Meyers

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This article is about the surname Meyers. For other uses, see Meyers (disambiguation).

Meyers Family Name
Meaning	"magistrate", "physician", "marsh"
Related names	Myers, Myars, Miares, Myeres
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Meyers

Meyers, a variant surname spelling of Myers, is of both English and German surname origin. The German surname refers to a town magistrate. The English surname may mean "physician" (from "mire", Old French, or "marsh" (from "myrr", Old Norse}. There are many variant spellings.^[1] People with the surname include:

Albert I. Meyers (1932-2007), American organic chemist, professor at Colorado State University
Ann Meyers (born 1955), former American basketball player and current sportscaster
Ari Meyers (born 1969), American actress, best known from the television series Kate & Allie
Brad Meyers (born 1980), Australian National Rugby League player
Charles M. Meyers, park keeper and early designer of Washington Park in Portland, Oregon
Charley Meyers, one of the founders of Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio
Chief Meyers (1880 - 1971), Major League Baseball catcher from 1909 to 1917
Dave Meyers, American music video director
Françoise Meyers, granddaughter of Eugène Schueller and member of the L'Oréal board of directors
Gerald C. Meyers, American industrialist, former Chairman of American Motors Corporation
Jerry Meyers (born 1965), head baseball coach at Old Dominion University, 2004 - present
Joel Meyers, American sportscaster, current play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
John Meyers, better know as Johnny Weaver, professional wrestler and wrestling commentator
Josh Meyers (born 1976), American actor and comedian, cast member of the American sketch comedy show MADtv
Krystal Meyers (born 1988), American Christian rock musician
Lisa Meyers, wife of Kris Kristofferson
Nancy Meyers (born 1949), American film director, producer, and screenwriter
Nina Palmquist Meyers, wife of Earl Warren
Richard Meyers (born 1949), better known as Richard Hell, American punk-rock singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist
Roger Meyers, Sr., founder of Itchy and Scratchy Studios
Scott Meyers, American author of several books on object oriented programming
Seth Meyers (born 1973), American actor and comedian, cast member of Saturday Night Live
Sidney Meyers (1906 - 1969), American film director and editor
William "Billy" Meyers, "policy dealer" (numbers racketeer) investigated by the Lexow Committee in New York, 1894 - 1895
William H. Meyers, husband to Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
Capt. Meyers, commander of the SS Cotopaxi when it was lost under mysterious circumstances in 1925
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977), Irish actor
William M. Colmer (middle name, Meyers) (1890 - 1980), Mississippi politician