Parmer is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Hugh Parmer (1939–2020), American attorney, university professor, humanitarian executive, Democratic politician Jayant Parmer (born 1954), Indian Urdu language poet Jeff Parmer (born 1985), American professional basketball player Jim Parmer (1927–2005), American professional football running back Marlon Parmer (born 1980), American professional basketball player Martin Parmer (1778–1850), eccentric American frontiersman, statesman, politician and soldier

See also Cole-Parmer, Company now known as Antylia Scientific Parmer County, Texas, U.S.