title: Byers (surname)
text: # 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
  