| Intro | Forstrat in Deutsch-Südwestafrika |
| From | Namibia |
| Gender | male |
Metzger (also Mezger) is a German occupational surname, meaning “butcher”. Notable people with the name include:
Metzger
- Adam, Jack, and Ryan Metzger (Or for short, Met) They make up the famous alt/pop band AJR
- Alex Metzger (born 1973), German bobsledder
- Alex Metzger (footballer) (fl. 1979–1984), New Zealand international footballer
- Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007), American biblical scholar, Bible translator, and professor
- Butch Metzger (born 1952), American baseball pitcher
- 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
- Heinrich Metzger (1852-1936), German-born butcher emigrated to Philadelphia from Bernhausen, Wuerttemburg
- Jill Metzger (born 1973), American air force officer
- Kelly Metzger, Canadian voice actress
- Kurt Metzger (born 1977), American comedian, actor, and writer
- Matthew Metzger (born 1980), American actor
- 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 shortstop
- 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 (white supremacist) (born 1938), American founder of the White Aryan Resistance
- Thom Metzger, American writer and musician
- William E. Metzger (1868–1933), American automotive pioneer, co-founder of E-M-F Company
- William J. Metzger,Jr (1926-1977) US Navy WWII; Recipient of Distinguished Flying Cross. Vietnam; 5 tours US Army infantry. Retired as Master Sergeant.
- 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
- 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 Oz