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Jäger (surname)

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

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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

    • Music

  • August Jaeger (1860–1909), English music publisher of German extraction, the "Nimrod" of Edward Elgar's
  • 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

    • Visual arts

  • Gerrit de Jager (born 1954), Dutch comic-artist
  • Gustav Jaeger (painter) (1808–1871), German painter
  • Michael Jäger (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 July 20 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

    • 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
  • Gerhard Jäger, German linguist and mathematician,
  • Gregg Jaeger, American physicist and philosopher
  • Gustav Jäger (naturalist) (1832–1917), German naturalist and doctor
  • Hermann Jaeger (1844–?), Swiss oenologist
  • Marilyn Jager Adams (born 1948), researcher in the areas of cognition and education
  • Peter Jäger, German arachnologist
  • 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
  • Gisela Jäger, German rower
  • Jaromír Jágr (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player
  • Jeff Jaeger (born 1964), former American football place-kicker
  • Jonathan Jäger (born 1978), French-born German professional footballer
  • Martin Jágr (born 1979), Czech rugby union player
  • Peta Taylor (married name Mary Jaegar, 1914–1989), English cricketer
  • Thomas Jäger (born 1976), German racing driver
  • Tom Jager (born 1964), US freestyle swimmer
  • Werner Jäger (born 1959), Austrian ice speed skater

    • In other fields

  • Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969), IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands
  • Eren Jeager from the manga Shingeki no Kojin (Attack on Titan)SD

    • References

    Jäger (surname) Wikipedia
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