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).