Dyer /ˈdaɪər/ is an English surname with early medieval origins, deriving from the trade of cloth dying.
Notable names include:
Ainsworth Dyer
Alex Dyer (footballer born 1965), English footballer who played for Blackpool, Charlton Athletic and Oxford United, amongst others
Alex Dyer (footballer born 1990), English footballer who plays for Northampton Town
Alexander Brydie Dyer
Alvin R. Dyer
Amelia Dyer, Victorian nurse and baby-farmer hanged for murder
Bert Dyer (born 1886), English footballer who played for Southampton F.C.
Bruce Dyer
Buddy Dyer, politician, mayor of Orlando
Charles Dyer, British architect (1794–1848)
Clay Dyer
Colin Dyer
Danny Dyer
Deborah Dyer
Dennis Dyer
Eddie Dyer
Sir Edward Dyer, English courtier and poet (1543–1607)
Elinor Brent-Dyer, British author
Eliphalet Dyer
Fred Dyer, British boxer and entertainer
Geoff Dyer
George Dyer (disambiguation)
Greg Dyer
Gwynne Dyer
Hector Dyer
Henry Dyer
Herbert Dyer
Isadore Dyer
J. Milton Dyer (1870–1957), American architect
Jack Dyer
Jack M. Dyer
Jane Dyer, American illustrator
Jesse Farley Dyer, American Medal of Honor recipient
John Dyer, Welsh poet
Joyce Dyer
Ken Dyer (1946–2010), American football player
Kieron Dyer, English international football (soccer) player
Leonidas C. Dyer, Republican Missouri Senator in the 67th Congress
Lloyd Dyer
Louis Dyer
Maria (Tarn) Dyer
Mary Dyer, colonial American Quaker religious martyr
Mary Marshall Dyer
Mike Dyer (disambiguation)
Nehemiah Dyer
Nick Dyer
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, British mathematician
Reginald Dyer (1864-1927), British colonel, responsible for the Amritsar massacre
Richard Dyer
Richard Dyer-Bennet
Robert Allen Dyer, South African botanist
Rolla Dyer
Sarah Dyer
Senimili Dyer
Samuel Dyer (missionary with the London Missionary Society)
T. F. Thistleton-Dyer, British author
Thomas Dyer
Thomas Henry Dyer
Walter Alden Dyer
Wayne Dyer (Wayne W. Dyer), self-help author and speaker
William Dyer (settler), founding settler of Portsmouth and Newport, Rhode Island; husband of Mary Dyer
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, British botanist (1843–1928)
