Mesmer may refer to: People Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), German doctor who postulated Animal magnetism, and for whom Mesmerism is named Sharon Mesmer, American writer born 1960 in Chicago, Illinois Gustav Mesmer, inventor of experimental human-powered flying machines Mesmer family of California, early settlers and developers of Los Angeles Other Mesmer (film), a 1994 film about the above Mesmer, a concept in the List of concepts in Artemis Fowl Mesmer (album), a 2017 album by the Australian band Northlane See also Messmer (disambiguation)