Baer (or Bär, from ) or Van Baer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Baer Abel Baer (1893–1976), American songwriter Abraham Baer (1834–1894), German cantor, musician, and composer Alan Baer, American tuba player Anna Elisabeth Baer (1722–1799), Finnish merchant and shipowner Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886–1969), American journalist and humorist Art Baer (1925–2006), American producer and screenwriter Asher Baer (died 1897), Russian Jewish mathematician and engraver Brett Baer, American television producer and screenwriter Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer Byron Baer (1929–2007), American politician Carl Baer (1918–1996), American basketball player Chuck Baer (1905–1987), American football coach Cindy Baer, American actress, director, producer, and entrepreneur Clara Gregory Baer (1863–1938), American inventor of netball, Newcomb ball and author of first rules of women's basketball Dale Baer (1950–2021), American character animator Dan Baer (born 1977), American politician and diplomat Donald M. Baer (1931–2002), American developmental psychologist Édouard Baer (born 1966), French actor and filmmaker Elizabeth R. Baer (born 1946), American academic Eric Baer (born 1932), American polymer researcher Eva Baer (1920–2017), Israeli art historian Fred Baer (1932–2007), American football player Freddie Baer (1952-2015), American anarchist and collage artist Friederike Baer, German-American historian Gabriel Baer (1919–1982), Israeli orientalist Geoffrey Baer, American television personality, writer, and producer George A. Baer (1903–1994), German/Swiss/American bookbinder George Baer Jr. (1763–1834), American politician George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and executive Gertrud Baer (1890–1981), German Jewish women's rights and peace activist Greg Baer (born 1962), American public policy executive Gretchen Baer (born 1963), American painter and performance artist Hanania Baer (born 1943), Israeli cinematographer Hannah Baer, American writer, therapist, and cultural critic Hans J. Baer (1927–2011), Swiss banker Harold Baer (1905–1987), American judge Harold Baer Jr. (1933–2014), American judge Harry Baer (born 1947), German actor, producer and author Herman Baer (1830–1901), German-American writer Jack Baer (1914–2002), American college baseball coach Jack Baer (art dealer) (1924–2016), British art dealer Jane Baer (1934–2026), American animator Jean Baer (1902–1975), Swiss parasitologist and environmentalist Jean-Loup Baer, French-American computer scientist Jo Baer (1929–2025), American painter associated with minimalist art Johann Baer, German revolutionary socialist John Baer (actor) (1923–2006), American actor, Terry and the Pirates John Baer (journalist), American journalist, Philadelphia Daily News John Metz Baer, American educational psychologist John Miller Baer (1886–1970), American congressman from North Dakota John Willis Baer (1861–1931), American Presbyterian leader and college president Joseph A. Baer (1878–1958), United States Army general Judith A. Baer, American political scientist Julie Baer (born 1960), American author and visual artist Julius Baer (1857–1922), Swiss banker Karl M. Baer (1885–1956), German-Israeli author and activist, first recorded person to undergo transgender sex reassignment surgery Kate Baer, American poet Kenneth Baer (born 1972), American political advisor and author Kent Baer (born 1951), American football coach Larry Baer (born 1957), President and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants Les Baer, founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc Libbie C. Riley Baer (1849–1929), American poet Marc David Baer, American historian Max Baer (boxer) (1909–1959), American boxer Max Baer Jr. (born 1937), American actor and director Max Baer (judge) (1947–2022), American judge Meridith Baer (born 1947), American businesswoman, actress, and screenwriter Michael Baer (born 1987), Welsh cricketer Mignon Baer, German musician Monika Baer (born 1964), German painter Moritz Baer (born 1997), German ski jumper Morley Baer (1916–1995), American photographer and teacher Neal Baer (born 1955), American pediatrician and screenwriter Nicolai Reymers Baer (c. 1550–c. 1600), aka Ursus, German mathematician Parley Baer (1914–2002), American actor Paul Frank Baer (1894–1930), American fighter pilot Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), American inventor Ray Baer (1905–1968), American football player Reinhold Baer (1902–1979), German mathematician Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant Richard Baer (screenwriter) (1928–2008), American screenwriter Richard J. Baer (1892–1940), Swiss physicist and banker Robert Baer (born 1952), American CIA officer and writer Robert J. Baer (1924–2011), United States Army tank general Ronni Baer (born 1954), American art historian and curator Seligman Baer (1825–1897), German Jewish biblical scholar Steve Baer (1938–2024), American inventor Steve Baer (political activist), American political activist Susan Baer (1950–2016), American public servant, New York transportation manager Susanne Baer (born 1964), German judge and legal scholar Thomas M. Baer, American physicist Thomas S. Baer (1843–1906), American judge Virgil Baer (1912–1993), American football and basketball coach Vladimir Baer (1853–1905), Russian captain Werner Baer (1931–2016), American economist Will Christopher Baer (born 1966), American writer William Baer (writer) (born 1948), American writer William Baer (lawyer) (born 1950), American lawyer William Jacob Baer (1860–1941), American painter Yitzhak Baer (1888–1980), German-born Israeli historian Yuval Baer (born 1958), Israeli architect
Van Baer Van Baer (family), Middle Age noble family from the Dutch province of Gelderland Frederik Johan van Baer (1645–1713), Dutch officer in the military service of William III of Orange Stanny van Baer (born 1942), Dutch model and beauty queen, Miss International 1961
Von Baer Bern von Baer (1911–1981), German Wehrmacht officer Ena von Baer (born 1974), Chilean journalist and politician Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876), Estonian biologist
See also
Baire Bare