Tanner may be a surname of either

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or Finnish origin. The

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

''Tanner'' was an occupational surname while the German form, also spelled ''Danner'', is likely

topographic Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary scie ...

from

, meaning 'fir tree' and , a place name referring to this. In the Finnish language surname the word is a synonym for 'field' or 'ground'.

Arts and entertainment

Alain Tanner Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had re ...

(1929–2022), Swiss film-maker * Antwon Tanner (born 1975), American actor * Beatrice Stella Tanner (1865–1940), British actress known as Mrs. Patrick Campbell *

Charles R. Tanner Charles R. Tanner (February 17, 1896 – 9 January 1974) was an American science fiction and fantasy author who wrote in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Tanner's first short story was "The Color of Space", published in ''Wonder Stories, Science ...

(1896–1974), American science fiction and fantasy author *

Dorothy Tanner Mel Tanner (September 26, 1925 - October 21, 1993) was an American light sculptor, painter, installation artist, and videographer. His wife, Dorothy Tanner (January 30, 1923 - July 23, 2020), was an American light sculptor, installation artis ...

, (born 1923-2020), American artist *

Elmo Tanner William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “ Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orche ...

(1904–1990), American whistler, bandleader, singer, and radio personality * Erin Tanner (born 1985), American singer * Franz Tanner, Swiss curler, World and European champion *

Gid Tanner James Gideon "Gid" Tanner (June 6, 1885 – May 13, 1960) was an American old-time fiddler and one of the earliest stars of what would come to be known as country music. His band, the Skillet Lickers, was one of the most innovative and influe ...

(1885–1960), American fiddler * Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), American painter * James C. Tanner (1926-2019), American journalist *

James T. Tanner James Tolman Tanner (17 October 1858 – 18 June 1915) was an English stage director and dramatist who wrote many of the successful musicals produced by George Edwardes. Life and career Tanner began his theatre career as a set-painter and actor ...

(1858–1915), English dramatist *

John Sigismund Tanner John Sigismund Tanner (1705 – 14 March 1775; ) was an engraver of the Kingdom of Great Britain, making dies for coins and medals. Tanner, a native of Saxe-Coburg, worked mostly for the Royal Mint at the Tower of London and was its Chief Engrave ...

(1705–1775), British engraver, originally from Coburg in the Holy Roman Empire *

Jürg Tanner Jürg Tanner (born 7 August 1953) is a Swiss curler and former World Champion. He won a gold medal at the 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship. He also won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1982 and 1980 Ai ...

, Swiss curler, World and European champion *

Libby Tanner Elizabeth Tanner (born 1970) is an Australian stage and television actress and theatre director best known for her roles as Bronwyn Craig in the television series '' All Saints'' and as Bridget Westfall in ''Wentworth''. Early life Tanner grew ...

(born 1970), Australian actress * Marion Tanner (born 1929), American actress known as Marion Marshall *

Paul Tanner Paul Tanner (October 15, 1917 – February 5, 2013) was an American musician and a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. He developed and played the Electro-Theremin, a theremin soundalike instrument that is best known for its use on the B ...

(1917-2013), American musician *

Robin Tanner (artist) Robin Tanner (1904–1988) was an English artist, etcher and printmaker. He followed in the visionary tradition of Samuel Palmer and English neo-romanticism. He lived in London, at Kington Langley in Wiltshire, and at Bath. Biography His etc ...

(1904–1988), British artist *

Stella Tanner Stella Tanner (1 January 1925 – 26 March 2012) was an English radio and television actress. Tanner was born in 1925 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She left her focus on dramatic acting to form the Tanner Sisters wi ...

(1925-2012), British actress * Twila Tanner (born 1962), reality television contestant *

William Cunningham Deane-Tanner William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American film director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Cinema of the United States, Hollywood motion picture colony o ...

(1872–1922), American film director known as William Desmond Taylor

Characters

Bill Tanner William Tanner is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel series. Tanner is an employee of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) who acts as M's chief of staff. Novels In Ian Fleming's novels, Bill Tanner is MI6's chief of staff ...

, from the ''James Bond'' series * Elsie Tanner, a character in ''Coronation Street'' British soap opera *

D.J. Tanner The American television sitcom ''Full House'' ran for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995. Its sequel series ''Fuller House (TV series), Fuller House'' followed 21 years later, airing on ...

, a character in ''Full House'' television series * Danny Tanner, a character in ''Full House'' television series *

Evan Michael Tanner Evan Michael Tanner, or simply Tanner, is a fictional character created by American author Lawrence Block. Tanner appears in eight novels. Seven of those were published in the 5-year period 1966–1970; the eighth appeared in 1986 after a 28 year ...

