Turner

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Turner can refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Common first name combinations 1.2 Notable individuals 1.3 Fictional characters 2 Places 3 Businesses 4 Other uses 5 See also

• One who uses a lathe for turning
• A kitchen utensil closely related to a spatula

[edit] People

Turner is a common English surname meaning "one who works with a lathe". [1]. People who have the surname Turner include:

• J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), English Romantic landscape painter

[edit] Common first name combinations

• Various people named Alex Turner
• Various people named Andrew Turner
• Various people named Ann Turner
• Various people named Anna Turner
• Various people named Anne Turner
• Various people named Benjamin Turner, or Ben Turner
• Various people named Brad Turner
• Various people named Brian Turner
• Various people named Charles Turner
• Various people named Dan Turner
• Various people named Daniel Turner
• Various people named David Turner
• Various people named Fred Turner, or Frederick Turner
• Various people named George Turner
• Various people named Henry Turner
• Various people named Jack Turner
• Various people named James Turner
• Various people named Jim Turner
• Various people named Joel Turner
• Various people named John Turner
• Various people named Lynn Turner
• Various people named Mark Turner
• Various people named Matt Turner
• Various people named Michael Turner, or Mike Turner
• Various people named Richard Turner
• Various people named Ron Turner
• Various people named Steve Turner
• Various people named Thomas Turner
• Various people named William Turner, or Will or Bill Turner

[edit] Notable individuals

• Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (1955–), British businessman and academic
• Bake Turner, American football player who played wide receiver
• Billie Lee Turner II, American geographer
• Bonnie and Terry Turner, husband and wife sitcom writing team
• Bree Turner (1977-), American actress
• Bulldog Turner (1919-1998), American football player
• C. Turner Joy (1895–1956), U.S. Navy Admiral in World War II and the Korean War
• Charles Turner (1862-1944), former Australian cricketer
• Chris Turner (American football), American football player
• Chris Turner (author), Canadian writer
• Chris Turner (Canadian footballer), Canadian association football player
• Chris Turner (footballer born 1951), former English football (soccer) manager and player
• Chris Turner (footballer born 1958), English football (soccer) manager
• Chris Turner (footballer born 1987), Northern Irish professional footballer
• Chris Turner (footballer born 1990), English footballer currently with Accrington Stanley
• Clarence W. Turner (1866-1939), American politician
• Clorinda Matto de Turner (1853-1909), Peruvian writer
• Dawson Turner (1775-1858), English banker and botanist
• Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston (1942-), British Member of Parliament
• Derek 'Rocky' Turner, English rugby league footballer
• Des Turner, British politician
• Dwayne Turner, British comic book artist
• Edward Turner, British motorcycle and engine designer of Triumph Motorcycles
• Edward Turner, Renowned Latin Scholar from Philadelphia
• Eric Turner (1968-2000), American football player
• Erik Turner (1964-), guitarist for the American band Warrant
• Ernest Sackville Turner (1909-2006), English journalist and author
• Florence Turner (1885–1946), American actress
• Frank Turner (1981-), British musician
• Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), American historian
• Garth Turner (1949–), Canadian business journalist, broadcaster and politician
• Geills Turner (1937-), wife of John Turner, the former Prime Minister of Canada
• George Townsend Turner (1906-1979), philatelist of Washington, D.C.
• Glenn Turner (1947-), New Zealand cricket player
• Grant Turner (1958-), New Zealand soccer player
• Guinevere Turner (1968–), American actress and writer
• Hal Turner, internet radio talk show host
• Hayden Turner (1966–), Australian television presenter and zookeeper
• Ike Turner (1931–2007), American musician
• J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), English painter
• Jane Turner (1967–), Australian actress and comedienne
• Janine Turner (1962–), American actress
• Jay Turner (1914 - 1960), American football running back
• Jean Turner (1939–), Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament
• Joe Turner (1907-90), American jazz pianist
• Big Joe Turner (1911–85), American blues singer
• Jonathan Baldwin Turner (1805-1899), abolitionist and educational leader
• Kathleen Turner (1954–), American actress
• Keena Turner (1958-), American football player
• Kevin B. Turner (1966-), noted Wal-Mart and Microsoft executive
• Lana Turner (1921–95), American actress
• Lesley Turner Bowrey (1942–), Australian tennis player
• Lynn Turner (1968-), The anti-freeze murderer
• Nat Turner (1800–31), leader of a slave rebellion
• Neil Turner (1945–), British Labour Member of Parliament
• Norv Turner (1952-), current head coach of the San Diego Chargers football team (NFL)
• Othar Turner (1907–2003), American fife player and blues musician
• Pamela Rogers Turner (1977–), American teacher convicted in 2005 as a sex offender
• Pat Turner (1961–), Canadian rower
• Randy Turner (1949?-2005), American artist and singer for the band Big Boys
• Richmond K. Turner (1885–1961), American naval officer in World War II
• Robert Turner, American professional poker player
• Roger Turner, American figure skater
• Roger Turner (garden designer), British garden designer and writer
• Roy J. Turner (1894-1973), American politician
• Sherri Turner (1956-), American LPGA golfer
• Shirley Turner, American politician
• Stansfield Turner (1923–), former director of the United States CIA
• Stuart Turner, British pump designer
• Sukhi Turner (1952-), New Zealand politician, born in India
• Ted Turner (1938–), American media mogul
• Tina Turner (1939–), American singer
• Victor Turner (1920–83), Scottish anthropologist
• Walter J. Turner (1884–1947), Australian poet
• Yaakov Turner (1935-) The mayor of Beersheba 1998-2008, a Brigadier-General in the Israeli Air Force
• Zachary Turner (2002-2003), baby drowned by his mother in Canadian murder/suicide

