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.'' Beyer is mostly a German family name, occurring most commonly in German-speaking countries. It can be either habitational (derived from ''Bayer'', which is the male German language demonym for Bavaria) or occupational (derived from the archaic German verb ''beiern'', "to ring (a bell)", thus referring to individuals tasked with ringing church bells). Variants of the surname include Beier,

Bayer Bayer AG (, commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational corporation, multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of busi ...

and Baier. Most inventions and institutions listed here with the name Beyer were named after an inventor or founder or supporter with the name Beyer.

People named Beyer

Absalon Pederssøn Beyer Absalon Pederssøn Beyer (c. 1528 – 9 April 1575) was a Norwegian author, lecturer and Lutheran clergyman. Beyer contributed greatly to the spiritual Reformation in Norway. He is best known today for his diary or annal of contemporary event ...

(died 1575), Norwegian clergyman *

Adam Beyer Adam Beyer (born 15 May 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish techno producer and DJ. He is the founder of Drumcode Records, and is one of several Swedish techno artists to emerge in the mid-1990s, along with Cari Lekebusch and Jesper Dahlbäc ...

(born 1976), Swedish techno producer and DJ * Albert Beyer (1859–1929), United States Navy coxswain *

Alexander Beyer Alexander Beyer (born 24 June 1973) is a German actor. He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as Volker Schloendorff's '' The Legend of Rita'' (''Die Stille nach dem Schuss'', 1999), Leander Haußmann's ''Sun Alley'' ...

(born 1973), German actor *

Andrew Beyer Andrew Beyer (born 17 Nov 1943) is an American expert on horse race betting who designed the Beyer Speed Figure. In the early 1970s, while working for the ''Washington Daily News'', Beyer did extensive work on the concept of speed figures and w ...

, American expert on horse race betting who designed the

Beyer Speed Figure The Beyer Speed Figure is a system for rating the performance of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America designed in the early 1970s by Andrew Beyer, the syndicated horse racing columnist for The Washington Post. First published in book form in 1 ...

* Barbara Petzold-Beyer, former East German cross-country skier *

Bero Beyer Bero Beyer (born 12 November 1970Ingrid Smits Zo Ben Ik Groot Geworden: Bero Beyer 27 January 2016 (in Dutch)) is a Dutch film producer. Born to a Dutch seafaring captain and a German mother, he moved with his family to Capelle aan den IJssel ...

, Dutch film producer *

Beyers Naudé Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (10 May 1915 – 7 September 2004) was a South African Afrikaner Calvinist Dominee, theologian and the leading Afrikaner anti-apartheid activist. He was known simply as Beyers Naudé, or more colloquially, ...

(1915–2004), Afrikaner-South African cleric, theologian and anti-apartheid activist *

Brad Beyer Brad Beyer (born September 20, 1973) is an American actor. He may be best-known for his role in the CBS series '' Jericho'', playing Stanley Richmond. Early and personal life Beyer was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Catho ...

(born 1973), American actor * Brett Beyer (born 1966), international sailing coach *

Charles Beyer Charles Frederick Beyer (an anglicised form of his original German name Carl Friedrich Beyer) (14 May 1813 – 2 June 1876) was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineer ...

(1813–1876), British locomotive engineer *

Clara Beyers Clara Beyers (c.1880 – c.1950?) was an American silent film stock actress.A stock actress was an actress who was employed by the studio on a contract much like present day employee contracts. Beyers acted on stage for nine years before she ...

(1880–1950), actress *

Colin Beyer Colin Andrew Nielsen Beyer (10 September 1938 – 21 August 2015) was a New Zealand lawyer. He was a partner and then consultant with Simpson Grierson in Wellington. Also prominent businessman with many governance positions, Beyer was a securiti ...

(1938–2015), New Zealandlawyer and businessman *

Dick Beyer Richard John Beyer (July 11, 1930 – March 7, 2019) was an American professional wrestler who is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer and Doctor X. Among other places, he worked extensively in Japan and in 2017 he was awarded one of th ...

(1930–2019), American retired professional wrestler best known as The Destroyer or Doctor X *

Don Beyer Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (; born June 20, 1950) is an American businessman, diplomat, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, his district is in the heart of Northern Virginia and incl ...

(born 1950), US Member of Congress, former Ambassador to Switzerland *

Eugen Beyer Eugen Beyer (18 February 1882 in Pohrlitz (Moravia) – 25 July 1940 in Salzburg) was an Austrian Feldmarschalleutnant in the 1930s and Wehrmacht General of the Infantry during the early years of the Second World War. From 1935 to 1938, Beyer was ...

(1882–1940), 19th-century German army officer *

Ferdinand Beyer Ferdinand Beyer (Querfurt, 25 July 1803 – Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream ...

(1803–1863), German composer *

Frank Beyer Frank Paul Beyer (; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era ...

(1932–2006), German film director * Franz Beyer (musicologist) (1922–2018), German musicologist * Friedrich Beyer (later Bayer) (1825-1880), German businessman and chemist, founder of

Bayer AG Bayer AG (, commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceutica ...

