Bär (or

Baer Baer (or Bär, from german: bear, links=no) or Van Baer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Baer * Alan Baer, American tuba player * Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886–1969), American journalist and humorist * Buddy Baer (1915–1986), ...

, from German: bear) is the surname may refer to: *

Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn Abraham Dov Ber Lebensohn (; – November 19, 1878), also known by the pen names Abraham Dov-Ber Michailishker () and Adam ha-Kohen (), was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebraist, poet and educator. Biography Avraham Dov Ber Lebenson was born in Vilna, ...

(c. 1789/1794–1878), Russian poet and grammarian *

Dietmar Bär Dietmar Bär (born 5 February 1961, in Dortmund) is a German actor. Since 1997 he has starred as ''Freddy Schenk'' in the popular television crime series ''Tatort'' and in ''Ärzte'' (a TV Series in 1994). He has been in several films, including ' ...

(born 1961), German actor *

Dorothee Bär Dorothee Gisela Renate Maria Bär ( Mantel; born 19 April 1978) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2014 to 2021, she served in various c ...

(born 1978), German politician *

Heinrich Bär Heinz "Pritzl" Bär (; 25 May 1913 – 28 April 1957) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean th ...

(1913–1957), German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II *

Karl Bär Karl Bär (born 13 March 1985) is a German politician. He became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. He is affiliated with the Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often ...

(born 1985), German politician *

Olaf Bär Olaf Bär (born 19 December 1957) is a German operatic baritone. Life Bär received his musical training in his home city of Dresden, studying at the city's Hochschule für Musik. His career has concentrated on lieder and on the lyric baritone ...

(born 1957), German operatic baritone *

Philippe Bär Ronald Philippe Bär, (born July 29, 1928) is a retired Dutch Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Manado, North Sulawesi, then Dutch East Indies. He was bishop of the Diocese of Rotterdam from October 19, 1983, to March 13, 1993, as well as bis ...

(born 1928), Dutch former bishop *

Bär McKinnon Clinton "Bär" McKinnon (born December 24, 1969) is an American musician, perhaps best known for being a saxophonist in the San Francisco-based band Mr. Bungle. Bär, pronounced "bear", is a childhood nickname given to him by his older sisters ...

(born 1969), American musician

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