Tanner (surname)
Tanner A 15th century image of a
Tanner at work. The English surname
Tanner is an occupational surname relating to the profession.
Pronunciation Meaning (English) derived from Old-French tannour , meaning "makes leather out of hide"
Tanner may be a surname of either English , German or Finnish origin. The Anglo-Saxon Tanner was an occupational surname referring to an individual involved in the tannery process. The German form, also spelled Danner , is likely topographic from German Tanne Tann tanner
Arts and entertainment
Alain Tanner (1929–2022), Swiss film-makerAntwon Tanner (born 1975), American actorBeatrice Stella Tanner (1865–1940), British actress known as Mrs. Patrick CampbellCharles R. Tanner (1896–1974), American science fiction and fantasy authorDorothy Tanner (1923–2020), American artistElmo Tanner (1904–1990), American whistler, bandleader, singer, and radio personalityErin Tanner (born 1985), American singerFranz Tanner , Swiss curler, World and European championGid Tanner (1885–1960), American fiddlerHenry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), American painterHermann Alfred Tanner (1873–1961), Swiss publisher and writerJames C. Tanner (1926–2019), American journalistJames T. Tanner (1858–1915), English dramatistJohn Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), British engraver, originally from Coburg in the Holy Roman EmpireJürg Tanner , Swiss curler, World and European championLibby Tanner (born 1970), Australian actressMarion Tanner (1929–2018), American actress known as Marion MarshallPaul Tanner (1917–2013), American musicianRobin Tanner (artist) (1904–1988), British artistStella Tanner (1925–2012), British actressTwila Tanner (born 1962), reality television contestantWilliam Cunningham Deane-Tanner (1872–1922), American film director known as William Desmond Taylor
Characters
Bill Tanner , from the James Bond seriesElsie Tanner , a character in Coronation Street British soap operaD.J. Tanner , a character in Full House television seriesDanny Tanner , a character in Full House television seriesEvan Michael Tanner , from the novels of Lawrence BlockDennis Tanner , a character in Coronation Street British soap operaJohn "Jack" Tanner, a lead character in the George Bernard Shaw play Man and Superman
Michelle Tanner , a character in Full House television seriesOfficer John Tanner , main protagonist in the Driver video gamesStephanie Tanner , a character in Full House television seriesThomas and Cyril Tanner, characters from "The Infernal Devices" series by Cassandra Clare
Vin Tanner, a character in The Magnificent Seven
Tanner family, a character in ALF
Tanner, a title character in an episode of the Daniel Boone
Health and science
Adam Tanner (mathematician) (1572–1632), Austrian Jesuit mathematician and philosopherAmy Tanner (1870–1956), American psychologistHalle Tanner Dillon Johnson (1864–1901), African-American physicianHenry Schenck Tanner (1786–1858), American cartographerJoseph R. Tanner (born 1950), American astronautJames Mourilyan Tanner (1920–2010), British pediatricianRosalind Tanner (1900–1992), German-English mathematicianVäinö Tanner (1881–1948), Finnish geographer and diplomatWilmer W. Tanner (1909–2011), American zoologistZera Luther Tanner (1835–1906), American naval officer, inventor, and oceanographerZorica Pantic-Tanner (born c. 1951), engineer
Politics
Arto Tanner (1935–2002), Finnish diplomatCharles Albert Tanner (1887–1970), Canadian politicianGloria Tanner (1935–2022), American politicianH. B. Tanner (1922–2020), American politician and businessmanJohn Riley Tanner (1844–1901), American politicianJohn S. Tanner (born 1944), U.S. Congressman from TennesseeKlaudia Tanner (born 1970), Austrian politicianLindsay Tanner (born 1956), Australian politicianMyra Tanner Weiss (1917–1997), American communistNathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Canadian politicianTazewell B. Tanner (1821–1881), American politicianVäinö Tanner (1881–1966), Finnish Prime Minister
Religion
Sports
Adam Tanner (footballer) (born 1973), English footballerChuck Tanner (1929–2011), American baseball managerDebbie Tanner (born 1982), New Zealand triathleteElaine Tanner (born 1951), Canadian swimmerEvan Tanner (1971–2008), American mixed martial arts fighterHamp Tanner (1927–2004), American football playerHaydn Tanner (1917–2009), Welsh rugby playerLauri Tanner (1890–1950), Finnish gymnast and international footballerMelissa Tanner (born 1973), Australian Paralympic archerNick Tanner (footballer) (born 1965), English footballerRay Tanner (born 1958), American baseball coachRoscoe Tanner (born 1951), American tennis playerTroy Tanner (born 1963), American volleyball player
Other
See also
Germanic Romance
Tanneur , Pelletier , Pellissier , Escoffier , Mégissier , Blanquier Conciatore , Pellizzari , Pellizzoni , Stracquadanio , Stracquadaini , Stracqualursi , Guarnaccia Curtidor Tăbăcaru Celtic Slavic
Chimbaryov, Garbarz, Kožar, Kožarić, Kozhevnikov , Koželuh , Krznar, Krznarić, Kuśnierz, Skornjak , Skornyakov Finno-Ugric Other
