Kerner

• Elizabeth Kerner, fantasy author
• Justinus Kerner, a German lyric poet of the Swabian school

• Johann Georg Kerner, political journalist, critical chronicler of the French revolution, brother of Justinus Kerner
• Otto Kerner, Jr., Illinois Governor and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Otto Kerner, Sr., an Illinois Attorney General and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Kerner Commission, established in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the causes of race riots in the United States

• Debby Kerner, American singer
• Nena,, German singer who became famous with the New German Wave songs "Nur geträumt" and "99 Luftballons"
• Jordan Kerner, film producer
• KernerFX, a motion picture visual effects company
• Kerner Optical, special effects company
• Johannes B. Kerner,, German television broadcaster

• Jonathan Kerner, American basketball player
• Marlon Kerner, American football player

• Boris Kerner,, German physicist
• Durand–Kerner method, root-finding algorithm for solving polynomial equations in numerical analysis
• Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Austrian botanist

• Ian Kerner, American sex counselor