Wagner-Rieger, Austrian art historian Sabine Günther née Rieger, East German athlete Silvia Rieger, German athlete Wendy Rieger, American journalist and actress William Rieger, American politician