Researching Ian Sayer
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3923 people with the Sayer surname? In that year Sayer was ranked number 1085 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ian means "God is gracious" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Ian Sayer on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ian Sayer and the Sayer Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 4651 people with the Sayer surname in the UK? Sayer is now ranked number 1263 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Ian Sayer
Ian Sayer
Ian K. T. Sayer (born 30 October 1945) is a British entrepreneur, World War II historian, author and investigative journalist. His Sayer Transport Group (established in 1967 and sold in 1979) became part of the British and European overnight door to door express parcels delivery industry.
He is a World War II historian and studies Nazi Germany documentation. He is co-author of Nazi Gold, The Story of the World’s Greatest Robbery and claims to remain the only private individual to have been responsible for the location and restitution of looted Nazi gold. That claim remains unchallenged. As a Nazi hunter, he has also tracked down a number of Nazis for war criminal investigations, including SS General Wilhelm Mohnke whose wartime activities were subsequently investigated by the British, Canadian, American and German governments.
He currently acts as curator to the "Ian Sayer Archive", a collection of contemporary World War II documentation, which assists in providing information to institutions, other historians, authors and researchers of the period.
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