Bremer is a Germanic

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referring to residents of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Notable people who share the surname "Bremer"

* Andrew Bremer (born 1995), American Paralympic soccer player * Anne Bremer (1868–1923), American painter * Arthur Bremer (born 1950), American attempted assassin of

George Wallace George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama (1963–1967; 1971–1979; 1983–1987), and the List of longest-serving governors of U.S. s ...

Birgitta Bremer Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden. Career Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockholm University, ...

(born 1950), Swedish botanist * Caj Bremer (born 1929), Finnish photographer and photojournalist * Carlos Bremer (1960–2024), Mexican businessman * Chris-Carol Bremer (born 1971), German Olympic swimmer * Dagmar Bremer (born 1963), German field hockey player * Dick Bremer (born 1956), American sports broadcaster *

Edith Terry Bremer Edith Bremer (1885–1964) was born in Hamilton N.Y. and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1907. She pioneered immigrant social service work and had a major influence on the institute movement. She founded and led the International Instit ...

(1885–1964), American women's rights activist *

Eli Bremer Robert Eli Bremer (born May 31, 1978) is an American modern pentathlete and politician who competed for the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He finished 22nd overall in the modern pentathlon event. After retiring as ...

(born 1978), American modern pentathlete * Frédéric Bremer (1892–1982), Belgian neuroscientist *

Frederick Bremer Frederick William Bremer (12 July 1872 in Stepney, London – 1941 in Walthamstow, England) was a British gasfitter, plumber, engineer and inventor recognised as the man who built the first petrol-fuelled car in Great Britain in 1892. Bremer ...

(1872–1941), English inventor and engineer *

Fredrika Bremer Fredrika Bremer (17 August 1801 – 31 December 1865) was a Finland, Finnish-born Sweden and Norway, Swedish Swedish literature, writer and feminism in Sweden, reformer. Her ''Sketches of Everyday Life'' were wildly popular in Britain and ...

(1801–1865), Swedish novelist *

Gene Bremer Eugene Joseph Bremer (Bremmer) (July 18, 1916 – June 19, 1971) was an American pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played between 1932 and 1949. Pitching style The 5' 8" righthander pitched exclusively without a windup and utilized an overhan ...

(1916–1971), American Negro league baseball pitcher * Gerhard Bremer (1917–1989), German Waffen-SS officer during World War II *

Gordon Bremer Sir James John Gordon Bremer (26 September 1786 – 14 February 1850) was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars against France, the First Anglo-Burmese War in Burma, and the First Opium War in China. Born in Portsea, ...

(1786–1850), British naval officer *

Herb Bremer Herbert Frederick Bremer (October 25, 1913 – November 28, 1979) was an American professional baseball player whose career included 70 games in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher, for the – St. Louis Cardinals.J. R. Bremer (born 1980), American basketball player *

Jacob Bremer Jacob or Jakob Bremer (19 June 1711 – 5 September 1785) was a Swedish merchant and industrialist. __NOTOC__ Life Bremer was born on 19 June 1711 in Västerås, Sweden, to Isak Bremer and Anna Hult. After school, he worked for the Västm ...

(1711–1785), Swedish merchant *

John Bremer John Bremer (1927–2015) was an educator and Socratic philosopher. In 2008, he retired as a senior scholar teaching at Cambridge College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was Professor of Humanities and Director of the college's Humanities a ...

(1927–2015), English classics educator *

Jürgen Bremer Jürgen Bremer (born 26 September 1940 in Bützow) is an East German retired slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, with three golds (folding K-1: 19 ...

(born 1940), German slalom canoeist *

Kåre Bremer Kåre Bremer (born 17 January 1948) is a Swedish botanist and academic. He has also been Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University. Career Professor Bremer received his doctorate in botany from Stockholm University in 1976, where he worked as le ...

(born 1948), Swedish botanist *

Karl Heinz Bremer Karl Heinz Bremer (16 November 1911 – 2 May 1942) was a German historian who died during the Second World War. He had taught German at the Sorbonne and the Ecole Normale before the Second World War. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) 1 May 19 ...

(1911–1942), German historian *

Kristen Kyrre Bremer Kristen Kyrre Bremer (12 July 1925 – 16 May 2013) was a Norwegian theologian and bishop in the Church of Norway. Education and career Bremer was born in Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway in 1925. Bremer received his cand.theol. degr ...

(1925–2013), Norwegian theologian and bishop *

Lucille Bremer Lucille Bremer (February 21, 1917 – April 16, 1996) was an American film actress and dancer. Biography Bremer was born in Amsterdam (city), New York, Amsterdam, New York, but soon moved to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where ...

(1917–1996), American actress *

Martin Bremer (runner) Martin Bremer (born 19 March 1970) is a German former long-distance runner who competed in distances from 5000 metres to the marathon. He competed in the 1990s and represented Germany twice internationally, running at the 1992 IAAF World Cross Cou ...

(born 1970), German long-distance runner * Martin Bremer (footballer) *

Otto Bremer Otto Bremer (October 22, 1867 – February 18, 1951) was a German American banker and philanthropist. He founded Bremer Bank and the Otto Bremer Foundation, which grants funds for use in the communities where the banks operate. Immigration, bank ...

(1867–1951), German American banker and philanthropist *

Otto Vasilievich Bremer Otto Vasilievich Bremer (died 11 November 1873) was a Russian naturalist and entomologist. He wrote: *''Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Nödrlichen China's'' (1853) with Vasilii Fomich Grey (William Grey). *"Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-Sibir ...

(died 1873) Russian naturalist and entomologist *

Paul Bremer Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is a retired American diplomat. He was the second ''de facto'' head of state of Iraq as leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United State ...

(born 1941), American diplomat and former administrator of the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority *

Pauline Bremer Pauline Marie Bremer (; born 10 April 1996) is a German Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln (women), 1. FC Köln and the Germany women's national football ...

(born 1996), German footballer * Rolf Bremer (1926–1991), German politician * Ronnie Bremer (born 1978), Danish racecar driver *

Rosy Bremer Emily Rosy Bremer (10 June 1971 – 27 March 2025) was an English anti-war activist who spent four years at the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in opposition to American cruise missiles with nuclear warheads being based in Britain. She later ...

(1971–2025), English anti-war activist * Sebastiaan Bremer (born 1970), Dutch visual artist * Tor Bremer (born 1955), Norwegian politician * Ulrika Fredrika Bremer (1746–1798), Finnish ship owner and merchant *

Undine Bremer Undine Bremer, née Hartmann (born 30 June 1961, in Magdeburg) is a retired East German sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres. At the 1983 World Championships she won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Although it was Gesi ...

(born 1961), German sprinter *

Väinö Bremer Väinö Elias Bremer (24 April 1899 – 23 December 1964) was a Finnish biathlete, modern pentathlete, and pilot who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Turku. In 1924 Winter Games he was a ...

(1899–1964), Finnish biathlete and modern pentathlete {{surname, Bremer