# Jäger (surname)

Jäger (also Jager, Jaeger, or Jæger; German pronunciation:) is a common German surname. It comes from the German word for "hunter". Related surnames in other languages include De Jager, Jääger, Jágr, Yaeger and Yeager.
The surname may refer to:

## In arts and entertainment
### Acting

* Frederick Jaeger (1928–2004), German-born actor
* Professor Jager, stage name of Scott Folsom, co-founder of the League of STEAM performance troupe

### Fictional characters

* Eren Jaeger or Jaeger, the main protagonist of the manga series Attack on Titan and its anime adaptation
* Erich Jager, UPEO SARF pilot and player's wingman in Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
* Felix Jaeger, in the Gotrek and Felix series
* Frank Jaeger, better known as Gray Fox, in the Metal Gear series
* Grisha Yeager or Jaeger, the father of Eren and Zeke from manga series Attack on Titan and anime adaptation
* Gen. Radi Jaeger, a villain in the video game Valkyria Chronicles - see List of Valkyria Chronicles characters
* Zeke Yeager or Jaeger, the older brother of Eren Jaeger of the manga series Attack on Titan and anime adaptation

### Music

* August Jaeger (1860–1909), English music publisher of German extraction, the "Nimrod" of Edward Elgar's composition
* Finne Jager, trance music DJ from the Netherlands
* Marike Jager (born 1979), singer, guitarist and composer from the Netherlands
* Robert E. Jager (born 1939), US composer
* Hanna Gillian Kristina Jäger (born 1998), known professionally as Yaeger (singer), Swedish singer

### Production

* Patrick Jager (born 1968), US television producer and executive

### Visual arts

* Alex Jaeger, American art director and costume designer
* Gerrit de Jager (born 1954), Dutch comic-artist
* Gustav Jaeger (painter) (1808–1871), German painter
* Michael Jäger (artist) (born 1956), German artist
* Stefan Jäger (1877–1962), painter

### Writing

* Frank Jæger (1926–1977), Danish poet
* Hans Jæger (1854–1910), Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist

## In government and politics

* Alvin Jaeger (born 1943), politician
* Friedrich Gustav Jaeger (1895–1944), resistance fighter in Nazi Germany and a member of the 20 July Plot
* Hans Jæger (1854–1910), Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist
* Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969), IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands
* Karl Jäger (1888–1959), Swiss-born Nazi leader, commander of the SD Einsatzkommando 3
* Richard Jaeger (1913–1998), German politician

## In religion

* Jacob de Jager (1923–2004), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Lorenz Jaeger (1892–1975), German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Maximilian Jaeger (1915–1999), Swiss Minister in Budapest from 1936 to 1944
* Willigis Jäger (1925–2020), German Benedictine friar, mystic, and Zen master

## In science and academia

* Edmund Jaeger (1887–1983), US biologist
* Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (1818–1884), Austrian ophthalmologist
* Eric Jager (born 1957), professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles
* Frans Maurits Jaeger (1877–1945), Dutch chemist
* Gert Jäger (born 1935), German translation scholar and a specialist in the Polish and Czech languages
* Gustav Jäger (naturalist) (1832–1917), German naturalist and doctor
* Hermann Jaeger (1844–?), Swiss oenologist
* John Conrad Jaeger (1907–1979), Australian mathematical physicist.
* Margarete Jäger, Margarete Jäger
* Marilyn Jager Adams (born 1948), researcher in the areas of cognition and education
* Peter Jäger, German arachnologist
* Werner Jaeger (1888–1961), German classicist

## In sport

* Adolf Jäger (1889–1944), German amateur football (soccer) player
* Andrea Jaeger (born 1965), American tennis player and humanitarian
* Eric Jagers (born 1995), American baseball coach
* Gisela Jäger, German rower
* Jaromír Jágr (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player
* Jeff Jaeger (born 1964), former American football place-kicker
* Jens Jäger (born 1963), German wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian
* Jonathan Jäger (born 1978), French-born German professional footballer
* Martin Jágr (born 1979), Czech rugby union player
* Maximilian Jäger (born 2000), German para-cyclist
* Peta Taylor (married name Mary Jaegar, 1912–1989), English cricketer
* Thomas Jäger (born 1976), German racing driver
* Tom Jager (born 1964), US freestyle swimmer
* Werner Jäger (born 1959), Austrian ice speed skater
* Evan Jager (born 1989), 3000m Steeplechase silver medalist in 2016 Rio Olympics

## In other fields

* August Jäger (1887 – 1949), German official of the Nazi era
* Nicolai Henrich Jæger (1780 – 1846), Norwegian lawyer