{{other uses}} '''Yeager''' is a mostly American surname, a phonetic transcription of the common German surname Jaeger (Jäger), meaning hunter.<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=yaeger Yaeger], Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022</ref>
Notable people with the surname include:
*Albert F. Yeager (1892–1961) American horticulturalist *Biff Yeager (born 1942), American actor *Bunny Yeager (1929–2014), American photographer and model *Chuck Yeager (1923–2020), American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier *Dan Yeager (born 1965), American actor, screenwriter, and director *George Yeager (1874–1940), American baseball player *James J. Yeager (1909–1971), American football player and coach *Jeana Yeager (born 1952), American aviator *Joe Yeager (1875–1937), American baseball player *Justin Yeager (born 1998), American baseball player *Ken Yeager (born 1952), American politician *Laura Yeager, American Army general *Leland Yeager (1924–2018), American economist *Lewis Yeager (1878–1906), American football coach *Meredith Yeager, American geneticist *Mike Yeager (born 1977), American football coach *Ralph Oscar Yeager (1892–1960), German-American architect *Roy Yeager (born 1949), American musician *Stephanie Yeager, American politician *Steve Yeager (born 1948), American major league baseball catcher *Steve Yeager (filmmaker) (born 1948), American film director *William Yeager (born 1940), best known for his development of the first multiple-protocol router software while working at Stanford University
==Fictional characters== *Eren Yeager, main character of the manga and anime ''Attack on Titan'', also spelled Jaeger in some translations *Zeke Yeager, Eldian Marleyan War Chief from ''Attack on Titan'' *Cade and Tessa Yeager, characters from ''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' *Charlotte E. Yeager, character from the anime ''Strike Witches'', based on Chuck Yeager as her ace archetype
==See also== *Jagger (disambiguation)
==References== {{reflist}} {{hunter-surname}} {{surname|Yeager}}
Category:English-language surnames Category:Americanized surnames