Jäger (surname)

In arts and entertainment

Acting

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

  Music

• August Jaeger, English music publisher of German extraction, the "Nimrod" of Edward Elgar's
• Finne Jager, trance music DJ from the Netherlands
• Marike Jager, singer, guitarist and composer from the Netherlands
• Robert E. Jager, US composer

  Visual arts

• Alex Jaeger, American art director and costume designer
• Gerrit de Jager, Dutch comic-artist
• Gustav Jaeger , German painter
• Michael Jäger , German artist
• Stefan Jäger, painter

  Writing

• Frank Jæger, Danish poet
• Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist

  In government and politics

• Alvin Jaeger, politician
• Friedrich Gustav Jaeger, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany and a member of the 20 July Plot
• Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer, philosopher and political activist
• Jan Kees de Jager, IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands
• Karl Jäger, Swiss-born Nazi leader, commander of the SD Einsatzkommando 3
• Richard Jaeger, German politician

  In religion

• Jacob de Jager, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Lorenz Jaeger, German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Maximilian Jaeger, Swiss Minister in Budapest from 1936 to 1944
• Willigis Jäger, German Benedictine friar, mystic, and Zen master

  In science and academia

• Edmund Jaeger, US biologist
• Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal, Austrian ophthalmologist
• Eric Jager, professor in the department of English at University of California, Los Angeles
• Frans Maurits Jaeger, Dutch chemist
• Gerhard Jäger, German linguist and mathematician,
• Gregg Jaeger, American physicist and philosopher
• Gustav Jäger , German naturalist and doctor
• Hermann Jaeger, Swiss oenologist
• Marilyn Jager Adams, researcher in the areas of cognition and education
• Peter Jäger, German arachnologist
• Werner Jaeger, German classicist

  In sport

• Adolf Jäger, German amateur football player
• Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player and humanitarian
• Gisela Jäger, German rower
• Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
• Jeff Jaeger, former American football place-kicker
• Jens Jäger, German wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian
• Jonathan Jäger, French-born German professional footballer
• Martin Jágr, Czech rugby union player
• Peta Taylor, English cricketer
• Thomas Jäger, German racing driver
• Tom Jager, US freestyle swimmer
• Werner Jäger, Austrian ice speed skater
• Evan Jager, 3000m Steeplechase silver medalist in 2016 Rio Olympics

  In other fields

• Jan Kees de Jager, IT entrepreneur and politician in the Netherlands
• Eren Jeager from the manga Shingeki no Kojin SD