Tanner (surname)

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Tanner may be a surname of either English, German or Finnish origin. The Anglo-saxon Tanner was an occupational surname while the German form, also spelled Danner, is likely topographic from German 'Tanne', meaning fir tree an 'Tann', a place name referring to this. In the Finnish language surname the word 'tanner' is a synonym for field or ground.

Arts and entertainment[]

  • Alain Tanner (born 1929), 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, (born 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
  • James T. Tanner (1858–1915), English dramatist
  • John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), British engraver, originally from Coburg in the Holy Roman Empire
  • Jürg Tanner, Swiss curler, World and European champion
  • Libby Tanner (born 1970), Australian actress
  • Marion Tanner (born 1929), American actress known as Marion Marshall
  • Nick Tanner (actor), British comedian
  • Paul Tanner (1917-2013), American musician
  • Robin Tanner (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
  • Tanner family, a character in ALF television series
  • Tanner, a title character in an episode of the Daniel Boone television series
  • Eric Tanner, a main character in American Crime tv series season 2

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See also[]

  • Tanner (disambiguation)
  • John Tanner (disambiguation)
  • Thomas Tanner (disambiguation)


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