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Adolf Mayer Adolf Eduard Mayer (9 August 184325 December 1942) was a German agricultural chemist whose work on tobacco mosaic disease played an important role in the discovery of tobacco mosaic virus and viruses in general. Mayer was born in 1843 into the ...

(1843–1942), a German-Dutch virologist * Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German classical oboist * Alfred G. Mayer (1868–1922), German-American cnidariologist and entomologist *

Alfred M. Mayer Alfred Marshall Mayer (born in Baltimore, Maryland, 13 November 1836; died in Maplewood, New Jersey, 13 July 1897) was a United States physicist. Biography He was born to Charles F. Mayer, a lawyer and state senator, and Eliza C. Mayer. He att ...

(1836–1897), American physicist *

Arno J. Mayer Arno Joseph Mayer (born June 19, 1926), is an American historian who specializes in modern Europe, diplomatic history, and the Holocaust, and is currently the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Early life ...

(born 1926), Luxembourgish historian *

Arthur Mayer Arthur L. Mayer (March 28, 1886, Demopolis, Alabama - April 14, 1981, New York City) was an American film producer and film distributor who worked with Joseph Burstyn in distributing films directed by Roberto Rossellini and other famous European ...

(1886–1981), film producer and distributor who worked with Joseph Burstyn *

Auguste Étienne François Mayer Auguste Étienne François Mayer (Brest, France, Brest, 1805 - Brest, 1890) was a French painter. He was specialised in naval motives. He participated on several Arctic expeditions, thus reflected in his collection of artwork. Mayer taught drawi ...

(1805–1890), French naval painter *

Ben Mayer Ben Mayer (1925 in Germany – 28 December 1999) was an amateur astronomer perhaps best known for the invention of the projection blink comparator (PROBLICOM), a low-cost version of the blink comparator. This inexpensive tool allowed amateur astr ...

(1925–2000), amateur astronomer *

Bernadette Mayer Bernadette Mayer (May 12, 1945 – November 22, 2022) was an American poet, writer, and visual artist associated with both the Language poets and the New York School. Early life and education Bernadette Mayer was born in a predominantly Ge ...

(born 1945), American poet and author *

Brantz Mayer Brantz Mayer (September 27, 1809 - February 23, 1879) was an American author, lawyer, and historian. In 1844, he founded the Maryland Historical Society, which is today the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. Early life Br ...

(1809–1879), American writer *

Carl Mayer Carl Mayer (20 November 1894 – 1 July 1944) was an Austrians, Austrian screenwriter who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), ''The Head of Janus'' (1920), ''The Haunted Castle (1921 film), The Haunted C ...

(1894–1944), Austrian-German screenwriter * Charles Mayer (disambiguation) * Christa Mayer, German mezzo-soprano *

Christian Mayer (astronomer) Christian Mayer (20 August 1719 Mederitz – 16 April 1783 in Mannheim) was a Moravian-German Catholic priest, astronomer and teacher. Life He was born in Mederitz, Moravia. He became educated in Greek, Latin, mathematics, philosop ...

(1719–1783), Czech astronomer *

Christian Mayer (skier) Christian Mayer (born 10 January 1972 in Villach) is an Austrian former alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ...

(born 1972), Austrian skier *

Christian Mayer (Wisconsin politician) Christian Mayer (January 24, 1827 - August 6, 1910) was an American carpenter and businessman from Watertown, Wisconsin who manufactured doors and sash windows. He served as an alderman in, and mayor of, that city, and as a member of the Wisconsin ...

(1827–1910), American politician *

Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer (15 February 1839 – 11 April 1908) was a German mathematician. Mayer was born on February 15, 1839 in Leipzig, Germany. His father was a businessman from Leipzig. He studied at the University of Leipzig, Universi ...

(1839–1907), German mathematician *

Christopher Mayer (American actor) Christopher Mayer (born George Charles Mayer III; February 21, 1954 – July 23, 2011), also known as Chip Mayer, was an American film and TV actor who was best known for portraying Vance Duke on ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' for 19 episodes during ...

