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surname, translating in English to "

bricklayer A bricklayer, which is related to but different from a mason, is a craftsperson and tradesperson who lays bricks to construct brickwork. The terms also refer to personnel who use blocks to construct blockwork walls and other forms of maso ...

" or "wall builder." Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Maurer (1901–1943), American football player *

Alfred Maurer (politician) Alfred Maurer (2 December 1888 Tallinn - 20 September 1954 Stockholm) was an Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the ...

(1888–1954), Estonian politician *

Alfred Henry Maurer Alfred Henry Maurer (April 21, 1868 – August 4, 1932) was an American modernist painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early twentieth century. Highly respected today, his wor ...

(1868–1932), American artist *

Andreas Maurer (tennis) Andreas Maurer (born 8 March 1958) is a former tennis player from West Germany. Maurer won one singles title (1985, Madrid) and two doubles titles (1984, Stuttgart outdoor and 1986, Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in ...

(born 1958), German professional tennis player * Andreas Maurer (Austrian politician) (1919–2010), Austrian politician * Andreas Maurer (German politician) (born 1970), German local politician * Andy Maurer (1948–2016), American football player *

Angela Maurer Angela Maurer (born 27 July 1975) is a German long-distance swimmer. Career Angela Maurer lives in Wiesbaden, where she was born. She swims for the ''SSV Undine 08 e.V. Mainz'' swimming club, and trains together with Dimitri Colupaev and Marc- ...

(born 1975), German long-distance swimmer *

Bill Maurer William M. Maurer (born March 31, 1968) is an American academic scholar of legal anthropology, legal and economic anthropology, economic anthropology. He currently serves as the dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Social Scienc ...

(born 1968), American academic scholar of legal and economic anthropology *

Brandon Maurer Brandon Eugene Maurer (born July 3, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals. From Costa Mesa, California, Maurer pitche ...

(born 1990), American professional baseball pitcher * Chris Maurer (born 1984), former bassist of ska band Suburban Legends * Claude Maurer (born 1975), Swiss sailor *

Daphne Maurer Daphne Maurer is a Canadian developmental psychologist and professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University. She is known for her work on the development of visual perception in humans, starting ...

, Canadian professor of experimental psychology (visual perception) * Dave Maurer (American football) (1932–2011), American football player and coach * Dave Maurer (baseball) (born 1975), Major League Baseball pitcher * David Warren Maurer (1906–1981), professor of linguistics *

Dóra Maurer Dóra Maurer (born 1937) is a Hungarian visual artist whose work has spanned a 50-year career. She works in almost every medium, from film and photography, to painting, performance, and sculpture. Principally achieving recognition in the 1970s w ...

(born 1937), Hungarian artist * Franciszek Maurer (1918–2010), Polish architect, artist, and professor * Friedrich Maurer (handballer) (1912–1958), Austrian field handball player *

Friedrich Maurer (linguist) Friedrich Maurer (5 January 1898 – 7 November 1984) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. Biography Maurer started to study classical philology and comparative linguistics at the University of Frankfurt in 1916. ...

(1898–1984), German linguist and medievalist * Georg Ludwig von Maurer (1790–1872), German statesman and historian * Georg Maurer (1907–1971), German poet, essayist, and translator *

German Mäurer Friedrich Wilhelm German Mäurer (11 February 1811, Bensberg – 7 July 1883, Paris) was a German Communist writer and leader of the early German labor movement. He joined the League of Outlaws ("Bund der Geächteten) because of his democratic beli ...

(1811–1883), German writer and labor leader * Hermann Maurer (born 1941), Austrian computer scientist * Howard Maurer (born 1935), American musician, performer and actor * Hubert Maurer (1738–1818), German painter, graphic artist and art professor * Ingo Maurer (1932–2019), German lighting designer *

Ion Gheorghe Maurer Ion Gheorghe Maurer (; 23 September 1902 – 8 February 2000) was a Romanian communist politician and lawyer, and the 49th Prime Minister of Romania. He is the longest serving Prime Minister in the history of Romania (having served for 12 ...

(1902–2000), Romanian politician * James Hudson Maurer (1864–1944), American trade unionist * Jeff Maurer (born July 9, 1947), American businessperson * Jimmy Maurer (born 1988), American soccer player * Joan Howard Maurer (1927–2021), American writer and actress *

John Maurer (Social Distortion) John Maurer (born July 14, 1961) is an American musician who was a longtime bass guitarist for Social Distortion from 1984 to 2004. Career He joined Social Distortion in early 1984 following the departure of Brent Liles. He played on every alb ...

