Auer (surname)

Auer ("someone living by a water meadow [ ] " in German, "haze" in Finnish ) is a surname. 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
 * 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