Meijer (surname)

Meijer is a Dutch surname. It refers to a profession similar to a bailiff or steward. It originates from the Latin word maior and is often rendered Meyer abroad.^[1]

As of 2007, there were 39,801 people with the surname Meijer in the Netherlands.^[1]

• Annita Meijer (born 1954), professionally known as Anita Meyer, Dutch singer
• Arnold Meijer (1905–1965), Dutch fascist politician
• Bengt Meijer, Swedish footballer
• Bert Meijer (born 1955), Dutch organic chemist
• Berthe Meijer (1938–2012), German-born Dutch Holocaust survivor and author
• Clara Meijer-Wichmann (1885–1922), German–Dutch lawyer, writer, and anarchist
• Connie Meijer (1963–1988), Dutch racing cyclist
• Cornelis Simon Meijer (1904–1974), Dutch mathematician who introduced the Meijer G-function
• Doug Meijer (born 1955), American businessman, son of Frederik Meijer
• Eduard Meijer (1878–1929), Dutch swimmer and water polo player
• Elien Meijer (born 1970), Dutch rower
• Erik Meijer (politician) (born 1944), Dutch politician
• Erik Meijer (computer scientist) (born 1963), Dutch computer scientist
• Erik Meijer (footballer) (born 1969), Dutch football winger and manager
• Fik Meijer (born 1942), Dutch historian and author
• Frans Meijer (criminal) (born 1953), Dutch kidnapper
• Frank Nicolaas Meijer (1875–1918), Dutch-born American explorer and botanist
• Fred Meijer (actor) [nl] (born 1960), Dutch voice actor
• Frederik Meijer (also known as Fred Meijer; 1919–2011), American businessman, son of Hendrik
• Geert Meijer (born 1951), Dutch footballer
• Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer (née Truus Meijer; 1896–1978), Dutch war hero and resistance fighter
• Gerard Meijer [de; nl] (born 1962), Dutch physical chemist
• Han Meijer (born 1949), Dutch mechanical engineer and polymer chemist
• Hank Meijer (born 1952), American businessman, son of Frederik Meijer
• Hendrik Meijer (1883–1964), Dutch-born American businessman, founder of the Meijer hypermarket chain
• Henk Meijer (born 1959), Dutch taekwondo competitor and coach
• Henny Meijer (born 1962), Surinamese-Dutch football forward
• Herma Meijer (born 1969), Dutch speed skater
• Herman Meijer [de; nl] (born 1947), Dutch GreenLeft politician
• Ischa Meijer (1943–1995), Dutch journalist, radio presenter, and author
• Jaap Meijer (1905–1943), Dutch track cyclist
• Jaap Meijer (writer) (1912–1993), Dutch historian and poet
• Jan Meijer (1921–1993), Dutch sprinter
• Johnny Meijer (1912–1992), Dutch accordionist
• Jonas Daniel Meijer (1780–1834), Dutch lawyer
• Karel Meijer (1884–1967), Dutch water polo player
• Klaasje Meijer (born 1995), Dutch pop singer
• Larissa Meijer (born 1990), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• Lavinia Meijer (born 1983), Dutch harpist
• Leo Meijer (1873–1944), German film producer
• Leonie Meijer (born 1985), Dutch singer and songwriter
• Lodewijk Meijer (1629–1681), Dutch physician, scholar, playwright and Enlightenment radical
• Louis Meijer (1809–1866), Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer, and draftsman
• Lukas Meijer (born 1988), Swedish rock musician
• Markus Meijer (born 1970), Dutch real estate investor, son of Ton Meijer
• Mary Meijer-van der Sluis (1917–1994), Dutch fencer
• Michaela Meijer (born 1993), Swedish pole vaulter
• Patrick Meijer (born 1973), Dutch stand-up comedian
• Paul Meijer (born 1985), Dutch racing driver
• Paul Meijer (politician) (born 1967), Dutch politician
• Peter Meijer (born 1988), American politician, son of Hank Meijer
• Rogier Meijer (born 1981), Dutch footballer
• Sal Meijer (1877–1965), Dutch painter
• Sebastian Meijer (born 1984), Swedish ice hockey winger
• Selma Meijer (1890–1941), Dutch pacifist, feminist and resistance fighter
• Stijn Meijer (born 1999), Dutch footballer
• Tamara Meijer (born 1979), Dutch judoka
• Theo Meijer (born 1965), Dutch judoka
• Ton Meijer, Dutch property developer, father of Markus Meijer
• Truus Meijer (1896–1978), Dutch war hero and resistance fighter
• Willem Meijer (1923–2003), Dutch botanist
• Wim Meijer (Pacifist Socialist Party) (1923–2001), Dutch politician
• Wim Meijer (Labour Party) (born 1939), Dutch politician

De Meijer

• Hendrick de Meijer (1620–1689), Dutch landscape painter
• José de Meijer [de; nl] (1915–2000), Dutch KVP politician
• Sadiqa de Meijer (born 1977), Canadian poet

Compound names

• Tippy de Lanoy Meijer (born 1943), Dutch field hockey player
• Willem van Walt Meijer (born 1958), Dutch sailor

• Meijer de Haan (1852–1895), Dutch Pont-Aven School painter
• Meijer Marcusz Roest (1821–1889), Dutch bibliographer

• Meijers (surname)
• Meyer (disambiguation)

Surname list

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