Baer (or Bär, from German: bear) or Van Baer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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- Alan Baer, American tuba player
- Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886–1969), American journalist and humorist
- Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer
- Byron Baer (1929–2007), American politician
- Carl Baer (1918–1996), American basketball player
- Clara Gregory Baer (1863–1938), American inventor of netball, Newcomb ball and author of first rules of women's basketball
- Dale Baer (1950–2021), American character animator
- Donald M. Baer (1931–2002), American developmental psychologist
- Eric Baer (born 1932), American polymer researcher
- George A. Baer (1903–1994), German/Swiss/American bookbinder
- George Baer Jr. (1763–1834), American politician
- George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and executive
- Harold Baer Jr. (1933–2014), American judge
- Jack Baer (1914–2002), American college baseball coach
- Jack Baer (art dealer) (1924–2016), British art dealer
- Jo Baer (born 1929), American painter associated with minimalist art
- John Baer (actor) (1923–2006), American actor, Terry and the Pirates
- John Baer (journalist), American journalist, Philadelphia Daily News
- John Metz Baer, American educational psychologist
- John Miller Baer (1886–1970), American congressman from North Dakota
- John Willis Baer (1861–1931), American Presbyterian leader and college president
- Julius Baer (1857–1922), Swiss banker
- Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876), Estonian biologist
- Karl M. Baer (1885–1956), German-Israeli author and activist, first recorded person to undergo transgender sex reassignment surgery
- Kent Baer (born 1951), American football coach
- Larry Baer (born 1957), President and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants
- Les Baer, founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc
- Libbie C. Riley Baer (1849–1929), American poet
- Max Baer (boxer) (1909–1959), American boxer
- Max Baer Jr. (born 1937), American actor and director
- Meridith Baer (born 1947), businesswoman, actress, and screenwriter
- Nicolai Reymers Baer (c. 1550–c. 1600), aka Ursus, German mathematician
- Susanne Baer (born 1964), German judge and legal scholar
- Parley Baer (1914–2002), American actor
- Paul Frank Baer (1894–1930), American fighter pilot
- Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), American inventor
- Reinhold Baer (1902–1979), German mathematician
- Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Richard Baer (screenwriter) (1928–2008), American screenwriter
- Robert Baer (born 1952), American CIA officer and writer
- Steve Baer (born 1938), American inventor
- Thomas M. Baer, American physicist
- Will Christopher Baer (born 1966), American writer
- William Jacob Baer (1860–1941), American painter
- Vladimir Baer (1853–1905), Russian captain
- Yitzhak Baer (1888–1980), German-born Israeli historian
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- Van Baer (family), Middle Age noble family from the Dutch province of Gelderland
- Frederik Johan van Baer (1645–1713), Dutch officer in the military service of William III of Orange
- Stanny van Baer (born 1942), Dutch model and beauty queen, Miss International 1961
See also edit
This page lists people with the surname Baer.
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