Auer (surname)
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Auer is the surname of:
- Alois Auer (von Welsbach)Alois AuerAlois Auer, born 1813 in Wels, Austria, died 11 June 1869; was a printer, inventor and botanical illustrator, most active during the 1840s and 1850s. He produced a number of works in German and other languages, including the first regarding the nature printing process. He was the director of the...
(1813, Wels, Austria - 1869), an Austrian printer, inventor and botanical illustrator - August "Augie" H. Auer, Jr.Augie AuerAugust H. "Augie" Auer Jr was an atmospheric scientist and meteorologist in New Zealand.As a boy growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, Auer was reportedly fascinated by weather. After a freak winter storm caused havoc in his home town, he decided to become a meteorologist...
(1940 - 2007), an atmospheric scientist and meteorologist in New Zealand, Professor of Atmospheric Science
- Barbara AuerBarbara AuerBarbara Auer is a German actress. She has appeared in multiple television shows and films including Meine Tochter gehört mir , Impossibly Yours and Waiting for Angelina.-Awards:...
, a German actress - Benjamin AuerBenjamin AuerBenjamin Auer is a German footballer who is a centre-forward.-Career:As a child he played for the HSV Landau, before moving to his first major youth team, FSV Offenbach. At the age of 15 he moved to Kaiserslautern, for whom he played until 1999...
(born 1981), German soccer player
- Carl Auer, Freiherr von WelsbachCarl Auer von WelsbachCarl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach was an Austrian scientist and inventor who had a talent for not only discovering advances, but turning them into commercially successful products...
(1858, Vienna - 1929), an Austrian scientist, chemist and inventor - Christian AuerChristian AuerChristian Auer is an Austrian skeleton racer who competed from the late 1980s to the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won five medals in the men's event at the FIBT World Championships with one gold , two silvers , and two bronzes .Auer also finished 12th in the men's skeleton at Salt Lake City in 2002.He...
(born 1966), an Austrian skeleton racer
- Doris AuerDoris AuerDoris Auer is an Austrian pole vaulter. Her personal best is 4.40 metres , achieved in September 2000 in Runaway Bay. This is the current Austrian record. Indoors her best is 4.44 metres, achieved in Glasgow 2001. In the same year the current world champion Yelena Isinbayeva recorded 4.45...
(born 1971), an Austrian pole vaulter - Edward AuerEdward AuerEdward Auer is an American classical pianist. In 1965, he became the first American to prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition. Due to his frequent and subsequent touring in Poland, Mr. Auer is recognized worldwide as one of the leading interpreters of Frédéric Chopin...
(born 1941, New York City), an American classical pianist
- Florence AuerFlorence AuerFlorence Auer was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.-Life and career:...
(1880 - 1962), an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades - Fritz AuerFritz AuerFritz Auer , is a German architect, the founder and senior partner of Auer+Weber+Assoziierte.-Career:* 1953–1962 studied at TH Stuttgart...
(born 1933), German architect
- Gerhard AuerGerhard AuerGerhard Auer is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Tepl.In 1972 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.-External links:...
(born 1943), a German rower - Gregory M. AuerGregory M. AuerGregory M. Auer was an American art director, screenwriter and cameraman. Manager of Special Effects for Warner Brothers Studio, he was best known for his work on Carrie and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope .-References:...
, an American art-director, screenwriter and cameraman
- Hans AuerHans AuerHans Wilhelm Auer was a Swiss-Austrian architect best known for his design of the Swiss Bundeshaus in Bern.Auer was born in Wädenswil...
- Howard "Howie" Joseph AuerHowie AuerHoward Joseph "Howie" Auer was an American football player. He played for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1929–1931 and for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1933....
(1908 - 1985), an American football player - Hubert AuerHubert AuerHubert Auer is an Austrian footballer.-References:*...
(born 1981), an Austrian footballer
- Ilmari AuerIlmari AuerIlmari Auer was a Finnish politician and farmer.Auer was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1919–1922 and 1924–1927 representing the National Progressive Party. He was again in the Parliament 1929–1930, this time representing the Agrarian Party...
, until 1895: Tappura (1879, Lempäälä - 1965, Helsinki), a Finnish politician and farmer - Jane BowlesJane BowlesJane Bowles, born Jane Sydney Auer , was an American writer and playwright.-Early life:Born into a Jewish family in New York, Jane Bowles spent her childhood in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. She developed tuberculous arthritis of the knee as a teenager and her mother took her to Switzerland...
