List of Famous people named Rainer

Name Rainer is among the most common names in Germany, Austria. Similar names: Rayner, Rainiero. Here are some famous Rainers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

First Name Rainer
Last Name Fassbinder
Born on May 31, 1945
Died on June 10, 1982 (aged 37)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a West German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, cinematographer, editor, and essayist. He is widely regarded as a prominent figure and catalyst of the New German Cinema movement.

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Rainer Cadete

First Name Rainer
Last Name Cadete
Born on July 24, 1987 (age 37)
Born in Brazil

Rainer Cadete is a Brazilian actor. He is known for his roles in various Brazilian telenovelas such as Cama de Gato (2009), Verdades Secretas (2015), Êta Mundo Bom! (2016) among others.

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Rainer Bock

First Name Rainer
Last Name Bock

Rainer Bock is a German actor and voice actor.

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Rainer Wendt

First Name Rainer
Last Name Wendt
Born on November 29, 1956 (age 68)

Rainer Wendt is a German former policeman (Schutzpolizei) and national populist. Since 2007 he is the Federal Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG). The DPolG is one of the two German police unions. Left-of-center daily tagezeitung characterized Wendt as an effective populist notorious for law and order catchphrases.

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Rainer Woelki

First Name Rainer
Last Name Woelki
Born on August 18, 1956 (age 68)

Rainer Maria Woelki is a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Cologne since his installation on 20 September 2014 following his appointment by Pope Francis on 11 July to succeed Joachim Meisner in that position. He previously served as Archbishop of Berlin.

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Rainer Maria Rilke

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
First Name Rainer
Last Name Rilke
Born on December 4, 1875
Died on December 29, 1926 (aged 51)

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. He is "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets". He wrote both verse and highly lyrical prose. Several critics have described Rilke's work as "mystical". His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry and several volumes of correspondence in which he invokes images that focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude and anxiety. These themes position him as a transitional figure between traditional and modernist writers.

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Rainer Langhans

First Name Rainer
Last Name Langhans
Born on June 19, 1940 (age 84)

Rainer Langhans is a German writer and filmmaker who is primarily known for his membership of Kommune 1.

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Rainer Strecker

First Name Rainer
Last Name Strecker
Born on October 25, 1965 (age 59)
Born in Germany

Rainer Strecker is a German actor.

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Rainer Weiss

First Name Rainer
Last Name Weiss
Born on September 29, 1932 (age 92)
Born in Germany

Rainer "Rai" Weiss is an American physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT and an adjunct professor at LSU. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO. He was Chair of the COBE Science Working Group.

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Rainer Hunold

First Name Rainer
Last Name Hunold

Rainer Hunold is a German television actor.

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