Bauer is a German surname meaning "peasant" or "farmer". Notable people with the surname include:
André Bauer (born 1969), American politician
Antun Bauer (disambiguation), several people
Belinda Bauer (disambiguation), several people
Bill Bauer (American football), American football coach
Bill Bauer (poet), Canadian poet
Billy Bauer, American musician
Bobby Bauer (1915–1964), Canadian ice hockey player
Branko Bauer (1921–2002), Croatian film director
Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), German philosopher, theologian and historian
Carl W. Bauer (1933–2013), American politician
Charita Bauer (1922–1985), American soap opera actress
Chris Bauer (born 1966), American actor
Christian Bauer (born 1977), French chess player
Conny Bauer (born 1943), free jazz trombonist
David Bauer (disambiguation), several people
Donna Bauer (born 1970), Australian politician
Eddie Bauer (1899–1986), American clothing manufacturer
Emily Bauer (born 1981), American singer, dancer, actress/voice actress
Erich Bauer (1900–1980), Nazi SS Guard at Sobibor death camp during World War II
Felice Bauer (1887–1960), fiancée of Franz Kafka
Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826), Austrian botanical illustrator
Frans Bauer (born 1973), Dutch singer
Franz Bauer (1758–1840), Austrian botanical illustrator
Friedrich L. Bauer (1924–2015), German computer scientist
Gary Bauer (born 1946), American conservative politician
Gustav Bauer (1870–1944), German Social Democratic chancellor in the early days of the Weimar Republic
Gustav Conrad Bauer (1820–1906), German mathematician
Gustave Bauer (1884–?), American wrestler
Georg Bauer, better known as Georgius Agricola (1490–1555), German scholar
Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American baseball player
Harold Bauer (1873–1951), English pianist
Harold W. Bauer (1908–1942), American aviator and lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps
Ida Bauer (1882–1945), a hysterical patient of Sigmund Freud known as Dora
Jack Bauer (disambiguation), several people
John Bauer (disambiguation), several people
Jon Bauer, Canadian Christian songwriter
José Carlos Bauer (1925–2007), Brazilian footballer
Jutta Bauer (born 1955), German illustrator
K. Jack Bauer (1926–1987), American historian
Klemen Bauer (born 1986), Slovenian biathlete
Kristin Bauer van Straten (born 1973), American actress
Lukáš Bauer (born 1977), Czech cross country skier
Marion Bauer (1882–1955), American composer
Martin Bauer, social psychologist
Max Hermann Bauer (1869 – 1929) German staff officer in World War I
Michelle Bauer (born 1958), bondage model and actress
Nancy Bauer (born 1934), Canadian writer
Otto Bauer (1881–1938), Austrian Social Democratic theoretician and politician
Peter Bauer (computer specialist) (born 1957)
Peter Thomas Bauer (1915–2002), Hungarian-born economist
Ralph Norman Bauer (1899–1963), American politician
Rudolf Bauer (disambiguation), several people
Stanley J. Bauer (1913–1972), New York state senator
Steven Bauer, American actor
Steve Bauer, Canadian professional cyclist
Sven H. Bauer
Tom Bauer (born 1946), American lawyer and politician
Truus Bauer (1946–2013), Dutch rower
Viola Bauer (born 1976), German skier
Walter Bauer (1877–1960), theologian and ancient Greek philologist
Wilhelm Bauer (1822–1875), German U-boat engineer
William Bauer (disambiguation), several people
Willy Bauer, German motocross driver in the 1970s
Wolfgang Bauer (disambiguation), several people
Yehuda Bauer (born 1926), Czech-Israeli Holocaust historian
Yevgeni Bauer (1865–1917), Russian silent film director
