- Mayer, Marie Goeppert Mayer - United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)
--1 is a kind of nuclear physicist
- Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer - United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)
--2 is a kind of film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker