Auer (surname)

Auer ("someone living by a water meadow [Aue]" in German,^[1] "haze" in Finnish^[2]) is a surname.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Alois Auer (1813–1869), Austrian printer, inventor and botanical illustrator
• Augie Auer (1940–2007), New Zealand atmospheric scientist and meteorologist
• Barbara Auer (born 1959), German actress
• Benjamin Auer (born 1981), German soccer player
• Christian Auer (born 1966), Austrian skeleton racer
• Doris Auer (born 1971), Austrian pole vaulter
• Edward Auer (born 1941), American classical pianist
• Florence Auer (1880–1962), American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades
• Franz Auer (1918–1983), Austrian chess master
• Fritz Auer (born 1933), German architect
• Gerhard Auer (1943–2019), German rower
• Gregory M. Auer (1937–1993), American art-director, screenwriter and cameraman
• Hans Auer (1847–1906), Swiss-Austrian architect
• Hansjörg Auer (1984–2019), Austrian mountaineer
• Howie Auer (1908–1985), American football player
• Hubert Auer (born 1981), Austrian footballer
• Ignaz Auer (1846–1907), German politician
• Ilmari Auer (1879–1965), Finnish politician and farmer
• Ingeborg Auer, Austrian climatologist
• Joe Auer (1941–2019), American football running back
• Johann Paul Auer (1636–1687)
• John Auer (1875–1948), American physiologist
• John F. Auer (1866–1951), sailor in the United States Navy
• Jon Auer (born 1969), American musician
• Judith Auer (1905–1944), resistance fighter against the Nazi régime in Germany
• Katrin Auer (born 1974), Austrian politician
• Leopold Auer (1845–1930), Hungarian violinist and conductor
• Lucas Auer (born 1994), Austrian racing driver
• Martin Auer (born 1951), Austrian writer
• Martin S. Auer (1918–1991), New York state senator
• Matthew Auer, Dean of the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana
• Michael E. Auer (born 1948), German computer scientist
• Mischa Auer (1905–1957), Russian actor and the grandson of Leopold Auer
• Monika Auer (born 1957), Italian luger
• Ron Auer (born 1950), American politician
• Väinö Auer (1895-1981), Finnish geologist and geographer
• Victor Auer (1937–2011), sports shooter

See also

• Auer von Welsbach
• Auer (disambiguation)

References

1. Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. One A-F. Oxford University Press. p. 69.
2. Eisenhauer, Benjamin Maximilian. The Great Dictionary Finnish - English: 100.000 Entries. AbeBooks.