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Tanner (surname)

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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.

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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
  • Amy Tanner (1870–1956), American psychologist
  • 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
  • Gloria Tanner (born 1935), first African American woman Colorado state senator
  • 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

  • J. Paul Tanner (b. 1950), professor and author in the field of Old Testament studies
  • 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
  • Hamp Tanner (1927–2004), American football player
  • 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

    • References

    Tanner (surname) Wikipedia
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