Yeager

Yeager is a mostly American surname, a phonetic transcription of the common German surname Jaeger (Jäger), meaning hunter. ^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert F. Yeager, (1892-1961) American horticulturalist
• Biff Yeager, American actor
• Bunny Yeager (1929–2014), American photographer and model
• Chuck Yeager (1923–2020), American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier
• Dan Yeager (born 1965), American actor, screenwriter, and director
• George Yeager (1874–1940), American baseball player
• James J. Yeager (1909–1971), American football player and coach
• Jeana Yeager (born 1952), American aviator
• Joe Yeager (1875–1937), American baseball player
• Justin Yeager (born 1998), American baseball player
• Ken Yeager (born 1952), American politician
• Laura Yeager, American Army general
• Leland Yeager (1924–2018), American economist
• Lewis Yeager (1878–1906), American football coach
• , American geneticist
• Mike Yeager (born 1977), American football coach
• Ralph Oscar Yeager (1892–1960), German-American architect
• Roy Yeager (born 1949), American musician
• Stephanie Yeager, American politician
• Steve Yeager (born 1948), American major league baseball catcher
• Steve Yeager (filmmaker) (born 1948), American film director
• William Yeager (born 1940), best known for his development of the first multiple-protocol router software while working at Stanford University

• Eren Yeager, main character of the manga and anime Attack on Titan, also spelled Jaeger in some translations
• Zeke Yeager, (827-854) Eldian Marleyan War Chief from Attack on Titan
• Cade and Tessa Yeager, characters from Transformers: Age of Extinction
• Charlotte E. Yeager, character from the anime Strike Witches, based on Chuck Yeager as her ace archetype

• Jagger (disambiguation)
• Jagr (disambiguation)

Surname list

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