Bittner (occupational name for a

cooper Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to: * Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels Arts and entertainment * Cooper (producers), alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads * Cooper (video game character), in ' ...

or a barrel maker, the name was derived from the Old German word "bute," which means " cask") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Egon Bittner Egon Bittner (April 16, 1921 – May 7, 2011) was born in Czechoslovakia and emigrated to the United States after World War II. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He held the Harry Coplan Professors ...

(1921–2011), American sociologist * Eric R. Bittner (born 1965), American scientist *

Horst Bittner Horst Bittner (14 June 1927 – 16 April 2013) was an East German politician ( SED) and diplomat. Between 1965 and 1974 he served as the East German ambassador to the Soviet Union in succession to Rudolf Dölling. Life Horst Bittner was born int ...

(1927–2016), German politician (SED) * Jason Bittner (born 1970), American drummer * John Joseph Bittner (1904–1961), American cancer biologist * Julius Bittner (1874–1939), Austrian composer * Maria Bittner, American linguist *

Mark Bittner Mark Bittner (born November 29, 1951 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American writer. He is the author of ''The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill'', the book which accompanies the film ''The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill''. Bittner spent 14 years ...

(born 1951), American writer *

Sławomir Maciej Bittner Sławomir Maciej Bittner (codename: Maciek, Kajman Wojak; born 21 July 1923, Warsaw - died 28 February 1944, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish scoutmaster (podharcmistrz) and second lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa. Arrested on 18 February 1944 by t ...

(1923–1944), Polish resistance fighter * Stephan Bittner, German canoeist

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