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 Alfred (Al) Sommer (born October 2, 1942) is an American ophthalmologist and epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research on vitamin A in the 1970s and 1980s revealed that dosing even mildly vitamin A defici ...

(born 1943), American academic * Alice Herz-Sommer (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 ...

(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 he released several albums as a singer-songwriter. Early life Sommer was born in ...

(1949–1990), American musician and actor * Christine Sommer (born 1970), Austrian actress * Clifford C. Sommer (1908–1993), American businessman and politician *

Coleen Sommer Coleen Sommer (born June 6, 1960, in Los Angeles) is a retired high jumper from the United States, who was born as Coleen Rienstra. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She set her personal best a ...

(born 1960), American high jumper * Daniel Sommer (1850–1940), American religious leader, prominent in the Restoration Movement * Édouard Sommer (1822–1866), French scholar *

Elke Sommer Elke Sommer (; née Schletz, 5 November 1940) is a German actress. She appeared in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in ''The Pink Panther'' sequel '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1964), the Bob Hope comedy '' Boy, Did I ...

(born 1940), German actress * Erik Sommer (born 1978), American artist * Evrim Sommer (born 1971), German politician (The Left) *

Frederick Sommer Frederick Sommer (September 7, 1905 – January 23, 1999), was an artist born in Angri, Italy and raised in Brazil. He earned an M.A. degree in Landscape Architecture (1927) from Cornell University where he met Frances Elisabeth Watson (1904–199 ...

(1905–1999), Italian-born American photographer *

Gerhard Sommer Gerhard Sommer (24 June 1921 – 2019) was a German SS-''Untersturmführer'' (second lieutenant) in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division ''Reichsführer-SS'' who was involved in the massacre of 560 civilians on 12 August 1944 in the Italian v ...

(1921–2019), German Nazi officer accused of war crimes *

Giorgio Sommer Giorgio Sommer (2 September 1834 – 7 August 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, an ...

(1834–1914), German photographer *

Günter Sommer Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25 August 1943) is a German jazz drummer. Career Sommer was born in Dresden on 25 August 1943. His first instrument was the trumpet, which he studied at school. He started playing the drums aged 15 or 16. He studie ...

(born 1943), German jazz musician * Hans Sommer (SS officer) (1914–1987), German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmführer) *

Hans Sommer (composer) Hans Sommer (born 20 July 1837 in Braunschweig (Brunswick) – 26 April 1922 in Braunschweig) was a German composer and mathematician. Sommer was born Hans Friedrich August Zincke in Braunschweig in 1837. Before going into music full-time, So ...

(1837–1922), German opera composer * (1904–2000), German film music composer * Iris Sommer (born 1970), Dutch psychiatrist * Jason Sommer, American poet and academic * Joe Sommer (1858–1938), American baseball player *

Josef Sommer Maximilian Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is a German-American retired stage, television, and film actor. Early life He was born in Greifswald, Germany, and raised in North Carolina, the son of Elisabeth and Clemens Sommer, a professor of Ar ...

(born 1934), American film actor *

Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer (31 March 1881 – 15 October 1952) was a bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1946 for service in Germany. Birth and family Johann was born 31 March 1881 in Stuttgart, Germany, of German and English ancestry. ...

(1881–1952), German bishop of the Methodist Church *

Juergen Sommer Juergen Petersen Sommer (born February 27, 1969) is an American former professional soccer player and coach. He became the first American goalkeeper to play in the FA Premier League, when he signed to play for Queens Park Rangers in 1995. He has ...

(born 1969), American soccer goalkeeper * Keith P. Sommer (born 1946), Republican politician *

Kostas Sommer Kostas Sommer () is a Greek actor and television host who has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows. In 2005, he appeared in the Hollywood film '' Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' starring Rob Schneider, as the Greek gigolo Assapopoulos Mari ...

(born 1975), Greek actor *

Luke Elliott Sommer Luke Elliott Sommer (born June 26, 1986, in Peachland, British Columbia) is a former US Army ranger and bank robber. After almost two years under house arrest in Canada, he pleaded guilty on May 27, 2008, to the August 7, 2006, robbery of a bra ...

(born 1986), former United States Army Ranger and bank robber

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Manfred Sommer Manfred Sommer (May 27, 1933 – October 3, 2007) was a Spanish comics artist, best known for the reporter comics series ''Frank Cappa''. Career Sommer was born at San Sebastián. He began his career as an informal pupil of Jesus Blasco, and r ...

(1933–2007), Spanish comics creator *

Michael Sommer Michael Sommer (born 15 January 1952) is a German trade unionist leader. He served for 12 years as the chairman of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB). Early life and career Born in Büderich, now part of Meerbusch, North Rhine-Wes ...

(born 1952), German trade unionist leader *

Mike Sommer Michael Sandor Sommer (October 9, 1934 – April 23, 2022)D ...

(1934–2022), American football player *

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 La ...

, Danish singer-songwriter * Peter Sommer (director), British archaeologist * Petr Sommer, Czech archaeologist * Ralf J. Sommer, German biologist specializing in evolutionary developmental biology *

Ralph Frederick Sommer Ralph Frederick Sommer (1898 – 1971) is known as one of the two leading pioneers in the development of endodontics. He is also noted as a pioneer in the treatment of root canal infections and the development of the root canal operation. At the ...

(1898–1971), American dentist, one of the endodontics pioneers *

Raymond Sommer Pierre Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906 – 10 September 1950) was a French racing driver. He raced both before and after WWII with some success, particularly in endurance racing. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in both and , and al ...

(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 was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union, part of the Eur ...

(born 1958), German politician (CDU) *

Rich Sommer Rich Sommer (born February 2, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015) for which he earned two Screen Actors Guild Awards along with the ensemble cast. He is also ...

(born 1978), American actor * Robert Sommer (1929–2021), American professor of psychology *

Robert Sommer (psychiatrist) Karl Robert Sommer (19 December 1864, in Grodków, 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 „Psychoh ...

(1864–1937), German psychiatrist and genealogist *

Roger Sommer (aviator) 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 ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player, who currently serves as the head coach for the Wenatchee Wild of the Western Hockey League. Sommer played three games for the Edmonto ...

(born 1957), American ice hockey player * Scott Sommer (1951–1993), American author *Thelma Thall “Tybie” Sommer, née

Thelma Thall Thelma Thall "Tybie" Sommer (born March 12, 1924) is the only living American woman to have won two World Table Tennis Championships. Thall received the USA Table Tennis Lifetime Achievement Award, and is in the Table Tennis Hall of Fame. She ...

(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-libera ...

(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. ...

, American musician and record producer * Vladimír Sommer (1921–1997), Czech composer * William Sommer (1867–1949), American modernist painter *

Yann Sommer Yann Sommer (born 17 December 1988) is a Swiss professional association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan. Known for his exceptional reflexes and high agility, Sommer is ...

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

Batman Beyond ''Batman Beyond'' (also known as ''Batman of the Future'' in Europe) is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, and serving as the sequel to both '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and '' The New Ba ...

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