Strohmeyer, Stromeyer, Strohmayer or Stromayer is a
German surname
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, ...
. It comes from the occupation of Strohmeyer, a straw tax collector.Strohmeyer /ref> Notable people with the surname include:
Anton Strohmayer
Anton Strohmayer, (25 January 1848 – 20 December 1937), born in Lichtental, Vienna, was an Austrian musician. His instruments were contraguitar and clarinet; a founding member of the "Schrammel Brothers Specialities Quartet", he played Schram ...
(1848–1937), Austrian musician
* John Strohmayer (1946–2019), American baseball player
* Richard Strohmayer (born 1981), Austrian footballer and coach
Sarah Strohmeyer
Sarah Strohmeyer (born December 17, 1962) is an American author of eighteen crime novels and humorous books about relations between men and women. She is best known for her Bubbles Yablonsky series about a Pennsylvania hairdresser who is drawn in ...
Friedrich Stromeyer
Friedrich Stromeyer FRS(For) FRSE (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. He was the discoverer of cadmium.
From 1982, the Friedrich Stromeyer Prize has been awarded for chemical achievement in Germany.
Biography
He was born i ...
(1776–1835), German chemist
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Helene Marie Stromeyer
Helene Marie Stromeyer (26 August 1834 – 13 March 1924) was a German painter known for her floral and landscape paintings.
Biography
Stromeyer was born on 26 August 1834 in Hanover. The surgeon Louis Stromeyer was her father. In the 1880s she ...
(1834–1924), German painter
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Louis Stromeyer
Georg Friedrich Louis Stromeyer (6 March 1804 – 15 June 1876) was a German surgeon. He was born and died in Hanover. He was the son of surgeon Christian Friedrich Stromeyer (1761–1824).Stromer
* Strohmeier