# Bauer (surname)

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–c. 1989), 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

* Marcel Bauer (born 1992), German politician
* 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

* Theresia Bauer (born 1965), German politician
* 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