# Sauer (surname)

Sauer is a German surname. Notable people with this surname (or Sauers) include:

## Persons
### A–J

* Albert Sauer (1898–1945), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
* August Sauer (1855–1926), Austrian Germanist and literary historian
* Bernard Sauer (1924–1991), US stage actor
* Carl O. Sauer (1889–1975), US geographer
* Christoph Sauer (1695–1758), German-born US printer and publisher
* Colin Sauer (1924–2015), violinist and chamber musician
* Conrad Frederick Sauer (1866–1927), US pharmacist, founder of C.F. Sauer Company
* Craig Sauer (born 1973), US football player
* Dirk Sauer (born 1977), German-born musician
* Ed Sauer (1919–1988), US baseball player
* Eddie Sauer (1898–1980), US football player
* Emil von Sauer (1862–1942), German musician and composer
* Frank Sauer, Canadian football player
* Frederick C. Sauer (1860–1942), German-born US architect
* Gene Sauers (born 1962), US golfer
* Geoffrey Sauer (born 1968), US educator
* George Sauer (1910–1994), US football player and coach
* George Sauer Jr. (1943–2013), US football player
* Gunnar Sauer (born 1964), German footballer
* Gustavo Sauer (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
* Hank Sauer (1917–2001), US baseball player
* Hans Sauer (1857–1939), South African born medical doctor, lawyer, adventurer and businessman
* Isidor Sauers (born 1948), Austrian-born US physicist
* Jane Sauer (born 1937), American fiber artist, sculptor
* Jeff Sauer (1943–2017), American ice hockey player and coach
* Joachim Sauer (born 1949), German scientist
* Johannes Sauer (born 1968), South African-born Canadian sport shooter
* John Sauer (1925–1996), US football player and coach
* Jonathan Deininger Sauer (1918–2008), American botanist and plant geographer
* Julia Sauer (1891–1983), American writer of children's fiction and librarian
* June Sauer (born 1920s), Canadian fashion photographer

### K–Z

* Kai Sauer (born 1967), Finnish diplomat
* Klaus Peter Sauer (1941–2022), German biologist
* Kurt Sauer (born 1981), US ice hockey player
* Louie Sauer (1915–1985), American basketball player
* Louis Sauer (born 1928), US architect
* Louis W. Sauer (1885–1980), US medical doctor, developer of pertussis vaccine
* Magdalena Sauer (1890–1983), first woman qualified to practice as an architect in South Africa
* Mark Sauer, American physician who specializes in reproductive medicine
* Martin Sauer (explorer) (fl. 1785–1806), English civil servant, stockbroker and explorer
* Martin Sauer (rowing), (born 1982), German rowing cox
* Mary Sauer (born 1975), US pole vaulter
* Matt Sauer (born 1999), American baseball player
* Maximilian Sauer (born 1994), German footballer
* Michael Sauer (athlete) (born 1941), German triple jumper
* Michael Sauer (ice hockey) (born 1987), US ice hockey player
* Michael T. Sauer (1937–2021), US judge
* Mike Sauer (wine), Washington wine grower
* Nick Sauer (born 1982), Republican politician
* Norman Sauer, American forensic anthropologist
* Paige Sauer (born 1977), basketball player
* Peter Sauer (1900–1949), Russian-born US wrestler
* Ralph Sauer (fl. 1970s–2000s), US musician
* Robert Max Friedrich Sauer (1898–1970), German mathematician
* Robert T. Sauer (born 1948), American biochemist
* Sascha Sauer (born 1981), German American football player
* Stefan Sauer (born 1966), German politician
* Tilman Sauer (born 1963), German theoretical physicist and historian of natural sciences
* Uwe Sauer (born 1943), German equestrian athlete
* Uwe Sauer (basketball) (born 1963), German basketball player
* Volker Sauer (born 1956), German rower
* Wilhelm Sauer (1831–1916), German pipe organ builder