Bonner is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Anthony Bonner
Anthony Bonner (born June 8, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player.
College career
Bonner played college basketball at Saint Louis University. He is the Saint Louis Billikens' all-time leading scorer, with 1,972 points.
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(born 1968), American basketball player
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Bill Bonner (author)
Bill Bonner is an American author of books and articles on economic and financial subjects. He is the founder of Agora Financial, as well as a co-founder of Bonner & Partners publishing. Bonner has written articles for the news and opinion blog L ...
(born 1948), American finance writer
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Bill Bonner (politician), Canadian politician
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Bryan & Baxter Bryan Bonner – paranormal investigator, skeptic
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Charles George Bonner
Charles George Bonner (29 December 1884 – 7 February 1951) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. ...
(1884–1951), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Corella and Bertram F. Bonner, philanthropes and founders of the
Bonner Foundation
The Bonner Foundation was founded by Corella and Bertram F. Bonner in 1988. The Bonner Foundation supports two programs; The Bonner Program and the Crisis Ministry Program.
The Crisis Ministry Program provides grant funds to combat hunger, prima ...
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Cornelius Bonner
Cornelius Bonner (born September 1, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the Arena Football League (AFL). The 6 feet tall and 190 pounds receiver played college football for the University of Cincinnati.
Bonner played ...
(born 1976), American football player
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Edmund Bonner
Edmund Bonner (also Boner; c. 15005 September 1569) was Bishop of London from 1539 to 1549 and again from 1553 to 1559. Initially an instrumental figure in the schism of Henry VIII from Rome, he was antagonised by the Protestant reforms intro ...
(died 1569), English bishop
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Enda Bonner
Enda Bonner (born October 1949) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and sportsperson. He was a councillor for the Glenties electoral area of Donegal County Council from 1999 to 2019. He was also a Senator from 1997 to 2002. He attempted to win ...
(born 1949), Irish politician
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Frank Bonner
Frank Bonner (born Frank Woodrow Boers Jr.; February 28, 1942 – June 16, 2021) was an American actor and television director widely known for his role as sales manager Herb Tarlek on the television sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati''.
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(1942–2021), American actor, best known from ''WKRP in Cincinnati''
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Frank Bonner (baseball)
Frank J. Bonner (August 20, 1869 – December 31, 1905) was an American professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1894 to 1903 for the Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Washingto ...
(1869–1905), American baseball player
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Gemma Bonner
Gemma Bonner (born 13 July 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liverpool, as well as the England women's national football team.
Bonner began her career with her hometown club Leeds United, before spending ...
(born 1991), English footballer
* George Washington Bonner (1878–1935), known as
Kid Canfield, American gambler and con man
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George Wilmot Bonner (1796–1836), British wood engraver
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Gerald Bonner (chess player) (born 1941), Scottish chess master
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Henry Derek Elis (born 1978), American singer born Henry Derek Bonner
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Herbert Covington Bonner
Herbert Covington Bonner (May 16, 1891 – November 7, 1965) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1940 and 1965.
Born in Washington, North Carolina, Bonner attended school in Warrenton. He served in the United Stat ...
(1891–1965), American politician and U.S. Representative 1940–1965
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Hilary Bonner
Hilary Bonner (born 1949) is an English crime novelist, best known for her psychological thrillers. Almost all Bonner's novels are inspired by real life events, often drawing on her journalistic past.
Biography
Bonner, a former chairman of t ...
(born 1950), British writer
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Isabel Bonner (1907–1955), American stage actress
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Jennifer Bonner (born 1979), American architect
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Jill Bonner (1937–2021), British-American physicist
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Jo Bonner
Josiah Robins Bonner Jr. (born November 19, 1959) is an American academic administrator and former politician who currently serves as the fourth president of the University of South Alabama. He was previously the U.S. representative for from 20 ...
(born 1959), American politician
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Joe Bonner
Joe Bonner (April 20, 1948 – November 20, 2014) was a hard bop and modal jazz pianist, influenced by McCoy Tyner and Art Tatum.
He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and studied at Virginia State College, but indicated that he lear ...
(1948–2014), American jazz pianist
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John Tyler Bonner
John Tyler Bonner (May 12, 1920 – February 7, 2019) was an American biologist who was a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. He was a pioneer in the use of cellular slime molds to understand ...
(1920–2019), American biologist
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Judy L. Bonner, American academic, former president of the University of Alabama
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Juke Boy Bonner
Weldon H. Philip Bonner, better known as Juke Boy Bonner (March 22, 1932 – June 29, 1978) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, and Slim Harpo. He accompanied himsel ...
(1932–1978), American blues musician
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Kevin Bonner
Kevin Bonner is a Gaelic footballer who has played for the Dublin county team. The son of Donegal footballing legend Seamus Bonner, he plays his club football for St Brigid's.
