Stromer is a surname of German origin. It may be derived either from the occupation of Strohmeyer, straw tax collector, or from 'Strōmer', "tramp".
Strohmeyer
/ref> Notable persons with the name include:
*Del Stromer
Delwyn Dean Stromer (April 22, 1930 – September 7, 2003) was an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1967 to 1991. He served as Speaker of the Iowa House for two years, from 1981 to 1982. Stromer was a member ...
(1930–2003), American politician
*Eric Stromer
Eric Antony Stromer (born April 28, 1961) is an American actor and television personality. He was a co-host for the motoring television series, '' Top Gear'', on NBC. He was raised in Evanston, Illinois.
Career
Stromer started acting at the age o ...
(born 1961), American actor and television host
*Ernst Stromer
Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (12 June 1871 in Nürnberg – 18 December 1952 in Erlangen) was a German paleontologist. He is best remembered for his expedition to Egypt, during which the first known remains of ''Spinosaurus'' w ...
(1871–1952), German paleontologist
*Heinrich Stromer
Heinrich Stromer (c. 1476 – 1542) was a physician of the German Renaissance, professor rector at the University of Leipzig and founder of Auerbachs Keller.
Born in Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, he enrolled at Leipzig University in 1497, recei ...
(died 1542), German physician
*Ulman Stromer
Ulman Stromer (6 January 1329 – 3 April 1407) was a German long-distance trader, factory owner and councillor of Nuremberg, then a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. He ran the family enterprise, one of the largest of the prospering tra ...
(1329–1407), German trader, factory owner and city councillor
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*Stroma (disambiguation)
Stroma may refer to:
Biology
* Stroma (tissue), the connective, functionally supportive framework of a biological cell, tissue, or organ (in contrast, the parenchyma is the functional aspect of a tissue)
** Stroma of ovary, a soft tissue, we ...
*Strohmeyer Strohmeyer is a surname of German origin derived either from the occupation of Strohmeyer, straw tax collector. Notable people with the surname include:
* Arno Strohmeyer (born 1963), Austrian fencer
*George Strohmeyer (1924–1992), American footb ...
*Strohmeier Strohmeyer is a surname of German origin derived either from the occupation of Strohmeyer, straw tax collector. Notable people with the surname include:
*Karim Strohmeier
* Tara Strohmeier
See also
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*Strohmeyer Strohmeyer is a surname of German ...
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Surnames of German origin