Byers (surname)

Byers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

 * Brad Byers, American stunt performer
 * Eben Byers, American socialite and victim of radiation poisoning
 * Horace R. Byers (1906–1998), American meteorologist
 * Howard Webster Byers (1856–1928), American politician
 * John Byers (architect), Southern Californian architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial Revival style
 * Joseph Byers (1824–1898), American politician from Maryland
 * Kevin Byers (born 1979), Scottish footballer
 * Lefty Byers (1905–2000), American professional basketball coach
 * Lyndon Byers (born 1964), former professional hockey player and current radio DJ
 * Margaret Byers (1832–1912), Irish educator, activist, social reformer, missionary, writer
 * Neil Erland Byers (1928–2020), Canadian politician
 * Nina Byers (1930–2014), theoretical physicist
 * Peter Byers (born 1984), Antiguan football striker
 * Peter Byers (field hockey) (born 1944), New Zealand Olympic field hockey player
 * Roddy Byers, English musician; lead guitarist in The Specials
 * Stephen Byers, British politician; the Labour Member of Parliament for Tyneside North and a former cabinet minister
 * Tom Byers (athlete) (born 1956), former middle-distance runner
 * Tom Byers (professor), professor at Stanford University
 * Verne Byers (1918–2008), bandleader, bassist, concert promoter
 * William Byers (1831–1903), founding figure of Omaha, Nebraska

Fictional characters

 * John Fitzgerald Byers, one of the Three Lone Gunmen in The X-Files
 * Jonathan Byers, the son of Joyce Byers and older brother of Will Byers from the Netflix series Stranger Things
 * Joyce Byers, the mother of Jonathan and Will Byers from the Netflix series Stranger Things
 * Will Byers, the younger brother of Jonathan Byers and the son of Joyce Byers, from the Netflix series Stranger Things