# Hammer (surname)

Hammer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. J. Hammer (born 1966), American television and radio personality
* Angela Hutchinson Hammer (1870–1952), American newspaper publisher
* Anna M. Hammer (1840–1910), American philanthropist and temperance movement leader
* Anthony Hammer, Australian actor
* Armand Hammer (1898–1990), U.S. physician, entrepreneur, oil magnate and art collector
* Armie Hammer (born 1986), American actor
* Barbara Hammer (1939–2019), American film maker
* Beatrice Hammer (born 1963), French writer
* Bernhard Hammer (1822–1907), Swiss president
* Bob Hammer (1930–2021), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
* Caroline Hammer (1832–1915), Danish photographer
* Cec Hammer (1926–2013), Australian rules footballer
* Charles Christian Hammer (1952–2004), American classical guitarist
* Christina Hammer (born 1990), German boxer
* Chuck Hammer, American guitarist and composer
* Doc Hammer (born 1967), American voice actor, musician, writer and artist
* Edward E. Hammer (1931–2012), American engineer who was at the forefront of fluorescent lighting research
* Ellen Hammer (1921–2001), American historian
* Emanuel Frederick Hammer (1926–2005), American psychologist and author
* Emerson Hammer (1856–1940), American politician
* Ernst Hammer (1884–1957), highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II
* Ernest E. L. Hammer (1884–1970), American lawyer, politician, and judge
* Fred Hammer (1930–2020), Luxembourgish sprinter
* Frederic E. Hammer (1909–1980), New York politician and judge
* Friedrich Julius Hammer (1810–1862), German poet
* Heathcote Hammer (1905–1961), Australian World War II general
* J. D. Hammer (born 1994), American baseball player
* Jan Hammer (born 1948), Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer
* Jay Hammer (born 1944), American actor
* John Hammer (born 1935), founder of sporting competitions for older players
* Jon Ludvig Hammer (born 1990), Norwegian chess player
* Jørgen Hammer (born 1991), Norwegian association football player
* Joshua Hammer (born 1957), American journalist
* Julie Hammer (born 1955), Royal Australian Air Force air vice marshal
* Kim Hammer (born 1958), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* Kristian Hammer (born 1976), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
* Lance Hammer, American independent filmmaker
* Lisa Hammer (born 1967), American filmmaker, actress, composer and singer
* Marion P. Hammer, American gun rights activist, president of the National Rifle Association
* Michael Hammer (disambiguation), multiple people
   * Michael Armand Hammer (1955–2022), American philanthropist and businessman
   * Michael Martin Hammer (1948–2008), engineer and author
* Mike Hammer (diplomat) (born 1963), in the U.S. State Department
* Moshe Hammer (born 1946), Canadian violinist
* Paul Hammer (1900–1978), Luxembourgish sprinter and long jumper
* Peter Ladislaw Hammer (1936–2006), Romanian-born American mathematician
* Reuven Hammer (1933–2019), Conservative Jewish rabbi, scholar, author and lecturer
* Sarah Hammer (born 1983), American professional racing cyclist and two-time Olympic silver medalist
* Simon Christian Hammer (1866–1932), Norwegian writer and journalist
* Victor Hammer (1882–1967), Austrian-born American painter, sculptor, printer and typographer
* Will Hammer, pseudonym of William Hinds (1887–1957), co-founder of Hammer Film Productions
* William C. Hammer (1865–1930), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
* William H. Hammer, founder Hammer & Co., South Australian photographers
* William Joseph Hammer (1858–1934), American electrical engineer and aviator; president of the Edison Pioneers
* Zevulun Hammer (1936–1998), Israeli politician

## Fictional

* Mike Hammer (character), a fictional hard boiled detective
** Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958 TV series)
** Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)