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Yeager


Yeager


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

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
  • Ken Yeager (born 1952), American politician
  • Laura Yeager, American Army general
  • Leland Yeager (1924–2018), American economist
  • Lewis Yeager (1878–1906), American football coach
  • Meredith Yeager, 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

Fictional characters:

  • Eren Yeager, main character of the manga and anime Attack on Titan, also spelled Jaeger in some translations
  • 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. Also known as "Shirley".

See also

  • Jagger (disambiguation)
  • Jagr (disambiguation)
  • Jäger (disambiguation)
  • Yaeger

References


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