Jäger (surname)

Jäger (also Jager, Jaeger, or Jæger; ) is a common German surname. It comes from the German word for "hunter". Related surnames in other languages include De Jager, Jääger, Jágr, Yaeger and Yeager.

The surname may refer to:

Acting

 * Frederick Jaeger (1928–2004), German-born actor
 * Professor Jager, stage name of Scott Folsom, co-founder of the League of STEAM performance troupe

Fictional characters

 * Eren Jaeger, the main protagonist of the manga series Attack on Titan and its anime adaptation
 * Zeke Jaeger, the older brother of Eren Jaeger of the manga series Attack on Titan and anime adaptation
 * Grisha Jaeger, the father of Eren and Zeke from manga series Attack on Titan and anime adaptation

Music

 * August Jaeger (1860–1909), English music publisher of German extraction, the "Nimrod" of Edward Elgar's composition
 * Finne Jager, trance music DJ from the Netherlands
 * Marike Jager (born 1979), singer, guitarist and composer from the Netherlands
 * Robert E. Jager (born 1939), US composer

Production

 * Patrick Jager (born 1968), US television producer and executive

Visual arts

 * Alex Jaeger, American art director and costume designer
 * Gerrit de Jager (born 1954), Dutch comic-artist
 * Gustav Jaeger (painter) (1808–1871), German painter
 * Michael Jäger (artist) (born 1956), German artist
 * Stefan Jäger (1877–1962), painter

Writing

 * Frank Jæger (1926–1977), Danish poet
 * Hans Jæger (1854–1910), Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist

In government and politics

 * Alvin Jaeger (born 1943), politician
 * Friedrich Gustav Jaeger (1895–1944), resistance fighter in Nazi Germany and a member of the 20 July Plot
 * Hans Jæger (1854–1910), Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist
 * Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969), IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands
 * Karl Jäger (1888–1959), Swiss-born Nazi leader, commander of the SD Einsatzkommando 3
 * Richard Jaeger (1913–1998), German politician

In religion

 * Jacob de Jager (1923–2004), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Lorenz Jaeger (1892–1975), German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Maximilian Jaeger (1915–1999), Swiss Minister in Budapest from 1936 to 1944
 * Willigis Jäger (1925–2020), German Benedictine friar, mystic, and Zen master

In science and academia

 * Edmund Jaeger (1887–1983), US biologist
 * Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (1818–1884), Austrian ophthalmologist
 * Eric Jager (born 1957), professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles
 * Frans Maurits Jaeger (1877–1945), Dutch chemist
 * Gert Jäger (born 1935), German translation scholar and a specialist in the Polish and Czech languages
 * Gustav Jäger (naturalist) (1832–1917), German naturalist and doctor
 * Hermann Jaeger (1844–?), Swiss oenologist
 * John Conrad Jaeger (1907–1979), Australian mathematical physicist.
 * Margarete Jäger, Margarete Jäger
 * Marilyn Jager Adams (born 1948), researcher in the areas of cognition and education
 * Peter Jäger, German linguist
 * Werner Jaeger (1888–1961), German classicist

In sport

 * Adolf Jäger (1889–1944), German amateur football (soccer) player
 * Andrea Jaeger (born 1965), American tennis player and humanitarian
 * Eric Jagers (born 1995), American baseball coach
 * Gisela Jäger, German rower
 * Jaromír Jágr (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player
 * Jeff Jaeger (born 1964), former American football place-kicker
 * Jens Jäger (born 1963), German wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian
 * Jonathan Jäger (born 1978), French-born German professional footballer
 * Martin Jágr (born 1979), Czech rugby union player
 * Peta Taylor (married name Mary Jaegar, 1912–1989), English cricketer
 * Thomas Jäger (born 1976), German racing driver
 * Tom Jager (born 1964), US freestyle swimmer
 * Werner Jäger (born 1959), Austrian ice speed skater
 * Evan Jager (born 1989), 3000m Steeplechase silver medalist in 2016 Rio Olympics

In other fields

 * August Jäger (1887 – 1949), German official of the Nazi era
 * Nicolai Henrich Jæger (1780 – 1846), Norwegian lawyer