Famous People with Name Beer

Wilhelm Wolff Beer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wilhelm Wolff Beer: was a banker and astronomer from Berlin, Prussia, and the brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer.Beer's fame derives from his hobby, astronomy. He built a private observatory with a 9.5 cm refractor in Tiergarten, Berlin. Together with Johann Heinrich Mädler he produced the first exact map of the Moon (entitled Mappa Selenographica) in 1834-1836, and in 1837 published a description of the Moon (Der Mond nach seinen kosmischen und individuellen Verhältnissen). Both remained the best descriptions of the Moon for many decades.In 1830, Beer and Mädler created the first globe of the planet Mars. In 1840 they made a map of Mars and calculated its rotation period to be 24 h 37 min 22.7 s, only 0.1 seconds different from the actual period as it is known today.

Wolfgang 'Teddy' De Beer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wolfgang 'Teddy' De Beer: is a retired German footballer. He is currently a goalkeeping coach with Borussia Dortmund.

William Andrew Thomas Beer            Origin/Culture/Country: English

William Andrew Thomas Beer: is an English cricketer. Primarily a leg break bowler, he currently plays for Sussex County Cricket Club and Horsham. Promoted from Sussex's youth academy at the end of 2007, Beer made his first-class debut in the season's opening game against Marylebone Cricket Club. Bowling five overs, Beer took one wicket in the MCC's only innings of the match, that of Surrey's Arun Harinath. He also made four appearances in the 2008 Twenty20 Cup, where he took three wickets.

Lonell De Beer            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Lonell De Beer: is an international cricketer who made 11 One Day International appearances for South Africa national women's cricket team between 2005 and 2007.

Peggy Beer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Peggy Beer: is a retired German heptathlete. Her personal best was 6531 points, achieved at the 1990 European Championships in Split. This ranks her tenth among German heptathletes, behind Sabine Braun, Sabine Paetz, Ramona Neubert, Anke Behmer-Vater, Heike Drechsler, Ines Schulz, Sibylle Thiele, Heike Tischler and Mona Steigauf.