Turner
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Turner is a common English surname meaning "one who works with a lathe". [1] In German, a male gymnast is referred to as ein Turner; a female is eine Turnerin. See Turners and False friend (for a linguistic explanation). A turner is also a kitchen utensil closely related to a spatula.
Turner is the common name for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Turner is the name of several places:
People whose surname is or was Turner include:
- Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (1955–), British businessman and academic
- Barbara Turner (1936–), American screenwriter
- Beverley Turner (1973–), British television and radio presenter
- Charles Turner (?–?), English engraver
- Charles Turner (1862–1944), Australian cricketer
- Charles Henry Turner (1867–1923), American zoologist
- Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–79), British poet
- Chester Dewayne Turner (c. 1970–), American linked through DNA evidence to a series of murders in Los Angeles
- David Turner (?–), British computer scientist
- David Turner (1944–), Canadian politician and academic
- David Turner (?–), CEO of Brambles Industries
- David G. Turner (?–), Canadian astronomer
- Ed Turner (?–2002), American journalist and television executive
- Florence Turner (1885–1946), American actress
- Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), American historian
- Garth Turner (1949–), Canadian business journalist, broadcaster and politician
- Sir George Turner (1851–1916), Australian politician
- George Turner (?–), U.S. Senator from Washington
- George Turner (1916–97), Australian science fiction writer
- George Turner (1940–), Member of Parliament
- Guinevere Turner (1968–), American actress and writer
- Hal Turner (?–), internet radio talk show host
- Ike Turner (1931–), American musician
- J. M. W. [Joseph Mallord William] Turner (1775–1851), English painter
- Brenton Harold "Jack" Turner (1889–1989), Canadian war photographer
- Jack Turner (?–?), American race car driver in the 1950s
- James Turner (1766–1824), American politician
- Sir James Turner (?–?), Scottish soldier and military writer
- Jane Turner (1967–), Australian actress and comedienne
- Janine Turner (1962–), American actress
- Jean Turner (1939–), Independent Member of Scottish Parliament
- Jeffrold Finklestein Turner (?–?), Mi'kmaq soldier
- Jerrold Gaylord Turner (?–?), American naval engineer
- Jim Turner (1946–), former U.S. Congressman from Texas
- Jim Turner (1941–), American professional football player
- Big Joe Turner (1911–85), American blues singer
- John Turner (1929–), Prime Minister of Canada in the 1980s
- Kathleen Turner (1954–), American actress
- Lana Turner (1921–95), American actress
- Lesley Turner Bowrey (1942–), Australian tennis player
- Lowri Turner (1964–), British television presenter
- Mary Turner (?–?), black woman who was lynched while pregnant
- Mark Turner (?–), American linguist and cognitive scientist
- Mark Turner (1965–), American jazz musician
- Mark Turner (1962–), Headmaster of Abingdon School
- Mark Turner (?–), cricketer
- Mark Turner (?–), geophysicist
- Mark Turner (?–), artist
- Michael Turner (1962–), Canadian writer and musician
- Michael Turner (1971–), American comic book publisher and artist
- Michael Turner (1982–), American football player (NFL)
- Michael Turner (?–), Australian rules footballer
- Michael Turner (?–), Australian water polo player
- Michael Turner (?–), British businessman and CEO of BAE Systems
- Michael Turner (?–), British aviation and motor sports artist
- Michael Turner (?–?), Chief Manager of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (1953-1962)
- Michael S. Turner (?–), American cosmologist
- Mike [Michael R.] Turner (1960–), American politician and U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Mike Turner (?–), American politician and member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Myles Turner (1921–84), warden of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa (1956–72)
- Nat Turner (1800–31), leader of a slave rebellion
- Neil Turner (1945–), British Labour Member of Parliament
- Othar "Otha" Turner (1907–2003), American fife player and blues musician
- Pamela Rogers Turner (1977–), American teacher convicted in 2005 as a sex offender
- Admiral Richmond K. Turner (1885–1961), American Naval officer in World War II
- Ron Turner (1953–?), American football coach (NFL)
- Ronald Turner (1915–65), Canadian politician
- Ryan Kellus Turner (?–?), Texas writer
- Sharon Turner (1768–1847), English historian
- Admiral Stansfield Turner (1923–), former director of the United States CIA
- Steve Turner (?–), American grunge musician
- Ted Turner (1938–), American media mogul
- Thomas Turner (1729–93), English diarist and shopkeeper
- Thomas Turner (?–?), British steam car manufacturer [2]
- Thomas Wyatt Turner (1877–1978), American civil rights activist and educator
- Timmy Turner (fictional), a character on the Nickelodeon TV series The Fairly OddParents
- Tina Turner (1939–), American singer
- Victor Turner (1920–83), Scottish anthropologist
- Walter J. Turner (1884–1947), Australian poet
- William Turner (c. 1508–68), British ornithologist and botanist
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See also
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- John Nathan-Turner (1947–2002), producer of the British television show Dr. Who
- C. Turner Joy (1895–1956), U.S. Navy Admiral in World War II and the Korean War
- Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–97), British critic and poet
- Turner (car company), a British specialist sports car manufacturer
- The Turner Diaries
- Turner Fenton Secondary School
- Turner Prize
- Turner South
- Turner syndrome
- Stuart Turner Limited, British pump manufacturer