Baer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alan Baer, principal tuba player for the New York Philharmonic Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886–1969), American journalist and humorist Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer Byron Baer (1929–2007), American politician Carl Baer (1918–1996), American professional basketball player 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 Donald Baer (1931–2002), American Developmental Psychologist Eric Baer, polymer researcher George A. Baer (1903–1994), a German/Swiss/American bookbinder George Baer Jr. (1763–1834), American politician George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and executive Harold Baer Jr. (1933–2014), American judge Jack Baer (1914–2002), American college baseball coach Jack Baer (1924–2016), British art dealer. John Baer (actor) (1923–2006), American actor in Terry and the Pirates and other works John Baer (journalist), American journalist at the Philadelphia Daily News John Metz Baer, American professor of educational psychology John Miller Baer (1886–1970), American congressman from North Dakota John Willis Baer (1861–1931), American Presbyterian leader and college president Julius Baer (1857–1922), Swiss banker Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876), Estonian biologist Kent Baer, American football coach Les Baer, founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc Libbie C. Riley Baer (1849–1929), American poet Max Baer (boxer) (1909–1959), American boxer Max Baer Jr., American actor and director Nicolai Reymers Baer, aka Ursus, German mathematician Susanne Baer, German judge and legal scholar Parley Baer (1914–2002), American actor Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), American inventor Reinhold Baer (1902–1979), German mathematician Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant Richard Baer (writer) (1928–2008), American screenwriter Robert Baer, former CIA officer and American writer Steve Baer, 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 historianVan BaerVan 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, Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1961
