Maurer is a German surname, translating in English to "bricklayer" or "wall builder." Notable people with the surname include:

  • Adrian Maurer (1901–1943), American football player
  • Alfred Maurer (politician) (1888–1954), Estonian politician
  • Alfred Henry Maurer (1868–1932), American artist
  • Andreas Maurer (tennis) (born 1958), German tennis player
  • Andreas Maurer (Austrian politician) (1919–2010), Austrian politician
  • Andreas Maurer (German politician) (born 1970), German local politician
  • Andy Maurer (1948–2016), American football player
  • Angela Maurer (born 1975), German long-distance swimmer
  • Bill Maurer (born 1968), American scholar of legal and economic anthropology
  • Brandon Maurer (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
  • Chris Maurer (born 1984), bassist, Suburban Legends
  • Claude Maurer (born 1975), Swiss sailor
  • Daphne Maurer, Canadian experimental psychologist
  • Dave Maurer (American football) (1932–2011), American football player and coach
  • Dave Maurer (baseball) (born 1975), baseball player
  • David Warren Maurer (1906–1981), professor of linguistics
  • Dóra Maurer (1937–2026), Hungarian visual artist
  • Franciszek Maurer (1918–2010), Polish architect, artist, and professor
  • Friedrich Maurer (handballer) (1912–1958), Austrian field handball player
  • Friedrich Maurer (linguist) (1898–1984), German linguist and medievalist
  • Georg Ludwig von Maurer (1790–1872), German statesman and historian
  • Georg Maurer (1907–1971), German poet, essayist, and translator
  • German Mäurer (1811–1883), German writer and labor leader
  • Hermann Maurer (born 1941), Austrian computer scientist
  • Howard Maurer (born 1935), American musician, performer and actor
  • Hubert Maurer (1738–1818), German painter, graphic artist and art professor
  • Ingo Maurer (1932–2019), German lighting designer
  • Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), Romanian politician
  • Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor (1947–2026), Swiss politician
  • James Hudson Maurer (1864–1944), American trade unionist
  • Jeff Maurer (born 1947), American businessman
  • Jimmy Maurer (born 1988), American soccer player
  • Joan Howard Maurer (1927–2021), American writer and actress
  • John Maurer (Social Distortion) (born 1961), American punk musician
  • John Maurer (jazz musician), American instrumentalist and instructor
  • John J. Maurer (1922–2019), American politician
  • José Clemente Maurer (1900–1990), German Catholic cardinal
  • José Maurer (1906–1968), Argentine actor
  • Joshua D. Maurer (born 1964), American film producer, writer and actor
  • Jost Maurer, German mason, architect and businessman
  • Julius Maximilian Maurer (1857–1938), Swiss meteorologist
  • Jürgen Maurer (born 1967), Austrian actor
  • Konrad von Maurer (1823–1902), German legal historian and collector of Old Norse folklore
  • Kurt Maurer (1926–20??), Swiss footballer
  • Lea Maurer (born 1971), American swimmer
  • Linus Maurer (1926–2016), American cartoonist
  • Louis Maurer (1832–1932), German-born American lithographer
  • Lucille Maurer, American politician from Maryland
  • Ludwig Maurer (1859–1927), German mathematician
  • Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789–1878), German composer, conductor, and violinist
  • Marc Maurer (born 1951), American lawyer
  • Marco Maurer (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player
  • Mario Maurer (born 1988), Thai actor and model
  • Matthias Maurer (born 1970), German astronaut and materials scientist
  • Melanie Maurer (born 1988), Swiss cyclist
  • Michel Maurer (1904–1983), Luxembourgian boxer
  • Mike Maurer (born 1975), Canadian football player
  • Neža Maurer (1930–2025), Slovene poet and writer
  • Norman Maurer (1926–1986), American writer, director and producer of films and TV shows
  • Oscar Maurer (1870–1965), American photographer
  • Peter Maurer (born 1956), Swiss diplomat
  • Reiner Maurer (born 1960), German football player and manager
  • Reinhart Maurer (born 1935), German philosopher
  • René Maurer (born 1936), Swiss high jumper
  • Rob Maurer (born 1967), American baseball player
  • Robert D. Maurer (1924–2025), American scientist, fibre optics
  • Sigrid Maurer (born 1985), Austrian politician
  • Stefan Maurer (1960–1994), Swiss cyclist
  • Steve Maurer (1947–2022), American politician
  • Tim Maurer (born 1980), singer, Suburban Legends
  • Tommy Maurer (born 1960), American soccer player
  • Traudl Maurer (b. 1961), German ski mountaineer
  • Ueli Maurer (cryptographer) (born 1960), Swiss computer scientist
  • Ueli Maurer (born 1950), Swiss politician
  • Uli Maurer (born 1985), German ice hockey player
  • Ulrich Mäurer, German lawyer and politician
  • Walter Maurer (wrestler) (1893–1983), American wrestler
  • Walter Maurer (artist) (born 1942), German designer and academic

See also

  • Murer, a list of people with the surname