Steiner (surname)
Steiner is a German surname (derived from Stein, meaning a stone). According to some sources, the surname has also English origins.[1]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Achim Steiner (born 1961), German expert in environmental politics
- Anton Steiner (born 1958), Austrian former alpine skier
- Ben Steiner (1921–1988), Major League Baseball player
- Cecil C. Steiner (1896–1989), American orthodontist
- Charley Steiner (born 1949), American sportscaster
- Claude Steiner (born 1935), clinical psychologist and transactional analyst; author of A Warm Fuzzy Tale
- Emil Steiner (born 1978), Washington Post journalist and author of the novel Drunk Driving
- Edward Charles Steiner (born 1950), American businessman
- Endre Steiner (1901–1944), Hungarian chess player
- Felix Steiner (1896–1966), German Waffen-SS officer
- Ferdinand Steiner, gymnast from Bohemia
- Franz Baermann Steiner (1909–1952), German/Czech anthropologist, polymath and poet
- Fred Steiner (1923–2011), American composer
- George Steiner (born 1929), literary critic
- Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), German zoologist
- Gitta Steiner (1932–1990), American composer
- Herman Steiner (1905–1955), American chess champion, organizer, and columnist
- Herman G. Steiner (1897–1982), American college sports coach
- Hillel Steiner, Canadian professor of Political Philosophy
- Hugo Steiner, Swiss endocrinologist
- Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), Swiss geometer and mathematician, cf. Steiner tree
- John Steiner (born 1941), English actor
- Kilian von Steiner (1833–1903), German banker and industrialist
- Lajos Steiner (1903–1975), Hungarian–born Australian chess master
- Lewis Henry Steiner (1827–1892), United States physician and librarian
- Matthias Steiner (born 1982), Austrian-German weightlifter
- Max Steiner (1888–1971), Hollywood film composer
- Maximilian Steiner (1839–1880), Austrian actor and theatre manager
- Paul Steiner (born 1957), former German soccer player
- Peter "Cool Man" Steiner (1917–2007), music-making Swiss advertising character
- Ralph Steiner (1899–1986), American photographer
- Red Steiner (1915–2001), Major League Baseball player
- Richard C Steiner (born 1945), Professor of Semitics at Yeshiva University
- Rick Steiner (born 1961), American professional wrestler
- Robert Steiner (born 1973), Swedish footballer
- Rolf Steiner (born 1933), German soldier of fortune
- Roswitha Steiner (born 1963), former Austrian alpine skier
- Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), Austrian philosopher, educator, and mystic, founder of anthroposophy
- Scott Steiner (born 1962), American professional wrestler
- Stjepan Steiner (1915–2006), Croatian physician, cardiologist and personal physician of Josip Broz Tito
- Tito Steiner (born 1952), Argentine decathlete
- Bryan Steiner (born 1979), American singer/songwriter/guitarist
- Walter Steiner (born 1951), Swiss ski jumper
- William Steiner (born 1937), California politician and child advocate
Fictional
- Adelbert Steiner, fictional character from the video game Final Fantasy IX
- Friedrich Steiner, fictional Nazi scientist and antagonist from the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops
- House Steiner, fictional Inner Sphere family from the BattleTech game franchise
- Kurt Steiner, fictional Oberst (Colonel) in the German Fallschirmjäger (Paratroopers) in the John Sturges directed World War II film The Eagle Has Landed
- Rion Steiner, fictional character and protagonist of the video game Galerians
- Rolf Steiner, fictional German Platoon Sergeant in the Sam Peckinpah directed World War II film Cross of Iron
- Rudy Steiner, fictional character of the book The Book Thief