Peer is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name Peer Åström (born 1972), Swedish musician and songwriter

Peer Baierlein (born 1972), German musician and composer

Peer Fischer (born 1972), British robotics researcher

Peer Mohammed Hussain (born 1942), Indian politician; former minister of Jammu and Kashmir

Peer Khizer Hayat Shah Khagga (born 1984), Pakistani politician

Peer Nielsen (born 1942), Danish canoeist

Surname

Basharat Peer (born 1977), Kashmiri-American journalist and author

Bert Peer (1910–1992), Canadian ice hockey player Beverly Peer (1912–1997), American jazz musician Dan Peer (born 1972), Israeli researcher Dean Peer (born 1969), English footballer Elizabeth Peer (1936–1984), American journalist

Heinrich Peer (1867–1927), Austrian actor Josef Peer (1864–1925), Governor of Liechtenstein from 1920 to 1921

Oscar Peer (1928–2013), Swiss novelist, playwright and philologist

Willie van Peer (born 1947), Belgian literary scholar

See also