, from the novels of Lawrence Block *

Dennis Tanner Dennis Tanner is a Character (arts), fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by Philip Lowrie. The character was created by writer Tony Warren and was in ...

, a character in ''Coronation Street'' British soap opera * John "Jack" Tanner, a lead character in the

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

play Man and Superman (1903) *

Michelle Tanner Michelle Elizabeth Tanner is a fictional character on the long-running ABC sitcom ''Full House'', who was portrayed by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. She first appeared in the show's 1987 pilot, "Our Very First Show", and continued to appear up to ...

, a character in ''Full House'' television series * Officer John Tanner, main protagonist in the ''Driver'' video games *

Stephanie Tanner The American television sitcom ''Full House'' ran for eight seasons on ABC from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995. Its sequel series '' Fuller House'' followed 21 years later, airing on Netflix, beginning February 26, 2016; the two parts of ...

, a character in ''Full House'' television series * Thomas and Cyril Tanner, characters from "The Infernal Devices" series by Cassandra Clare * Vin Tanner, a character in ''The Magnificent Seven'' tv series. * Tanner family, a character in '' ALF'' television series * Tanner, a title character in an episode of the '' Daniel Boone'' television series

Health and science

* Adam Tanner (mathematician) (1572–1632), Austrian Jesuit mathematician and philosopher *

Amy Tanner Amy Eliza Tanner (March 21, 1870 – February 1, 1956) was an American psychologist who became well known for discrediting the then-famous medium Leonora Piper after Tanner was allowed to attend six séances with a fellow researcher. Biography T ...

(1870–1956), American psychologist *

Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (October 17, 1864 – April 26, 1901) was an American physician. She was the first black woman, as well as woman of any race, to be licensed as a physician in Alabama. Biography Early years Johnson was born Halle Tann ...

(1864–1901), African-American physician *

Henry Schenck Tanner Henry Schenck Tanner (1786–1858), was an American cartographer, born in New York City. He produced ''A Geographical and Statistical Account of the Epidemic Cholera from its Commencement in India to its Entrance into the United States'' in 18 ...

(1786–1858), American cartographer *

Joseph R. Tanner Joseph Richard Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut. He was born in Danville, Illinois. He is unusu ...

(born 1950), American astronaut *

James Mourilyan Tanner James Mourilyan Tanner, (1 August 1920 – 11 August 2010) was a British paediatric endocrinologist who was best known for his development of the Tanner scale, which measures the stages of sexual development during puberty. He was a professor ...

(1920–2010), British pediatrician *

Rosalind Tanner Rosalind Cecilia Hildegard Tanner (née Young) (5 February 1900 – 24 November 1992) was a mathematician and historian of mathematics. She was the eldest daughter of the mathematicians Grace and William Young. She was born and lived in Göttinge ...

(1900-1992), German-English mathematician * Väinö Tanner (1881–1948), Finnish geographer and diplomat *

Wilmer W. Tanner Wilmer Webster Tanner ( – ) was an American zoologist, professor and curator. He was associated with Brigham Young University (BYU), in Provo, Utah for much of his life and published extensively on the snakes and salamanders of the Great Basin. ...

(1909–2011), American zoologist *

Zera Luther Tanner Zera Luther Tanner (December 5, 1835 – December 16, 1906), sometimes spelled Zero, was an American naval officer, inventor, and oceanographer. Tanner invented a depth sounding system, wrote several books on hydrography and retired as a commander ...

(1835–1906), American naval officer, inventor, and oceanographer * Zorica Pantic-Tanner (born c. 1951), engineer

Politics

* Arto Tanner (1935–2002), Finnish diplomat *

Charles Albert Tanner Charles Albert Tanner (January 29, 1887—February 12, 1970) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1927, as a member of the Labour Party. Tanner was first elected to the Manitoba l ...

(1887–1970), Canadian politician *

Gloria Tanner Gloria Travis Tanner (July 16, 1935 – April 4, 2022) was a former United States politician and public figure. In 1994, she became the first African American woman to serve as a Colorado state senator. In 2000, she founded a leadership and trai ...

(born 1935), American politician *

H. B. Tanner H. B. Tanner (March 16. 1922 – March 12, 2020) was an American businessman and politician. Hugh Bernard Tanner was born in Carrier Mills, Saline County, Illinois. He graduated from the Eldorado Township High School in Eldorado, Illinois. ...

(1922-2020), American politician and businessman *

John Riley Tanner John Riley Tanner (April 4, 1844 – May 23, 1901) was the 21st Governor of Illinois, from 1897 until 1901. Tanner was the first governor in the country to be openly neutral in labor disputes, gaining national notoriety for his actions in a s ...

