Steiner (surname)
Steiner is a German surname. The name is of Bavarian origin and refers to a person dwelling near a stone, or rock boundary. The name Steiner is common in Bavaria, Switzerland and Austria.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Achim Steiner, German expert in environmental politics
- Adalbert Steiner II, Romanian football defender
- A. L. Steiner, American multimedia artist, author and educator
- Andreas Steiner, Austrian athlete
- André Steiner, retired German rower
- Andrew Steiner, Czechoslovak-American architect
- Anton Steiner, Austrian skier
- April Steiner Bennett, American pole vaulter
- Ben Steiner, American baseball player
- Bernard Christian Steiner, United States educator, librarian and jurist
- Betty Wilson Steiner-Conduit, Canadian psychiatrist working with transgender and intersex people
- Bob Steiner, Canadian football player
- Brandon Steiner, American sports marketer
- Catherine Steiner-Adair, American clinical psychologist and school consultant
- Cecil C. Steiner, American orthodontist
- Charley Steiner, American sportscaster
- Christian Steiner, German-born American soldier in the U.S. Army
- Christophe Steiner, Monegasque politician
- Claude Steiner, clinical psychologist and transactional analyst
- David Steiner, American real estate developer, former President of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
- David Eduard Steiner, Swiss painter
- David J. Steiner, American documentary filmmaker, educator and political activist
- David P. Steiner, American businessman and director for Vulcan Materials
- Daniel Steiner, Austrian actor and film director
- Derik Steiner, American football fullback
- Donald Frederick Steiner, American biochemist and professor
- Douglas Craig Steiner, American Brooklyn-based real estate developer
- Elio Steiner, Italian stage and film actor
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, American Democratic member of the Oregon Senate
- Elsa Steiner, French film, TV, and stage actress
- Emma Roberto Steiner, American composer and conductor
- Endre Steiner, Hungarian-born chess player
- Felix Steiner, German Waffen-SS officer
- Ferdinand Steiner, gymnast from Bohemia
- Ferenc Steiner, Hungarian cyclist
- Frances Steiner, American conductor, cellist and professor emeritus
- Franz Baermann Steiner, German/Czech anthropologist, polymath and poet
- Fred Steiner, American composer
- Gabriel Steiner, German-American neurologist known for his research of multiple sclerosis
- George Steiner, literary critic
- Gerolf Steiner, German zoologist
- Gitta Steiner, American composer
- Giuseppe Steiner, several people
- Guenther Steiner, Italian motorsport engineer and manager
- Hans Steiner, Austrian professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Heidemarie Steiner, German figure skater and coach
- Heinrich Steiner, German painter and printmaker
- Helen Steiner Rice, American writer of religious and inspirational poetry
- Henry Steiner, Austrian graphic designer, best known for his corporate identity designs
- Helena de Figueiredo Steiner, Brazilian judge, member of the International Criminal Court since 2003
- Herman Steiner, American chess champion, organizer, and columnist
- Herman G. Steiner, American sports coach
- Hermann Steiner, Swiss inventor and businessman
- Hillel Steiner, Canadian professor of political philosophy
- Hugo Steiner, Swiss endocrinologist
- Jacqueline Steiner, American folk singer, songwriter and social activist
- Jean-François Steiner, French-Jewish writer
- Jakob Steiner, Swiss geometer and mathematician, cf. Steiner tree
- Jacob D. Steiner], American member of the South Dakota House of Representatives
- Jeffrey Steiner, Austrian CEO of the Fairchild Corporation
- Jerry Steiner, American professional basketball player
- Joan C. Steiner, American illustrator and puzzle designer
- John Steiner, English actor
- John Steiner , author and trainer at the British Psychoanalytical Society
- John Michael Steiner, Czech-American sociologist and Holocaust researcher
- Josef Steiner, Austrian long-distance runner
- Joshua Steiner, Colorado author in science fiction
- Josy Gyr-Steiner, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss National Council
- Karel Steiner, Czech footballer
- Karlo Štajner, Austrian-Yugoslav communist activist and prominent Gulag survivor
- Kate Stilley Steiner, American award-winning filmmaker, editor, and producer
- Kenneth Donald Steiner, American Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Portland, ORegon
- Kilian von Steiner, German banker and industrialist
- Lajos Steiner, Hungarian–born Australian chess master
