Körner

Körner, also rendered Koerner, or Korner is a German surname which may refer to

People

• Alexis Korner (1928–1984), born Alexis A. N. Koerner, musician
• Alfred Körner (born 1926), a former Austrian footballer
• Brendan I. Koerner, contributing editor for Wired magazine
• Christian Gottfried Körner (1756–1831), German writer and lawyer
• David Korner(1914–1976), Romanian and French communist militant
• Diana Körner (born 1944), German actress
• Edith Körner CBE (1921–2000), British magistrate, wife of Stephan Körner, mother of Thomas William Körner and Ann Margaret Körner (the wife of Nobel Laureate Sidney Altman and mother of Daniel Altman)
• Friedrich Körner (1921–1998), World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace
• Gabriel Köerner (born 1982), visual effects artist
• Gustav Körner (1809–1896), German revolutionary, American politician
• Hal Koerner, American Distance runner specializing in the Ultramarathon
• Hildegard Körner (born 1959), German athlete
• Joseph Koerner (born 1958), US art historian
• John Korner (born 1967), painter based in Copenhagen
• John Koerner (born 1938), American singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Julius Körner (1870–?), German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics
• Lara Joy Körner (born 1978), German actress
• Oskar Körner (1875–1923), killed as participant of Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch
• Robert Körner (1925–1989), Austrian footballer
• Roy Koerner (1932–2008)
• Rudolf Körner (1892–?), German gymnast in the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Stephan Körner (1913–2000), philosopher, father of Thomas William Körner and Ann Margaret Körner (the wife of Nobel Laureate Sidney Altman and mother of Daniel Altman)
• "Spider" John Koerner, guitarist and vocalist for the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover
• Theodor Körner:
  • Theodor Körner (author) (1791–1813), also Carl Theodor Körner, German poet and soldier
  • Theodor Körner (BDL) (1863–1933), German merchant
  • Theodor Körner (Austrian president) (1873–1957), President of Austria
• Thomas Körner:
  • Thomas William Körner (1946), British mathematician and author
  • Thomas Körner (Schriftsteller) (born 1942), German writer (de:Thomas Körner (Schriftsteller))
  • Thomas Körner (Cartoonist) (born 1960), German cartoonist (de:Thomas Körner (Cartoonist))
• Walter Koerner (1898–1995), Canadian businessman
• Wilhelm Heinrich Dethlef Körner (W. H. D. Koerner; Anglicized William Henry Dethlef Koerner) (1878–1938), painter, including the work used as the cover of George W. Bush's book A Charge to Keep and discussed within
• Wilhelm Körner (1839–1925), a German chemist

Places

• Körner, Germany, is a municipality in the Unstrut-Hainich district of Thuringia, Germany.

See also

Korn (disambiguation)