[edit] Fictional characters

• Alan Turner (Emmerdale), played by Richard Thorp on Emmerdale
• Cole Turner, character in Charmed played by Julian McMahon
• Darnell Turner, character played by Eddie Steeples in My Name is Earl
• Owen Turner, character in EastEnders
• Terence Turner, son of Alan Turner in Emmerdale, played by Stephen Marchant and then Nick Brimble
• Timmy Turner, character on the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Fairly OddParents
  • Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Timmy's parents

[edit] Places

Turner is the name of several places:

Australia

• Turner, Australian Capital Territory

Canada

• Turner Fenton Secondary School, a high school in Ontario
• Turner Valley

United Kingdom

• Turner Museum of Glass in Sheffield, England, named after Professor William Ernest Stephen Turner (1881-1963)

United States

• Turner, California, former name of Tuttle, California
• Turner, Indiana
• Turner, Kansas
• Turner, Maine
• Turner, Michigan
• Turner, Oregon
• Turner Air Force Base, outside Albany, Georgia
• Turner County, Georgia
• Turner County, South Dakota
• Turners, Missouri
• Turners Falls, Massachusetts

[edit] Businesses

• Associated with Ted Turner:
  • Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
    • Turner South, a division of TBS with programming targeted toward viewers in the southern U.S.
  • Turner Entertainment, a media company founded by Ted Turner
• Turner (car company), a British specialist sports car manufacturer
• Turner Construction, a New York City-based construction company
• Turner (constructor), former racing car constructor
• Turner Suspension Bicycles, an American bicycle frame manufacturer
• Turner & Co, a British engineering services company

[edit] Other uses

• Turners, German Americans organized in athletic and political gymnastic unions
  • In German, a male gymnast is referred to as ein Turner; a female is eine Turnerin
• The Turner Diaries, a novel by William Luther Pierce
• Turner, a 1994 verse novel by David Dabydeen
• Turner Prize, a British prize in art
• Turner syndrome, a type of chromosomal abnormalities
• USS Turner, the one of several American naval ships

[edit] See also

• Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Canadian rock group
• Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–97), British critic and poet

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