Myer is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Albert J. Myer
Albert James Myer (September 20, 1828 – August 24, 1880) was a surgeon and United States Army general. He is known as the father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, as its first chief signal officer just prior to the American Civil War, the inventor ...
(1828–1880), American Army officer and surgeon considered the father of the Army Signal Corps and the US Weather Bureau
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Buddy Myer
Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer (March 16, 1904 – October 31, 1974) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from through . A two-time All-Star, Myer was notable for being the American ...
(1904–1974), All Star major league baseball second baseman
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Edmund J. Myer (1846–1934), American teacher of singing
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Horatio Myer (1850–1916), British businessman and Member of Parliament
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Ken Myer (1921–1992), American-born Australian philanthropist and businessman
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Sidney Myer (1878–1934), businessman who co-founded the Australian department store chain; father of Ken Myer
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Val Myer
George Valentine S. Myer (1883, Hereford – 1959, London) was an English architect and portrait painter appointed by the British Broadcasting Corporation to design one of the first purpose built broadcast buildings in the world, Broadcasting ...
(1883–1959), British architect and portrait painter
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Myer Fredman (born 1932), British-Australian conductor
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Myer Galpern (1903–1993), British Labour Party politician
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Myer Horowitz
Myer Horowitz (December 27, 1932 – October 24, 2022) was a Canadian academic who served as the ninth president of the University of Alberta from 1979 to 1989.
Early life and education
Horowitz was born in Montreal, Quebec on December 27, 19 ...
(born 1932) Canadian academic and former president of the University of Alberta
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Myer Lyon (c. 1750 – 1797), tenor opera singer in London and Dublin
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Myer Prinstein
Myer (or Meyer) Prinstein (born Mejer Prinsztejn, December 22, 1878 – March 10, 1925) was a Polish American track and field athlete and member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He held the world record for the long jump and won gold medals ...
(1878–1924), American long jump and triple jump Olympic champion
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Myer Rosenblum
Myer E. Rosenblum OAM (10 January 1907 – 18 April 2002) was an Australian sportsman and lawyer. He was born in South Africa to parents who had migrated from present-day Belarus. His family moved to Sydney, Australia in 1914, and he was educate ...
(1907–2002), Australian rugby union player and lawyer
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Myer Skoog
Myer Upton "Whitey" Skoog (November 2, 1926 – April 4, 2019) was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Minneapolis Lakers. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota.
A 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) and 180 ...
(born 1927), American retired National Basketball Association player
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Myer Strouse (1825–1878), Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
*Prince Myer, the player character in the video game ''
Deadly Towers
''Deadly Towers'' is an action role-playing game co-developed by Lenar and Tamtex for Irem as a software title for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released in Japan on December 15, 1986, and in North America in September of the foll ...
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