Can meteor showers kill humans

Generally, no. The meteors that are visible in a meteor shower are about the size of a grain of rice, and generally burn up completely as they pass through the atmosphere.

But occasionally meteors make it all the way through the atmosphere and reach the ground and rarely - VERY rarely - they hit something or someone. A boy in Germany walking home from school this year had a meteor - about half the size of a pea - strike his thumb. Just a few days ago, a meteor or asteroid about 10 feet in diameter exploded into dust high over Indonesia. And 100 years ago, an asteroid or large meteor caused a tremendous explosion that blew down trees and started forest fires in Siberia.