, née Auer (1917 - 1973), American playwright - Joseph "Joe" AuerJoe AuerJoseph Auer was an American football running back. He played collegiately for Georgia Tech and professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills , and the Miami Dolphins...
(born 1941, Trenton, New Jersey), an American football running back - Johann Paul AuerJohann Paul AuerJohann Paul Auer, who was born at Nuremberg in 1636, studied from 1654 to 1658 under Georg Christoph Eimmart at Ratisbon. In 1660 he went to Venice, and there received instructions from Pietro Liberi. He then went to Rome, where he stayed upwards of four years, and thence through Turin and Lyons to...
(1636, Nuremberg - _) - John AuerJohn AuerJohn Auer was an American physiologist and pharmacologist. He was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University Medical School , and was son-in-law to physiologist Samuel James Meltzer , whom he closely worked with at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.The eponymous Auer rods are named after...
(1875 - 1948), American physiologist - John F. AuerJohn F. AuerJohn F. Auer was a sailor in the United States Navy who was one of 193 people received the Medal of Honor during peacetime, a practice no longer authorized by law, and one of only 3,449 recipients of the award....
(1866 - 1951), a sailor in the United States Navy - Jonathan "Jon" P. AuerJon AuerJonathan P. "Jon" Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow have also been a part of the rejuvenated Big Star....
(born 1969), an American musician - Judith Auer, née VallentinJudith AuerJudith Auer was a resistance fighter against the Nazi régime in Germany.-Early life:...
(1905 - 1944), a resistance fighter against the Nazi régime in Germany - Karl AuerKarl AuerKarl Auer was a highly decorated German Waffen-SS officer.He was one of 98 soldiers to have been awarded both the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Close Combat Clasp in Gold.-Awards:* Wound Badge in Gold* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver* Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants* Iron...
(1916, Prienbach am Inn, Bavaria - 1997, Simbach am Inn), a highly decorated German Waffen-SS member
- Leopold AuerLeopold AuerLeopold Auer was a Hungarian violinist, teacher, conductor and composer.-Early life and career:...
(1845 - 1930), Jewish Hungarian violinist and conductor
- Martin AuerMartin AuerMartin Auer is an Austrian writer.He was born in Vienna in 1951. After finishing school he started but never finished the study of German and History. He was an actor, a singer-songwriter, a journalist and a magician before he published his first book in 1986. Since then he has published more than...
(born 1951, Vienna), an Austrian writer - Matthew AuerMatthew AuerMatthew Auer is Dean of the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He is also Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs where he teaches and conducts research on international forestry,...
, Dean of the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana - Michael E. AuerMichael E. AuerMichael E. Auer is a German computer scientist and engineering educator and professor at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria....
, German computer scientist - Mischa AuerMischa AuerMischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor.-Early life:Auer was born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky in St. Petersburg, Russia...
(1905 - 1957), Russian actor and the grandson of Leopold Auer - Monika AuerMonika AuerMonika Auer is an Italian luger who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. She is best known for he second-place overall Luge World Cup finish in women's singles in 1980-1....
, an Italian luger - Ronald "Ron" C. AuerRon AuerRonald C. Auer is an American politician. Auer represented District 68 from 1977 to 1992 and District 59 in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. He is a Democrat. Since 1992, he has been the party committeeman for Ward 9 in St...
(born 1950), an American politician - Ştefan AuerIstván AvarIstván Avar was a Romanian-Hungarian footballer and a legend of Újpest FC, most famous for playing for the Hungarian national team in the 1934 World Cup...
, a Hungarian-Romanian footballer
- Väinö AuerVäinö AuerVäinö Auer , the son of senator Kyösti Auer, was a Finnish geologist and geographer, chiefly remembered as an explorer of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia...
(born 1981, Helsinki, Finland), Finnish geologist and geographer, the son of senator Kyösti Auer - Victor Lee "Vic" AuerVictor AuerVictor Lee "Vic" Auer is a sports shooter and Olympic medalist for the United States. He won a silver medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
(born 1937, Santa Ana, California), a sports shooter
See also
- Auer von WelsbachAuer von WelsbachAuer von Welsbach:* Alois Auer, Ritter von Welsbach** Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach, son of Alois...
- AuerAuer- People :* Auer * Auer v. Robbins, a United States Supreme Court case* Auer Gesellschaft, named after a Jewish entrepreneur and banker Geheimrat Leopold Koppel and the Austrian chemist and inventor Carl Auer von Welsbach...