title: Geist (surname)
text: # Geist (surname)
  
  Geist is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Bill Geist (born 1945), American author, columnist and journalist
  * Christian Geist (c. 1650–1711), German composer and organist
  * Clarence H. Geist (1866–1938), American financier
  * George Geist (born 1955), American politician
  * Joel Geist (born 1982), American actor
  * Kaufman Geist, (1895–1948) American track and field athlete
  * Michael Geist (born 1968), Canadian academic
  * Otto W. Geist (1888–1963), German archaeologist, explorer, and naturalist
  * Raymond H. Geist (1885–1955) American diplomat
  * Richard Geist (1944–2019), American politician
  * Valerius Geist (1938–2021), Canadian biologist
  * Willie Geist (born 1975), American television personality
  