(1844–1901), American politician *

John S. Tanner John Sumners Tanner (born September 22, 1944) is a former American politician who served as the U.S. representative for , serving from 1989 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Since his retirement, Tanner has served as the Vice Ch ...

(born 1944), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee *

Klaudia Tanner Klaudia Tanner ( Wallner, born 2 May 1970) is an Austrian politician of the People's Party (ÖVP) who has been serving as Minister of Defense in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz since January 2020. From 2011 to 2020, she worked as t ...

(born 1970), Austrian politician *

Lindsay Tanner Lindsay James Tanner (born 24 April 1956) is a former Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he represented the seat of Melbourne in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2010 and served as Minister for Finance ...

(born 1956), Australian politician *

Myra Tanner Weiss Myra Tanner Weiss (May 17, 1917 – September 13, 1997) was an American Communist following Trotskyism, and a three time U.S. vice presidential candidate of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Biography Myra Tanner was recruited to the American Tr ...

(1917–1997), American communist * Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Canadian politician *

Tazewell B. Tanner Tazewell or Tazwell B. Tanner (November 6, 1821 – March 21, 1881) was an American lawyer, judge, politician, and newspaper editor. Tanner was born in Danville, Virginia. He went to McKendree College and was a schoolteacher. In 1846, he move ...

(1821-1881), American politician * Väinö Tanner (1881–1966), Finnish Prime Minister

Religion

* J. Paul Tanner (b. 1950), professor and author in the field of Old Testament studies * Conrad Tanner (1752–1825), Swiss abbot *

Jacob Tanner Jacob Tanner (15 October 1865 – 25 January 1964) was a Norwegian American Lutheran minister, educator and religious author. He spent most of his life in the United States and became a naturalized citizen. Biography He was born at the farm Leir ...

(1865–1964), Norwegian American Lutheran educator and author * Jerald and Sandra Tanner (1938–2006 and born 1941), American critics of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

Matthias Tanner Matthias Tanner is a Czech Society of Jesus, Jesuit and writer, born at Pilsen in Bohemia, 28 February 1630; died at Prague, 8 February 1692. Biography Matthias Tanner entered the Society of Jesus in 1646. The greatest part of his life was spe ...

(1630–1692), German Jesuit * Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Canadian politician & LDS leader *

Simon the Tanner Saint Simon the Tanner ( fl. 10th century; distinct from Simon the Tanner from the New Testament, 1st century), also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker ( cop , Ⲫⲏⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ Ⲡⲓⲃⲁⲕϣⲁⲣ (Ⲡⲓϩⲟⲙ, ...

(10th century), Coptic saint * Thomas Tanner (bishop) (1674–1735), English bishop and antiquary *

Thomas Tanner (writer) Thomas Tanner (1630–1682) was an English clergyman and writer, the author of ''The Entrance of Mazzarini'' (Oxford, 1657–58). He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He became a barrister and later a c ...

(1630–1682), English clergyman and writer

Sports

* Adam Tanner (footballer) (born 1973), English footballer * Chuck Tanner (born 1929), American baseball manager * Elaine Tanner (born 1951), Canadian swimmer * Evan Tanner (1971–2008), American mixed martial arts fighter * Hamp Tanner (1927–2004), American football player * Haydn Tanner (1917–2009), Welsh rugby player *

Lauri Tanner Lauri Arvo Tanner (20 November 1890 – 11 July 1950) was a Finnish gymnast and amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Finnish team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's t ...

(1890–1950), Finnish gymnast and international footballer *

Nick Tanner (footballer) Nick Tanner (born 24 May 1965 in Bristol) is a former footballer who played professionally for Bristol Rovers and Liverpool. He played non-league football for Bromley Heath, Frampton Rangers and Mangotsfield United before moving to Bristol R ...

(born 1965), English footballer *

Ray Tanner Donald Ray Tanner Jr. (born March 25, 1958) is an American college athletics administrator and former baseball coach who is the athletic director at the University of South Carolina, a position he took on July 13, 2012, after 16 seasons as head c ...

(born 1958), American baseball coach *

Roscoe Tanner Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is a retired American tennis player, who turned professional in 1972 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979. Tanner was famous for his big left-handed serve, which ...

(born 1951), American tennis player *

Troy Tanner Troy Richard Tanner (born October 31, 1963 in Hacienda Heights, California) is a former All-American volleyball player. He was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in S ...

(born 1963), American volleyball player

Other

* Stephen J. Tanner, Canadian police officer *

Joseph Robson Tanner Joseph Robson Tanner (28 July 1860 – 15 January 1931) was an English historian, an expert on Samuel Pepys, author of numerous publications and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Life Tanner was born in Frome, Somerset, the eldest son of ...

, English historian