Mayer is a common German surname and less frequent as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Mayer
- Adolf Mayer (1843âÂÂ1942), a German-Dutch virologist
- Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German classical oboist
- Alfred Mayer (disambiguation)
- Andreas Mayer (disambiguation)
- Arno J. Mayer (1926âÂÂ2023), Luxembourgish historian
- Arthur Mayer (1886âÂÂ1981), film producer and distributor who worked with Joseph Burstyn
- Auguste ÃÂtienne François Mayer (1805âÂÂ1890), French naval painter
- Ben Mayer (1925âÂÂ2000), amateur astronomer
- Bernadette Mayer (1945âÂÂ2022), American poet and author
- Bianca Mayer (born 1979), German musician and singer
- Brantz Mayer (1809âÂÂ1879), American writer
- Carl Mayer (1894âÂÂ1944), 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 (1829âÂÂ1911), French-born American painter
- Daisy von Scherler Mayer (born 1965), American film director
- Daniel Mayer (1909âÂÂ1996), French politician
- Daniel Mayer (impresario) (1856âÂÂ1928), 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 (1834âÂÂ1897), Argentine soldier and statesman
- Edwin Justus Mayer (1896âÂÂ1960), American screenwriter
- Elizabeth Mayer (1884âÂÂ1970), German-American translator and writer
- Else Mayer (1891âÂÂ1962), German nun and women's liberation activist
- Emilie Mayer (1812âÂÂ1883) German composer of Romantic music
- Erskine Mayer (1887âÂÂ1957), American major league baseball player
- Florian Mayer (born 1983), German tennis player
- Francis Blackwell Mayer (1827âÂÂ1899), United States painter
- Frank Mayer (1902âÂÂ1960), American football player
- Fred Mayer (disambiguation)
- Gene Mayer (born 1956), American former tennis player
- Gerhard Mayer (born 1980), Austrian discus thrower
- Gustav Mayer (1871âÂÂ1948), German journalist and historian
- Hans Mayer (disambiguation)
- Helen Mayer (1932âÂÂ2008), Australian politician
- Helene Mayer (1910âÂÂ53), German and American Olympic champion foil fencer
- Henry Mayer (disambiguation)
- Hugo Mayer (politician, born 1899) (1899âÂÂ1968), German politician
- Irene Mayer Selznick (1907âÂÂ1990), American theatrical producer, daughter of Louis B. Mayer
- Jacob Mayer, American rabbi
- Jacob Erskine Mayer (1889âÂÂ1957), American baseball player
- Jacquelyn Mayer (born 1942), American beauty contest winner and motivational speaker
- James Mayer (disambiguation)
- Jane Mayer (born 1955), American investigative journalist
- JaromÃÂr Mayer, Czech singer
- Jean Mayer (disambiguation)
- Joanna Isabel Mayer (1904âÂÂ1991), American mathematician and educator
- Johann Mayer (disambiguation)
- John Mayer (disambiguation)
- Jojo Mayer (born 1963), Swiss drummer
- Jorge Mayer (1915âÂÂ2010), Argentine priest, Archbishop of BahÃÂa 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 (1908âÂÂ2000), Hungarian footballer
- Klaus Mayer (1923âÂÂ2022), 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 (1858âÂÂ1922), American lawyer
- Lippman Mayer (1841âÂÂ1904), German-American rabbi
- Louis Mayer (disambiguation)
- Lucas Mayer (disambiguation), several people
- Marcel Mayer, a French sculptor, painter and engraver
- Maria Goeppert Mayer, née Göppert (1906âÂÂ1972), German-American physicist
- Marissa Mayer (born 1975), CEO of Yahoo!
- Martin Mayer (1928âÂÂ2019), American nonfiction author
- MatÃÂas 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 (1944âÂÂ2008), American rhythm-and-blues singer
- Norman Mayer (1916âÂÂ1982), American anti-nuclear activist
- Oscar F. Mayer (1859âÂÂ1955), founder of the Oscar Mayer Company
- Paul Mayer (disambiguation)
- Peter Mayer (1936âÂÂ2018), American publisher
- Philip Mayer (disambiguation)
- René Mayer (1895âÂÂ1972), French politician
- Richard Mayer (disambiguation)
- Robert Mayer (disambiguation), several people
- Rupert Mayer (1876âÂÂ1945), Jesuit priest and Nazi resistance figure
- Sandy Mayer (born 1952), American former tennis player
- Sarah Mayer (1896âÂÂ1957), British judoka
- Scott Mayer (disambiguation)
- Selma Mayer (1884âÂÂ1984), "Schwester Selma", German-Jewish nurse
- Sergio Mayer (born 1966) Mexican actor and singer
- Sheldon Mayer (1917âÂÂ1991), American cartoonist and editor
- Siegmund Mayer (1842âÂÂ1910), German physiologist
- Sina Mayer (born 1995), German sprinter
- Stefan Mayer (1895âÂÂ1981), Polish intelligence officer
- Stepanka Mayer (born 1949), Czech and German chess player
- Stephan Mayer (born 1973), German politician
- Stephen F. Mayer (1854âÂÂ1935), American politician
- Teddy Mayer (1935âÂÂ2009), 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 (1938âÂÂ1964), American racecar driver
- Tobias Mayer (1723âÂÂ1762), German astronomer
- Victor Mayer (1857âÂÂ1946), German jeweler
- Victoria Mayer (born 2001), Argentine volleyball player
- Walther Mayer (1887âÂÂ1948), Austrian mathematician
- Wilhelm Mayer (disambiguation)
- William Mayer (disambiguation)
- Youngmi Mayer, American comedian
Modified surname
de Mayer
von Mayer
- Julius Robert von Mayer (1814âÂÂ1878), German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to early thermodynamics
Variation on surname
Given or middle name
A first or second Hebrew name, an alternative spelling of Meir:
See also