Yeager
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Yeager is a relatively uncommon American surname, most likely a transcription of the common German surname "Jaeger/Jäger" (hunter) done by immigrants in order to have their name misspelled rather than mispronounced, as in Jagger. Notable people with the surname include:
- Barbara Yeager (born 1958), American actress and dancer
- Biff Yeager, American actor
- Bunny Yeager, American photographer and model
- Chuck Yeager, American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier
- George Yeager (1874–1940), American baseball player
- James J. Yeager (c. 1908 – 1971), American football player and coach
- Jeana Yeager, American aviator
- Joe Yeager (1875–1937), American baseball player
- Ken Yeager (born 1952), American politician
- Leland Yeager, American economist
- Lewis Yeager (1878–1906), American football coach
- Mike Yeager, American football coach
- Ralph Oscar Yeager (1892–1960), German-American architect
- Roy Yeager (born 1949), American musician
- Steve Yeager, American major league baseball catcher
- Steve Yeager (filmmaker) (born 1948), American film director
- William Yeager, best known for his development of the first multiple-protocol router software while working at Stanford University
Fictional characters:
- Cade and Tessa Yeager, characters of Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Charlotte E. Yeager, character of the anime Strike Witches, based on Chuck Yeager as her ace archetype. Also known as Shirly.
- Eren Yeager, character of the manga Attack on Titan
- Hiram Yeager, character in the Dirk Pitt adventure novels
See also
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This page lists people with the surname Yeager.
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