Wier
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Wier is a fairly uncommon surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 in the United States
United States
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. It traces ancestry from the Weir clan in Scotland
Scotland
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. There are several variants of the name, but all supposedly go back to de Vere
Aubrey de Vere II
Aubrey de Vere II — also known as "Alberic[us] de Ver" — was the second of that name in England after the Norman Conquest, being the eldest surviving son of Alberic or Aubrey de Vere who had followed William the Conqueror to England in or after 1066.Their lineage is probably Norman, possibly...

, a British noble family originally of Norman ancestry, from the eponymous town of Ver.

As a surname, Wier can refer to:
  • Allen Wier
    Allen Wier
    Allen Wier , is an American writer and a professor at the University of Tennessee.Wier was born in 1946 in San Antonio, Texas and spent parts of his childhood in Louisiana and Mexico...

     (born 1946), American writer and professor at the University of Tennessee
  • Benjamin Wier
    Benjamin Wier
    Benjamin Wier was a Canadian businessman and politician.He was born in Newport Township, Hants County, Nova Scotia, the son of Benjamin Weir. He married Phoebe Wier, a cousin, and opened a store near Windsor. He moved to Halifax in 1830...

    , Canadian businessman and politician
  • Dara Wier
    Dara Wier
    Dara Wier is an American poet and the author of eleven books of poetry, including most recently SELECTED POEMS from Wave Books. Awards include the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize from the American Poetry Review, Pushcart Prize, San Francisco Poetry Center Prize. Her work is in Best American Poetry...

     (born 1949), American poet
  • Ester Wier
    Ester Wier
    Ester Wier was an American writer.- Works :* The Loner, 1963* Gifts of the Mountains, 1963* The Rumptydoolers, 1964* Easy Does It, 1965* The Barrel, 1966* The Space Hut, 1967...

     (born 1910), American writer
  • Johann Weyer
    Johann Weyer
    Johann Weyer , was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches...

     (1515–1588), Dutch physician and occultist
  • Murray Wier
    Murray Wier
    Murray Neal Wier , nicknamed "Rampaging Redhead" and "Wizard Wier," is an American former professional basketball player for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Waterloo Hawks...

     (born 1926), American basketball player
  • Roy Wier
    Roy Wier
    Roy William Wier was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota; moved with his parents in 1896 to Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and North High School; learned the telephone and electrical trade, later going into...

     (1888–1963), U.S. Representative from Minnesota
  • Rusty Wier
    Rusty Wier
    Russell Allen "Rusty" Wier was an American singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas.Wier's career dates back to the 1970s and covers multiple music genres...

     (1944–2009), Texas singer-songwriter
  • Todd Wier, co-owner of the Buffalo Silverbacks basketball team


Wier can also refer to:
  • Wier Longleaf Lumber Company
    Wier Longleaf Lumber Company
    The Wier Longleaf Lumber Company was a lumber and milling operation established by Robert W. Wier in East Texas that ran from 1917 until 1944. During that period, the company clearcut more than 86,000 acres of virgin pine forest in Newton, Jasper and Sabine counties...

    , established in 1917 by Robert W. Wier
  • Wier-Cook Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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