Mayer
Mayer is a German surname and can refer to:
Surnames
- Adolf Mayer (1843–1942), a German-Dutch virologist
- Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), a German classical oboist
- Alfred G. Mayer (1868–1922), an American cnidariologist and entomologist
- Arno J. Mayer (born 1926), a Luxembourgian-American historian
- Auguste Étienne François Mayer (1805–1890), French naval painter
- Ben Mayer (died 2000), American amateur astronomer
- Bernadette Mayer (born 1945), American poet and author
- Bob Mayer (born 1959), American author and Green Beret
- Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer (1839–1907), German mathematician
- Carl Mayer (1894–1944), Austrian-German screenwriter
- Charles Mayer (born 1936), former Canadian Minister of Agriculture
- Christa Mayer, German mezzo-soprano
- Christian Mayer (1719–1783), Czech astronomer
- Christian Mayer (skier) (born 1972), Austrian skier
- Christopher Mayer (American actor) (1954-2011), American actor
- Christopher Mayer (Australian actor) (born 1961), Australian actor
- Daisy von Scherler Mayer (born 1965), American film director
- Daniel Mayer (1909–1996), French politician
- Edwin Justus Mayer (1896–1960), American screenwriter
- Elizabeth Mayer (1884–1970), German-American translator and writer
- Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun and women's liberation activist
- Erskine Mayer (1887–1957), American major league baseball player
- Florian Mayer (born 1983), German tennis player
- Fred Shaw Mayer (1899–1989), Australian zoological collector and aviculturist
- Frederick Mayer (1921–2006), German educational scientist
- Frederick Mayer (born 1921), American spy during World War II
- Gene Mayer (born 1956), American former tennis player
- Gerhard Mayer (born 1980), Austrian discus thrower
- Hans Ferdinand Mayer (1895–1980), German mathematician and physicist, and author of the Oslo Report
- Hans-Peter Mayer (born 1944), German politician
- Helen Mayer (1932–2008), Australian politician
- Helene Mayer (1910–53), German and American Olympic champion foil fencer
- Henry "Hy" Mayer (c. 1868-1954), German-American animator
- Jacquelyn Mayer (born 1942), American beauty contest winner and motivational speaker
- Jane Mayer (born 1955), American investigative journalist
- Jean Mayer (1920–1993), French-American nutritionist and tenth president of Tufts University
- Jean-François Mayer (born 1957), Swiss historian of religions
- Johann Tobias Mayer (1752–1830), German physicist
- John Mayer (born 1977), American singer and songwriter
- John Mayer (composer) (1930–2004), Indian composer
- John D. Mayer, American psychologist
- Jojo Mayer (born 1963), Swiss drummer
- Jorge Mayer (1915–2010), Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Joseph Edward Mayer (1904–1983), American chemist and physicist, married to Maria Goeppert Mayer
- Karla Mayer (born 1918), guard at three Nazi death camps
- Lauren Etame Mayer (born 1977), Cameroonian footballer
- Leonardo Mayer (born 1987), Argentine tennis player
- Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957), MGM studio mogul
- Marissa Mayer (born 1975), executive at Google
- Martin Mayer (born 1928), American nonfiction author
- Mercer Mayer (born 1943), American children's book author and illustrator
- Michael Mayer (volleyball) (born 1980), German volleyball player
- Nathaniel Mayer (1944–2008), American rhythm-and-blues singer
- Norman Mayer (1916–1982), American anti-nuclear activist
- Paul Avila Mayer (c. 1933-2009), American television writer and producer
- Paul Mayer OSB (1911–2010), German cardinal
- Peter Mayer (born 1936), American publisher
- René Mayer (1895–1972), French politician
- Richard J. Mayer (born 1939), American engineer
- Robert Mayer (philanthropist) (1879–1985), German-Jewish philanthropist and businessman
- Robert Mayer (Missouri) (born 1957), American politician
- Robert Mayer (ice hockey) (born 1989), Czech ice hockey goaltender
- Rupert Mayer (1876–1945), Jesuit priest and leading figure of the Catholic Nazi resistance
- Sandy Mayer (born 1952), American former tennis player
- Scott Mayer (driver) (born 1964), race car driver
- Sheldon Mayer (1917–1991), American cartoonist and editor
- Siegmund Mayer (1842–1910), German physiologist
- Teddy Mayer (1935–2009), American racecar driver and brother of Timmy
- Tim Mayer (born 1966), son of Teddy and racecar executive
- Timmy Mayer (1938–1964), American racecar driver
- Tobias Mayer (1723–1762), German astronomer
- Victor Mayer (1857–1946), German jeweler
- Walther Mayer (1887–1948), Austrian mathematician
- William Mayer (born 1925), American composer
- William Daniel Mayer (born 1940), American politician
Given names
A first or second Hebrew name, an alternative spelling of Meir:
Places
- C. Mayer (crater), named after Christian Mayer
- Mayer, Arizona, United States
- Mayer, Minnesota, United States
- Mayersville, Mississippi, United States
- Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada
- T. Mayer (crater), named after Tobias Mayer
- L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art
Companies
Other
See also
Similar names