Mayer (name)

Mayer is a common German surname and less frequent as a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Mayer

• Adolf Mayer (1843–1942), a German-Dutch virologist
• Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German classical oboist
• Alfred G. Mayer (1868–1922), German-American cnidariologist and entomologist
• Alfred M. Mayer (1836–1897), American physicist
• Arno J. Mayer (1926–2023), Luxembourgish historian
• Arthur Mayer (1886–1981), film producer and distributor who worked with Joseph Burstyn
• Auguste Étienne François Mayer (1805–1890), French naval painter
• Ben Mayer (1925–2000), amateur astronomer
• Bernadette Mayer (1945–2022), American poet and author
• Brantz Mayer (1809–1879), American writer
• Carl Mayer (1894–1944), Austrian-German screenwriter
• Charles Mayer (disambiguation)
• Christa Mayer, German mezzo-soprano
• Christa C. Mayer Thurman (born 1934), German-born American curator, art historian
• Christian Mayer (astronomer) (1719–1783), Czech astronomer
• Christian Mayer (skier) (born 1972), Austrian skier
• Christian Mayer (Wisconsin politician) (1827–1910), American politician
• Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer (1839–1907), German mathematician
• Christopher Mayer (American actor) (1954–2011), American actor
• Constant Mayer (1829–1911), French-born American painter
• Daisy von Scherler Mayer (born 1965), American film director
• Daniel Mayer (1909–1996), French politician
• Daniel Mayer (impresario) (1856–1928), German-born English agent and mayor
• David R. Mayer (born 1967), American politician
• Delia Mayer (born 1967), Swiss actress and singer
• Eckehard Mayer (born 1946), German classical composer and author
• Edelmiro Mayer (1834–1897), Argentine soldier and statesman
• 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
• Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) German composer of Romantic music
• Erskine Mayer (1887–1957), American major league baseball player
• Florian Mayer (born 1983), German tennis player
• Francis Blackwell Mayer (1827–1899), United States painter
• Frank Mayer (1902–1960), American football player
• Fred Mayer (photographer) (1933–2021), Swiss photographer
• Fred Shaw Mayer (1899–1989), Australian zoological collector and aviculturist
• Frederick Mayer (1921–2006), German educational scientist
• Frederick Mayer (spy) (1921–2016), American spy during World War II
• Gene Mayer (born 1956), American former tennis player
• Gerhard Mayer (born 1980), Austrian discus thrower
• Gustav Mayer (1871–1948), German journalist and historian
• 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 (1868–1954), German-American animator
• Irene Mayer Selznick (1907–1990), born Irene Gladys Mayer, American theatrical producer and daughter of MGM studio founder Louis B. Mayer
• Jacob Erskine Mayer (1889–1957), American baseball player
• 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
• Jim Mayer (ice hockey) (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jim Mayer (musician), American musician
• Johann Friedrich Mayer (agriculturist) (1719–1798), German agriculturist
• Johann Friedrich Mayer (theologian) (1650–1712), German theologian
• 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), Argentine priest, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca
• José Mayer, Brazilian actor
• Joseph Edward Mayer (1904–1983), American chemist and physicist, married to Maria Goeppert-Mayer
• Karl Ulrich Mayer (born 1945), German sociologist
• Karla Mayer (born 1918, disappeared 1944), guard at three Nazi death camps
• Karoly Mayer (1908–2000), Hungarian footballer
• Klaus Mayer (1923-2022), German Roman-catholic priest and author
• Lauren Etame Mayer (born 1977), Cameroonian footballer
• Leonardo Mayer (born 1987), Argentine tennis player
• Leopold Mayer (died 1914), German swimmer
• Levy Mayer (1858–1922), American lawyer
• Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957), MGM studio mogul
• Lucas Mayer (disambiguation), several people
• Marcel Mayer, a French artist whose work includes sculpture, painting and engraving
• Marissa Mayer (born 1975), CEO of Yahoo!
• Martin Mayer (1928–2019), American nonfiction author
• Matías Mayer (born 1996), Argentine footballer
• Matthias Mayer (born 1990), Austrian retired alpine skier
• Mercer Mayer (born 1943), American children's book author and illustrator
• Michael Mayer (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mónica Mayer (born 1954), Mexican artist, activist and art critic
• Nathaniel Mayer (1944–2008), American rhythm-and-blues singer
• Norman Mayer (1916–1982), American anti-nuclear activist
• Oscar F. Mayer (1859–1955), founder of the Oscar Mayer Company
• Paul Augustin Mayer OSB (1911–2010), German cardinal
• Paul Avila Mayer (1928–2009), American television writer and producer
• Peter Mayer (1936–2018), American publisher
• Philip Frederick Mayer (1781–1858), United States Lutheran clergyman
• René Mayer (1895–1972), French politician
• Richard J. Mayer (born 1952), American engineer
• Robert Mayer (disambiguation), several people
• Rupert Mayer (1876–1945), Jesuit priest and leading figure of the Catholic Nazi resistance
• Sandy Mayer (born 1952), American former tennis player
• Sarah Mayer (1896–1957), British judoka
• Scott Mayer (bishop) (born 1955), American bishop
• Scott Mayer (racing driver) (born 1964), American race car driver
• Selma Mayer (1884–1984), known as Schwester Selma, German-Jewish head nurse at the original Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem
• Sergio Mayer (born 1966) Mexican actor and singer
• Sheldon Mayer (1917–1991), American cartoonist and editor
• Siegmund Mayer (1842–1910), German physiologist
• Stepanka Mayer (born 1949), Czech and German chess player
• Stephan Mayer (born 1973), German politician
• Stephen F. Mayer (1854–1935), American politician
• Teddy Mayer (1935–2009), American racecar driver and brother of Timmy
• Thomas Mayer (American economist) (1927–2015), Neo-Keynesian economist
• Thomas Mayer (German economist) (born 1954), Deutsche Bank executive
• 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
• Victoria Mayer (born 2001), Argentine volleyball player
• Walther Mayer (1887–1948), Austrian mathematician
• Wilhelm Mayer (composer) (1831–1898), Bohemian-Austrian composer and teacher
• Wilhelm Mayer (fighter pilot) (1917–1945), German Luftwaffe ace
• William Mayer (composer) (1925-2017), American composer
• William Daniel Mayer (born 1940), American politician
• Youngmi Mayer, American comedian

Modified surname

de Mayer

• Nicholas De Mayer (c. 1631–1695), ninth mayor of New York City

von Mayer

• Julius Robert von Mayer (1814–1878), German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to early thermodynamics

Variation on surname

• Mike-Mayer (surname)
• Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906–1972), German-American physicist, married to Joseph Edward Mayer
• Heidrun Mohr-Mayer (1941–2014), German jeweler
• Herbert Mohr-Mayer (born 1933), German jeweler

Given or middle name

A first or second Hebrew name, an alternative spelling of Meir:

• Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt
• Mayer Lambert (1863–1930), French orientalist
• Mayer Amschel Rothschild family
  • Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild
  • Carl Mayer von Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family of Naples
  • David Mayer de Rothschild
  • James Mayer Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family of France
  • Mayer Alphonse James Rothschild
  • Mayer Amschel Rothschild
  • Nathan Mayer Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family of England
  • Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
  • Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family of Austria
• Isaac Mayer Wise
• Mayer Hawthorne (born 1979), stage name of American rap singer

See also

• Maier
• Mair (disambiguation)
• Mayr
• Meier
• Meir (disambiguation)
• Meyer (disambiguation)
• Meyers
• Meyr (disambiguation)
• Myer (disambiguation)
• Myers
• Von Meyer
• Majer