Dyer (surname)
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Dyer is a surname
, with English
origins, and may refer to:
Surname
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, with English
England
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origins, and may refer to:
- Ainsworth Dyer
- Alex Dyer (footballer born 1965), English footballer who played for Blackpool, Charlton Athletic and Oxford United, amongst others
- Alex Dyer (footballer born 1990), English footballer who plays for Northampton Town
- Alexander Brydie DyerAlexander Brydie DyerAlexander Brydie Dyer was an American soldier in a variety of 19th century wars, serving most notably as a general and chief of ordnance for the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
- Alvin R. DyerAlvin R. DyerAlvin Rulon Dyer was 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 DyerAmelia DyerAmelia Elizabeth Dyer née Hobley was the most prolific baby farm murderer of Victorian England. She was tried and hanged for one murder, but there is little doubt she was responsible for many more similar deaths—possibly 400 or more—over a period of perhaps twenty years.-Background:Unlike many of...
, Victorian nurse and farmer - Bruce DyerBruce DyerBruce Antonio Dyer is an English former footballer who played as a striker.His career started in 1993 with Watford, before he became the country's first £1 million-teenager when he joined Crystal Palace in 1994. He spent five years with Palace, playing more than 100 games, and then another...
- Buddy DyerBuddy DyerJohn Hugh "Buddy" Dyer is mayor of Orlando, Florida, first elected in 2003. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party. Previously he represented Orlando in the Florida State Senate for ten years, including three years when he was the Senate Democratic leader.-Early life:Dyer was born in...
, politician, mayor of Orlando - Charles DyerCharles DyerCharles Dyer was an architect based in London who designed many buildings in and around Bristol.-Some buildings of Charles Dyer:* St Pauls' Church, Bedminster * Engineers House, Bristol 1831...
, British architect (1794–1848) - Clay DyerClay DyerClay Dyer is a professional sport bass fisherman. Dyer was born without any lower limbs, no arm on the left side and a partial arm on the right. His motto for life is "If I can, you can."-Professional career:...
- Colin Dyer
- Danny DyerDanny DyerDanny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
- Deborah DyerDeborah DyerDeborah Anne Dyer, known by the stage name Skin, is a singer and occasional model. As Deborah Dyer, Skin studied Interior Design at Teesside University in Middlesbrough and they later honoured her with an honourary degree. She is currently the lead vocalist of English band Skunk Anansie...
- Dennis DyerDennis DyerDennis Victor Dyer was a South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1947.Dyer was an opening right-hand batsman who announced himself with an innings of 185 for Natal against Western Province in 1939-40, but then lost the next six years to the Second World War...
- Eddie DyerEddie DyerEdwin Hawley Dyer was an American left-handed pitcher, manager and farm system official in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1922–44 and 1946–50...
- Sir Edward DyerEdward DyerSir Edward Dyer was an English courtier and poet.-Life:The son of Sir Thomas Dyer, Kt., he was born at Sharpham Park, Glastonbury, Somerset. He was educated, according to Anthony Wood, either at Balliol College, Oxford or at Broadgates Hall , and left after taking a degree...
, English courtier and poet (1543–1607) - Elinor Brent-DyerElinor Brent-DyerElinor M. Brent-Dyer was a children’s author who wrote over 100 books during her lifetime, the most famous being the Chalet School series.-Short Biography :...
, British author - Eliphalet DyerEliphalet DyerEliphalet Dyer was a lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Windham, Connecticut. He was a delegate for Connecticut to many sessions of the Continental Congress....
- Geoff DyerGeoff DyerGeoff Dyer is a British author and novelist. He is also a journalist who writes about a wide range of topics. His published work includes four novels and several books of non-fiction, which have won a number of literary awards...
- George Dyer (disambiguation)
- Greg DyerGreg DyerGregory Charles Dyer is a former New South Wales and Australian wicketkeeper. Dyer played in 6 Tests and 23 ODIs from 1986 to 1988, including playing in the victorious 1987 World Cup Final....
- Gwynne DyerGwynne DyerGwynne Dyer, OC is a London-based independent Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian.Dyer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve at the age of sixteen...
- Hector DyerHector DyerHector Monroe Dyer was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics....
- Henry DyerHenry DyerHenry Dyer was a Scottish engineer who contributed much to founding Western-style technical education in Japan and Anglo-Japanese relations.- Early life :...
- Herbert DyerHerbert DyerHerbert Dyer was a famous coppersmith who worked in Mousehole, near Penzance, during the 1920s, influenced by the Newlyn School of craftsmen near Penzance, Cornwall....
- Isadore DyerIsadore DyerIsadore Dyer was an American physician, born at Galveston, Tex. He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School in 1887, studied at the University of Virginia, and took his M. D. at Tulane in 1889...
- J. Milton DyerJ. Milton DyerJ. Milton Dyer was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio architect.-Background:Dwyer was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania where his father had a hardware business...
(1870–1957), American architect - Jack DyerJack DyerJohn Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as a player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast media for...
- Jack M. DyerJack M. DyerJack M. Dyer is a Democrat who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, from 1960-1964....
- Jesse Farley DyerJesse Farley DyerJesse Farley Dyer was a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz....
, American Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient - John DyerJohn DyerJohn Dyer was a painter and Welsh poet turned clergyman of the Church of England who maintained an interest in his Welsh ancestry...
, Welsh poet - Joyce DyerJoyce DyerJoyce Dyer is a U.S. writer of nonfiction and memoirs whose most recent memoir, Goosetown: Reconstructing an Akron Neighborhood, tells the story of the author's attempt to remember the first five years of her life growing up in an ethnic neighborhood in Akron called Old Wolf Ledge , famous for...
