'''Mayer''' is a common German surname and less frequent as a given name. Notable people with the name include: {{TOC right}}
==Surname==
===Mayer=== * Adolf Mayer (1843–1942), a German-Dutch virologist * Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German classical oboist * Alfred Mayer (disambiguation) * Andreas Mayer (disambiguation) * 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 * Bianca Mayer (born 1979), German musician and singer * 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 (disambiguation) * Christopher Mayer (disambiguation) * 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 Mayer (disambiguation) * 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 (disambiguation) * Gene Mayer (born 1956), American former tennis player * Gerhard Mayer (born 1980), Austrian discus thrower * Gustav Mayer (1871–1948), German journalist and historian * Hans Mayer (disambiguation) * Helen Mayer (1932–2008), Australian politician * Helene Mayer (1910–53), German and American Olympic champion foil fencer * Henry Mayer (disambiguation) * Hugo Mayer (politician, born 1899) (1899–1968), German politician * Irene Mayer Selznick (1907–1990), American theatrical producer, daughter of Louis B. Mayer * Jacob Mayer, American rabbi * Jacob Erskine Mayer (1889–1957), American baseball player * Jacquelyn Mayer (born 1942), American beauty contest winner and motivational speaker * James Mayer (disambiguation) * Jane Mayer (born 1955), American investigative journalist * Jaromír Mayer, Czech singer {{ill|Jaromír Mayer|cs}} * Jean Mayer (disambiguation) * Joanna Isabel Mayer (1904–1991), American mathematician and educator * Johann Mayer (disambiguation) * John Mayer (disambiguation) * Jojo Mayer (born 1963), Swiss drummer * Jorge Mayer (1915–2010), Argentine priest, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca * José Mayer, Brazilian actor * Joseph Mayer (disambiguation) * Karl Mayer (disambiguation) * 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 * Lippman Mayer (1841–1904), German-American rabbi * Louis Mayer (disambiguation) * Lucas Mayer (disambiguation), several people * Marcel Mayer, a French sculptor, painter and engraver * Maria Goeppert Mayer, née Göppert (1906–1972), German-American physicist * 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 Mayer (disambiguation) * Peter Mayer (1936–2018), American publisher * Philip Mayer (disambiguation) * René Mayer (1895–1972), French politician * Richard Mayer (disambiguation) * Robert Mayer (disambiguation), several people * Rupert Mayer (1876–1945), Jesuit priest and Nazi resistance figure * {{anbl|Roland Mayer (classicist)}} * Sandy Mayer (born 1952), American former tennis player * Sarah Mayer (1896–1957), British judoka * Scott Mayer (disambiguation) * Selma Mayer (1884–1984), "Schwester Selma", German-Jewish nurse * Sergio Mayer (born 1966) Mexican actor and singer * Sheldon Mayer (1917–1991), American cartoonist and editor * Siegmund Mayer (1842–1910), German physiologist * Sina Mayer (born 1995), German sprinter * Stefan Mayer (1895–1981), Polish intelligence officer * 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 * Theresa Mayer, American nanotechnologist and academic administrator * Thomas Mayer (disambiguation) * 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 (disambiguation) * William Mayer (disambiguation) * 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 Messing (1843–1930), German-American rabbi * 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== {{Wikisource|works=or|Mayer}} * Maier * Mair (disambiguation) * Mayr * Meier (disambiguation) * Meir (disambiguation) * Meyer (disambiguation) * Meyers * Meyr (disambiguation) * Myer (disambiguation) * Myers * Von Meyer * Majer
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Category:German-language surnames Category:Jewish given names Category:Surnames of Jewish origin Category:Yiddish-language surnames