Brauer or Bräuer is a

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of German origin, meaning "brewer". Notable people with the name include:- *

Alfred Brauer Alfred Theodor Brauer (April 9, 1894 – December 23, 1985) was a German-American mathematician who did work in number theory. He was born in Charlottenburg, and studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Berlin. As he served ...

(1894–1985), German-American mathematician, brother of Richard * Andreas Brauer (born 1973), German film producer *

Arik Brauer Arik Brauer ( he, אריק בראואר; 4 January 1929 – 24 January 2021) was an Austrian painter, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer-songwriter, stage designer, architect, and academic teacher. Brauer, from a family of Jewish emigrants, grew ...

(1929–2021), Austrian painter, poet, and actor, father of Timna Brauer *

August Brauer August Bernhard Brauer (3 April 186310 September 1917) was a German zoologist. Brauer was born in Oldenburg. He studied natural sciences at the Universities of Bonn, Berlin and Freiburg, obtaining his doctorate in 1895 with a thesis on the ciliat ...

(1863-1917), German zoologist *

Friedrich Moritz Brauer Friedrich Moritz Brauer (12 May 1832, Vienna – 29 December 1904) was an Austrian entomologist who was Director of the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, at the time of his death. He wrote many papers on Diptera and Neuroptera. From an assis ...

(1832–1904), Austrian entomologist and museum director *

Georg Brauer Georg Karl Brauer (born 11. April 1908 in Bochum, died 26. February 2001 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German chemist. Life Brauer was the son of the chemist Eberhard Brauer and Elisabeth Brauer, a daughter of Wilhelm Ostwald. From 1926 to 1932 ...

(1908–2001), German chemist *

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer Ingrid Arndt-Brauer (born 20 March 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 1999 until 2021. Early life and education After completing her ...

(born 1961), German politician; member of the Bundestag *

Jono Brauer Jono Brauer (born 26 September 1981 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian alpine skier who specialises in slalom and giant slalom. Brauer grew up in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, and as an 8-year-old had already shown an int ...

(born 1981), Australian Olympic skier *

Max Brauer Max Julius Friedrich Brauer (3 September 1887 – 2 February 1973) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the first elected First Mayor of Hamburg after World War II. Life In 1923, Brauer was mayor of the independe ...

(1887–1973), German politician; First Mayor of Hamburg *

Michael Brauer Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer. He received a Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Album" for his work on John Mayer's ''Continuum'', "Best Alternative Album" for Coldplay's ''Parachutes'', and also "Best Rock Album" for Coldplay's ''Viva la ...

(contemporary), American audio engineer *

Rich Brauer Rich Brauer is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 87th district since 2003. A native of Petersburg, IL, Brauer upset incumbent Gwen Klingler in the 2002 Republican primary, after re-districting resul ...

(born 1954), American politician from Illinois; state legislator since 2003 *

Richard Brauer Richard Dagobert Brauer (February 10, 1901 – April 17, 1977) was a leading German and American mathematician. He worked mainly in abstract algebra, but made important contributions to number theory. He was the founder of modular represent ...

(1901–1977), German-American mathematician * Richard H. W. Brauer (contemporary), American art museum director; eponym of the Brauer Museum of Art in Valparaiso, Indiana * Simón Brauer (born 1973), Ecuadorian photographer and cinematographer * Tage Brauer (1894–1988), Swedish Olympic high jumper * Timna Brauer (born 1961), Austrian singer and songwriter, daughter of Arik Brauer * Tiny Brauer (1909–1990), American actor * Wilfried Brauer (1937–2014), German computer scientist Bräuer *

Bruno Bräuer Bruno Bräuer (4 February 1893 – 20 May 1947) was a general in the paratroop forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He served as a commander on Crete (called Fortress Crete by the Germans) and then commanded the 9th Paratroop Division. A ...

(1893–1947), German general officer and paratrooper; executed in Greece for war crimes *

Curt Bräuer Curt Bräuer (24 February 1889 – 8 September 1969) was a German career diplomat. Born in Breslau, in what is modern-day Poland, Bräuer entered service in the German foreign ministry in 1920. From 1928 to 1930 he was a member of the German De ...

(1889–1969), German diplomat; ambassador to Norway at the time of the German invasion

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