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Meyer is a surname of German origin and may refer to:
[edit] People
- Adolf Meyer (psychiatrist) (1866–1950), Swiss-born U.S. psychiatrist
- Adolf Meyer (architect) (1881-1921), architect
- Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840-1911) German ornithologist
- Albert Cardinal Meyer (1903–1965), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago
- Albert Meyer (1870–1953), Swiss politician
- Alfred Meyer (1891–1945), German Nazi official
- Anthony Meyer (1920–2004), British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative Party politician
- Austin Meyer, American software developer
- Bernhard Meyer (1767-1836), German physician and naturalist
- Bertrand Meyer (born 1950), French computer scientist, designed the Eiffel programming language
- Meyer, Bill (born 1942), Australian Artist
- Bob Meyer (born 1939), American baseball player
- Breckin Meyer (born 1974), U.S. actor and producer
- Christopher Meyer (born 1944), former British Ambassador to the U.S.
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898), Swiss poet and writer
- Christian Meyer (born 1969), German track cyclist
- Debbie Meyer (born 1952), U.S. Olympic swimmer
- Dina Meyer (born 1968), U.S. actor
- Dirk Meyer, U.S. microprocessor designer
- Drew Meyer (born 1981), Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers, had his Major League debut in 2006
- Edgar Meyer (born 1960), U.S. double bassist
- Eduard Meyer (1855-1930), German historian
- Eric Meyer, U.S. web designer and author of books on Cascading Style Sheets
- Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905-1988), German composer, pianist, and musicologist
- Eugene Meyer (1875–1959), U.S. public official and newspaper publisher
- Frank Meyer (1909–1972), U.S. conservative political philosopher
- Fred G. Meyer (1886-1978), U.S. retailer
- Frederick Brotherton Meyer (1847-1929), British Baptist preacher
- George Meyer (born 1956) U.S. TV comedy writer
- George Meyer (soccer), American soccer coach
- George von Lengerke Meyer (1858–1918), U.S. Secretary of the Navy
- Greg Meyer (born 1955), American long-distance runner
- Hannes Meyer (1889–1954), Swiss architect and director of the Bauhaus
- Hans Meyer (geologist) (1858-1929), Austrian geologist and mountaineer
- Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1800-1873), German Protestant pastor and theologian
- Helga Meyer (died 2000), German opera singer
- Henry Meyer (1840-1925), Pennsylvanian poet
- Jean Jacques Meyer (1804-1877), French locomotive designer
- Joachim Meyer, German fencer, wrote Fundamental Descriptions of the Art of Fencing (1570)
- Johan Meyer (died 1901), German-born pioneer of the Queensland Gold Coast
- Johannes Meyer (1884-1972), Danish film actor
- John C. Meyer (1919–1975), U.S. air force officer
- Joseph Meyer (1796–1856), German industrialist and publisher
- Joseph Meyer (songwriter) (1894–1987), American songwriter
- Joyce Meyer (born 1943), U.S. Christian Charismatic speaker and writer
- Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895), German chemist
- Karl Meyer (born 1937), U.S. pacifist and political activist
- Kirstine Meyer (1861–1941), Danish physicist
- Kurt Meyer (High Commissioner), New Zealand representative in the Cook Islands
- Kurt Meyer (Lucerne) (born 1944), Swiss politician
- Kurt Meyer (Panzermeyer) (1910-1961), German officer in the Waffen-SS
- Laurenz Meyer (born 1948), German politician
- Marshall Meyer (1930-1993), U.S. rabbi and human rights activist
- Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), U.S. film-maker
- Paul Meyer (1840–1917), French philologist
- Paul-André Meyer (1934-2003), French mathematician
- Ray Meyer (born 1913), U.S. basketball coach
- Rémo Meyer (born 1980), Swiss football (soccer) player
- Russ Meyer (1922–2004), U.S. film director
- Sabine Meyer (b. 1959), German clarinetist
- Stephen C. Meyer, U.S. theologian and "Intelligent Design" proponent
- Stephenie Meyer, U.S. Author best know for the "Twilight" series
- Thérèse Meyer (born 1948), Swiss politician
- Urban Meyer (born 1964), U.S. American football coach
- Viktor Meyer (1848–1897), German chemist
- Wilhelm Meyer (physician) (1824-1895), Danish Physician, discovered adenoids and invented adenoidectomy
- Yves Meyer (born 1939), French mathematician and scientist
[edit] Other uses
[edit] See also
- Von Meyer, Myer, Meyr, Meier, Meijer, Meir, Mayer, Maier, Mayr, Mair
- Meyers, Myers
- Meyerson, Myerson
- German family name etymology
