Bauer (surname) explained

Bauer is a German surname meaning "peasant" or "farmer".

Notable people sharing the surname "Bauer"

A

• Amanda Bauer (born 1979), American professional astronomer and science communicator
• André Bauer (born 1969), American politician
• Andreas Bauer Kanabas, German bass
• Antun Bauer (disambiguation), several people

B

• Belinda Bauer (disambiguation), several people
• Bill Bauer (American football), American football coach
• Bill Bauer (poet) (1932–2010), Canadian poet
• Billy Bauer (1915–2005), American musician
• Billy Bauer, character in Smithereens (Black Mirror)
• Bobby Bauer (1915–1964), Canadian ice hockey player
• Branko Bauer (1921–2002), Croatian film director
• Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), German philosopher, theologian and historian

C

• Carl W. Bauer (1933–2013), American politician
• Catalina Bauer (born 1976), Chilean artist
• Charita Bauer (1922–1985), American soap opera actress
• Chris Bauer (born 1966), American actor
• Christian Bauer (born 1977), French chess player
• Christina Bauer (born 1988), French volleyball player
• Conny Bauer (born 1943), free jazz trombonist
• Craig Bauer, American Grammy Award-winning mixing engineer and record producer

D

• David Bauer (disambiguation), several people
• Denise Bauer (born 1964), American diplomat
• Donna Bauer (born 1970), Australian politician

E

• Eddie Bauer (1899–1986), American clothing manufacturer
• Edmond Bauer (1880–1963), French physicist
• Edwin L. Bauer (1905–), American tropical modernist architect in Hawai'i
• Emily Bauer (born 1981), American singer, dancer, actress/voice actress
• Erich Bauer (1900–1980), Nazi SS Guard at Sobibor death camp during World War II
• Ernst Bauer (disambiguation), several people

F

• Felice Bauer (1887–1960), fiancée of Franz Kafka
• Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826), Austrian botanical illustrator; brother of Franz
• Frank S. Bauer (1856-1936), American politician
• Frans Bauer (born 1973), Dutch singer
• Franz Bauer (1758–1840), Austrian botanical illustrator; brother of Ferdinand
• Friedrich L. Bauer (1924–2015), German computer scientist

G

• Gary Bauer (born 1946), American conservative politician
• George J. Bauer (1871 - 1942), American politician
• Georg Bauer, better known as Georgius Agricola (1490–1555), German scholar
• Gustav Bauer (1870–1944), German Social Democratic chancellor in the early days of the Weimar Republic
• Gustav Conrad Bauer (1820–1906), German mathematician
• Gustave Bauer (1884–1947), American wrestler

H

• Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American baseball player
• Harold Bauer (1873–1951), English pianist
• Harold W. Bauer (1908–1942), American aviator and lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps

I

• Ida Bauer (1882–1945), a hysterical patient of Sigmund Freud known as Dora
• Ina Bauer (disambiguation), several people

J

• Jack Bauer (disambiguation), several people
• Jase Bauer (born 2002), American football player
• John Bauer (disambiguation), several people
• Jon Bauer, Canadian Christian songwriter
• José Carlos Bauer (1925–2007), Brazilian footballer
• Julia Bauer, German coloratura soprano
• Jutta Bauer (born 1955), German illustrator

K

• Katharina Bauer (born 1990), German pole vaulter
• K. Jack Bauer (1926–1987), American historian
• Klemen Bauer (born 1986), Slovenian biathlete
• Kristin Bauer van Straten (born 1973), American actress

L

• Laurie Bauer (born 1949), British linguist
• Lorna Bauer, (born 1980), Canadian artist
• Lukáš Bauer (born 1977), Czech cross country skier
• Lyle Bauer (1958–2024), Canadian football player and executive

M

• Marianne Bauer, West German luger
• Mariano Peralta Bauer (born 1998), Argentine footballer
• Marion Bauer (1882–1955), American composer
• Martin Bauer, social psychologist
• Max Hermann Bauer (1869 – 1929) German staff officer in World War I
• Michelle Bauer (born 1958), bondage model and actress

N

• Nancy Bauer (born 1934), Canadian writer
• Nicole Bauer (born 1987), German politician

O

• Otto Bauer (1881–1938), Austrian Social Democratic theoretician and politician

P

• Peter Matthew Bauer (Born 1978), American multi-instrumentalist
• Peter Thomas Bauer (1915–2002), Hungarian-born economist

R

• Ralph Norman Bauer (1899–1963), American politician
• Riccardo Bauer (1896–1982), Italian journalist and politician
• Rudolf Bauer (disambiguation), several people

S

• Siegfried Bauer (1961-2018), German physicist
• Stanley J. Bauer (1913–1972), New York state senator
• Steve Bauer, Canadian professional cyclist
• Steven Bauer, American actor
• Sven H. Bauer, International Commissioner of the Svenska Scoutrådet, the Swedish national Scouting federation

T

• Trevor Bauer (born 1991), professional baseball pitcher
• Tom Bauer (born 1946), American lawyer and politician
• Tristán Bauer (born 1959), Argentine filmmaker
• Truus Bauer (1946–2013), Dutch rower

V

• Viola Bauer (born 1976), German skier

W

• Walter Bauer (1877–1960), theologian and ancient Greek philologist
• Wilhelm Bauer (1822–1875), German U-boat engineer
• William Bauer (disambiguation), several people
• Willy Bauer, German motocross driver in the 1970s
• Wolf Bauer (born 1939), German politician
• Wolfgang Bauer (disambiguation), several people

Y

• Yehuda Bauer (1926–2024), Czech-Israeli Holocaust historian
• Yevgeni Bauer (1865–1917), Russian silent film director

Fictional characters

• From the American television series 24
  • Graem Bauer
  • Jack Bauer
  • Josh Bauer (24)
  • Kim Bauer
  • Marilyn Bauer
  • Phillip Bauer
  • Teri Bauer
• From the American television series Boston Legal
  • Denise Bauer
• From the American television series Community
  • June Bauer
• From the American television series Guiding Light
  • Beth Bauer
  • Ed Bauer
  • Michelle Bauer Santos
• From indie film Fear Clinic
  • Bauer

See also

• Bauers, a similar surname
• Bower (surname)
• Bowers (surname)