Baer

Baer (or Bär, from German: bear) is the surname of:

• Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886–1969), American journalist and humorist
• Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer
• Byron Baer (1929–2007), American politician
• Clara Gregory Baer, inventor of Netball, Newcomb ball and author of first rules of women's basketball
• Donald Baer (1931–2002), American Developmental Psychologist
• Eric Baer, polymer researcher
• George Baer, Jr. (1763–1834), American politician
• George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and executive
• Gregory S. Baer (born 1952), American lecturer and physician
• Harold Baer, Jr., (born 1933), American judge
• John Baer, Pennsylvania journalist
• John Miller Baer (1886–1970), former Congressman
• Julius Baer (1857–1922), Swiss banker
• Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876), Baltic German Russian biologist
• Kent Baer (born 1951), American football coach
• Les Baer, founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc.
• Max Baer (1909–1959), American boxer
• Max Baer, Jr. (born 1937), American actor and director
• Nicolai Reymers Baer, aka Ursus (c. 1550 – c. 1600), German mathematician
• Susanne Baer (born 1964), German judge and legal scholar
• Parley Baer (1915–2002), American actor
• Ralph H. Baer (born 1922), American inventor
• Reinhold Baer (1902–1979), German mathematician
• Richard Baer (Nazi) (1911–1963), German Nazi officer
• Richard Baer (writer) (1928-2008), American screenwriter
• Robert Baer (born 1952), former CIA officer and American writer
• Steve Baer (born 1938), American inventor
• Thomas M. Baer, American physicist
• Will Christopher Baer, American writer
• William Jacob Baer (1860–1941), American painter
• Yitzhak Baer (1888–1980), German-born Israeli historian