Turner
Turner is the common name for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Turner is the name of several places:
People whose surname is or was Turner include
- Barbara Turner — screenwriter
- Charles Turner — English engraver
- David Turner — computer scientist, creator of Miranda
- Florence Turner — American actress
- Frederick Jackson Turner — American historian
- Garth Turner – financial reporter for BBS and CTV (mainly CFTO).
- Guinevere Turner – actress and writer
- Ike Turner — American musician
- Jack Turner — Welsh engineer and 1950s sports car producer [1]
- Sir James Turner — Scottish soldier and military writer
- Jane Turner — Australian actress (Fast Forward)
- Jean Turner — Scottish Independent MSP
- Big Joe Turner — American blues singer
- John Napier Turner — Prime Minister of Canada
- Kathleen Turner — American actress
- Lana Turner — American actress
- Mark Turner — linguist
- Michael Turner – Canadian writer
- Nat Turner — leader of a slave rebellion
- Neil Turner — British Labour MP
- Sharon Turner — English historian
- Admiral Stansfield Turner — former director of the CIA
- Steve Turner — American grunge musician (Mudhoney)
- Ted Turner — American media mogul
- Thomas Turner — Eighteenth century diarist and shopkeeper
- Thomas Turner — British steam car manufacturer [2]
- Thomas Wyatt Turner — American civil rights activist and educator
- Timmy Turner – a fictional character of a family/children Nicktoon The Fairly OddParents (fictional)
- Tina Turner — American singer
- Joseph Mallord William Turner — English painter
A turner is also a kitchen utensil closely related to a spatula.
See also:
In German, a male gymnast is referred to as ein Turner (diphthong pronounced as in "lure"); a female is eine Turnerin. See Turners (U.S. history) and False friend (for a linguistic explanation).