# Yeager

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'''Yeager''' is a mostly [American](/source/Americans) surname, a phonetic [transcription](/source/Anglicisation_of_names) of the common German surname [Jaeger (Jäger)](/source/J%C3%A4ger_(surname)), meaning [hunter](/source/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](/source/Albert_F._Yeager) (1892–1961) American horticulturalist
*[Biff Yeager](/source/Biff_Yeager) (born 1942), American actor
*[Bunny Yeager](/source/Bunny_Yeager) (1929–2014), American photographer and model
*[Chuck Yeager](/source/Chuck_Yeager) (1923–2020), American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier
*[Dan Yeager](/source/Dan_Yeager) (born 1965), American actor, screenwriter, and director
*[George Yeager](/source/George_Yeager) (1874–1940), American baseball player
*[James J. Yeager](/source/James_J._Yeager) (1909–1971), American football player and coach
*[Jeana Yeager](/source/Jeana_Yeager) (born 1952), American aviator
*[Joe Yeager](/source/Joe_Yeager) (1875–1937), American baseball player
*[Justin Yeager](/source/Justin_Yeager) (born 1998), American baseball player
*[Ken Yeager](/source/Ken_Yeager) (born 1952), American politician
*[Laura Yeager](/source/Laura_Yeager), American Army general
*[Leland Yeager](/source/Leland_Yeager) (1924–2018), American economist
*[Lewis Yeager](/source/Lewis_Yeager) (1878–1906), American football coach
*[Meredith Yeager](/source/Meredith_Yeager), American geneticist
*[Mike Yeager](/source/Mike_Yeager) (born 1977), American football coach
*[Ralph Oscar Yeager](/source/Ralph_Oscar_Yeager) (1892–1960), German-American architect
*[Roy Yeager](/source/Roy_Yeager) (born 1949), American musician
*[Stephanie Yeager](/source/Stephanie_Yeager), American politician
*[Steve Yeager](/source/Steve_Yeager) (born 1948), American major league baseball catcher
*[Steve Yeager (filmmaker)](/source/Steve_Yeager_(filmmaker)) (born 1948), American film director
*[William Yeager](/source/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](/source/Eren_Yeager), main character of the manga and anime ''[Attack on Titan](/source/Attack_on_Titan)'', also spelled Jaeger in some translations
*[Zeke Yeager](/source/Zeke_Yeager),  Eldian Marleyan War Chief from ''Attack on Titan''
*Cade and Tessa Yeager, characters from ''[Transformers: Age of Extinction](/source/Transformers%3A_Age_of_Extinction)''
*[Charlotte E. Yeager](/source/Charlotte_E._Yeager), character from the anime ''[Strike Witches](/source/Strike_Witches)'', based on Chuck Yeager as her ace archetype

==See also==
*[Jagger (disambiguation)](/source/Jagger_(disambiguation))

==References==
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Category:English-language surnames
Category:Americanized surnames

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