Kerner

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Kerner may refer to:

In literature:

In politics:

  • Kerner Commission, 11-member commission assembled to investigate causes of the 1967 race riots
  • Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908–1976), Illinois Governor and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • Otto Kerner, Sr. (1884–1952), an Illinois Attorney General and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

In other fields:

  • Boris Kerner, a German physicist
  • Durand-Kerner method, root-finding algorithm for solving polynomial equations in numerical analysis
  • Jordan Kerner, film producer
  • Nena (Gabriele Susanne Kerner), German singer who became famous with the New German Wave songs "Nur geträumt" and "99 Luftballons"
  • Kerner (grape), grape variety
  • Kerner Optical, special effects company
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