Troyer is a last name of German origin which is widespread among the Amish, Brethren and the Mennonites. It is the Pennsylvania German form of the German last name " Dreier", " Dreyer", " Treyer" or " Dreher". A Dreher in German is a traditional operator of a rotating cutting machine.
Hans Treyer, an early Anabaptist leader, died as a martyr of his faith in Bern in 1529. Beginning at around 1733, some Treyers (now Troyer) moved from Europe to Pennsylvania, settling in Berks County. [1]
Troyer is the last name of:
- Baracuda (rapper) (born Graham Troyer, 1983), Canadian hip hop artist
- Braeden Troyer (born 1993), American soccer player
- Carlos Troyer (1837–1920), German-born American musician and composer of traditional Native American melodies
- Eric Troyer (born 1949), American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
- Ferdinand Troyer (1780–1851), Austrian noble, philanthropist, and amateur clarinettist
- John Troyer (1753–1842), Canadian-born American farmer, businessman, medical practitioner, and exorcist
- John Troyer (fighter) (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
- Maynard Troyer (1938–2018), American race car driver
- Noah Troyer (1831–1886), American Amish Mennonite "sleeping preacher"
- Robert Troyer (born 1960), American attorney and politician
- Verne Troyer (1969–2018), American actor, comedian, and stunt performer
- Warner Troyer (1932–1991), Canadian broadcast journalist and writer
- De Troyer (disambiguation), a similar surname
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia, also known as Troyer syndrome
- Troyer Amish, a subgroup of Old Order Amish
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Troyer is a last name of German origin which is widespread among the Amish, Brethren and the Mennonites. It is the Pennsylvania German form of the German last name " Dreier", " Dreyer", " Treyer" or " Dreher". A Dreher in German is a traditional operator of a rotating cutting machine.
Hans Treyer, an early Anabaptist leader, died as a martyr of his faith in Bern in 1529. Beginning at around 1733, some Treyers (now Troyer) moved from Europe to Pennsylvania, settling in Berks County. [1]
Troyer is the last name of:
- Baracuda (rapper) (born Graham Troyer, 1983), Canadian hip hop artist
- Braeden Troyer (born 1993), American soccer player
- Carlos Troyer (1837–1920), German-born American musician and composer of traditional Native American melodies
- Eric Troyer (born 1949), American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
- Ferdinand Troyer (1780–1851), Austrian noble, philanthropist, and amateur clarinettist
- John Troyer (1753–1842), Canadian-born American farmer, businessman, medical practitioner, and exorcist
- John Troyer (fighter) (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
- Maynard Troyer (1938–2018), American race car driver
- Noah Troyer (1831–1886), American Amish Mennonite "sleeping preacher"
- Robert Troyer (born 1960), American attorney and politician
- Verne Troyer (1969–2018), American actor, comedian, and stunt performer
- Warner Troyer (1932–1991), Canadian broadcast journalist and writer
- De Troyer (disambiguation), a similar surname
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia, also known as Troyer syndrome
- Troyer Amish, a subgroup of Old Order Amish
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.