Yeager
Yeager is a mostly American surname, a phonetic transcription of the common German surname Jaeger (Jäger), meaning hunter.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert F. Yeager, American horticulturalist
- 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
- Dan Yeager, American actor, screenwriter, and director
- George Yeager, American baseball player
- James J. Yeager, American football player and coach
- Jeana Yeager, American aviator
- Joe Yeager, American baseball player
- Justin Yeager, American baseball player
- Ken Yeager, American politician
- Laura Yeager, American Army general
- Leland Yeager, American economist
- Lewis Yeager, American football coach
- Meredith Yeager, American geneticist
- Mike Yeager, American football coach
- Ralph Oscar Yeager, German-American architect
- Roy Yeager, American musician
- Stephanie Yeager, American politician
- Steve Yeager, American major league baseball catcher
- Steve Yeager (filmmaker), American film director
- William Yeager, best known for his development of the first multiple-protocol router software while working at Stanford University
Fictional characters
- Eren Yeager, main character of the manga and anime Attack on Titan, also spelled Jaeger in some translations
- Zeke Yeager, Eldian Marleyan War Chief from Attack on Titan
- Cade and Tessa Yeager, characters from Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Charlotte E. Yeager, character from the anime Strike Witches, based on Chuck Yeager as her ace archetype