Sommer is a surname, from the German, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian languages word for the season "summer". Notable people with this name include:

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* Alfred Sommer (born 1943), American academic *

Alice Herz-Sommer Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Herz (26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Prague-born Jews, Jewish classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp. She lived for 40 years in ...

(1903–2014), Czech-born Jewish pianist, oldest Holocaust survivor *

António de Sommer Champalimaud Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

(1918–2004), Portuguese banker and industrialist *

Bert Sommer Bert Sommer (February 7, 1949 – July 23, 1990) was an American folk singer and songwriter. He appeared in the musical '' Hair'' and at the Woodstock Festival, and released several albums as a singer-songwriter. Life and career Sommer was born ...

(1949–1990), American musician and actor *

Christine Sommer Christine Sommer (born 1970) is an Austrian actress. Life and career Born in Vienna, Sommer completed her training as an actress in the years 1986 to 1990 at the Max Reinhardt Seminar. This was followed by engagements at various theaters in Vie ...

(born 1970), Austrian actress * Clifford C. Sommer (1908-1993), American businessman and politician * Coleen Sommer (born 1960), American high jumper *

Daniel Sommer Daniel Sommer (1850–1940) was a key figure in the Restoration Movement and in the separation of the Churches of Christ from the Christian Church. The roots of the division that led the Churches of Christ to consider itself separate and distinc ...

(1850–1940), key figure in the Restoration Movement *

Édouard Sommer Édouard Sommer (6 April 1822, Nancy, France - July 1866, Paris) was a French philologist, novelist, translator, grammarian and lexicographer. Life Sommer took his agrégation in letters in 1846 and graduated from Dijon University in 1847 with th ...

(born 1822), French scholar *

Elke Sommer Elke Sommer (; born Elke Baronin von Schletz, 5 November 1940) is a German actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in ''The Pink Panther (1963 film), The Pink Panther'' sequel ''A S ...

(born 1940), German actress *

Erik Sommer Erik Sommer (born February 25, 1978) is an American contemporary artist and curator based in New York City. Best known for his weathered paintings and cement installations, his work is often compared to abandoned buildings, eroding stone or ...

(born 1978), artist *

Evrim Sommer Helin Evrim Sommer (née Evrim Baba; born 7 February 1985) is a German politician, a former member of the Berlin House of Representatives and of the German Bundestag for the state of Berlin. She was a member of The Left party until May 2022. ...

(born 1971), German politician (The Left) * Frederick Sommer (1905–1999), artist * Gerhard Sommer (1921–2019), German Nazi officer accused of war crimes *

Giorgio Sommer Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914) was one of Europe’s most important and prolific photographers of the 19th century. Active from 1857 to 1888, he produced thousands of images of archeological ruins, landscapes, art objects and portraits. He was bor ...

(1834–1914), 19th-century photographer * Günter Sommer (born c. 1943), German jazz musician *

Hans Sommer (SS officer) Hans Sommer (born 26 June 1914) is a German national who served in the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' during World War II. After the war, he found a working relationship with Gehlen Organisation Agent # 2857and was subsequently a spy for the '' Stasi ...

(born 1914), Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmführer) * Hans Sommer (composer) (1837–1922), German opera composer * (1904–2000), German film music composer * Heather Sommer, American Pop Singer/Songwriter *

Iris Sommer Iris Sommer (born 31 August 1970) is a Dutch psychiatrist who is professor of cognitive aspects of neurological and psychiatric disorders at the Departments of Neuroscience of University Medical Center Groningen. She previously served as Profess ...

(born 1970), Dutch psychiatrist * Jason Sommer, American poet and academic * Joe Sommer (1858–1938), American baseball player * Josef Sommer (born 1934), American film actor * Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer (1881–1952), bishop of the Methodist Church * Juergen Sommer (born 1969) American soccer goalkeeper *

Keith P. Sommer Keith P. Sommer (born September 6, 1946) is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 1999. Sommer currently represents the 88th district which includes the cities of Morton, Washington, and Bloomington. Early life and c ...