- Leo Steiner, Jewish American restaurateur
- Lewis Henry Steiner, American physician and librarian
- Liliana Fernández Steiner, Spanish beach volleyball player
- Linda Claire Steiner, American academic and journalist
- Lisa Steiner, Austrian-born American immunologist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lisl Steiner, Austrian-American photojournalist and documentary filmmaker
- Manfred Steiner, Austrian former ski jumper
- Marc Steiner, American radio talk show and podcast host
- Maria Steiner, Austrian honored as one of the Righteous Among the Nations
- Marie Steiner-von Sivers, the second wife of Rudolf Steiner and one of his closest colleagues
- Mario Steiner, Austrian football midfielder
- Mark Steiner, professor of philosophy of mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Matthias Steiner, Austrian-German weightlifter
- Max Steiner, Hollywood film composer
- Maximilian Steiner, Austrian actor and theatre manager
- Mel Steiner, American professional baseball umpire
- Michael Steiner, German diplomat, head of the UN Mission in Kosovo
- Monika Steiner, Swiss-born artist and sculptor
- Nancy Steiner, American costume designer
- Pál Steiner, Hungarian politician, mayor of the 5th district of Budapest
- Paul Steiner, German football player
- Paul Steiner, German volapükist
- Pavol Steiner, Czechoslovak/Slovak water polo player
- Peter Steiner, American cartoonist, painter and novelist
- Peter "Cool Man" Steiner, music-making Swiss advertising character
- Peter Otto Steiner, American economist and former President of the American Association of University Professors
- Philipp Steiner, Austrian football defender
- Ralph Steiner, American photographer
- Ray G. Steiner, a retired American basketball player
- Rebel Roy Steiner, Sr.. American football offensive end
- Red Steiner, American baseball player
- Richard C Steiner, Professor of Semitics at Yeshiva University
- Rick Steiner, American wrestler
- Richard Harris Steiner, American five-time Tony Award-winning Broadway producer
- Robert Steiner
- Roland A. Steiner, American physician, planter, folklorist, and amateur archaeologist
- Rolf Steiner, German soldier of fortune
- Ronald John Steiner, American football and baseball coach
- Roswitha Steiner, Austrian alpine skier
- Rubin Steiner, French DJ, guitar, bass, and keyboard musician
- Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher, educator, and mystic, founder of anthroposophy
- Rudolf Steiner , German football player
- Rudolf Steiner , retired Swiss track and field athlete
- Rudolf Steiner , German film director, scriptwriter and producer
- Rupert Steiner, British non-fiction author and journalist
- Samuel Ray Delany Jr., American author and literary critic
- Samuel J. Steiner, American-Canadian draft resister and historian
- Scott Steiner, American wrestler
- Scott A. Steiner, Judge of the Orange County Superior Court in California
- Sigfrit Steiner, Swiss actor
- Stan Steiner, American historian and teacher
- Stjepan Steiner, Croatian physician, cardiologist and personal physician of Josip Tito
- Štefan Steiner, Slovenian theologian and poet
- Thomas Steiner, Austrian experimental film director of short films, and painter
- Tim Steiner, British composer
- Tim Steiner , British businessman, CEO of Ocado
- Tito Steiner, Argentine decathlete
- Tommy Shane Steiner, American country music artist
- Udo Steiner, Judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 1995 to 2007
- Victor Steiner, Sr., Salvadoran scouting official
- Vicky Steiner, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
- Walter Steiner, Swiss ski jumper
- Walter Steiner , Swiss rower
- Wernher Steiner, military chaplain and chronicler of the Swiss history
- William Steiner, American politician and child advocate
- Yeshaya Steiner, rabbi, founder of the Kerestir Hasidic dynasty
- Zara Steiner, FBA, American-born British historian and academic
Fictional characters
- Adelbert Steiner, fictional character from the video game Final Fantasy IX
- Friedrich Steiner, fictional Nazi scientist and antagonist from the video game
- House Steiner, fictional Inner Sphere family from the BattleTech game franchise
- Kurt Steiner, fictional Oberst in the German Fallschirmjäger in the John Sturges directed World War II film The Eagle Has Landed
- Rion Steiner, fictional character and protagonist of the video game Galerians
- Rolf Steiner, fictional German Platoon Sergeant in the Sam Peckinpah directed World War II film Cross of Iron
- Rudy Steiner, fictional character of the book The Book Thief
- Weisz Steiner, fictional character of the manga Edens Zero