(1954–2011), American actor *

Christopher Mayer (Australian actor) Christopher Mayer (born Christopher Plummer; 1961) is an Australian actor known for his work on the sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''. Personal life Mayer was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He is now married to Nicole Smith and has two children. Ca ...

(born 1961), Australian actor *

Constant Mayer * Constant Mayer (October 3, 1829 – May 12, 1911) was a French painter who emigrated to the United States. Mayer was born in Besançon, France to a Jewish family. He studied in Paris in the École des Beaux-Arts and under Léon Cogniet, and ...

(1829–1911), French-born American painter *

Daisy von Scherler Mayer Daisy von Scherler Mayer, sometimes credited as Daisy Mayer (born September 14, 1966), is an American film and television director. Life and career Mayer is the daughter of actress Sasha von Scherler (1934–2000) and Paul Avila Mayer (1928– ...

(born 1965), American film director *

Daniel Mayer Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909 – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the ''Ligue des droits de l'homme'' (LDH, Human Rights League) from 195 ...

(1909–1996), French politician *

David R. Mayer David R. Mayer (born February 28, 1967) is an American Democratic Party politician and the current mayor of Gloucester Township, New Jersey. Mayer served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2008, where he represented the 4th Leg ...

(born 1967), American politician *

Delia Mayer Delia Mayer (born 8 March 1967) is a Hong Kong-born Swiss actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Isabel Becker in the German television series '' Die Cleveren'' and as Miriam Shapiro in the German-American television drama mini-series ...

(born 1967), Swiss actress and singer *

Eckehard Mayer Eckehard Mayer (born 1946) is a German composer.Eckhard RoelckeSchwetzingen: "Sansibar" von Eckehard Mayer: Oper, fernsehtauglich'' Die Zeit'' 22 April 1994, retrieved 13 May 2019 Career Born in Hainsberg, Mayer was a member of the Dresdner K ...

(born 1946), German classical composer and author *

Edwin Justus Mayer Edwin Justus Mayer (November 8, 1896 – September 11, 1960) was an American screenwriter. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 47 films between 1927 and 1958. Edwin Justus Mayer worked on many screenplays but he is remembered now for h ...

(1896–1960), American screenwriter *

Elizabeth Mayer Elizabeth Wolff Mayer (1884 – 14 March 1970) was a German-born American translator and editor, closely associated with W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and other writers and musicians. After emigrating to the United States in the 1940s ...

(1884–1970), German-American translator and writer *

Else Mayer Else Mayer (1891–1962) was a German nun and women's liberation activist during the period of first-wave feminism. She was one of the pioneers of the German Women's Liberation Movement. Together with Alexandra Bischoff she founded the Erlöserbu ...

(1891–1962), German nun and women's liberation activist *

Emilie Mayer Emilie Luise Friderica Mayer (14 May 1812,Sources variously give Mayer's date of birth as 1812 (as in the references and external links below) or 1821 (e.g. Grove). It is possible that a transcription error was made by an early writer or typeset ...

(1812–1883) German composer of Romantic music *

Erskine Mayer Jacob Erskine Mayer (born James Erskine Mayer, January 16, 1889 – March 10, 1957) was an American baseball player who played for three different Major League Baseball teams during the 1910s. In his eight-year career, Mayer played for the Phi ...

(1887–1957), American major league baseball player *

Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...

(born 1983), German tennis player *

Francis Blackwell Mayer Francis Blackwell Mayer (December 27, 1827 – December 5, 1899) was a prominent 19th-century American genre painter from Maryland. While he spent most of his life in that state, he took a trip to the western frontier in the mid-nineteenth ...

(1827–1899), United States painter * Frank Mayer (1902–1960), American football player *

Fred Mayer (photographer) Fred Mayer (28 January 1933 – 25 November 2021) was a Swiss/German photographer. His works included photographs for several news agencies such as ATP, DPA, ADP, UPI and Magnum Photos, as well as various portfolios. He further published severa ...

