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Bär Bär (or Baer, from German: bear) is the surname may refer to: * Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn (c. 1789/1794–1878), Russian poet and grammarian * Dietmar Bär (born 1961), German actor * Dorothee Bär (born 1978), German politician * Heinrich Bär ...

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Alan Baer Alan Baer is an American tuba player who is Principal Tuba for the New York Philharmonic. He has also been principal tuba with several other orchestras including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, h ...

, American tuba player *

Arthur "Bugs" Baer bugs ate bugs and was chump Early life Baer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the seventh of 14 children born to immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine. He left school at age 14 to work, attended art school, and designed lace on a wage of $12 ...

(1886–1969), American journalist and humorist * Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer * Byron Baer (1929–2007), American politician * Carl Baer (1918–1996), American basketball player *

Clara Gregory Baer Clara Gregory Baer (August 27, 1863 – January 19, 1938) was an American physical education instructor and women's sports pioneer. Baer introduced the first teacher certification course for physical education in the Southern United States, and aut ...

(1863–1938), American inventor of netball, Newcomb ball and author of first rules of women's basketball *

Dale Baer Dale L. Baer (June 15, 1950 – January 15, 2021) was an American character animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios and The Baer Animation Company. He was supervising animator of many characters. Biography Baer had over 40 years of experience ...

(1950–2021), American character animator * Donald M. Baer (1931–2002), American developmental psychologist *

Eric Baer Eric Baer, (born Erich Bär; July 18, 1932) is an American scientist and engineer known for his major research and educational contributions to polymer science and engineering. He is a leading pioneer in understanding the complex relationships ...

(born 1932), American polymer researcher *

George A. Baer George A. Baer (April 14, 1903 – July 24, 1994) was a German/Swiss/American bookbinder. He specialized in fine leather bindings, including inlays and gold tooling. Much of Baer's work involved the restoration of old and rare books for both p ...

(1903–1994), German/Swiss/American bookbinder * George Baer Jr. (1763–1834), American politician * George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and executive * Harold Baer Jr. (1933–2014), American judge *

Jack Baer Jack Baer (October 29, 1914 – March 9, 2002) was a college football and baseball player and a college baseball coach. Baer was the son of Herman and Anna Baer. He was a 1933 Shawnee (Oklahoma) High School graduate where he was an all-round athl ...

(1914–2002), American college baseball coach *

Jack Baer (art dealer) Sir Jack Mervyn Frank Baer (29 August 1924 – 4 May 2016) was a British art dealer, specialising in Old Masters, and the chairman of the London art dealers Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox. Biography Early life Jack Mervyn Frank Baer was born on 29 Augu ...

(1924–2016), British art dealer *

Jo Baer Josephine Gail Baer (born August 7, 1929) is an American painter associated with minimalist art. She began exhibiting her work at the Fischbach Gallery, New York, and other venues for contemporary art in the mid-1960s. In the mid-1970s, she turne ...

(born 1929), American painter associated with minimalist art *

John Baer (actor) John Baer (June 6, 1923 – January 7, 2006) was an American actor. He appeared in over 60 film and television productions between 1950 and 1974. Among the highlights of his career was the leading role in the television series ''Terry and the Pira ...

(1923–2006), American actor, ''Terry and the Pirates'' *

John Baer (journalist) John M. Baer is a political columnist with The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News/PennLive, formerly with The Philadelphia Daily News/Philadelphia Inquirer. Career Baer has won numerous awards for column-writing and investigative journalism, includi ...

, American journalist, ''Philadelphia Daily News'' * John Metz Baer, American educational psychologist *

John Miller Baer John Miller Baer (March 29, 1886 – February 18, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota. Early years and education Born at Black Creek, Wisconsin, Baer was the son of Capt. John M. Baer and Libbie Riley Baer. His ancestors on th ...

(1886–1970), American congressman from North Dakota *

John Willis Baer Dr. John Willis Baer (March 2, 1861 – February 8, 1931) was an American official of the United Society of Christian Endeavor. President of Occidental College in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred ...

(1861–1931), American Presbyterian leader and college president * Julius Baer (1857–1922), Swiss banker *

Karl Ernst von Baer Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn ( – ) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. He was ...

