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Jäger (also Jager, Jaeger, or Jæger; German pronunciation: [ˈjɛːɡɐ]) is a common German surname. It comes from the German word for "hunter". Related surnames in other languages include De Jager, Jääger, Jágr, Yaeger and Yeager.

The surname may refer to:

• Frederick Jaeger (1928–2004), German-born actor
• Professor Jager, stage name of Scott Folsom, co-founder of the League of STEAM performance troupe

• Eren Jaeger or Jaeger, the main protagonist of the manga series Attack on Titan and its anime adaptation
• Erich Jager, UPEO SARF pilot and player's wingman in Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
• Felix Jaeger, in the Gotrek and Felix series
• Frank Jaeger, better known as Gray Fox, in the Metal Gear series
• Grisha Yeager or Jaeger, the father of Eren and Zeke from manga series Attack on Titan and anime adaptation
• Gen. Radi Jaeger, a villain in the video game Valkyria Chronicles - see List of Valkyria Chronicles characters
• Zeke Yeager or Jaeger, the older brother of Eren Jaeger of the manga series Attack on Titan and anime adaptation

• August Jaeger (1860–1909), English music publisher of German extraction, the "Nimrod" of Edward Elgar's composition
• Finne Jager, trance music DJ from the Netherlands
• Marike Jager (born 1979), singer, guitarist and composer from the Netherlands
• Robert E. Jager (born 1939), US composer
• Hanna Gillian Kristina Jäger (born 1998), known professionally as Yaeger (singer), Swedish singer

• Patrick Jager (born 1968), US television producer and executive

• Alex Jaeger, American art director and costume designer
• Gerrit de Jager (born 1954), Dutch comic-artist
• Gustav Jaeger (painter) (1808–1871), German painter
• Michael Jäger (artist) (born 1956), German artist
• Stefan Jäger (1877–1962), painter

• Frank Jæger (1926–1977), Danish poet
• Hans Jæger (1854–1910), Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist

• Alvin Jaeger (born 1943), politician
• Friedrich Gustav Jaeger (1895–1944), resistance fighter in Nazi Germany and a member of the 20 July Plot
• Hans Jæger (1854–1910), Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist
• Jan Kees de Jager (born 1969), IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands
• Karl Jäger (1888–1959), Swiss-born Nazi leader, commander of the SD Einsatzkommando 3
• Richard Jaeger (1913–1998), German politician

• Jacob de Jager (1923–2004), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Lorenz Jaeger (1892–1975), German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Maximilian Jaeger (1915–1999), Swiss Minister in Budapest from 1936 to 1944
• Willigis Jäger (1925–2020), German Benedictine friar, mystic, and Zen master

• Edmund Jaeger (1887–1983), US biologist
• Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal (1818–1884), Austrian ophthalmologist
• Eric Jager (born 1957), professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles
• Frans Maurits Jaeger (1877–1945), Dutch chemist
• Gert Jäger (born 1935), German translation scholar and a specialist in the Polish and Czech languages
• Gustav Jäger (naturalist) (1832–1917), German naturalist and doctor
• Hermann Jaeger (1844–?), Swiss oenologist
• John Conrad Jaeger (1907–1979), Australian mathematical physicist.
• Margarete Jäger, Margarete Jäger
• Marilyn Jager Adams (born 1948), researcher in the areas of cognition and education
• Peter Jäger, German linguist
• Werner Jaeger (1888–1961), German classicist

• Adolf Jäger (1889–1944), German amateur football (soccer) player
• Andrea Jaeger (born 1965), American tennis player and humanitarian
• Eric Jagers (born 1995), American baseball coach
• Gisela Jäger, German rower
• Jaromír Jágr (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player
• Jeff Jaeger (born 1964), former American football place-kicker
• Jens Jäger (born 1963), German wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian
• Jonathan Jäger (born 1978), French-born German professional footballer
• Martin Jágr (born 1979), Czech rugby union player
• Maximilian Jäger (born 2000), German para-cyclist
• Peta Taylor (married name Mary Jaegar, 1912–1989), English cricketer
• Thomas Jäger (born 1976), German racing driver
• Tom Jager (born 1964), US freestyle swimmer
• Werner Jäger (born 1959), Austrian ice speed skater
• Evan Jager (born 1989), 3000m Steeplechase silver medalist in 2016 Rio Olympics

• August Jäger (1887 – 1949), German official of the Nazi era
• Nicolai Henrich Jæger (1780 – 1846), Norwegian lawyer

• De Jager, Dutch variant
• Jágr (surname), Czech variant
• Yeager (surname)
• Yaeger
• Jagger (disambiguation)

• All pages with titles containing Jager

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