(born 1933), Swiss photographer * Fred Shaw Mayer (1899–1989), Australian zoological collector and aviculturist *

Frederick Mayer Frederick Mayer (11 August 1921, Frankfurt, Germany – 26 June 2006, Vienna, Austria) was an educational scientist and philosopher of the University of Redlands, California and one of the leading creativity experts. One of his most important a ...

(1921–2006), German educational scientist *

Frederick Mayer (spy) Frederick Mayer (28 October 1921, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden, Germany – 15 April 2016, Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia) was a German-born Jew who became an American spy as an OSS agent for the United States during World War II. ...

(1921–2016), American spy during World War II *

Gene Mayer Gene Mayer (born May 11, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 14 professional singles titles during his career. Mayer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. He grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, and played tennis at Wayne ...

(born 1956), American former tennis player *

Gerhard Mayer Gerhard Mayer (born May 20, 1980 in Vienna) is a male discus thrower from Austria. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. He also competed at the 2012 S ...

(born 1980), Austrian discus thrower * Gisela Mayer (1931–2020), German politician * Gustav Mayer (1871–1948), German journalist and historian *

Hans Ferdinand Mayer Hans Ferdinand Mayer (born 23 October 1895 in Pforzheim, Germany; died 18 October 1980 in Munich, West Germany) was a German mathematician and physicist. He was the author of the "Oslo Report", a major military intelligence leak which revealed ...

(1895–1980), German mathematician and physicist, and author of the Oslo Report * Hans-Peter Mayer (born 1944), German politician * Helen Mayer (1932–2008), Australian politician *

Helene Mayer Helene Julie Mayer (20 December 1910 – 10 October 1953) was a German-born fencer who won the gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, and the silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. She competed for Nazi Germany in Berlin, despite ...

(1910–53), German and American Olympic champion foil fencer * Henry "Hy" Mayer (1868–1954), German-American animator *

Irene Mayer Selznick Irene Gladys Selznick (née Mayer; April 2, 1907 – October 10, 1990) was an American socialite and theatrical producer. Early life Irene Gladys Mayer was born in Brooklyn, the younger of two sisters born to film producer Louis B. Mayer and h ...

(1907–1990), born ''Irene Gladys Mayer'', American theatrical producer and daughter of MGM studio founder Louis B. Mayer * Jacob Erskine Mayer (1889–1957), American baseball player * Jacquelyn Mayer (born 1942), American beauty contest winner and motivational speaker *

Jane Mayer Jane Meredith Mayer (born 1955) is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1995. She has written for the publication about money in politics; government prosecution of whistleblowers; the Uni ...

(born 1955), American investigative journalist *

Jean Mayer Jean Mayer (19 April 1920 – 1 January 1993) was a French-American scientist best known for his research on the physiological bases of hunger and the metabolism of essential nutrients, and for his role in shaping policy on world hunger at bo ...

(1920–1993), French-American nutritionist and tenth president of Tufts University *

Jean-François Mayer Jean-Francois Mayer (born 25 April 1957 in Fribourg, Switzerland) is a religious historian, translator in Switzerland, and Director of the Institute Religioscope. He has a doctorate degree in History at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (1984). ...

(born 1957), Swiss historian of religions *

Jim Mayer (ice hockey) Jim Mayer (born October 30, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 74 games in the World Hockey Association and 4 games in the National Hockey League between 1976 and 1980. Mayer was born in Capreol, Ontario, and play ...

(born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player *

Jim Mayer (musician) James Mayer is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur and children's advocate. He is best known as a longtime bassist for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, having played, toured and recorded with Buffett since 1989. ...

, American musician *

Johann Friedrich Mayer (agriculturist) Johann Friedrich Georg Hartmann Mayer (September 21, 1719 – March 17, 1798) was a German Reformed pastor and agricultural reformer,Rudolf Vierhaus (2006) ''Kraatz - Menge.'' K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, p. 824 who is considered one of ...