Georgina Beyer Georgina Beyer (born November 1957) is a New Zealand politician and former Labour Party Member of Parliament. In 1995 she was elected mayor of Carterton, making her the world's first openly transgender mayor. In 2005 she became the world's fi ...

(born 1957), world's first openly transsexual Member of Parliament *

H. Otley Beyer Henry Otley Beyer (July 13, 1883 – December 31, 1966) was an American anthropologist, who spent most of his adult life in the Philippines teaching Philippine indigenous culture. A.V.H. Hartendorp called Beyer the "Dean of Philippine ethnolo ...

(1883–1966), American anthropologist * Jan Beyer Schmidt-Sørensen (born 1958), Danish economist and Director of Business Development at Aarhus Municipality *

Jinny Beyer Geraldine Elizabeth Kahle Beyer (born July 27, 1941) is an American quilt designer, quilter, author, teacher and lecturer. Considered by the quilting industry and the publishing media to be of the first designers to form a fabric collection suit ...

(born 1941), American quilt designer and quilter *

Kirsten Beyer Kirsten Beyer is an American science fiction writer, known for her novels based on the '' Star Trek: Voyager'' television series. She is a staff writer for '' Star Trek: Discovery'', and co-creator and executive producer of '' Star Trek: Picard'' ...

, American science fiction writer * Lisa Beyer, United States journalist *

Mark Beyer (comics) Mark Beyer (born October 8, 1950) is a self-taught American artist and former cartoonist. His comics were known for their bleak story lines, often featuring death, disfigurement, depression, and humiliation, which contrasted with his self-taught, g ...

(born 1950), comic artist *

Markus Beyer Markus Beyer (28 April 1971 – 3 December 2018) was a German professional boxer who won the WBC super middleweight title. As an amateur he represented Germany at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics in the light middleweight division. He also won a ...

(1971-2018), German boxer *

Olaf Beyer Olaf Beyer (born 4 August 1957 in Grimma) is a retired East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 19 ...

(born 1957), Olympic champion *

Peter Beyer Peter Beyer (born 9 May 1952) is a German Professor for Cell Biology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Freiburg. He is known as co-inventor of Golden Rice, together with Ingo Potrykus from the ETH Zurich. Biography Peter Beyer ...

(born 1952), German

Golden Rice Golden rice is a variety of rice (''Oryza sativa'') produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of the rice. It is intended to produce a fortified food to be grown and con ...

Inventor * Peter Beyer (politician) (born 1970), German politician *

Ralph Beyer Ralph Alexander Beyer (6 April 1921 – 13 February 2008) was a German letter-cutter, sculptor and teacher. He was most noted for his work on Basil Spence's new Coventry Cathedral where Beyer carved ''Tablets of the Words''.

(1921–2008), German letter-cutter and sculptor * Richard Beyer (1925–2012), American sculptor * Robert D. Beyer, American investor and executive * Robert T. Beyer (1920–2008), American physicist * Tanya Beyer, American model and actress *

Troy Beyer Troy Byer (born November 7, 1964) is an American psychologist, author, director, screenwriter, and actress. Early life and education Born in New York City to an African Americans, African-American mother and white father, Byer spent the firs ...

(born 1964), American film director and screenwriter and actress *

Udo Beyer Udo Beyer (born 9 August 1955) is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. Beyer has admitted to knowingly taking part in doping while he competed for East Germany. He was a Stasi informer under the codename ...

(born 1955), former German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the shot put * Uwe Beyer (1945–1993), Olympic contestant * William Gray Beyer, American science fiction and mystery writer

Companies and institutions named Beyer

Beyerdynamic Beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG (stylized as beyerdynamic) is a German manufacturer of microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems, and conference systems. Headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany, Beyerdynamic has been family-owned since its foundin ...

German audio equipment manufacturer * The Doebner-Miller reaction, an organic chemical reaction *

Garratt A Garratt (often referred to as a Beyer Garratt) is a type of steam locomotive invented by British engineer Herbert William Garratt that is articulated into three parts. Its boiler, firebox, and cab are mounted on a centre frame or "bridge ...

, also type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts *

Beyer, Peacock & Company Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Openshaw, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer, Richard Peacock and Henry Robertson, it traded from 1854 until 1966. The company exported locomotives, ...

, a former train manufacturer in England * The

, a system for rating the performance of Thoroughbred racehorses * The

Beyer Stadium The Beyer Stadium, one mile from downtown in Rockford, Illinois, was the home of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League's Rockford Peaches from 1943 to 1954. It was a multi-purpose facility, as contemporary newspaper articles also ...

was in Illinois and was demolished in the early 1990s * The

Fred C. Beyer High School Fred C. Beyer High School is a high school in Modesto, California, located in the Stanislaus County. Facilities Although when it was opened in 1972 to an enrollment of 975. Beyer was originally designed to serve approximately 2000 students. B ...

is in the Modesto City Schools District of Modesto, California. * The

Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics The Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics is an endowed professorial position in the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, England. The endowment came from the will of the celebrated locomotive designer and founder of locomotive builder ...

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