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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 Jacob Henry "Buddy" Baer (June 11, 1915 – July 18, 1986) was an American boxer and later an actor with important parts in seventeen films, as well as roles on various television series in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1941, he came extremely cl ...

(1915–1986), American boxer *

Byron Baer Byron M. Baer (October 18, 1929 – June 24, 2007) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1993 and in the State ...

(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 Donald M. Baer (October 25, 1931 – April 28, 2002) was an American psychologist who contributed to the science of applied behavior analysis and pioneered the development of behavior analysis at the University of Kansas and the University of W ...

(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. George Baer Jr. (1763April 3, 1834) was a slave owner and United States Representative from the fourth district of Maryland, serving from 1797 to 1801 and from 1815 to 1817. Baer attended the common schools as a child, and later engaged in me ...

(1763–1834), American politician *

George Frederick Baer George Frederick Baer (September 26, 1842 – April 26, 1914) was an American lawyer who was the President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and spokesman for the owners during the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902. Biography George Baer w ...

(1842–1914), American lawyer and executive *

Harold Baer Jr. Harold Baer Jr. (February 16, 1933 – May 27, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education Born in New York City, New York, Baer received his Bachelor of Arts deg ...

(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 turned ...

(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 John Baer is a Professor of Educational Psychology at Rider University in New Jersey. He earned his B.A. from Yale University (double major, psychology and Japanese Studies, magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in cognitive and developmental psychology ...

, 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 the ...

(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 (then a Presbyterian school) from 1906 to 1916. In 1919 was elected Mode ...

(1861–1931), American Presbyterian leader and college president *

Julius Baer Julius Bär Group AG, known alternatively as Julius Baer Group Ltd., is a private banking corporation founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it is among the older Swiss banking institutions. In terms of assets under managemen ...

(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 Dam ...

(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 Inc. ...

, founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc *

Libbie C. Riley Baer Libbie Riley Baer (born Elizabeth Caroline Riley; November 18, 1849 – February 27, 1929) was an American poet. She was the author of ''In the Land of Fancy'' and other works. Early years Elizabeth (nickname, "Libbie") Caroline Riley was born n ...

(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 t ...

(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 Meridith Baer (born August 21, 1947) is an American entrepreneur, businesswoman and designer, best known for establishing the design and real estate practice of "home staging" and founding her own home staging firm in the United States, Meridith ...

(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 Richard Baer (9 September 1911 – 17 June 1963) was a German SS officer who, among other assignments, was the commandant of Auschwitz I concentration camp from May 1944 to January 1945, and right after, from February to April 1945, commanda ...

(1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Richard Baer (screenwriter) Richard Baer (April 28, 1928 – February 22, 2008) was an American writer and screenwriter. Baer wrote for more than 56 television shows, many of which were sitcoms, throughout his career, including ''The Munsters'', '' Leave It to Beaver'' and ' ...

(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. Bibliography Novels *''Kiss Me, Judas ''Kiss Me, Judas'' is a 1998 neo-noir novel by the American author Will Christopher Baer. The book was first published on October 1, 1998, ...

(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 Vladimir Iosifovich Baer (russian: Владимир Иосифович Бэр; November 12, 1853 – May 27, 1905) was a Russian Captain 1st rank of the Russo-Japanese War. He commanded the ''Russian battleship Oslyabya, Oslyabya,'' the flagshi ...

(1853–1905), Russian captain *

Yitzhak Baer Yitzhak Baer ( he, יצחק בער; 20 December 1888 – 22 January 1980) was a German-Israeli historian and an expert on medieval Spanish Jewish history. Early life Baer was born in Halberstadt in the Prussian Province of Saxony, German Empire, ...

(1888–1980), German-born Israeli historian

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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. The village was ...

, 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 Constance Catharina Margarethe (Stanny) van Baer (born 1942) is a Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1961. References External links Stanny van Baer dancing at a Jewish festival in Amsterdam, 1957/1958. Photo by Leonard Fr ...

(born 1942), Dutch model and beauty queen, Miss International 1961

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