Mayr is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Andrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian female long-distance runner
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Ernst Mayr
Ernst Walter Mayr ( ; ; 5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) was a German-American evolutionary biologist. He was also a renowned Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, Philosophy of biology, philosopher of biology, and ...
(1904–2005), German American evolutionary biologist
* Franz Xaver Mayr (1875–1965), Austrian gastroenterologist, invented the Mayr-Kur
* Georg Mayr (1564–1623), Bavarian Jesuit priest and Hebrew grammarian
* Gunter Mayr (born 1972), Austrian economist
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Gustav Mayr
Gustav L. Mayr (12 October 1830 – 14 July 1908) was an Austrian Entomology, entomologist and professor in Budapest and Vienna. He specialised in Hymenoptera, being particularly known for his studies of ants.Hans Mayr (canoeist) (born 1944), Austrian sprint canoer
* Hans Mayr (trade unionist) (1921–2009), German trades unionist and politician
* Hans Mayr, founder of the shoemaking company Ed Meier, Munich
* Heinrich Mayr (1854–1911), German botanist
* Heinz Mayr (born 1935), German racewalker
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Karl Mayr
Captain Karl Mayr (5 January 1883 – 9 February 1945) was a German General Staff officer and Adolf Hitler's immediate superior in an Army Intelligence Division in the ''Reichswehr'', 1919–1920. Mayr was particularly known as the man who i ...
(1883–1945), German politician and officer
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Michael Mayr
Michael Mayr (10 April 1864 – 21 May 1922) was an Austrian politician, who served as Chancellor of Austria in the First Austrian Republic from July 1920 to June 1921. He was a member of the Christian Social Party, and by profession a historian ...
(1864–1922), Austrian historian, politician and Bundeskanzler (1920/21)
* Otto Mayr (1930–2025), German mechanical engineer and technology historian
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Rupert Ignaz Mayr Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646 in Schärding – 7 February 1712 in Freising) was a German violinist, composer and Kapellmeister in Munich at the court of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian II (11 July 1662 – 26 February 1726), al ...
(1646–1712), German composer
* Simon Mayr (1763–1845), German composer
* Simon Marius (1573–1624), Simon Mayr in German, German astronomer
* Stephanie Mayr (born 1965), German curler
Maior (disambiguation)
''Maior'' (also spelled ''major'') (Latin, 'greater') gives its name to several occupations such as maior domus, major, and mayor, and thus many surnames, especially German surnames like Maier, Meier, Meyer, Meir, Mayer, Meyr, and the Dutch su ...
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Mayer (disambiguation)
Mayer may refer to:
* Mayer (name)
Places
* C. Mayer (crater), named after Christian Mayer
* Mayer, Syria
* Mayer, Arizona, United States
* Mayer, Minnesota, United States
* Mayersville, Mississippi, United States
* Mayerthorpe, Alberta, ...
Meyer (disambiguation)
Meyer may refer to:
People
*Meyer (surname), listing people so named
* Meyer (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Companies
* Meyer Burger, a Swiss mechanical engineering company
* Meyer Corporation
* Meyer Sound L ...
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Meier (disambiguation)
Meier may refer to:
Places
* Meiers Corners, a neighborhood in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States
* Méier, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other uses
* A historical kind of bailiff in parts of the Low Countrie ...
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Meir (disambiguation)
Meir is a Jewish given name and surname.
Meir may also refer to:
Places
* Meir (Antwerp), Belgium, the city's pre-eminent shopping street
* Meir Park, Tel Aviv, a public park
* Meir, Egypt, a village in Upper Egypt
* Meir, Staffordshire, Engl ...