Sommer is a surname, from the German, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian languages word for the season "summer".
Notable people with this name include:
Contents
A–L
Alfred Sommer (born 1943), American academic
Alice Herz-Sommer (1903–2014), Czech-born Jewish pianist, oldest Holocaust survivor
António de Sommer Champalimaud (1918–2004), Portuguese banker and industrialist
Bert Sommer (1949–1990), American musician and actor
Christine Sommer (born 1970), Austrian actress
Clifford C. Sommer (1908–1993), American businessman and politician
Coleen Sommer (born 1960), American high jumper
Daniel Sommer (1850–1940), American religious leader, prominent in the Restoration Movement
Daniela Sommer (born 1978), German politician
Édouard Sommer (1822–1866), French scholar
Elke Sommer (born 1940), German actress
Erik Sommer (born 1978), American artist
Evrim Sommer (born 1971), German politician
Frederick Sommer (1905–1999), Italian-born American photographer
Gerhard Sommer (1921–2019), German Nazi officer accused of war crimes
Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914), German photographer
Günter Sommer (born 1943), German jazz musician
Hans Sommer (SS officer) (1914–1987), German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmführer)
Hans Sommer (composer) (1837–1922), German opera composer
Hans Sommer (composer, born 1904) (1904–2000), German film music composer
Iris Sommer (born 1970), Dutch psychiatrist
Jason Sommer, American poet and academic
Joe Sommer (1858–1938), American baseball player
Josef Sommer (born 1934), American film actor
Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer (1881–1952), German Methodist bishop
Juergen Sommer (born 1969), American soccer player
Keith P. Sommer (born 1946), American politician
Kostas Sommer (born 1975), Greek actor
Luke Elliott Sommer (born 1986), American soldier and bank robber
M–Z
Manfred Sommer (1933–2007), Spanish comics creator
Michael Sommer (1952–2025), German trade unionist leader
Mike Sommer (1934–2022), American football player
Peter Sommer, Danish singer-songwriter
Peter Sommer (director), British archaeologist
Petr Sommer, Czech archaeologist
Ralf J. Sommer, German biologist specializing in evolutionary developmental biology
Ralph Frederick Sommer (1898–1971), American dentist, one of the endodontics pioneers
Raymond Sommer (1906–1950), French racing driver
Renate Sommer (born 1958), German politician
Rich Sommer (born 1978), American actor
Robert Sommer (1929–2021), American psychologist
Robert Sommer (psychiatrist) (1864–1937), German psychiatrist and genealogist
Roger Sommer (aviator), French aviator
Roy Sommer (born 1957), American ice hockey player
Scott Sommer (1951–1993), American author
Sebastian Sommer (born 1994), German politician
Thelma Thall Sommer, née Thelma Thall (born 1924), American table tennis player
In fiction
Dr Jochen Sommer, the fictional editor answering readers' questions (agony uncle) of the German youth magazine Bravo
The Story of Mr Sommer, a German novel
Sommer (TV series), a Danish TV-drama aired on DR1 in 2008
Bobbi "Blade" Sommer, a character from Batman Beyond