(1719–1798), German agriculturist *

Johann Friedrich Mayer (theologian) Johann Friedrich Mayer (6 December 1650 – 30 March 1712) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of theology at Wittenberg University. He was an important champion of Lutheran orthodoxy and General Superintendent of Swedish Pomerani ...

(1650–1712), German theologian *

Johann Tobias Mayer Johann Tobias Mayer (5 May 1752 – 30 November 1830) was a German physicist. He was mainly well known for his mathematics and natural science textbooks. ''Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre zum Behuf der Vorlesungen über die Experimental-Physik'', ...

(1752–1830), German physicist *

John Mayer John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with ...

(born 1977), American singer and songwriter *

John Mayer (composer) John Mayer (28 October 1930 – 9 March 2004) was an Indian composer known primarily for his fusions of jazz with Indian music in the British-based group Indo-Jazz Fusions with the Jamaican-born saxophonist Joe Harriott. Mayer was born in Calc ...

(1930–2004), Indian composer *

John D. Mayer John D. Mayer is an American psychologist at the University of New Hampshire, specializing in emotional intelligence and personality psychology. He co-developed a popular model of ''emotional intelligence'' with Peter Salovey. He is one of the a ...

, American psychologist *

Jojo Mayer Sergé "Jojo" Mayer (born 18 January 1963) is a Swiss virtuoso drummer born in Zürich and currently residing in New York City. Mayer is the son of touring musician and bass player Vali Mayer and the brother of actress Delia Mayer. He began his ...

(born 1963), Swiss drummer *

Jorge Mayer Jorge Mayer (20 November 1915 – 25 December 2010) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina from 1972 to 1991. Biography Mayer was born in San Miguel Arcángel, Adolfo Alsina Partido, Buenos Aires Prov ...

(1915–2010), Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina *

José Mayer José Mayer Drumond (born 3 October 1949) is a Brazilian former actor. Biography and career Mayer was born in Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, and made his debut on television in 1977 in an children's television series '' Sítio do Picapau Amarelo''. ...

, Brazilian actor *

Joseph Edward Mayer Joseph Edward Mayer (February 5, 1904, New York City – October 15, 1983) was a chemist who formulated the Mayer expansion in statistical field theory. He was professor of chemistry at the University of California San Diego from 1960 to 1972, and ...

(1904–1983), American chemist and physicist, married to Maria Goeppert-Mayer *

Karl Ulrich Mayer Karl Ulrich Mayer (born 10 April 1945) is a German sociologist. He is Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, as well as the Stanley B. Resor Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Professor at the Inst ...

(born 1945), German sociologist * Karla Mayer (born 1918), guard at three Nazi death camps * Karoly Mayer (1908–2000), Hungarian footballer *

Klaus Mayer Klaus Mayer (24 February 1923 – 16 December 2022) was a German Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Mainz and was an . Biography Mayer was born in Darmstadt on 24 February 1923. Due to his half-Jewish heritage from his father, Karl Jakob Ma ...

(1923-2022), German Roman-catholic priest and author * Lauren Etame Mayer (born 1977), Cameroonian footballer *

Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...

(born 1987), Argentine tennis player * Leopold Mayer (–1914), German swimmer *

Levy Mayer Levy Mayer (October 23, 1858 – August 14, 1922) was an American lawyer from Virginia. A child prodigy of law, Mayer graduated from Yale Law School before he could even legally practice the profession in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Afte ...

(1858–1922), American lawyer *

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

(1884–1957), MGM studio mogul * Marcel Mayer, a French artist whose work includes sculpture, painting and engraving *

Marissa Mayer Marissa Ann Mayer (; born May 30, 1975) is an American businesswoman and investor. She is an information technology executive, and co-founder of Sunshine Contacts. Mayer formerly served as the president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!, a p ...

(born 1975), CEO of Yahoo! *

Martin Mayer Martin Prager Mayer (January 14, 1928 – August 1, 2019) was the writer of 35 non-fiction books, including ''Madison Avenue, U.S.A.'' (1958), ''The Schools'' (1961), ''The Lawyers'' (1967), ''About Television'' (1972), ''The Bankers'' (1975), ''Th ...

