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

• Adam Bacher (born 1973), South African cricketer

• Ali Bacher (born 1942), South African cricketer and cricket official

• Dominik Bacher (born 2002), German footballer

• Edvard Bacher (1875–1961), Finnish Olympic sports shooter

• Enrico Bacher (1940–2021), Italian ice hockey player who competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics

• Gertrud Bacher (born 1971), Italian heptathlete

• Ingrid Bachér (born 1930), pen name for Ingrid Erben, German writer

• Julius Bacher (1810–1889), German playwright and novelist

• Lutz Bacher (1943–2019), American artist

• Mario Bacher (1941–2014), Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier

• Michael Bacher (b. 1988) Italian footballer

• Robert Bacher (1905–2004), American nuclear physicist

• Sandra Bacher, wrestling champion and Olympic judo competitor

• Simon Bacher (1823–1891), Hungarian poet

• Tom Bacher, Danish badminton player

• Wilhelm Bacher (1850–1913), Hungarian scholar, Orientalist, and linguist