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
- 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
- From the American television series Boston Legal
- From the American television series Community
- From the American television series Guiding Light
- From indie film Fear Clinic
- Bauer
See also
- Bauers, a similar surname
- Bower (surname)
- Bowers (surname)
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