Tanner (surname)

Tanner is a surname of either English or German origin. The Anglo-saxon Tanner was an occupational surname while the German form, also spelled Danner, is likely topographic from German 'tan', meaning forest.

Tanner as a name may refer to:

The arts and entertainment

Alain Tanner (born 1929), Swiss film-maker
Antwon Tanner (born 1975), American actor
Beatrice Stella Tanner (1865–1940), British actress known as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Charles R. Tanner (1896–1974), American science fiction and fantasy author
Elmo Tanner (1904–1990), American whistler, bandleader, singer, and radio personality
Erin Tanner (born 1985), American singer
Gid Tanner (1885–1960), American fiddler
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), American painter
James T. Tanner (1858–1915), English dramatist
John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), British engraver, originally from Coburg in the Holy Roman Empire
Libby Tanner (born 1970), Australian actress
Marion Tanner (born 1929), American actress known as Marion Marshall
Nick Tanner (actor), British comedian
Paul Tanner (1917-2013), American musician
Robin Tanner (1904–1988), British artist
Stella Tanner (1925-2012), British actress
Twila Tanner (born 1962), reality television contestant
William Cunningham Deane-Tanner (1872–1922), American film director known as William Desmond Taylor

Characters

Bill Tanner, from the James Bond series
Elsie Tanner, a character in Coronation Street British soap opera
D.J. Tanner, a character in Full House television series
Danny Tanner, a character in Full House television series
Evan Michael Tanner, from the novels of Lawrence Block
Dennis Tanner, a character in Coronation Street British soap opera
John "Jack" Tanner, a lead character in the George Bernard Shaw play Man and Superman (1903)
Michelle Tanner, a character in Full House television series
Officer John Tanner, main protagonist in the Driver video games
Stephanie Tanner, a character in Full House television series
Tanner family, a character in ALF television series
Tanner, a title character in an episode of the Daniel Boone television series

Health and science

Adam Tanner (mathematician) (1572–1632), Austrian Jesuit mathematician and philosopher
Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (1864–1901), African-American physician
Henry Schenck Tanner (1786–1858), American cartographer
Joseph R. Tanner (born 1950), American astronaut
James Mourilyan Tanner (1920–2010), British pediatrician
Zorica Pantic-Tanner (born c. 1951), engineer
Wilmer W. Tanner (1909–2011), American zoologist

Politics

Charles Albert Tanner (1887–1970), Canadian politician
John Riley Tanner (1844–1901), former governor of Illinois
John S. Tanner (born 1944), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee
Lindsay Tanner (born 1956), Australian politician
Myra Tanner Weiss (1917–1997), American communist
Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Alberta politician
Väinö Tanner (1881–1966), Finnish Prime Minister

Religion

Conrad Tanner (1752–1825), Swiss abbot
Jacob Tanner (1865–1964), Norwegian American Lutheran educator and author
Jerald and Sandra Tanner (1938–2006 and born 1941), American critics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Matthias Tanner (1630–1692), German Jesuit
Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Canadian politician & LDS leader
Simon the Tanner (10th century), Coptic saint
Thomas Tanner (bishop) (1674–1735), English bishop and antiquary
Thomas Tanner (writer) (1630–1682), English clergyman and writer

Sports

Adam Tanner (footballer) (born 1973), English footballer
Chuck Tanner (born 1929), American baseball manager
Elaine Tanner (born 1951), Canadian swimmer
Evan Tanner (1971–2008), American mixed martial arts fighter
Haydn Tanner (1917–2009), Welsh rugby player
Lauri Tanner (1890–1950), Finnish gymnast and international footballer
Nick Tanner (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer
Ray Tanner (born 1958), American baseball coach
Roscoe Tanner (born 1951), American tennis player
Troy Tanner (born 1963), American volleyball player

Other

Stephen J. Tanner, Canadian police officer