Dyer (surname)

Dyer (/ˈdaɪ.ər/) is an English surname with early medieval origins, deriving from the trade of cloth dying. Dyer is also found in Ireland (Counties Sligo and Roscommon) as an Anglicization of the Gaelic surname in Ireland O Duibhir and Mac Duibhir. (O'Dyer / McDyer) These are both derived from the words dubh, which means black, and odhar or uidhir, which means uncolored.

Notable names include:

• Ainsworth Dyer, one of the victims of the Tarnak Farm incident
• Alex Dyer (footballer born 1965), English footballer
• Alex Dyer (footballer born 1990), English footballer
• Alexander Brydie Dyer (1815–1874), American soldier in a variety of 19th century wars
• Alvin R. Dyer (1903–1977), an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a member of the church's First Presidency from 1968 to 1970
• Amelia Dyer (1837–1896), Victorian nurse and baby-farmer hanged for murder
• Anne Dyer (born 1957), British Anglican priest and former Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham
• Bert Dyer (born 1886), English footballer
• Bruce Dyer (born 1975), English footballer
• Buddy Dyer, American politician, mayor of Orlando
• Charles Dyer (architect) (1794–1848), British architect
• Clay Dyer (born 1978), American professional sport bass fisherman
• Danny Dyer (born 1977), English television, film and theatre actor
• Deborah Dyer (born 1967), known by the stage name Skin, English singer, an electronic music DJ, and occasional model
• Dennis Dyer (1914–1990), South African cricketer
• Eddie Dyer (1899–1964), American left-handed pitcher, manager and farm system official in Major League Baseball
• Sir Edward Dyer (1543–1607), English courtier and poet
• Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969), British author
• Eliphalet Dyer (1721–1807), American lawyer, jurist, and statesman
• Fred Dyer (1888–????), British boxer and entertainer
• Geoff Dyer (born 1958), English writer
• Geoffrey Dyer (born 1947, Australian artist
• George Dyer (disambiguation), a number of persons having the name
  • George Dyer (poet) (1755–1841), English classicist and writer
  • George Dyer (politician) (1802–1878), American physician and politician
  • George P. Dyer (1876–1948), American football coach
  • George Dyer (burglar) (c. 1933-1971), English burglar, lover of artist Francis Bacon
  • George Dyer Weaver (1908–1986), Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada
  • George Leland Dyer (1849–1914), American naval commander and governor of Guam
• Goudyloch E. Dyer (1919-2008), American politician
• Greg Dyer (born 1959), Australian cricketer
• Gwynne Dyer (born 1943), London-based Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian
• Hector Dyer (1910–1990), American athlete and Olympian
• Henry Dyer (1848–1918), Scottish engineer and educator
• Herbert Dyer (1898–1974), English coppersmith
• Isadore Dyer (1865–1920), American physician
• J. Milton Dyer (1870–1957), American architect
• Jack Dyer (1913–2003), nicknamed Captain Blood, Australian rules footballer
• Jane Dyer (born 1949), American author and illustrator
• Jerry Dyer, American politician and law enforcement officer
• Jesse Farley Dyer (1877–1955), American Medal of Honor recipient
• John Dyer (1699–1757), Welsh poet
• Joyce Dyer (born 1947), American writer of nonfiction and memoirs
• Ken Dyer (1946–2010), American football player
• Kieron Dyer (born 1978), English international football (soccer) player
• Leonidas C. Dyer (1871–1957), American politician, activist and military officer
• Lloyd Dyer (born 1982), English footballer
• Louis Dyer (1851–1908), American educator and author
• Maria (Tarn) Dyer (c. 1803–1846), British Protestant Christian missionary to the Chinese in the Congregationalist tradition
• Mary Dyer (c. 1611–1660), colonial American Quaker religious martyr
• Mary Marshall Dyer (1780-1867), voice for the Anti-Shakerism sentiment in rural New Hampshire
• Mike Dyer (disambiguation)
  • Mike Dyer (baseball) (born 1966), retired Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Mike Dyer (sportswriter) (born 1939), retired sportswriter
  • Michael Dyer (born 1990), American football running back
• Moses Dyer (born 1997), New Zealand association footballer
• Myles P. Dyer (1887–1969), American politician who served in the Missouri General Assembly
• Natalia Dyer (born 1997), American actress
• Nathan Dyer (born 1987) English footballer
• Nehemiah Dyer (1839–1910), Rear Admiral in United States Navy, who served during the American Civil War and Spanish–American War
• Nick Dyer (born 1969), Scottish cricketer
• Peter Swinnerton-Dyer (1927–2018), British mathematician
• Reginald Dyer (1864-1927), British colonel, responsible for the Amritsar massacre
• Richard Dyer (born 1945), English academic in film studies
• Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913–1991) was an English-born American folk singer, recording artist, and voice teacher.
• Robert Allen Dyer (1900–1987), South African botanist
• Rolla Dyer (1886–1971), American physician
• Royce Coleman Dyer, (1889–1918), Canadian Captain that trained "Dyer's Battalion" and died during the North Russia Intervention
• Sarah Dyer, American comic book writer and artist
• Senimili Dyer, Fijian politician
• Samuel Dyer (1804–1843), British Protestant Christian missionary to China in the Congregationalist tradition
• T. F. Thiselton-Dyer (1848–1923), British author
• Thomas Dyer (1805–1862), American politician, served as mayor of Chicago
• Thomas Henry Dyer (1804–1888), English historical and antiquarian writer
• Walter Alden Dyer (1878–1943), American author and journalist
• Wayne Dyer (1940–2015), American author and speaker
• Wayne Dyer (footballer) (born 1977), English footballer
• William Dyer (settler) (1609–by 1677), founding settler of Portsmouth and Newport, Rhode Island; husband of Mary Dyer
• William John Dyer (1830–1909), New Zealand businessman and politician.
• William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1928), British botanist