(1792–1876), Estonian biologist *

Kent Baer Kent Lex Baer (born May 2, 1951) is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator at the University of Montana, a position he had held since 2018. Baer served as the interim head football coach at the University of Notre D ...

(born 1951), American football coach *

Larry Baer Laurence Monroe Baer is an American businessman. He is best known as the president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He succeeded Bill Neukom on January 1, 2012. Early life and education Born to a ...

(born 1957), President and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants *

Les Baer Les Baer Custom Inc. is an American manufacturer of semi-custom firearms including M1911-pattern pistols and AR-15 type rifles. Les Baer Custom was founded by the gunsmith Les Baer, Sr. in 1991 in Hillsdale, Illinois. History Les Baer Custom ...

, founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc * Libbie C. Riley Baer (1849–1929), American poet *

Max Baer (boxer) Maximilian Adelbert Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American professional boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935. Two of his fights (a 1933 win over Max Schmeling and a 1935 loss ...

(1909–1959), American boxer *

Max Baer Jr. Maximilian Adelbert Baer Jr. (born December 4, 1937) is an American actor, producer, comedian, and director widely known for his role as Jethro Bodine, the dim-witted relative of Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen) on ''The Beverly Hillbillies ...

(born 1937), American actor and director * Meridith Baer (born 1947), businesswoman, actress, and screenwriter *

Nicolai Reymers Baer Nicolaus Reimers Baer (2 February 1551 – 16 October 1600), also ''Reimarus Ursus'', ''Nicolaus Reimers Bär'' or ''Nicolaus Reymers Baer'', was an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II. Due to his family's background, ...

(c. 1550–c. 1600), aka Ursus, German mathematician *

Susanne Baer Susanne Baer, FBA (born 16 February 1964) is a German legal scholar and one of the 16 judges of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Baer has been the William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School since wi ...

(born 1964), German judge and legal scholar *

Parley Baer Parley Edward Baer (August 5, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Cheste ...

(1914–2002), American actor *

Ralph H. Baer Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-American inventor, game developer, and engineer. Baer's family fled Germany just before World War II and Baer served the American war effort, gain ...

(1922–2014), American inventor *

Reinhold Baer Reinhold Baer (22 July 1902 – 22 October 1979) was a German mathematician, known for his work in algebra. He introduced injective modules in 1940. He is the eponym of Baer rings and Baer groups. Biography Baer studied mechanical engineering f ...

(1902–1979), German mathematician * Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant * Richard Baer (screenwriter) (1928–2008), American screenwriter *

Robert Baer Robert Booker Baer (born July 11, 1952) is an American author and a former CIA case officer who was primarily assigned to the Middle East.Robert Bae"Don't Assume Ahmadinejad Really Lost" ''Time'' website, June 16, 2009 He is ''Times intellig ...

(born 1952), American CIA officer and writer *

Steve Baer Steve Baer (born 1938) is an American inventor and pioneer of passive solar technology. Baer helped popularize the use of zomes. He took a number of solar power patents, wrote a number of books and publicized his work. Baer served on the board ...

(born 1938), American inventor * Thomas M. Baer, American physicist *

Will Christopher Baer Will Christopher Baer is an American author of hardboiled fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are ...

(born 1966), American writer *

William Jacob Baer William Jacob Baer (January 29, 1860 – September 21, 1941) was an American artist, considered the foremost American miniature painter. Biography William Jacob Baer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 29, 1860. He was a lithographer' ...

(1860–1941), American painter * Vladimir Baer (1853–1905), Russian captain * Yitzhak Baer (1888–1980), German-born Israeli historian

Van Baer

Van Baer (family) The Van Baer family, also known as Van Baer van Lathum or Van Bahr Van Lathum, was a Middle Age noble family from Bahr and Lathum Lathum is a village in the municipality of Zevenaar in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands ) , anthe ...

, Middle Age noble family from the Dutch province of Gelderland *

Frederik Johan van Baer Frederik Johan van Baer, Lord of Slangenburg (27 July 1645 – 15 December 1713) was a Dutch officer in the military service of William III of Orange. Career He was a professed Catholic, and therefore was denied a career in government. A caree ...

(1645–1713), Dutch officer in the military service of William III of Orange * Stanny van Baer (born 1942), Dutch model and beauty queen, Miss International 1961

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