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:

• United States:
  • Turner, Kansas
  • Turner, Maine
  • Turner, Michigan
  • Turner, Oregon
• Australia:
  • Turner, Australian Capital Territory

Turner is the name of a Glass Museum in the City of Sheffield, England.

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
• Bryan S. Turner (1945–), British/Australian sociologist
• 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
• Edith Turner, anthropologist
• 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
• Hayden Turner (1966–), Australian television presenter and zookeeper
• 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
• Jonathan Baldwin Turner (1805-1899) American champion of public higher education
• 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 (?–), 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
• Owen Turner, a [[fictional character in EastEnders
• 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, an Australian musician
• Steve Turner (?–), American grunge musician
• Steve Turner (1984-), an Australian athlete
• Steve Turner (1970-), a British musician
• Steve Turner, a British music journalist, biographer, and poet
• 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 (University Principal), Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1903 to 1916
• William Turner (c. 1508–68), British ornithologist and botanist
• Professor William Ernest Stephen Turner (1881-1963), Professor of Glass Technology at the University of Sheffield, founder of the academic discipline of glass technology in 1916 and founder of the Glass Museum which bears his name.

[edit] 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
• List of people by name - Turner