Baer (or

Bär Bär (or Baer, meaning "bear" in German) is a surname and may refer to: * Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn (c. 1789/1794–1878), Russian poet and grammarian * Dietmar Bär (born 1961), German actor * Dorothee Bär (born 1978), German politician * ...

, from ) or Van Baer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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* Alan Baer, American tuba player * Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886–1969), American journalist and humorist *

Buddy Baer Jacob Henry "Buddy" Baer (June 11, 1915 – July 18, 1986) was an American boxer and later an actor with parts in seventeen films, as well as roles on multiple television series in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1941, he came extremely close to b ...

(1915–1986), American boxer *

Byron Baer Byron M. Baer (October 18, 1929 – June 24, 2007) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly ...

(1929–2007), American politician * Carl Baer (1918–1996), American basketball player *

Clara Gregory Baer Clara Gregory Baer (August 27, 1863 – January 19, 1938) was an American physical education instructor and women's sports pioneer. Baer introduced the first teacher certification course for physical education in the Southern United States, and a ...

(1863–1938), American inventor of netball, Newcomb ball and author of first rules of women's basketball *

Dale Baer Dale L. Baer (June 15, 1950 – January 15, 2021) was an American character animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios and The Baer Animation Company. He was supervising animator of many characters. Biography Baer had over 40 years of experience ...

(1950–2021), American character animator * Donald M. Baer (1931–2002), American developmental psychologist * Eric Baer (born 1932), American polymer researcher *

George A. Baer George A. Baer (April 14, 1903 – July 24, 1994) was a German/Swiss/American bookbinder. He specialized in fine leather bindings, including inlays and onlays (bookbinding), inlays and finishing (bookbinding), gold tooling. Much of Baer's work ...

(1903–1994), German/Swiss/American bookbinder * George Baer Jr. (1763–1834), American politician * George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and executive *

Harold Baer Jr. Harold Baer Jr. (February 16, 1933 – May 27, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Early life and education Born in New York City, New York, Baer received his Bac ...

(1933–2014), American judge *

Jack Baer Jack Baer (October 29, 1914 – March 9, 2002) was an American college football and baseball player and a college baseball coach. Career Baer was the son of Herman and Anna Baer. He was a 1933 Shawnee High School graduate where he was an all- ...

(1914–2002), American college baseball coach * Jack Baer (art dealer) (1924–2016), British art dealer *

Jo Baer Josephine Gail Baer (née Kleinberg; August 7, 1929 – January 21, 2025) was an American painter associated with minimalist art. She began exhibiting her work at the Fischbach Gallery, New York, and other venues for contemporary art in the mid- ...

(1929–2025), American painter associated with minimalist art *

John Baer (actor) John Baer (June 6, 1923 – January 7, 2006) was an American actor. He appeared in over 60 film and television productions between 1950 and 1974. Among the highlights of his career was the leading role in the television series ''Terry and the Pira ...

(1923–2006), American actor, ''Terry and the Pirates'' * John Baer (journalist), American journalist, ''Philadelphia Daily News'' * John Metz Baer, American educational psychologist *

John Miller Baer John Miller Baer (March 29, 1886 – February 18, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota. Early years and education Born at Black Creek, Wisconsin, Baer was the son of Capt. John M. Baer and Libbie Riley Baer. His ancestors on the m ...

(1886–1970), American congressman from North Dakota *

John Willis Baer Dr. John Willis Baer (March 2, 1861 in Rochester, MinnesotaBAER, John Willis
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(1861–1931), American Presbyterian leader and college president *

Julius Baer Julius Baer (; né Isaac Baer; born 2 January 1857 – 9 March 1922) was a German-born Swiss banker, businessman and philanthropist. Baer was the founder and namesake of Julius Baer Group, and the patriarch of the Baer family. Early life and ...

(1857–1922), Swiss banker *

Karl Ernst von Baer Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn (; – ) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. He was a m ...

(1792–1876), Estonian biologist *

Karl M. Baer Karl M. Baer (; 20 May 1885 – 26 June 1956) was a German-Israeli author, social worker, reformer, and suffrage, suffragist. Born intersex and assigned female at birth, he came out as intersex in 1904 at the age of 19. In December 1906, he ...

(1885–1956), German-Israeli author and activist, first recorded person to undergo transgender sex reassignment surgery *

Kent Baer Kent Lex Baer (born May 2, 1951) is an American college football coach. He most recently was the defensive coordinator at the University of Montana, a position he held from 2018 to 2022. Baer served as the interim head football coach at the Unive ...

(born 1951), American football coach *

Larry Baer Laurence Monroe Baer is an American businessman. He is best known as the president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He succeeded Bill Neukom on January 1, 2012. Early life and education Born to a ...

