Sommer is a surname, from the German, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian languages word for the season "summer". Notable people with this name include: 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), key figure in the Restoration Movement Édouard Sommer (born 1822), French scholar Elke Sommer (born 1940), German actress Erik Sommer (born 1978), artist Evrim Sommer (born 1971), German politician (The Left) Frederick Sommer (1905–1999), artist Gerhard Sommer (1921–2019), German Nazi officer accused of war crimes Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914), 19th-century photographer Günter Sommer (born c. 1943), German jazz musician Hans Sommer (SS officer) (1914–?), German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmführer) Hans Sommer (composer) (1837–1922), German opera composer (1904–2000), German film music composer Heather Sommer, American Pop Singer/Songwriter 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), bishop of the Methodist Church Juergen Sommer (born 1969) American soccer goalkeeper Keith P. Sommer (born 1946), Republican politician Kostas Sommer (born 1975), Greek actor Luke Elliott Sommer (born 1986), former United States Army Ranger and bank robber M–Z Manfred Sommer (1933–2007), Spanish comics creator Michael Sommer (born 1952), chairman of Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (Federation of German trade unions) Mike Sommer (born 1934), American football player Mike Sommer (born 1977), American author and podcaster in the collectible sports card genre Peter Sommer, Danish singer-songwriter Ralf J. Sommer, German biologist specializing in evolutionary developmental biology Ralph Frederick Sommer (1898–1971), one of the endodontics pioneers Raymond Sommer (1906–1950), French racing driver Renate Sommer (born 1958), German politician (CDU) Rich Sommer (born 1978), American actor Robert Sommer, distinguished professor of psychology Robert Sommer (psychiatrist) (1864–1937), German psychiatrist and genealogist Roger Sommer, French aviator Roy Sommer (born 1957), American ice hockey player Scott Sommer (1951–1993), American author Thelma Thall “Tybie” Sommer, née Thelma Thall (born 1924), American two-time world table tennis champion. Theo Sommer (1930–2022), German journalist Tim Sommer, American musician and record producer Vladimír Sommer (1921–1997), Czech composer William Sommer (1867–1949), American modernist painter Yann Sommer (born 1988), Swiss footballer In fiction Dr Jochen Sommer, the fictional editor answering readers' questions (agony