Myers

Myers is an English origin and German origin surname. The English surname is early medieval patronymic meaning "son of Mayer", an occupational name for a mayor. The English surname may also have evolved from "physician" ("mire", Old French), or "marsh" ("myrr", Old Norse}. The first English public record of the surname was in 1212. The German surname means "steward"/"bailiff", referring to the town magistrate. Myers is uncommon as a given name. There are many variant spellings.

People

• Alan Myers (drummer), U.S. drummer with Devo
• Alan Myers (translator) (born 1933), English translator
• Amanda Myers (born 1984), Green Party Candidate, Canadian
• Baruch Myers (born 1964), Chabad Rabbi, American
• Ben Myers (born 1976), UK writer
• Brian Reynolds Myers (born 1963), U.S. professor, critic
• Brett Myers (born 1980), U.S. baseball player
• Carlton Myers (born 1971), Italian basketball player
• Charles G. Myers, New York State Attorney General 1860-1861
• Charles Samuel Myers (1873–1946), English psychologist
• Daniel J. Myers (born 1966), U.S. sociologist, professor, and textbook author
• Dee Dee Myers (born 1961), former White House Press Secretary
• Ernest Myers (1844-1921), English poet, Classicist and author
• Frederic William Henry Myers (1843–1901), English poet and essayist
• Garry Cleveland Myers (1884–1971), U.S. psychologist
• Gene Myers, U.S. professor at University of California, Berkeley
• G. S. Myers, ichthyologist, founder of the killifish genera Aphyosemion, Fundulopanchax, and others
• Gustavus Myers (1872 – 1942), U.S. reporter, feature writer
• Isabel Briggs Myers (1897 – 1980), American co-creator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• James Myers (disambiguation page)
• Jerome Myers (1867–1940), U.S. painter
• John J. Myers, U.S. Roman Catholic Archbishop, Archdiocese of Newark
• John Myers Myers (1906–1988), U.S. author
• J. G. Myers, writer and entomologist, refer cicada
• Kevin Myers (born 1947), Irish journalist
• Kris Myers, drummer for the band Umphrey's McGee
• Leo Myers (1881–1944), British novelist
• Leonard Myers (1827–1905), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881–1944)
• LeRoy Myers (1919–2004), U.S. tap dancer
• LeRoy E. Myers, Jr. (born 1951), U.S. politician in Maryland
• Lou Myers (1915 - 2005, U.S. cartoonist and short story writer
• Lynn Myers (born 1951), Canadian politician
• Sir Michael Myers (1873–1950), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
• Michael Myers (politician) (born 1943), U.S. politician
• Mike Myers (actor) (born 1963), Canadian actor, comedian and screenwriter
• Mike Myers (baseball player) (born 1969), U.S. baseball player
• Paul Myers (musician) (born 1962), Canadian musician
• PZ Myers (born 1957), U.S. professor, biologist and science blogger
• Randy Myers (born 1962), U.S. baseball player
• Richard Myers (born 1942), general of the United States Air Force
• Russell Myers (born 1938), U.S. cartoonist
• Stanley Myers (1933–1993), British film composer
• Myers, William James (Jim), better known as George "The Animal" Steele, an American professional wrestler
• William Myers (born 1955), U.S. lawyer
• William Myers (UK politician), British politician

Fictional

• Michael Myers (Halloween), serial killer character in Halloween film series

Places

• Myers, Montana, an unincorporated community in the United States

See also

• Meyers
• Myer, Meyr, Meyer, Meier, Meir, Maier, Mayer, Mair, Mayr, Von Meyer

References