(born 1957), President and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants *

Les Baer Les Baer Custom Inc. is an American manufacturer of semi-custom firearms including M1911-pattern pistols and AR-15 type rifles. Les Baer Custom was founded by the gunsmith Les Baer, Sr. in 1991 in Hillsdale, Illinois. History Les Baer Custom I ...

, founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc * Libbie C. Riley Baer (1849–1929), American poet *

Max Baer (boxer) Maximilian Adelbert Baer Sr. (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935. He was known in his time as the Livermore Larupper and Madcap Maxie ...

(1909–1959), American boxer *

Max Baer Jr. Maximilian Adelbert Baer Jr. (born December 4, 1937) is an American former actor, producer, comedian, and director widely known for his role as Jethro Bodine, the dim-witted relative of Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen) on ''The Beverly Hill ...

(born 1937), American actor and director * Meridith Baer (born 1947), businesswoman, actress, and screenwriter *

Nicolai Reymers Baer Nicolaus Reimers Baer (2 February 1551 – 16 October 1600), also ''Reimarus Ursus'', ''Nicolaus Reimers Bär'' or ''Nicolaus Reymers Baer'', was an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II. Due to his family's background, ...

(c. 1550–c. 1600), aka Ursus, German mathematician * Susanne Baer (born 1964), German judge and legal scholar *

Parley Baer Parley Edward Baer (August 5, 1914 – November 22, 2002) was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Chester" ...

(1914–2002), American actor *

Paul Frank Baer Paul Frank Baer (January 29, 1894 – December 9, 1930) was an American fighter pilot for the United States Army Air Service in World War I. He was credited with nine confirmed victories and seven unconfirmed victory claims, making him the first f ...

(1894–1930), American fighter pilot *

Ralph H. Baer Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-born American inventor, game developer, and engineer. Baer's Jewish family fled Germany just before World War II and Baer served the American war ...

(1922–2014), American inventor *

Reinhold Baer Reinhold Baer (22 July 1902 – 22 October 1979) was a German mathematician, known for his work in algebra. He introduced injective modules in 1940. He is the eponym of Baer rings, Baer groups, and Baer subplanes. Biography Baer studied mecha ...

(1902–1979), German mathematician *

Richard Baer Richard Baer (9 September 1911 – 17 June 1963) was a German SS officer who, among other assignments, was the final commandant of Auschwitz I concentration camp from May 1944 to January 1945, and right after, from February to April 1945, co ...

(1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Richard Baer (screenwriter) Richard Baer (April 28, 1928 – February 22, 2008) was an American writer and screenwriter. Baer wrote for more than 56 television shows, many of which were sitcoms, throughout his career, including ''The Munsters'', ''Leave It to Beaver'' and '' ...

(1928–2008), American screenwriter *

Robert Baer Robert Booker Baer (born July 11, 1952) is an American author and a former CIA case officer who was primarily assigned to the Middle East.Robert Bae"Don't Assume Ahmadinejad Really Lost" ''Time'' website, June 16, 2009 He is ''Times intel ...

(born 1952), American CIA officer and writer *

Steve Baer Steve Baer (October 13, 1938 – May 17, 2024) was an American inventor and pioneer of passive solar technology. Baer pioneered and helped popularize the use of zomes. He took a number of solar power patents, wrote a number of books and publiciz ...

(1938–2024), American inventor * Thomas M. Baer, American physicist * Will Christopher Baer (born 1966), American writer *

William Jacob Baer William Jacob Baer (January 29, 1860 – September 21, 1941) was an American artist, considered the foremost American miniature painter. Biography William Jacob Baer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 29, 1860. He was a lithographer' ...

(1860–1941), American painter * Vladimir Baer (1853–1905), Russian captain *

Yitzhak Baer Yitzhak (Fritz) Baer (Also known as Fritz Bär, ; 20 December 1888 – 22 January 1980) was a German-Israeli historian and an expert on medieval Spanish Jewish history. Early life Baer was born in Halberstadt in the Prussian Province of Saxony ...

(1888–1980), German-born Israeli historian

Van Baer

Van Baer (family) The Van Baer family, also known as Van Baer van Lathum or Van Bahr Van Lathum, was a Middle Age noble family from Bahr and Lathum, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. There was a ''Kasteel Baer'' (Castle Baer) in the 13th century. Reference ...

, Middle Age noble family from the Dutch province of Gelderland * Frederik Johan van Baer (1645–1713), Dutch officer in the military service of William III of Orange *

Stanny van Baer Constance Catharina Margarethe (Stanny) van Baer (born 1942) is a Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1961. References External links Stanny van Baer dancing at a Jewish festival in Amsterdam, 1957/1958. Photo by Leonard F ...

(born 1942), Dutch model and beauty queen, Miss International 1961

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