Baier is a surname of German origin with the meaning "person from

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

". Notable people with the surname include: * Annette Baier, (1929–2012), New Zealand moral philosopher, wife of Kurt *

Bret Baier William Bret Baier ( ; born August 4, 1970) is the host of ''Special Report with Bret Baier'' on the Fox News Channel and the chief political correspondent for Fox. He previously worked as the network's Chief White House Correspondent and Pent ...

, reporter *

Christel Baier Christel Baier (born 26 September 1965) is a German theoretical computer scientist known for her work in model checking, temporal logic, and automata theory. She is a professor at TU Dresden, where she holds the chair for Algebraic and Logic Fou ...

(born 1965), German computer scientist *

Daniel Baier Daniel Baier (; born 18 May 1984) is a former German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Cologne, Baier first played for the youth team of TSV 1860 Munich. He generally plays an offensive midfield role. He played i ...

, German footballer *

Ernst Baier Ernst Baier (27 September 1905 in Zittau, Saxony, Germany – 8 July 2001 in Garmisch, Bavaria, Germany) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Max ...

, figure skater *

Fred Baier Fred Baier is an avant garde United Kingdom, British furniture designer maker working since the 1970s when he graduated from the Royal College of Art and taught at what is now Faculty of Arts (University of Brighton). Some of his original work d ...

, furniture designer * Johann Jacob Baier (1677–1735), German doctor and paleontologist *

Johann Wilhelm Baier Johann Wilhelm Baier (11 November 1647 – 19 October 1695) was a German theologian in the Lutheran scholastic tradition. He was born at Nuremberg, and died at Weimar. He studied philology, especially Oriental, and philosophy at Altdorf from 1 ...

(1647–1697), Lutheran theologian *

Kurt Baier Kurt Baier (26 January 1917 – 7 November 2010) was an Austrians, Austrian moral philosopher who taught for most of his career in Australia and the United States. Life and career Born in Vienna, Austria, Baier studied law at the University of V ...

, moral philosopher, husband of Annette * Leslie Joan Baier, American scientist *

Paulo Baier Paulo César Baier (born 25 October 1974), known as Paulo Baier, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of Botafogo-SP. Baier's 21-year career started in 1995 with Sã ...

, Brazilian footballer * Sherri Baier, Canadian figure skater

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