Mayr

For the ridge in Antarctica, see Mayr Ridge.

Mayr is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Andrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian female long-distance runner
* Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), German American evolutionary biologist
* Franz Xaver Mayr (1875–1965), Austrian gastroenterologist, invented the Mayr-Kur
* Georg Mayr (1564–1623), Bavarian Jesuit priest and Hebrew grammarian
* Gunter Mayr (born 1972), Austrian economist
* Gustav Mayr (1830–1908), Austrian entomologist
* Hans Mayr (canoeist) (born 1944), Austrian sprint canoer
* Hans Mayr (trade unionist) (1921–2009), German trades unionist and politician
* Hans Mayr, founder of the shoemaking company Ed Meier, Munich
* Heinrich Mayr (1854–1911), German botanist
* Heinz Mayr (born 1935), German racewalker
* Karl Mayr (1883–1945), German politician and officer
* Michael Mayr (1864–1922), Austrian historian, politician and Bundeskanzler (1920/21)
* Otto Mayr (1930–2025), German mechanical engineer and technology historian
* Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646–1712), German composer
* Simon Mayr (1763–1845), German composer
* Simon Marius (1573–1624), Simon Mayr in German, German astronomer
* Stephanie Mayr (born 1965), German curler

## See also

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* Mayr-Melnhof AG, a Vienna-based company
* Mayr-Harting
* Maior (disambiguation)
* Mayer (disambiguation)
* Meyr (disambiguation)
* Meyer (disambiguation)
* Meier (disambiguation)
* Meir (disambiguation)

Surname list

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