Tyner
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Tyner may refer to:
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In the United States:
[edit] People
- James Noble Tyner, postmaster general from 1876 to 1877
- Jarvis Tyner, executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA
- Jason Tyner, Major League Baseball outfielder
- McCoy Tyner, jazz pianist
- Robin Tyner, lead singer for the American hard rock band MC5
[edit] Possible origins of the surname
- Germanic: someone from Tinnen, a town in Lower Saxony
- English: someone living along the River Tyne
- English: a trimmer or mender of hedges (tines are shears)
- Dutch: "Tuyn", meaning twine-maker