(born 1961), American punk musician * John Maurer (jazz musician), American instrumentalist and instructor * John J. Maurer (1922–2019), American politician * José Clemente Maurer (1900—1990), German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

José Maurer José Maurer (; 6 May 1906 – 23 May 1968) was an Austro-Hungarian-Argentine actor. He was regarded as one of the leading actors in Yiddish theatre. Early life He was born Yoshe Maurer Neumann in the town of Boryslav, then a thriving Oil town i ...

(1906–1968), Argentine actor of Jewish ancestry * Joshua D. Maurer (born 1964), American film producer, writer and actor * Jost Maurer, German mason, architect and construction entrepreneur * Julius Maximilian Maurer (1857–1938), Swiss meteorologist * Jürgen Maurer (born 1967), Austrian actor * Konrad von Maurer (1823–1902), German legal historian and collector of Old Norse folklore * Kurt Maurer (1926–20??), Swiss footballer * Lea Maurer (born 1971), American former competition swimmer * Linus Maurer (1926–2016), American cartoonist *

Louis Maurer Louis Maurer (February 21, 1832 – July 19, 1932) was a German-born American lithographer, and the father of the American painter Alfred Henry Maurer. He was the last surviving artist known to have been employed by Currier and Ives. Prior to ...

(1832–1932), German-born American lithographer * Lucille Maurer, the first woman Treasurer of Maryland * Ludwig Maurer (1859–1927), German mathematician * Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789–1878), German composer, conductor, and violinist * Marc Maurer (born 1951), American lawyer * Marco Maurer (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player *

Mario Maurer Mario Maurer (, ; ) is a Thai actor and model. He was in the 2007 film ''The Love of Siam, Love of Siam'' and the 2010 sleeper hit ''First Love (A Little Thing Called Love), Crazy Little Thing Called Love''. He was also in Thailand's highest gro ...

(born 1988), Thai actor and model * Matthias Maurer (born 1970), German European Space Agency astronaut and materials scientist * Melanie Maurer (born 1988), Swiss cyclist * Michel Maurer (1904–1983), Luxembourgian boxer * Mike Maurer (born 1975), Canadian football player * Neža Maurer (1930–2025), Slovene poet and writer *

Norman Maurer Norman Albert Maurer (May 13, 1926 – November 23, 1986) was an American comic book artist and writer, and a director and producer of films and television shows. He is best known for his longtime professional and personal association with Th ...

(1926–1986), American writer, director and producer of films and TV shows *

Oscar Maurer Oscar Maurer (17 July 1870–9 June 1965) was a nationally recognized Pictorialism, Pictorialist photographer based in California. His photographs appeared in ''Camera Work'', ''Camera Craft'', ''The Camera (American magazine), The Camera,'' and ot ...

(1870–1965), American photographer * Peter Maurer (born 1956), Swiss diplomat *

Reiner Maurer Reiner Maurer (born 16 February 1960) is a German football coach and a former player. He is the assistant coach of Chinese Super League club Qingdao West Coast. Maurer played as a midfielder. He represented Beijing Guoan Playing career Maurer ...

(born 1960), German footballer and football manager * Reinhart Maurer (born 1935), German philosopher and professor * René Maurer (born 1936), Swiss high jumper * Rob Maurer (born 1967), American baseball player * Robert D. Maurer (born 1924), American scientist and expert in fibre optics * Sigrid Maurer (born 1985), Austrian politician * Stefan Maurer (1960–1994), Swiss cyclist * Steve Maurer (1947–2022), American politician *

Tim Maurer Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska, Orange County ska sce ...

(born 1980), former lead singer of ska band Suburban Legends * Tommy Maurer (born 1960), American soccer player *

Traudl Maurer Traudl Maurer (born 1961) from Mittenwald is a German ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. Selected results Ski mountaineering * 2003: ** 1st, German Championship

(b. 1961), German ski mountaineer * Ueli Maurer (cryptographer) (born 1960), Swiss professor of computer science *

Ueli Maurer Ulrich "Ueli" Maurer (; born 1 December 1950) is a Swiss politician who served as a List of members of the Swiss Federal Council, Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2022. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he was Pres ...

(born 1950), Swiss politician * Uli Maurer (born 1985), German ice hockey player * Ulrich Mäurer, German lawyer and politician * Walter Maurer (wrestler) (1893–1983), American wrestler *

Walter Maurer (artist) Walter Helmut Maurer (born March 20, 1942, in Dachau, Bavaria, Germany) is a German designer and artist. Maurer is best known for having painted many of the cars in the BMW Art Car series. Biography Early life and beginnings Walter Maurer ...

(born 1942), German designer and university lecturer

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