# Speer

Speer is a surname of various origins:
•Middle High German and Middle Dutch (pronounced): sper, meaning "spear"
•Ashkenazi Jewish (pronounced): a spelling variation of Speyer, a name indicative of origin from the German city of Speyer (more at Shapiro).
    • Scottish and northern Irish /ˈspɪər/: a spelling variation of Speir, from the Old French espier meaning "to watch"
Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert Friedrich Speer, (1863–1947), German architect, father of Albert Speer
* Albert Speer, (1905–1981), German architect, Minister of Armaments and War Production of Nazi Germany from 1942 to 1945
* Albert Speer (born 1934), (1934–2017), a German architect and city planner, son of Albert Speer
* Bill Speer, a retired professional ice hockey player
* Christian P. Speer, (born 1952) German pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics
* Christopher Speer, Sergeant First Class (SFC), a U.S. special forces soldier killed in Afghanistan
* Dieter Speer, a former German biathlete
* Dick Speer, founder of CCI, brother of Vernon Speer
* Emory Speer, a U.S. politician, soldier, and lawyer who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1878 to 1882
* Floyd Speer, also known as Floyd Vernie Speer, a U.S. professional baseball pitcher
* Daniel Speer, also known as Georg Daniel Speer, a German composer, and writer of the Baroque
* Hilde Schramm (born 1936), née Speer, a German politician, and daughter of Albert Speer
* Hugo Speer, an English actor, born in 1968
* Jack Speer, also known as John “Jack” Bristol Speer, a judge, Washington state representative, and a science fiction fan
* James Gamble Speer, state legislator in Florida
* Jillian Speer, a U.S. singer-songwriter and musician
* Margret Nissen (born 1938), née Speer, a German photographer, and daughter of Albert Speer
* Mark Speer, American musician and guitarist
* Mary Margaret Speer, American mathematician
* Noah Wyle, also known as Noah Strausser Speer Wyle, a U.S. TV, and film actor
* Peter Moore Speer, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* Robert Elliott Speer, a U.S. religious leader (1867–1947) and authority on missions
* Robert M. Speer, acting United States Secretary of the Army (2017- )
* Robert Milton Speer, a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* Robert W. Speer, also known as Robert Walter Speer, mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1904–1912
* Roy Speer, the financial backing behind the Home Shopping Network
* Scott Speer, an American music video director
* The Speer Family, a Southern Gospel family group founded in 1921
* Stewie Speer, an Australian drummer best known as a member of the 1960s–70s group Max Merritt & The Meteors
* Susan Speer, a British psychologist
* Thomas J. Speer, also known as Thomas Jefferson Speer, a U.S. Representative from Georgia
* Thomas M Speers, First Chief of Police of Kansas City, Missouri 1874-1895
* Tom Speer, a U.S. professional mixed martial artist
* Vernon Speer, founder of Speer Bullets, brother of Dick Speer
* W. G. Speer, the second head football coach for the Fort Hays State University Tigers in Hays, Kansas
* William Speer, a pioneer American Presbyterian missionary and pastor to the Chinese