Mayer is a common German surname and less frequent as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Mayer
Adolf Mayer (1843–1942), a German-Dutch virologist
Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German classical oboist
Alfred G. Mayer (1868–1922), German-American cnidariologist and entomologist
Alfred M. Mayer (1836–1897), American physicist
Arno J. Mayer (born 1926), Luxembourgish historian
Arthur Mayer (1886–1981), film producer and distributor who worked with Joseph Burstyn Auguste Étienne François Mayer (1805–1890), French naval painter Ben Mayer (1925–2000), amateur astronomer Bernadette Mayer (1945–2022), American poet and author Brantz Mayer (1809–1879), American writer Carl Mayer (1894–1944), Austrian-German screenwriter Charles Mayer (disambiguation) Christa Mayer, German mezzo-soprano Christian Mayer (astronomer) (1719–1783), Czech astronomer Christian Mayer (skier) (born 1972), Austrian skier Christian Mayer (Wisconsin politician) (1827–1910), American politician Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer (1839–1907), German mathematician Christopher Mayer (American actor) (1954–2011), American actor Christopher Mayer (Australian actor) (born 1961), Australian actor Constant Mayer (1829–1911), French-born American painter Daisy von Scherler Mayer (born 1965), American film director Daniel Mayer (1909–1996), French politician David R. Mayer (born 1967), American politician Delia Mayer (born 1967), Swiss actress and singer Eckehard Mayer (born 1946), German classical composer and author Edelmiro Mayer (1834–1897), Argentine soldier and statesman Edwin Justus Mayer (1896–1960), American screenwriter Elizabeth Mayer (1884–1970), German-American translator and writer Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun and women's liberation activist Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) German composer of Romantic music Erskine Mayer (1887–1957), American major league baseball player Florian Mayer (born 1983), German tennis player Francis Blackwell Mayer (1827–1899), United States painter Frank Mayer (1902–1960), American football player Fred Mayer (photographer) (1933–2021), Swiss photographer Fred Shaw Mayer (1899–1989), Australian zoological collector and aviculturist Frederick Mayer (1921–2006), German educational scientist Frederick Mayer (spy) (1921–2016), American spy during World War II Gene Mayer (born 1956), American former tennis player Gerhard Mayer (born 1980), Austrian discus thrower Gisela Mayer (1931–2020), German politician Gustav Mayer (1871–1948), German journalist and historian Hans Ferdinand Mayer (1895–1980), German mathematician and physicist, and author of the Oslo Report Hans-Peter Mayer (born 1944), German politician Helen Mayer (1932–2008), Australian politician Helene Mayer (1910–53), German and American Olympic champion foil fencer Henry "Hy" Mayer (1868–1954), German-American animator Irene Mayer Selznick (1907–1990), born Irene Gladys Mayer, American theatrical producer and daughter of MGM studio founder Louis B. Mayer Jacob Erskine Mayer (1889–1957), American baseball player Jacquelyn Mayer (born 1942), American beauty contest winner and motivational speaker Jane Mayer (born 1955), American investigative journalist Jean Mayer (1920–1993), French-American nutritionist and tenth president of Tufts University Jean-François Mayer (born 1957), Swiss historian of religions Jim Mayer (ice hockey) (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player Jim Mayer (musician), American musician Johann Friedrich Mayer (agriculturist) (1719–1798), German agriculturist Johann Friedrich Mayer (theologian) (1650–1712), German theologian Johann Tobias Mayer (1752–1830), German physicist John Mayer (born 1977), American singer and songwriter John Mayer (composer) (1930–2004), Indian composer John D. Mayer, American psychologist Jojo Mayer (born 1963), Swiss drummer Jorge Mayer (1915–2010), Argentine priest, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca José Mayer, Brazilian actor Joseph Edward Mayer (1904–1983), American chemist and physicist, married to Maria Goeppert-Mayer Karl Ulrich Mayer (born 1945), German sociologist Karla Mayer (born 1918, disappeared 1944), guard at three Nazi death camps Karoly Mayer (1908–2000), Hungarian footballer Klaus Mayer (1923-2022), German Roman-catholic priest and author Lauren Etame Mayer (born 1977), Cameroonian footballer Leonardo Mayer (born 1987), Argentine tennis player Leopold Mayer (died 1914), German swimmer Levy Mayer (1858–1922), American lawyer Louis B.