(born 1928), American nonfiction author *

Matthias Mayer Matthias Mayer (; born 9 June 1990) is an Austrian retired FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer and Career Born in Afritz am See in Carinthia (state), Carinthia, Mayer made his World Cup debut in Sestriere in Feb ...

(born 1990), Austrian retired alpine skier *

Mercer Mayer Mercer Mayer (born December 30, 1943) is an American children's author and illustrator. He has published over 300 books, using a wide range of illustrative styles. Mayer is best known for his ''Little Critter'' and ''Little Monster'' series of ...

(born 1943), American children's book author and illustrator * Michael Mayer (disambiguation), multiple people *

Mónica Mayer Mónica Mayer (born 1954) is a feminist Mexican artist, activist, and art critic whose work includes performance, digital graphics, drawing, photography and art theory. As a conceptual artist, curator, art critic and art theorist she has been e ...

(born 1954), Mexican artist, activist and art critic *

Nathaniel Mayer Nathaniel Mayer (February 10, 1944 – November 1, 2008) was an American rhythm and blues singer, who started his career in the early 1960s at Fortune Records in his birthplace of Detroit, Michigan. "Nay Dog" or "Nate," as he was also known, had a ...

(1944–2008), American rhythm-and-blues singer *

Norman Mayer Norman David Mayer (March 31, 1916 – December 9, 1982) was an American anti-nuclear weapons activist who was shot and killed by the United States Park Police after threatening to blow up the Washington Monument. Early life Mayer was born in El ...

(1916–1982), American anti-nuclear activist *

Oscar F. Mayer Oscar Ferdinand Mayer (March 29, 1859 – March 11, 1955) was a German American who founded the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer that bears his name. Early life and career Mayer was born in Kösingen (now part of Neresheim), in the Kingdom of ...

(1859–1955), founder of the Oscar Mayer Company *

Paul Augustin Mayer Paul Augustin Mayer, OSB (23 May 1911 – 30 April 2010) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He held various positions in the Roman Curia from 1971 to 1991. Biography Mayer was born in Altötting, Germany, which is located nea ...

OSB (1911–2010), German cardinal *

Paul Avila Mayer Paul Avila Mayer (May 28, 1928 – July 10, 2009) was an American television writer and producer. Personal life Mayer was born May 28, 1928 in Los Angeles, the son of Edwin Justus Mayer and Frances O'Neill. He was married to actress and comedia ...

(1928–2009), American television writer and producer *

Peter Mayer Peter Michael Mayer (28 March 1936 – 11 May 2018) was a British-born American independent publisher who was president of The Overlook Press/Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc., a Woodstock, New York-based publishing company he founded with his father ...

(born 1936), American publisher * Philip Frederick Mayer (1781–1858), United States Lutheran clergyman *

René Mayer René Mayer (; 4 May 189513 December 1972) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. Mayer was born and died in Paris. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958. He was Fran ...

(1895–1972), French politician * Richard J. Mayer (born 1939), American engineer * Robert Mayer (disambiguation), several people *

Rupert Mayer Rupert Mayer (23 January 1876 – 1 November 1945) was a Germans, German Jesuit Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest and a leading figure of the Catholic German Resistance to Nazism, resistance to Nazism in Munich. In 1987, he was beatified by ...

(1876–1945), Jesuit priest and leading figure of the Catholic Nazi resistance *

Sandy Mayer Alexander "Sandy" Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford Un ...

(born 1952), American former tennis player * Sarah Mayer (1896–1957), British judoka *

Scott Mayer (bishop) James Scott Mayer (born September 23, 1955) is the fifth and current Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas in The Episcopal Church. He was elected after two ballots in an electing convention at St. Paul's on the Plains Church in Lubb ...

(born 1955), American bishop * Scott Mayer (racing driver) (born 1964), American race car driver * Selma Mayer (1884–1984), known as Schwester Selma, German-Jewish head nurse at the original Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem *

Sergio Mayer Sergio Mayer Breton Izturiz Pinilla, (born May 21, 1966 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actor, singer, producer, and politician. He is serving as a federal deputy to the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Biography Sergio started his car ...

