Dyer (surname)
Dyer (Irish Gaelic surnames 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 mean uncolored.[citation needed]
Notable people with the surname 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
- Sir Alfred Dyer(1865–1947), British newspaper editor, politician, and company director
- Alvin R. Dyer (1903–1977), an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 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 (1886–19??), 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
- Dani Dyer (born 1996), English television personality, winner of Love Island 2018, daughter of Danny
- Deborah Dyer(born 1967), known by the stage name Skin, English singer, an electronic music DJ, and an occasional model
- Dennis Dyer (1914–1990), South African cricketer
- Eddie Dyer (1899–1964), American baseball player
- 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 (1947–2020), Australian artist
- George Dyer (disambiguation), several people, including
- 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 and military historian
- Harold J. Dyer (1921–2008), American politician
- Harriet Dyer (born 1988), Australian actress
- 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
- Sir James Dyer(1510 – 24 March 1582), English judge and Speaker of the House of Commons during the reign of Edward VI
- 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 (disambiguation), several people named John or Johnny Dyer, including:
- John Dyer (1699–1757), Welsh poet
- Sir John Dyer, 6th Baronet (1738–1801), English soldier and courtier who was Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales.
- Johnny Dyer (1938–2014), American electric blues harmonicist and singer
- Joyce Dyer (born 1947), American writer of nonfiction and memoirs
- Julia Knowlton Dyer (1829–1927), American philanthropist
- 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
- Madeleine Dyer, Australian film director of A Savage Christmas (2023)
- 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), several people named Mike or Michael Dyer, including:
- Mike Dyer (baseball) (born 1966), retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mike Dyer (sportswriter) (born 1939), retired sportswriter
- Michael Dyer, 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 1995), American actress
- Nathan Dyer (born 1987), English footballer
- Nehemiah Dyer (1839–1910), Rear Admiral in the 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
- Amritsar massacre
- Richard Dyer (born 1945), English academic in film studies
- Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913–1991), English-born American folk singer
- Robert Allen Dyer (1900–1987), South African botanist
- Rolla Dyer (1886–1971), American physician
- 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
- T. F. Thiselton-Dyer (1848–1923), British author
- Thomas Dyer (1805–1862), American politician, served as mayor of Chicago
- Sir Thomas Dyer, 7th Baronet (1768–1838), English soldier and landowner
- 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
See also
- Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier(born 1994), English Footballer
- Dyer baronets
Fictional characters
- Milton Dyer (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago