Reimer is a family name of Germanic or Dutch origin.

Notable people with this surname

Al Reimer Elmer E. 'Al' Reimer (1927-2015) was a Mennonite writer from Steinbach, Manitoba. Reimer was an important literary critic and writer in the emergence of southern Manitoba Mennonite literature during the 1970s and 80s. Born in Landmark, Manitoba, Rei ...

(1927-2015), Canadian writer *

Andrea Reimer Andrea Reimer is a Canadian politician, who served on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council from 2008 to 2018. She was first elected in 2002 to the Vancouver School Board as a Green Party candidate.

, Canadian politician *

A. James Reimer Allen James Reimer (August 10, 1942 – August 28, 2010) was a Canadian Mennonite theologian who held a dual academic appointment as Professor of Religious Studies and Christian Theology at Conrad Grebel University College, a member college of the ...

(1942–2010), Canadian Mennonite theologian *

Arthur E. Reimer Arthur Elmer Reimer (January 15, 1882 – November 25, 1969) was an American socialist political activist and politician who served as the presidential candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America twice. Biography Early years Arthur Reim ...

(1882–1969), American political candidate for the Socialist Labor Party of America *

Bennett Reimer Bennett Reimer (June 19, 1932 – November 18, 2013) was an American music educator. He held the John W. Beattie Endowed Chair in Music at Northwestern University from 1978 until retirement in 1997, where he was chair of the Music Education Depa ...

, American musician *

Birgitte Reimer Birgitte Reimer (8 February 1926 – 19 April 2021) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 17 films between 1947 and 1964. Reimer died in April 2021 at the age of 95. Filmography * ''Soldaten og Jenny'' (1947) * ''I de lyse nætter'' (1948 ...

(1926-2021), Danish actress *

Brittany Reimer Brittany Reimer (born January 3, 1988) is a Canadian former freestyle swimmer. She is a two-time medallist at the World Championships and swam at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career Reimer competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 200, 400, an ...

(born 1988), Canadian swimmer * Christine Reimer, Danish journalist * Daniela Reimer, German rower * David Reimer (1965–2004), Canadian man raised as a girl who became a famous case study in sexology *

David Dale Reimer David Dale Reimer is an American diplomat and member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has served as the List of ambassadors of the United States to Sierra Leone, United States ambassador to Sierra Leone since 2021. He previously served concurre ...

, American diplomat *

Dennis Reimer Dennis Joe Reimer (born July 12, 1939) is a retired general of the United States Army, who served as the 33rd Chief of Staff of the Army from June 20, 1995 to June 21, 1999. He is also a graduate of Ranger and Airborne school. Early life and edu ...

(born 1939), Chief of Staff of the United States Army 1995-1999 *

Doug Reimer Doug Reimer (born 1961) is the head coach for the UBC Thunderbirds' women's volleyball team and is a former volleyball player. As a head coach, he has won the U Sports women's volleyball championship ten times (once with the Winnipeg Wesmen and n ...

, Canadian volleyball player *

Erwin Reimer Erwin Reimer (29 May 1914 – 23 April 1997) was a Chilean athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References 1914 births 1997 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Chilea ...

, Chilean athlete *

Eugene Reimer Eugene "Gene" Reimer (21 January 1940 – 9 June 2008) was a Canadian wheelchair Paralympic athlete who won 10 Paralympic medals and 50 Canadian and Pan-American medals from 1968 to 1980. Having polio at an early age, he was a member of the wh ...

, Canadian athlete *

Jack Reimer Jack F. Reimer is a Progressive Conservative politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (MLA) from 1990 to 2007, and served in the government of Gary Filmon. The son of Jacob Frank Reimer, a Russian ...

, Canadian politician *

Jakob Reimer Jakob (Jack) Reimer (November 6, 1918 – August 3, 2005) was a Trawniki camp guard who later emigrated to the United States and became a salesman and restaurant manager. Biography Early life in USSR Born to Russian Mennonite parents in Frieden ...

(1918–2005), a Trawniki concentration camp guard * James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player * Jeffrey Reimer, American chemist *

John Reimer John Henry Reimer (born July 16, 1936) is a Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1980, and again from 1984 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Reimer was born to a Mennonite f ...

, Canadian politician * Josef Ludwig Reimer, Austrian writer *

Georg Reimer Georg Friedrich Reimer (17 May 1828, Leipzig – 17 September 1866, Berlin) was a German genre painter from the Düsseldorf School. Life Reimer was the only son of the bookseller Karl August Reimer (1801–1858) from his first marriage to Augus ...

, German painter *

Helmut Reimer Helmut Reimer is a German computer scientist. He was professor of microelectronics at the Technische Universität Ilmenau from 1971. From 1980 to 1990, he also led the department for microchip production of the VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt. From ...

, German computer scientist *

Klaas Reimer Klaas Reimer (1770–1837) was the founder of the Kleine Gemeinde, a Mennonite denomination that still exists in Latin America, but underwent radical changes in Canada where it is now called the Evangelical Mennonite Conference. Ethnic Mennonite rem ...

(1770–1837), founder of the Kleine Gemeinde *

Linda Reimer Linda Reimer (born 1959 or 1960) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Port Moody-Coquitlam as a member of the Briti ...

, Canadian politician *

Luke Reimer Luke Reimer is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker. He was named in the Brumbies squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. He made his debut in the qualifying final of the 2021 Sup ...

, Australian rugby player *

Mary Jean Reimer Mary Jean Reimer (born 22 May 1964), also known as Yung Jing-Jing, is a Hong Kong solicitor and actress. She has American-Chinese-Vietnamese ancestry. Early life and film career Reimer was born in South Vietnam (or the United States) to an America ...

(born 1964), Hong Kong actress *

Martin Reimer Martin Reimer (born 14 June 1987) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally from 2008 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2015. In 2009 he was the unlikely winner of the German National Road Race Championship. In Novembe ...

, German cyclist *

Neil Reimer Neil Reimer (July 3, 1921 – March 29, 2011) was an activist, trade unionist and politician in Canada. Reimer attended the University of Saskatchewan, but left in 1942 at the age of 19 to work at the Consumers Co-operative Refinery in Regina, Sa ...

(1921-2011), Canadian politician *

Nele Reimer Nele Reimer (born 9 September 1996) is a German handballer who plays for SG BBM Bietigheim SG BBM Bietigheim is a German handball club from Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen ...

, German handballer * Patrick Reimer, German hockey player *

Paula Reimer Paula Jo Reimer is a radiocarbon and archaeological scientist. Reimer is the former director of the 14Chrono Centre for Climate, the Environment, and Chronology at Queen's University Belfast. Biography Reimer has a BSc in Physics (1974) and MSc ...

, American scientist *

Rebecca Reimer Rebecca Reimer is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives The South Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Dakota Legislature. It consists of 70 members, two from each ...

, American politician and member of the South Dakota House of Representatives *

Uwe Reimer Uwe Reimer (* 16 February 1948 in Hamburg; † 23 February 2004 in Göttingen) was a German writer who wrote numerous books about history and social studies. Biography Reimer was born in 1948 in Hamburg. He visited the "Gymnasium Altona" which he f ...

, German writer

Fictional characters

* Wendy Reimer, protagonist of

Casey Plett Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novel '' Little Fish'' and Giller Prize-nominated short story collection ''A Dream of a Woman''. Personal life Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Menno ...

's novel Little Fish

Notable people with this surname

Fictional characters

See also