(born 1966) Mexican actor and singer *

Sheldon Mayer Sheldon Mayer (; April 1, 1917 – December 21, 1991) was an American comics artist, writer, and editor. One of the earliest employees of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications, Mayer produced almost all of his comics work ...

(1917–1991), American cartoonist and editor *

Siegmund Mayer Siegmund Mayer (December 27, 1842 – September, 1910) was a German physiologist and histologist. Mayer was born in Bechtheim in Rhenish Hesse. He studied at the Universities of Heidelberg, Giessen and Tübingen, where in 1865 he obtained his ...

(1842–1910), German physiologist * Stepanka Mayer (born 1949), Czech and German chess player * Stephan Mayer (born 1973), German politician * Stephen F. Mayer (1854–1935), American politician * Svenja Mayer (born 1991), German wheelchair basketball player *

Teddy Mayer Edward Everett Mayer (September 8, 1935 – January 30, 2009) was an American motor racing entrepreneur who was successful in several categories of racing, including Formula One and IndyCars. Life and career Mayer was born in Scranton, Penns ...

(1935–2009), American racecar driver and brother of Timmy *

Thomas Mayer (American economist) Thomas Mayer (January 18, 1927 – June 12, 2015) was an Austrian-born American economist who was professor of economics at the University of California, Davis. He previously taught at West Virginia University, the University of Notre Dame, Mic ...

(1927–2015), Neo-Keynesian economist *

Thomas Mayer (German economist) Thomas Mayer (born 3 January 1954) is a German economist who was chief economist of Deutsche Bank from January 2010 to May 2012. Born in Backnang, Baden-Württemberg, Mayer attended the University of Kiel, earning a doctorate in 1982. Between 1 ...

(born 1954), Deutsche Bank executive * Tim Mayer (born 1966), son of Teddy and racecar executive *

Timmy Mayer Timothy Andrew Mayer (February 22, 1938 – February 28, 1964) was a racecar driver from Dalton, Pennsylvania in the United States. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, on October 7, 1962. He retired with ignition fa ...

(1938–1964), American racecar driver *

Tobias Mayer Tobias Mayer (17 February 172320 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon. He was born at Marbach, in Württemberg, and brought up at Esslingen in poor circumstances. A self-taught mathematician, he earned a l ...

(1723–1762), German astronomer *

Victor Mayer Victor Mayer (1857 in Pforzheim – 1946) founded the jewellery manufacture Victor Mayer in Pforzheim in 1890. In the time of Jugendstil / Art Nouveau, the company created pieces based on the designs of well-known artists such as the jewellery desi ...

(1857–1946), German jeweler *

Walther Mayer Walther Mayer (11 March 1887 – 10 September 1948) was an Austrian mathematician, born in Graz, Austria-Hungary. With Leopold Vietoris he is the namesake of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence in topology.. He served as an assistant to Albert Einstei ...

(1887–1948), Austrian mathematician *

Wilhelm Mayer (composer) Wilhelm Mayer (10 June 183122 January 1898) was an Austro-Bohemian composer who published his works under the name W. A. Rémy. He was also a noted teacher, whose pupils included Ferruccio Busoni and Felix Weingartner. His name sometimes appears a ...

(1831–1898), Bohemian-Austrian composer and teacher *

Wilhelm Mayer (fighter pilot) Wilhelm Mayer (5 December 1917 – 4 January 1945) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 27 aerial victories, claimed over the Western Front and in Defense of the Reich in 124 combat m ...

(1917–1945), German Luftwaffe ace *

William Mayer (composer) William Mayer (November 18, 1925 – November 17, 2017) was an American composer, best known for his prize-winning opera ''A Death in the Family''. Life and career Mayer was born in New York City, the son of Dorothy (née Ehrich) and John C. May ...