Career Early years: 2006 - 2008
Bonner made his championship debu ...
, 21st century Irish Gaelic footballer
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Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner
Leroy Roosevelt "Sugarfoot" Bonner (March 14, 1943 – January 26, 2013) was a musician, vocalist, and producer.
Born in Hamilton, Ohio, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Cincinnati in 1943, Bonner grew up poor, the oldest of 14 children. He ...
(1943–2013), American musician
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Mark Bonner (footballer)
Mark Bonner (born 7 June 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career, he made over 300 appearances in the Football League. He began his professional career with Blackpool, making his first t ...
(born 1974), English footballer
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Mark Bonner (football manager) (born 1985), English football head coach
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Matt Bonner
Matthew Robert Bonner (born April 5, 1980), also known as the Red Rocket or Red Mamba, is an American former professional basketball player. Bonner played college basketball for the University of Florida before being selected by the Chicago Bu ...
(born 1980), American basketball player
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Michelle Bonner (born 1972), sports anchor
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Neville Bonner
Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 19225 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy ...
(1922–1999), Australian politician
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Nigel Bonner
William Nigel Bonner (15 February 1928 – 27 August 1994) was a British zoologist, Antarctic marine mammal specialist, author and ecologist. The topics of his books and scientific publications included marine animals, reindeer and the ecology of ...
(1928–1994), British zoologist and Antarctic marine mammal specialist
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Nina Bonner
Nina Bonner (born 25 March 1972 in New South Wales) is a retired female field hockey goalkeeper from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the 1996 season (Indira Gandhi Cup). Nicknamed ''Boona'' she was ...
(born 1972), Australian field hockey goalkeeper
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Nkrumah Bonner
Nkrumah Eljego Bonner (born 23 January 1989) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. An occasional leg spin bowler and top order right-hand batsman, Bonner made his first-class cricket debut for Jamaica again ...
(born 1989), Jamaican cricketer
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Packie Bonner
Patrick Joseph Bonner (born 24 May 1960) is an Irish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper and spent his entire career at Celtic. He earned a total of 80 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team after making his debut on h ...
(born 1960), Irish footballer
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Richell Bonner (born 1971), reggae artist known as Richie Spice
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Sherdrick Bonner
Sherdrick Deon "Sed" Bonner (born October 19, 1968) is a former American football quarterback who played fifteen seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL).
High school years
Bonner attended Azusa High School in Azusa, California and was a stude ...
(born 1968), American professional quarterback
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Teneisha Bonner
Teneisha Phehoma Bonner (31 December 1981 – 11 September 2019) was a Jamaican-born English hip-hop dance, hip-hop and street dancer of stage and screen. She worked with the groups ZooNation and the Bounce Streetdance Company and as a backup dance ...
(1981–2019), Jamaican-born English dancer
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Tom Bonner (born 1988), Scottish footballer
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Tom W. Bonner (1910–1961), American experimental physicist
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Tony Bonner
Anthony Frederick Bonner (born 23 November 1943) is an Australian television, film and stage actor and singer. Bonner became famous in the 1960s children's television series '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'', later moving on to lead roles in the ...
Australian actor
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William Bonner (newscaster)
William Bonemer Júnior, known professionally as William Bonner (born 16 November 1963), is a Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist. He is the current editor-in-chief and anchorman of ''Jornal Nacional'', the most-watched Brazilian news pr ...
(born 1963), Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist
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William Ray Bonner
William Ray Bonner (born March 28, 1948) is a former service station attendant who went on a shooting spree through the South Side area of Los Angeles, California on April 22, 1973, killing six people and wounding nine others. The rampage ended w ...
(born 1948), perpetrator of a shooting spree in Los Angeles, California, 1973
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Yelena Bonner
Yelena Georgiyevna Bonner (russian: link=no, Елена Георгиевна Боннэр; 15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011)[ ...](_blank)
(1923–2011), Russian dissident, widow of Andrei Sakharov
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Zach Bonner (born 1997), founder of Little Red Wagon Foundation, Inc.
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Bonner Fellers
Brigadier General Bonner Frank Fellers (February 7, 1896 – October 7, 1973) was a United States Army officer who served during World War II as a military attaché and director of psychological warfare. He is notable as the military attaché in ...
(1896–1973), American brigadier general
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Bonner Mosquera
Bonner Ahmed Mosquera (born 2 December 1970) is a Colombian former football player, who used to play in the defender or midfielder position.
Club career
He is the player with the most appearances ever in Millonarios
Millonarios Fútbol Club ...
(born 1970), Colombian former footballer
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Bonner Pink (1912–1984), British politician
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Bonner L. Stiller (born 1956), American politician
See also
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Bonner (disambiguation)
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