Byers (surname)
# Byers (surname)

Byers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## People

* Brad Byers, American stunt performer
* Eben Byers, American socialite and victim of radiation poisoning
* Horace R. Byers (1906–1998), American meteorologist
* Howard Webster Byers (1856–1928), American politician
* John Byers (architect), Southern Californian architect and builder noted for use of the Spanish Colonial Revival style
* Kevin Byers (born 1979), Scottish footballer
* Lefty Byers (1905–2000), American professional basketball coach
* Lyndon Byers (born 1964), former professional hockey player and current radio DJ
* Margaret Byers (1832–1912), Irish educator, activist, social reformer, missionary, writer
* Neil Erland Byers (1928–2020), Canadian politician
* Nina Byers (1930–2014), theoretical physicist
* Peter Byers (born 1984), Antiguan football striker
* Peter Byers (field hockey) (born 1944), New Zealand Olympic field hockey player
* Roddy Byers, English musician; lead guitarist in The Specials
* Stephen Byers, British politician; the Labour Member of Parliament for Tyneside North and a former cabinet minister
* Tom Byers (athlete) (born 1956), former middle-distance runner
* Tom Byers (professor), professor at Stanford University
* Verne Byers (1918–2008), bandleader, bassist, concert promoter
* William Byers (1831–1903), founding figure of Omaha, Nebraska

## Fictional characters

* John Fitzgerald Byers, one of the Three Lone Gunmen in The X-Files
* Jonathan Byers, the son of Joyce Byers and older brother of Will Byers from the Netflix series Stranger Things
* Joyce Byers, the mother of Jonathan and Will Byers from the Netflix series Stranger Things
* Will Byers, the younger brother of Jonathan Byers and the son of Joyce Byers, from the Netflix series Stranger Things
