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In 2014, the surname Meyer was most often found (by percentage of the population) in
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678:(born 1943), U.S. Christian Charismatic speaker and writer
408:(1928β2020), U.S. Army general, former Army Chief of Staff
329:(1920β2001), American Central Intelligence Agency official
531:(1889β1954), Swiss architect and director of the Bauhaus
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438:(1905β1988), German composer, pianist, and musicologist
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456:(1909β1972), U.S. conservative political philosopher
432:(1791β1858), German botanist and historian of botany
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596:(born 1997), American wheelchair basketball player
578:(1932β1967), American professional baseball player
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228:(1898β1975), American Catholic missionary to China
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537:(1858β1929), Austrian geographer and mountaineer
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898:(born 1972), American football player and coach
672:(c. 1895 β 1970), American college sports coach
660:(1796β1856), German industrialist and publisher
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311:(1864β1920), Danish-Swedish patron of the arts
630:(born 1993), South African rugby union player
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560:(born 1967), South African rugby union coach
353:(born 1958), South African thriller novelist
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305:(1944β2022), British Ambassador to the U.S.
191:(1903β1965), Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago
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489:(1893β1926), German World War I flying ace
383:(1898β1982), American college sports coach
335:(born 1988), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
222:(born 1960), German evolutionary biologist
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371:(1944β2014), American basketball coach
958:(born 1947), South African politician
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377:(born 1981), American baseball player
276:(born 1985), American YouTube vlogger
264:(born 1939), American baseball player
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714:(2000β2022), American soccer player
654:(1919β1975), U.S. air force officer
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726:(1928β2020), Swedish mezzo-soprano
495:(born 1956), U.S. TV comedy writer
323:(1825β1898), Swiss poet and writer
216:(1801β1857), Belgian mathematician
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442:Eugene Meyer (financier)
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196:Alfred Meyer-Waldeck
189:Albert Gregory Meyer
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132:German Jews
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1273:Categories
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962:Russ Meyer
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938:RΓ©mo Meyer
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845:Mary Meyer
779:LΓ©on Meyer
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576:Jack Meyer
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1086:See also
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