(born 1946), Republican politician * Kostas Sommer (born 1975), Greek actor * Luke Elliott Sommer (born 1986), former United States Army Ranger and bank robber

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* Manfred Sommer (1933–2007), Spanish comics creator * Michael Sommer (born 1952), chairman of ''Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund'' (Federation of German trade unions) * Mike Sommer (born 1934), American football player * Mike Sommer (born 1977), American author and podcaster in the collectible sports card genre *

Peter Sommer Peter Sommer Christensen (born 28 August 1974 in Skanderborg) is a Danish singer and songwriter. His lyrics are often characterized by interesting puns and word plays. Besides his solo career, he was in the duo Superjeg with Carsten Valentin L ...

, Danish singer-songwriter *

Ralf J. Sommer Ralf Josef Sommer (born 23 September 1963) is a German biologist specializing in evolutionary developmental biology. Scientific career Sommer studied biology at the RWTH Aachen University, at the University of Tübingen and at the Ludwig Maximilia ...

, German biologist specializing in evolutionary developmental biology * Ralph Frederick Sommer (1898–1971), one of the endodontics pioneers * Raymond Sommer (1906–1950), French racing driver *

Renate Sommer Renate Sommer (born 10 September 1958) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 until 2019. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. Member of the E ...

(born 1958), German politician (CDU) * Rich Sommer (born 1978), American actor *

Robert Sommer Robert Sommer (April 26, 1929February 27, 2021) was an internationally known Environmental Psychologist and held the position of Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of California, Davis.

, distinguished professor of psychology *

Robert Sommer (psychiatrist) Karl Robert Sommer (19 December 1864, in Grottkau – 2 February 1937, in Giessen) was a german psychiatrist and genealogist born in Grottkau. He is remembered for his work in experimental psychology. He coined the term „Psychohygiene� ...

(1864–1937), German psychiatrist and genealogist *

Roger Sommer Roger Sommer (4 August 1877 in Pierrepont, France – 14 April 1965 at Sainte-Maxime) was a French aviator. Born to Alfred Sommer, a Belgian industrialist, Roger Sommer became involved with aviation from an early age. He broke the record for ...

, French aviator *

Roy Sommer Roy A. Sommer (born April 5, 1957) is an American former professional ice hockey player who is currently serving as the head coach of the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL). Sommer played three games for the Edmonton Oilers of th ...

(born 1957), American ice hockey player *

Scott Sommer Scott Sommer (February 20, 1951 – November 18, 1993) was an American author. He graduated from Columbia High School (1969) and Ohio Wesleyan University (1973). Sommer was the author of four novels and one collection of short stories. He was th ...

(1951–1993), American author *Thelma Thall “Tybie” Sommer, née

Thelma Thall Thelma Thall “Tybie” Sommer (born 1924) is the only living American woman to have won two World Table Tennis Championships. She received the USA Table Tennis Lifetime Achievement Award, and is in the Table Tennis Hall of Fame. She says tha ...

(born 1924), American two-time world table tennis champion. *

Theo Sommer Theo Sommer (10 June 1930 – 22 August 2022) was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for ''Die Zeit'' in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for ''Die Zeit'' shaped the paper's social-liber ...

(1930–2022), German journalist *

Tim Sommer Timothy Andrew Sommer (born March 5, 1962 in New York City) is an American music journalist, musician, record producer and former Atlantic Records A&R representative. Sommer was the bass player for the slowcore/dreampop band Hugo Largo. Mu ...

, American musician and record producer *

Vladimír Sommer Vladimír Sommer (28 February 1921 in Dolní Jiřetín near Most – 8 September 1997 in Prague) was a Czech composer. Sommer began his studies at the Prague Conservatory, where he studied violin with Bedřich Voldan and composition with Karel J ...

(1921–1997), Czech composer *

William Sommer William Sommer (1867–1949) was an American Modernist painter. William Sommer was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1867. He was largely self-taught, but received instruction early on from artist and commercial lithographer Julius Melchers. He ap ...

(1867–1949), American modernist painter * Yann Sommer (born 1988), Swiss footballer

In fiction

*Dr Jochen Sommer, the fictional editor answering readers' questions (agony uncle) of the German youth magazine ''Bravo'' *''

The Story of Mr Sommer ''The Story of Mr Sommer'' (''Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer'') is a novella in German by Patrick Süskind, published in 1991, dealing with memories of childhood in a village in Germany. The book was illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé. It was tra ...

'', a German novel * ''Sommer'' (TV series), a Danish TV-drama aired on DR1 in 2008 *Bobbi "Blade" Sommer, a character from Batman Beyond

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