Tanner (surname)

• Alain Tanner (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 (1896–1974), American science fiction and fantasy author • Dorothy Tanner (1923–2020), American artist • Elmo Tanner (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 (1885–1960), American fiddler • Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), American painter • Hermann Alfred Tanner (1873–1961), Swiss publisher and writer • James C. Tanner (1926–2019), American journalist • James T. Tanner (1858–1915), English dramatist • John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), British engraver, originally from Coburg in the Holy Roman Empire • Jürg Tanner (born 1953), Swiss curler, World and European champion • Libby Tanner (born 1970), Australian actress • Marion Tanner (1929–2018), American actress known as Marion Marshall • Paul Tanner (1917–2013), American musician • Richard Tanner, British organist • Robin Tanner (artist) (1904–1988), British artist • Stella Tanner (1925–2012), British actress • Twila Tanner (born 1962), reality television contestant • William Cunningham Deane-Tanner (1872–1922), American film director known as William Desmond Taylor ==Characters==

• Bill Tanner, from the James Bond series • Elsie Tanner, a character in Coronation Street British soap opera • D.J. Tanner, a character in Full House television series • Danny Tanner, a character in Full House television series • Evan Michael Tanner, from the novels of Lawrence Block • Dennis Tanner, a character in Coronation Street British soap opera • John "Jack" Tanner, a lead character in the George Bernard Shaw play Man and Superman (1903) • Michelle Tanner, a character in Full House television series • Officer John Tanner, main protagonist in the Driver video games • Stephanie Tanner, 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 (1870–1956), American psychologist • Carol Tanner, American physicist • Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (1864–1901), African-American physician • Henry Schenck Tanner (1786–1858), American cartographer • Joseph R. Tanner (born 1950), American astronaut • James Mourilyan Tanner (1920–2010), British pediatrician • Rosalind Tanner (1900–1992), German-English mathematician • Väinö Tanner (1881–1948), Finnish geographer and diplomat • Wilmer W. Tanner (1909–2011), American zoologist • Zera Luther Tanner (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 (1887–1970), Canadian politician • Gloria Tanner (1935–2022), American politician • H. B. Tanner (1922–2020), American politician and businessman • Harold E. Tanner (1892–1982), WWI soldier, teacher and Canadian politician • John Riley Tanner (1844–1901), American politician • John S. Tanner (born 1944), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee • Klaudia Tanner (born 1970), Austrian politician • Lindsay Tanner (born 1956), Australian politician • Myra Tanner Weiss (1917–1997), American communist • Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Canadian politician • Tazewell B. Tanner (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 (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 • Matthias Tanner (1630–1692), German Jesuit • Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Canadian politician & LDS leader • Simon the Tanner (10th century), Coptic saint • Thomas Tanner (bishop) (1674–1735), English bishop and antiquary • Thomas Tanner (writer) (1630–1682), English clergyman and writer ==Sports==

• Adam Tanner (footballer) (born 1973), English footballer • Chuck Tanner (1929–2011), American baseball manager • Debbie Tanner (born 1982), New Zealand triathlete • 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 (1890–1950), Finnish gymnast and international footballer • Melissa Tanner (born 1973), Australian Paralympic archer • Nick Tanner (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer • Ray Tanner (born 1958), American baseball coach • Roland Tanner, Swiss bobsledder • Roscoe Tanner (born 1951), American tennis player • Troy Tanner (born 1963), American volleyball player ==Other==

• Harold Tanner (1932–2025), American investment banker and philanthropist • Joseph Robson Tanner, English historian • Stephen J. Tanner, Canadian police officer ==See also==