Brauer or Bräuer is a surname of German origin, meaning "brewer". Notable people with the name include:-

• Alfred Brauer (1894–1985), German-American mathematician, brother of Richard
• Andreas Brauer (born 1973), German film producer
• Arik Brauer (1929–2021), Austrian painter, poet, and actor, father of Timna Brauer
• August Brauer (1863-1917), German zoologist
• Cole Brauer (born 1994), American sailor
• Erich Brauer (1895–1942), German illustrator, ethnographer, and ethnologist
• Friedrich Moritz Brauer (1832–1904), Austrian entomologist and museum director
• Georg Brauer (1908–2001), German chemist
• Helga Brauer (1936-1991) was a of Schlager singer of the GDR.
• Ingrid Arndt-Brauer (born 1961), German politician; member of the Bundestag
• Jono Brauer (born 1981), Australian Olympic skier
• Max Brauer (1887–1973), German politician; First Mayor of Hamburg
• Michael Brauer (contemporary), American audio engineer
• Rich Brauer (born 1954), American politician from Illinois; state legislator since 2003
• Richard Brauer (1901–1977), German-American mathematician
• Richard H. W. Brauer (contemporary), American art museum director; eponym of the Brauer Museum of Art in Valparaiso, Indiana
• Simón Brauer (born 1973), Ecuadorian photographer and cinematographer
• T.A. Brauer (born 1980), American singer/songwriter/musician/entertainer/sailor. Former keyboard player for Toby Keith and ABC -DOT artist Jeris Ross.
• Tage Brauer (1894–1988), Swedish Olympic high jumper
• Timna Brauer (born 1961), Austrian singer and songwriter, daughter of Arik Brauer
• Tiny Brauer (1909–1990), American actor
• Wilfried Brauer (1937–2014), German computer scientist

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• Bruno Bräuer (1893–1947), German general officer and paratrooper; executed in Greece for war crimes
• Curt Bräuer (1889–1969), German diplomat; ambassador to Norway at the time of the German invasion