Romer (surname)

Romer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Wolfgang William Romer (1640–1713), Dutch/British military engineer
• Ole Rømer (1644–1710), Danish astronomer
• John Lambertus Romer (1680–1754), British military engineer
• Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), Swiss physician and naturalist
• Michał Józef Römer (1778–1853), politician, writer, and notable member of the Polish-Lithuanian gentry
• Max Joseph Roemer (1791–1849), German botanist
• Isabella Frances Romer (1798–1852), English travel writer and novelist
• Edward Jan Römer (1806−1878), Polish painter
• Friedrich Adolph Roemer (1809–1869), German geologist
• Emma Romer (1814–1868), British soprano
• Ferdinand von Roemer (1818–1891), German geologist, brother of Friedrich Adolph Roemer
• John Romer (politician) (fl. 1831), 19th century Governor of Bombay
• Alfred Isidore Romer, (1832–1897), Belarusian, Polish and Lithuanian painter, sculptor, carver and medalist, participant of the January Uprising (1863)
• Sir Robert Romer (1840–1918), British judge
• Edward Mateusz Römer (1848–1900), Polish painter
• Mark Romer, Baron Romer (1866–1944), British judge
• Eugeniusz Romer (1871–1954), Polish cartographer
• Lucien von Römer (1873–1965), Dutch physician, botanist and writer
• Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (1875–1947), Polish writer, playwright, opinion journalist, theatre critic and activist
• Michał Pius Römer (1880–1945), Lithuanian lawyer
• Josef “Beppo” Römer (1892–1944), German anti-fascist Freikorps leader and KPD organizer
• Alfred Romer (1894–1973), U.S. paleontologist
• Tadeusz Romer (1894–1978), Polish diplomat and politician
• Sir Charles Romer (1897–1969), British judge
• Charles E. Roemer, II (1923–2012), Louisiana planter, businessman, and politician
• William F. Roemer, Jr. (1926–1996), U.S. FBI agent
• Michael Roemer (1928–2025), German-born American film director, producer, and writer
• Piet Römer (1928–2012), Dutch actor
• Roy Romer (born 1928), governor of Colorado
• Elizabeth Roemer (1929–2016), U.S. astronomer
• John Romer (Egyptologist) (born 1941), British egyptologist
• Buddy Roemer (1943–2021), U.S. politician
• John Roemer (born 1945), U.S. economist
• Kenneth Roemer (born 1945), U.S. scholar of utopian, American, and Native American literature
• Astrid Roemer (1947–2026), Surinamese-Dutch writer and teacher
• Hanne Rømer (born 1949), Danish composer
• Paul Romer (born 1955), U.S. economist
• Timothy J. Roemer (born 1956), U.S. politician and ambassador
• Christina Romer (born 1958), U.S. economist, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
• David Romer (born 1958), U.S. economist
• Marcus Romer (born 1961), UK theatre director
• Emile Roemer (born 1962), Dutch politician
• Sarah Roemer (born 1984), American actress
• Peter Roemer, American engineer