Yeager

Yeager is a mostly American surname, a phonetic transcription of the common German surname Jaeger (Jäger), meaning hunter.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Albert F. Yeager, (1892-1961) American horticulturalist
 * Biff Yeager, American actor
 * Bunny Yeager (1929–2014), American photographer and model
 * Chuck Yeager (1923–2020), American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier
 * Dan Yeager (born 1965), American actor, screenwriter, and director
 * George Yeager (1874–1940), American baseball player
 * James J. Yeager (1909–1971), American football player and coach
 * Jeana Yeager (born 1952), American aviator
 * Joe Yeager (1875–1937), American baseball player
 * Ken Yeager (born 1952), American politician
 * Laura Yeager, American Army general
 * Leland Yeager (1924–2018), American economist
 * Lewis Yeager (1878–1906), American football coach
 * Meredith Yeager, American geneticist
 * Mike Yeager (born 1977), American football coach
 * Ralph Oscar Yeager (1892–1960), German-American architect
 * Roy Yeager (born 1949), American musician
 * Stephanie Yeager, American politician
 * Steve Yeager (born 1948), American major league baseball catcher
 * Steve Yeager (filmmaker) (born 1948), American film director
 * William Yeager (born 1940), best known for his development of the first multiple-protocol router software while working at Stanford University

Fictional characters:
 * Eren Yeager, main character of the manga and anime Attack on Titan, also spelled Jaeger in some translations
 * Cade and Tessa Yeager, characters from Transformers: Age of Extinction
 * Charlotte E. Yeager, character from the anime Strike Witches, based on Chuck Yeager as her ace archetype. Also known as "Shirley".