Scherer

Scherer or Scherrer is a German language surname widespread in German speaking Europe since the Middle Ages. With the beginning of colonization it also came to North and South America. Notable people with the surname include:

Scherer

Alfredo Scherer (1903–1996), Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
Andreas Scherer, German ski jumper
Axel Scherer (professor), American physicist
Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747–1804), French general during the French Revolution
Bee Scherer (born Burkhard Scherer, 1971), English professor of gender studies and religious studies at Canterbury Christ Church University
Bernie Scherer (1913–2004), American football player
Dave Scherer, American sports writer and journalist
Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer (1815–1889), French politician
Elizabeth Scherer (born 1976/77), American judge
Emanuel Scherer (1901–1977), Polish-Jewish politician
Fernando Scherer (born 1974), Brazilian swimmer
Frederic M. Scherer (born 1932), American economist
Gabriela Scherer (born 1981), Swiss mezzosoprano
Georg Scherer (1540–1605), Roman Catholic pulpit orator and controversialist
Giorgio Scherer (1831–1896), Italian painter, mainly of genre paintings
Gordon H. Scherer (1906–1988), American politician
Hermann Scherer (1893–1927), German-speaking Swiss Expressionist
Irineu Roque Scherer (1950–2016), Roman Catholic bishop
James A. B. Scherer (1870–1944), American educator and Lutheran minister
Jean Marie Maurice Schérer, better known as Éric Rohmer, French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher
Johann Andreas Scherer (1755–1844), Austrian chemist and botanist
Johann Jakob Scherer (1825–1878), Swiss politician for the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
Johann Joseph Scherer (1814–1869), German chemist
John Scherer (athlete) (born 1966), American long-distance runner for the Michigan Wolverines
Julio Scherer García (1926–2015), Mexican author and journalist
Klaus Scherer (born 1943), Swiss psychologist
Lee R. Scherer (1919–2011), American aeronautical engineer, director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from 1975 to 1979
Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (1930–2012), Mexican scientist specialized in thermodynamics
Lucy Scherer (born 1981), German actress
Luther B. Scherer, also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879–1957), American casino investor in Las Vegas, Nevada
Maria Katherina Scherer, (1825–1888), Swiss Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross
Marie-Luise Scherer (1938–2022), German author and journalist
Markus Scherer (born 1962), German wrestler
Martin Scherer (born 1972), German physician
Michael Scherer (American football) (born 1993), American football player and coach
Michelle Scherer, American environmental geochemist
Odilo Scherer (born 1949), Brazilian Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
Péter Scherer (born 1961), Hungarian stage and film actor
René Schérer (1922–2023), French philosopher
Rip Scherer (born 1952), American coach
Robert Pauli Scherer (1906–1960), American inventor
Roger H. Scherer (1935–2022), American lawyer and politician
Rodolphe Scherer (born 1972), French equestrian
Roy Scherer Jr., better known as Rock Hudson, American actor
Sarah Scherer (born 1991), American sports shooter
Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712), German composer and organist of the Baroque era
Siegfried Scherer (born 1955), German biologist
Sophie Ritter von Scherer (1817–1876), Austrian writer
Stephen Scherer (1989–2010), Cadet with the class of 2011 at the United States Military Academy who competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in 10 metre air rifle
Stephen W. Scherer (born 1964), Canadian scientist
Susan Scherer (born 1956), played for the Canadian National women's ice hockey team from 1989 to 1992
Theodor Scherer (1889–1951), German general during both World Wars, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Wilhelm Scherer (1841–1886), German philologist