Springer (surname)

Springer is a German surname. Szprynger and Szpringer are Polonised forms. Špringer is the Slavonised form, used for example in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia.

Springer is the surname of:

• Aaron Springer, animator and storyboard artist
• Anna Joy Springer, Third Wave feminist writer and artist
• Anton Springer (1825–1891), German art historian and writer
• Axel Springer (1912–1985), German journalist and publisher, founder of Axel Springer AG
• Clement Springer, folk musician
• Curtis Howe Springer, American radio evangelist, self-proclaimed doctor and minister
• Dennis Springer, Major League baseball pitcher
• Eintou Pearl Springer, poet
• F. Springer (b. 1932), the pseudonym of Dutch writer and diplomat Carel Jan Schneider
• Frank Springer (b. December 6, 1929), American comic book and comic strip artist
• Friede Springer, female German publisher, widow of Axel Springer
• George Springer (mathematician) (b. 1924), American mathematician
• George Springer (b. 1989), American baseball player
• Sir Hugh Springer (1913–1994), Barbados trade union organizer and Governor-General
• Jerry Springer (born 1944), sensationalist talk show host and former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati
• Julius Springer (1817–1877), German publisher and founder of Springer-Verlag (now part of Springer Science+Business Media)
• Linda M. Springer, eighth director of Office of Personnel Management
• Mark Springer, British actor and composer
• Melissa Springer, American photojournalist
• Mike Springer (b. November 3, 1965), American professional golfer
• Moses Springer (1824–1898), Canadian businessman and politician
• Nancy Springer (b. 1948), American author
• Rebecca Ruter Springer (1832–1904), American writer
• Robert C. Springer, American astronaut
• Russ Springer, Major League baseball pitcher
• Stewart Springer, shark expert
• Timothy Springer, American scientist
• Tonny Albert Springer, Dutch mathematician
• Tony Springer, Canadian guitarist
• Victor G. Springer, scientist specializing in fish
• Yakov Springer, also Polish: Jakub Springer (circa 1921 – 1972), Polish-Israeli wrestler killed in the Munich massacre at the Summer Olympics