Beer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Alan Beer (born 1950), Welsh footballer
Alexander Beer (1873–1944), German architect
Alice Beer (born 1965), English television presenter
Angelika Beer (born 1957), German politician (Alliance '90/The Greens)
Anthony Stafford Beer (1926–2002), English theorist in operational research, founder of management cybernetics
Arthur Beer (1900–1980), German astronomer
August Beer (1825–1863), German mathematician, chemist and physicist
Carol Beer, a fictional character from British comedy show Little Britain, portrayed by David Walliams
Charles Beer (born 1941), Canadian politician
Ferdinand P. Beer (1915–2003), French mechanical engineer and university professor
Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer (1899–1972), English evolutionary embryologist
Georg Joseph Beer (1763–1821), Austrian physician, founder of the research center of ophthalmology
George Louis Beer (1872–1920), American historian
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Yaakov Liebmann Beer) (1791–1864), German composer, brother of Wilhelm Beer and writer Michael Beer
Gillian Beer (born 1935), English literary critic
Israel Beer (1912-1966), Israeli senior official convicted of espionage
Jannie de Beer (born 1971), South Africa rugby player
Jens Henrik Beer (1799–1881), Norwegian businessperson, farmer and politician
Joseph Beer (1908–1987), operetta composer
Joseph Beer (clarinetist) (1744–1811)
Klaus Beer (born 1942), German track & field athlete
Maggie Beer , Australian chef
Max Josef Beer (1851–1908), Austrian composer
Michael Beer (cricketer) (born 1984), Australian cricketer
Michael Beer (poet) (1800–1833), German poet
Oliver Beer (born 1979), German footballer
Randall Beer, American computer scientist
Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866–1945), Austrian writer
Seth Beer, baseball player
Wilhelm Beer (1797–1850), German banker and astronomer
Will Beer (born 1988), English cricketer
