Beer (surname)

Beer is an English and German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:

• Aaron Beer (1739–1821), German ḥazzan
• Alan Beer (born 1950), Welsh footballer
• Alexander Beer (1873–1944), German architect
• Alice Beer (born 1965), English television presenter
• Amy-Jane Beer (fl. 2023), British nature writer
• Angelika Beer (born 1957), German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens)
• Anthony Stafford Beer (1926–2002), English theorist in operational research, founder of management cybernetics
• Arthur Beer (1900–1980), German astronomer
• August Beer (1825–1863), German mathematician, chemist and physicist
• Axel Beer (born 1956), German musicologist
• Carol Beer, a fictional character from British comedy show Little Britain, portrayed by David Walliams
• Charles Beer (born 1941), Canadian politician
• Claudia Beer (born 1993), German curler
• Cheryl Beer, Welsh singer and multi-media artist
• Edwin Beer (1876–1938), American surgeon
• Edwin John Beer (1879–1986), British chemist and geologist
• Ferdinand P. Beer (1915–2003), French mechanical engineer and university professor
• Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer (1899–1972), English evolutionary embryologist
• Georg Joseph Beer (1763–1821), Austrian physician, founder of the research center of ophthalmology
• George Louis Beer (1872–1920), American historian
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Yaakov Liebmann Beer) (1791–1864), German composer, brother of Wilhelm Beer and writer Michael Beer
• Gillian Beer (born 1935), English literary critic
• Isaiah Beer Bing (1759–1805), French writer and translator
• Israel Beer (1912–1966), Israeli senior official convicted of espionage
• Jannie de Beer (born 1971), South Africa rugby player
• Jens Henrik Beer (1799–1881), Norwegian businessperson, farmer and politician
• Jolyn Beer (born 1994), German sport shooter
• Joseph Beer (1908–1987), operetta composer
• Joseph Beer (clarinetist) (1744–1811)
• Klaus Beer (1942–2023), German track & field athlete
• Madison Beer (born 1999), American singer and actress
• Maggie Beer (born 1945), Australian chef
• Maike Beer (born 1996), German curler
• Max Josef Beer (1851–1908), Austrian composer
• Michael Beer (cricketer) (born 1984), Australian cricketer
• Michael Beer (poet) (1800–1833), German poet
• Moses Shabbethai Beer (d. 1835), Italian rabbi
• Nicola Beer (born 1970), German politician
• Oliver Beer (footballer) (born 1979), German footballer
• Patricia Beer (1919–1999), English writer
• Peter Beer (judge) (1928–2018), American judge and politician
• Peter Beer (RAF officer) (born 1941), British Air Vice Marshal
• Phil Beer (born 1953), English multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer
• Randall Beer, American computer scientist
• Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866–1945), Austrian writer
• Seth Beer (born 1996), American baseball player
• Sidney Beer (1899–1971), racehorse owner and conductor
• Vivian Beer (born 1977), American designer and artist
• Wilhelm Beer (1797–1850), German banker and astronomer
• Will Beer (born 1988), English cricketer

See also

• Beers (surname)