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

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