Hamer (surname)
Hamer is an English and Dutch surname. Hamer is Dutch and Middle English for "hammer", and often is a metonymic occupational name, e.g. referring to a smith. In English the name could also be toponymic, suggesting an origin in Hamer, Lancashire. People with this surname include:
- Alain Hamer, Luxembourgian football referee
- Arnold Hamer, English cricketer
- Ben Hamer, English footballer with Charlton Athletic
- Bent Hamer, Norwegian film director
- Colin Hamer, Sint Maarten cricketer
- Dale Hamer, American football official
- David Hamer, Australian politician and navy officer
- David Hamer , Welsh footballer with Southampton F.C.
- Dean Hamer, American geneticist, author, and filmmaker
- Elizabeth Hamer Kegan, American archivist and librarian
- Elsie Hamer Wilkie, New Zealand lawn bowls player
- Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights leader
- Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch Catholic missionary and bishop in China
- Forrest Hamer, American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst
- Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger
- Frank Hamer , World War II officer
- Fritz Hamer, German botanist
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb, English rugby union player
- Garry Hamer, Australian rules footballer
- Gerald Hamer, British film actor
- Gladys Hamer, British stage and film actress
- Graham Hamer, New Zealand rugby coach
- Gustavo Hamer, Dutch Brazilian football midfielder
- Harry Spencer Hamer, English football manager
- Hubert Hamer, American agricultural scientist and administrator
- Ian Hamer , British jazz trumpeter
- Ian Hamer , British long-distance runner
- Jan Hamer, Dutch organic chemist active in the U.S.
- Jean Jérôme Hamer, Belgian Cardinal
- John Hamer , English football midfielder
- John C. Hamer, American-Canadian historian and mapmaker
- John Hamer , English figure skater
- Judith Hamer, British wheelchair basketball player
- Julia Hamer-Bevis, English professional wrestler known as "Sweet Saraya"
- Mariëtte Hamer, Dutch Labour Party politician
- Michelle Hamer, Australian visual artist
- Michelle Hamer, Australian author and journalist
- Nick Hamer, American soccer player
- Nigel Hamer, Canadian anglophone Québécois liberation activist
- Paul Hamer, Australian politician
- Philip M. Hamer, American archivist and historian
- Reino Hamer, German Major in the Second World War
- Robert Hamer, British film director and screenwriter
- Ru den Hamer, Dutch water polo player
- Rupert Hamer, Australian Liberal Party politician, Premier of Victoria 1972–81
- Rupert Hamer , British war correspondent killed in Afghanistan
- Russell Hamer, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Rusty Hamer, American actor
- Ryke Geerd Hamer, German physician
- Sam Hield Hamer, English writer
- Steve Hamer , Welsh football defender and club chairman
- Stu Hamer, British jazz trumpeter
- Thomas L. Hamer, United States congressman and soldier
- Thomas Ray Hamer, United States Representative from Idaho
- Thomas Hamer , British parasport swimmer
- Tor Hamer, American boxer
