Brunner

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Brunner, Brünner, Bruenner may refer to:

[edit] People

Brunner came from Tyrolean and Bavarian place names, or Brno.

• Adolf Brunner (1901–1992), Swiss composer
• Alois Brunner (b. 1912), Austrian Nazi war criminal
• Andreas Brunner (1589–1650), German historian
• Arnold Brunner (1857–1925), American architect
• Christiane Brunner (b. 1947), Swiss politician and advocate
• Constantin Brunner, the pen-name of German philosopher Leopold Wertheimer
• Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner (1889–1973), American sociologist
• Edouard Brunner (1932-2007), Swiss diplomat
• Elizabeth Brunner (1920-1983), Professor of Economics at Lancaster University
• Emil Brunner (1889–1996), Swiss theologian
• Emma Brunner-Traut (b. 1911), German Egyptologist
• Eva Brunner (b. 1952), Swiss author (theatre plays, screenplays, radio plays)
• Fernand Brunner (1920–1991), Swiss philosopher
• Frank Brunner, American comic book artist
• Heinrich Brunner (1840-1915), German historian
• Hellmut Brunner, German Egyptologist
• Henry Brunner (1838-1916), English chemist
• Hugo Brunner, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, England
• Hugo Brunner (1853–1922), German librarian and historian
• Jennifer L. Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State
• Johann Conrad von Brunner (1653–1727), Swiss anatomist
• John K. H. Brunner (1934–1995), British science-fiction writer
• John Tomlinson Brunner (1842-1919), British industrialist and politician
• John Fowler Leece Brunner (1865-1929), British politician, son of the above
• Luise Brunner, gardienne SS
• Manfred Brunner (b. 1947), German politician
• Martin Brunner (b. 1963), Swiss football player
• Mary Brunner (b. 1943), American former "Manson Family" member
• Otto Brunner (1898–1982), Austrian historian
• Robert Brunner (b. 1938), American Composer
• Roland Brunner (b. 1970), Austrian ice speed skater
• Thomas Brunner (1821–1874), surveyor and explorer
• Walter Brunner (b. 1948), Swiss building contractor
• William Otto Brunner (1878–1958), Swiss astronomer
• Karl Brunner (b. 1916), monetarist economist

[edit] Places

• In New Zealand, named for Thomas Brunner:
  • Brunner, New Zealand
  • Lake Brunner
• On the Moon, named for William Otto Brunner:
  • Brunner (crater)

[edit] Other uses

• Brunner's glands, part of the digestive system.

[edit] See also

• Yul Brynner (1915–1985), Russian-born film and stage actor.
• Brenner
• Brun, Brunn/Brünn, Bruner
• Bron, Bronn, Bronner
• Braun/Brown, Brauner
• Breuer, Brouer/Brouwer, Brewer (includes Americanized translation of Germanic Brenner)