Skinner may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Skinner (surname) Skinner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Etymology The surname Skinner is an occupational surname of English origin, from the Old Norse word 'skinn', denoting someone who stripped the hide from animals, to be used in the prod ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with that surname *

Skinner (profession) A skinner is a person who skins animals such as cattle, sheep, and pigs, part or whole. Historically, skinners engaged in the hide and fur trades. "Mule skinner" (or "muleskinner") is slang for muleteer, a driver or wrangler of mules. See also *W ...

, a person who makes a living by working with animal skins or driving mules *Skinner, a ring name of professional wrestler

Steve Keirn Stephen Paul Keirn (born September 10, 1951) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories as Steve Keirn as one-half of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, as we ...

in early 1990s *

B. F. Skinner Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974. ...

, American Psychologist

American geography

Skinner, Missouri Skinner is an unincorporated community in Audrain County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by ...

, an unincorporated community *

Skinner Butte Skinner Butte (often mistakenly called Skinner's Butte) is a prominent hill on the north edge of downtown Eugene, Oregon, near the Willamette River. A local landmark, it honors city founder Eugene Skinner and is the site of the municipal ...

, a prominent hill beside the Willamette River in Oregon *

Skinner Reservoir Skinner Reservoir, also known as Lake Skinner, is a reservoir in western Riverside County, California, located at the foot of Bachelor Mountain in the Auld Valley, approximately northeast of Temecula. It was created in 1973 by the construction o ...

, a reservoir in Riverside County, California

Other uses

* ''Skinner'' (film), a 1993 horror film *''

The Skinner ''The Skinner'' is a 2002 science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, ...

'', a 2002 science fiction novel by Neal Asher * Skinner, Inc., also known as Skinner, an auction house for fine art and antiques *''

The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles ''The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles (Macrolepidoptera)'' by Bernard Skinner is a single volume identification guide to the macromoths of Britain and Ireland published by Viking Books, often referred by moth recorders ...

'', referred to as Skinner, by Bernard Skinner