Milner (surname)

Milner is an English and Scottish occupational surname for a miller, and is related to the surname Miller. Notable people with the surname include:

In arts and entertainment[]

• Andrew Milner (born 1950), British-Australian cultural theorist and literary critic
• Edward Milner (1819–1884), English landscape architect
• John Milner (magician) (born 1948), British magician, stage and TV performer
• Martin Milner (1931–2015), American actor
• Martin Milner (violinist) (1928–2000), British violinist
• Paddy Milner (born 1980), British singer/songwriter

In business[]

• H. R. Milner (1889–1975), Canadian lawyer and businessman
• John T. Milner (1826–1898), American engineer and businessman
• Yuri Milner (born 1961), Israeli-Russian entrepreneur

In government, politics and activism[]

• Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854–1925), British colonial administrator
• James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds (1889–1967), British politician
• Marcus Milner (cricketer) (1864–1939), English racehorse trainer, soldier, civil servant and cricketer
• Yeshimabeit Milner, American technologist and African American activist.

In religion[]

• Eric Milner-White (1884–1963), English cleric
• Isaac Milner (1750–1820), English don, clergyman and mathematician
• John Milner (bishop) (1752–1826), English Roman Catholic bishop and writer
• John Milner (nonjuror) (1628–1702), English clergyman.

In science and academia[]

• Allison Milner (1983–2019), Australian disability, mental health and suicide researcher
• Andrew Milner (born 1950), British-Australian cultural theorist and literary critic
• Brenda Milner (born 1918), English-Canadian neuropsychologist
• Eric Charles Milner (1928–1997), English mathematician and set theorist
• Helen Milner (born 1958), American political scientist
• James Milner (art historian) (1874–1927), British art executive
• Jean-Claude Milner (born 1941), French philosopher and linguist
• Marion Milner (1900–1998), British psychoanalyst and journal writer
• Peter Milner (1919–2018), British-Canadian neuroscientist
• Robin Milner (1934–2010), British computer scientist
• Stephen Milner, British scholar of Italian

In sport[]

• Alf Milner (1919–2002), English footballer
• Andy Milner (born 1967), English footballer
• Colin Milner Smith (1936–2020), English cricketer
• James Milner (born 1986), English footballer
• Jim Milner (born 1933 as James Edward Milner), English footballer
• John Milner (1949–2000), American baseball player
• John Milner (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer
• Marcus Milner (cricketer) (1864–1939), English racehorse trainer, soldier, civil servant and cricketer
• Martrez Milner (born 1984), American football player
• Tom Milner, several people

In other fields[]

• Frank Milner (1875–1944), New Zealand secondary school head-master
• James Milner, 9th Seigneur of Sark (died 1730), British nobleman

Fictional characters[]

• John Milner, a character in the 1973 film American Graffiti
• Tommy Milner, a character in the 2019 film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

See also[]

• Milnor

Surname list

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