- Kieron DyerKieron DyerKieron Courtney Dyer is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. Born in Ipswich, he is an attacking midfielder who played youth football for his home club before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team...
, English international football (soccer) player - Leonidas C. DyerLeonidas C. DyerLeonidas Carstarphen Dyer was an American politician, reformer, civil rights activist, and military officer who served 11 terms in the U.S. Congress as a Republican Representative from Missouri from 1911 to 1933. In 1898 enrolling in the U.S...
, Republican MissouriMissouriMissouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
Senator in the 67th Congress - Lloyd DyerLloyd DyerLloyd Richard Dyer is an English footballer currently playing for Championship side Leicester City.-West Bromwich Albion:...
- Louis DyerLouis DyerLouis Dyer was an American educator and author, born in Chicago, Ill. He graduated at Harvard in 1874, and at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1878. He was assistant professor of Greek in Harvard , lecturer at Lowell Institute and at Balliol College, Oxford , and acting professor of Greek in Cornell...
- Maria (Tarn) Dyer
- Mary DyerMary DyerMary Baker Dyer was an English Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony , for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony...
, colonial American Quaker religious martyr - Mary Marshall DyerMary Marshall DyerMary Marshall Dyer , was a voice for the largely forgotten Anti-Shakerism sentiment in rural New Hampshire. In 1813 she joined the Shakers of Enfield, New Hampshire. It took only two years later for her to leave and blame them for alienating her from her children. Despite that, her husband and her...
- Mike Dyer (disambiguation)
- Nehemiah DyerNehemiah DyerNehemiah Mayo Dyer was a Rear Admiral in United States Navy, who served during the American Civil War and Spanish–American War.-Biography:...
- Nick DyerNick DyerNick Dyer is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. He played in five One-Day Internationals in May 1999 and participated in List A cricket between 1997 and 1999...
- Peter Swinnerton-DyerPeter Swinnerton-DyerSir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet KBE FRS , commonly known as Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, is an English mathematician specialising in number theory at University of Cambridge...
, British mathematician - Reginald DyerReginald DyerColonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer CB was a British Indian Army officer who as a temporary Brigadier-General was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar ....
, British general, responsible for the Amritsar massacre - Richard DyerRichard DyerRichard W. Dyer is an English academic specialising in cinema. As of 2006 he is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London. Previously he was at the University of Warwick...
- Richard Dyer-BennetRichard Dyer-BennetRichard Dyer-Bennet was an English-born American folk singer , recording artist, and voice teacher....
- Rolla DyerRolla DyerRolla Eugene Dyer was born in Delaware County, Ohio. Dyer received his B.A. from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and his M.D. from the University of Texas. He joined the U.S. Public Health Service in 1916....
- Sarah DyerSarah DyerSarah Dyer is a comic book writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late eighties and early nineties.-Early life:Dyer was born in Louisiana, went to college in Gainesville, Florida and then moved to New York City.-Career:...
- Senimili DyerSenimili DyerAdi Senimili Dyer is a Fijian politician, who served as an Assistant Minister for Women and Culture in the Prime Minister's Office in the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the wake of the Fiji coup of 2000. She held office till an elected government took power in September 2001.A...
- Samuel DyerSamuel DyerSamuel Dyer 台約爾 , was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China in the Congregationalist tradition, who worked among the Chinese in Malaysia. He arrived in Penang in 1827. Dyer, his wife Maria, and their family lived in Malacca and then finally in Singapore...
(missionary with the London Missionary SocietyLondon Missionary SocietyThe London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa... - T. F. Thistleton-DyerT. F. Thistleton-DyerThe Reverend Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer, MA, Oxon was an English writer of popular non-fiction books, including British Customs: Past and Present, The Folk-lore of Plants, and perhaps most famously, Strange Pages from Family Papers, which was considered a masterpiece of popular historical...
, British author - Thomas DyerThomas DyerThomas Dyer served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois for the Democratic Party. He also served as the founding president of the Chicago Board of Trade.-External links:* *...
- Thomas Henry DyerThomas Henry DyerThomas Henry Dyer ,an English historical and antiquarian writer, was born in London on the 4th of May 1804. He was originally intended for a business career, and for some time acted as clerk in a West India house; but finding his services no longer required after the passing of the Negro...
- Walter Alden DyerWalter Alden DyerWalter Alden Dyer was an American author and journalist.He joined the staff of the Springfield Union in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1901, edited many publications, and became managing editor of Country Life in America . He was one of the most famous writers of dog stories...
- Wayne DyerWayne DyerWayne Walter Dyer is an American self-help advocate, author, and lecturer.- Early life :Dyer was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Melvin Lyle and Hazel Irene Dyer and spent much of his adolescence in an orphanage on the east side of Detroit. Dr. Wayne Dyer is a 1958 graduate of Denby High School;...
(Wayne W. Dyer), self-help author and speaker - William Dyer (settler)William Dyer (settler)William Dyer was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a founding settler of both Portsmouth and Newport. He is best known for being the husband of the Quaker martyr, Mary Dyer, who was executed for her beliefs in Boston...
, founding settler of Portsmouth and Newport, Rhode Island; husband of Mary DyerMary DyerMary Baker Dyer was an English Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony , for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony... - William Turner Thiselton-DyerWilliam Turner Thiselton-DyerSir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer KCMG FRS FLS was a leading British botanist, and the third director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.- Life and career :Thiselton-Dyer was born in Westminster, London...
, British botanist (1843-1928)