Geyer is a German surname meaning "

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". Notable people with the surname include: *

Andrea Geyer Andrea Geyer (born 1971 in Freiburg, West Germany) is a German and American multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in New York City. With a particular focus on those who identify or at some point were identified as women, her works use photog ...

(born 1971), German-American multi-disciplinary artist *

Bernadette Geyer Bernadette K. Geyer (born June 16, 1968) is a poet, writer, translator, and editor in Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Life She graduated from Allegheny College. She worked for the US Fuel Cell Council, and was deputy director of Fuel Cells 2000; she ...

(1968), American writer * Bill Geyer (1919–2004), American football player *

Carl Geyer Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera. Carl Geyer was by profession an artist. He is not to be confused with Karl Andreas Geyer (180 ...

(1796-1841), German entomologist * Celesta Geyer (1901–1982), American circus artist * Dean Geyer, Australian singer and actor * David Geyer (1855-1932), German malacologist * Eduard Geyer (1944), German football manager *

Erich Geyer Erich Geyer (born November 7, 1950) is a German former football (soccer) defender who spent most of his career in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. Following his retirement from playing, he coached for over twenty ...

, German football (soccer) defender *

Florian Geyer Florian Geyer von Giebelstadt (also spelled ''Geier''; ''c''. 1490 – 10 June 1525) was a German nobleman, diplomat, and knight. He became widely known for leading peasants during the German Peasants' War. Early life Florian Geyer was born ...

(1490–1525), German folk hero *

Forest Geyer Forest "Spot" Geyer (December 9, 1892 – February 7, 1932) was an American football fullback. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma and attended South Haven High School in South Haven, Kansas. Geyer replaced Claude Reeds his s ...

(1892–1932), American football player *

Georgie Anne Geyer Georgie Anne Geyer (April 2, 1935 – May 15, 2019) was an American journalist who covered the world as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and then became a syndicated columnist for the Universal Press Syndicate. Her columns focus ...

(1935–2019), American journalist and columnist *

Henry S. Geyer Henry Sheffie Geyer (December 9, 1790March 5, 1859) was a politician, lawyer, and soldier from Missouri. Born in Frederick, Maryland, he was the son of John Geyer, saddler of Frederick Town. Geyer was of German descent, his father having come fro ...

(1790–1859), American politician, lawyer, and soldier *

Hermann Geyer __NOTOC__ Hermann Geyer (7 July 1882 – 10 April 1946) was a German general during World War II who commanded the IX Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Geyer retired in 1943 and committed suici ...

(1882–1946), German general *

John Geyer John Geyer (April 18, 1777 – October 25, 1835) was a Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1813–1814. A native of Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-large ...

(1777–1835), mayor of Philadelphia *

Karl Andreas Geyer Karl (Charles) Andreas Geyer (30 November 1809 – 21 November 1853) was a German botanist who was a native of Dresden. Biography As a teenager, Geyer worked as an apprentice-gardener in Zabeltitz, and in 1830 became an assistant at the botan ...

(1809–1853), German botanist *

Lee E. Geyer Lee Edward Geyer (September 9, 1888 – October 11, 1941) was an American educator and World War I veteran who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California from 1939 to 1941. He died in office du ...

(1888-1941), American politician * Ludwig Geyer (1779-1821), German actor, playwright and painter, stepfather of

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

Ludwig Geyer (cyclist) Ludwig Geyer (August 18, 1904 in – January 31, 1992 in Pirmasens) was a German cyclist. He won the Tour de Suisse in 1934. Major results ;1929 :2nd Tour de Berne :2nd Züri-Metzgete ;1930 :2nd stage Deutschland Tour :2nd Berlin-Cottbus-Berlin ...

(1904-1992), German cyclist * Manfred Geyer (1951), German biathlete * Mark Geyer (1967), Australian rugby league footballer *

Matt Geyer Matt Geyer (born 5 September 1975) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A New South Wales State of Origin representative , he played his club football primarily with the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League comp ...

(1975), Australian rugby league footballer * Peter Geyer (1952), German football player *

Renée Geyer Renée Rebecca Geyer (born 11 September 1953) is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's Worl ...

(1953–2023), Australian singer *

Stefi Geyer Stefi Geyer (June 28, 1888 in Budapest – December 11, 1956 in Zürich) was a Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading violinists of her generation. Biography Born in 1888 in Budapest, she was the daughter of Josef Geyer, a p ...

(1888–1956), Hungarian violinist * Stephen Geyer (1950), American songwriter

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