Ayer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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A. J. Ayer
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989), usually cited as A. J. Ayer, was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books '' Language, Truth, and Logic'' (1936) ...
(1910–1989), British philosopher
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Caleb Ayer
Caleb Robinson Ayer (May 22, 1813 – October 5, 1883) was an American politician from Maine. Ayer graduated from Dartmouth College in 1834 and was admitted to the bar in 1838. (1813–1883), American politician
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Claire D. Ayer
Claire D. Ayer (born September 21, 1948) is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic former member of the Vermont Senate, Vermont State Senate, representing the two-member at-large Addison Vermont Senate District, 2002–2012, Addison Senat ...
(born 1948), Vermont politician
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David Ayer
David Ayer (born January 18 , 1968) is an American filmmaker known for making crime films that are set in Los Angeles and deal with gangs and police corruption. His screenplays include ''Training Day'' (2001), ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001 ...
(born 1968), American screenwriter
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Donald B. Ayer
Donald Belton Ayer (born April 30, 1949) is an American attorney who served as the 24th United States Deputy Attorney General from 1989 to 1990, under President George H. W. Bush.
Education and career
Ayer graduated from Stanford University ...
(born 1949), United States Deputy Attorney General
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Edward E. Ayer
Edward Everett Ayer (November 16, 1841 – May 3, 1927) was an American business magnate, best remembered for the endowments of his substantial collections of books and original manuscripts from Native American and colonial-era history and ethn ...
(1841–1927), American antiquarian and benefactor of Newberry Library and the Field Museum of Natural History
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Francis Ayer
Francis Wayland Ayer (February 4, 1848March 5, 1923) was an American advertising businessman.
Ayer was born to Nathaniel Wheeler Ayer and Joanna B. Wheeler in Lee, Massachusetts, though he was raised in western New York. Ayer's mother died when ...
(1848–1923), American advertising businessman
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Frederick Ayer
Frederick Ayer (December 8, 1822 – March 14, 1918) was an American businessman and the younger brother of patent medicine tycoon Dr. James Cook Ayer.
Early life
Ayer was born on December 8, 1822 in Ledyard, Connecticut and was the son of ...
(1822–1918), American businessman
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Frederick Ayer Jr. (1915–1974), American government official
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Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Harriet Hubbard Ayer (June 27, 1849, Chicago, Illinois – November 25, 1903, New York City) was an American cosmetics entrepreneur and journalist during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Biography
Harriet Hubbard Ayer was a Chicago soc ...
(1849–1903), American cosmetics entrepreneur and journalist
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Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer
Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer (born Hilal Tuba Tosun in 1970) is a Turkish retired female association football
referee and teacher of physical education by profession. She is a FIFA listed woman referee since 2000.
Early life
Hilal Tuba Tosun was bor ...
(born 1970), Turkish female referee
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James Cook Ayer
James Cook Ayer (May 5, 1818 – July 3, 1878) was the wealthiest patent medicine businessman of his day.
Early life
James Cook Ayer was born in Groton, Connecticut on May 5, 1818, the son of Frederick Ayer (1792-1825) and Persis Herrick Coo ...
(1818–1878), American patent medicine businessman
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Lewis Malone Ayer Jr. (1821–1895), Confederate politician
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Nat Ayer
Nathaniel Davis Ayer (August 5, 1887 – September 19, 1952) was an American composer, pianist, singer and actor. He made most of his career composing and performing in England in Edwardian musical comedy and revue. He also contributed songs to Br ...
(1887–1952), British-American composer
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Richard S. Ayer (1829–1896), U.S. Representative from Virginia
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