(1925-2017), American composer * William Daniel Mayer (born 1940), American politician * Youngmi Mayer, American comedian

Modified surname

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Nicholas De Mayer Nicholaes DeMeyer (DeMayer or Meyer) (c. July 10, 1635 – March 19, 1691) was the ninth mayor of New York City, in the English colony of New York. He was appointed mayor by Governor Edmund Andros on October 14, 1676, and served until 1677. DeMa ...

(c. 1631–1695), ninth mayor of New York City ; von Mayer *

Julius Robert von Mayer Julius Robert von Mayer (25 November 1814 – 20 March 1878) was a German physician, chemist, and physicist and one of the founders of thermodynamics. He is best known for enunciating in 1841 one of the original statements of the conservation ...

(1814–1878), German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to early thermodynamics

Variation on surname

* Mike-Mayer (surname) *

Maria Goeppert-Mayer Maria Goeppert Mayer (; June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was the second woman to win a Nobel Pri ...

(1906–1972), German-American physicist, married to Joseph Edward Mayer * Heidrun Mohr-Mayer (born 1942), German jeweler * Herbert Mohr-Mayer (born 1933), German jeweler

Given or middle name

A first or second Hebrew name, an alternative spelling of

Meir Meir ( he, מֵאִיר) is a Jewish male given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines". It is often Germanized as Maier, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meyer, Meijer, Italianized as Miagro, or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer.Alfre ...

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Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802 – August 30 or September 10 1866) was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. He started out as a painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous Fren ...

* Mayer Lambert (1863–1930), French orientalist *

Mayer Amschel Rothschild family The Rothschild family ( , ) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Fra ...

** Baron

Mayer Amschel de Rothschild Mayer may refer to: *Mayer (name) Places * C. Mayer (crater), named after Christian Mayer * Mayer, Syria * Mayer, Arizona, United States * Mayer, Minnesota, United States * Mayersville, Mississippi, United States * Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada ...

Carl Mayer von Rothschild Carl Mayer ''Freiherr'' von Rothschild (24 April 1788 – 10 March 1855) was a German-born banker in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the founder of the Rothschild banking family of Naples. Biography Born Kalman Mayer Rothschild in Frankfur ...

, founder of the Rothschild banking family of Naples **

David Mayer de Rothschild David Mayer de Rothschild (born 25 August 1978) is a British adventurer, ecologist, and environmentalist.7 February 2009 The Sunday Times Magazine Early life He is a member of the Rothschild family, the youngest of three children of Victoria ...

James Mayer Rothschild James Mayer de Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild (born Jakob Mayer Rothschild; 15 May 1792 – 15 November 1868) was a German- French banker and the founder of the French branch of the Rothschild family. Early life James de Rothschild was born ...

, founder of the Rothschild banking family of France ** Mayer Alphonse James Rothschild **

Mayer Amschel Rothschild Mayer Amschel Rothschild (23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812; also spelled ''Anschel'') was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Referred to as a "founding father of international finance", Rothschild w ...

Nathan Mayer Rothschild Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 – 28 July 1836) was an English-German banker, businessman and financier. Born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, he was the third of the five sons of Gutle (Schnapper) and Mayer Amschel Rothschild, an ...

, founder of the Rothschild banking family of England **

Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild (8 November 1840 – 31 March 1915) was a British banker and politician from the wealthy international Rothschild family. Early life Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild was the el ...

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (9 September 1774 – 28 July 1855) was a German-born banker in the Austrian Empire and the founder of the Austrian branch of the prominent Mayer Amschel Rothschild family. Family He was born at Frankfurt am Main ...

, founder of the Rothschild banking family of Austria *

Isaac Mayer Wise Isaac Mayer Wise (29 March 1819, Lomnička – 26 March 1900, Cincinnati) was an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author. At his death he was called "the foremost rabbi in America". Early life Wise was born on 29 March 1819 in Steingrub in B ...

Mayer Hawthorne Andrew Mayer Cohen (born February 2, 1979), better known by his stage name Mayer Hawthorne, is an American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. Cohen performs a ...

(born 1979), stage name of American rap singer

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