Turner (surname)
Turner is a common surname originating from Normandy, France, arriving in England after the Norman conquest with the earliest known records dated in the 12th century. It is the 28th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.
Most often it derives from an occupational name applied to a maker of small objects out of wood, metal or bone, by turning on a lathe. In this sense it is analogous to the German surnames Drexel, Drechsler, and Dreyer, Polish, Finnish and related to English surnames such as Potter and Crocker.
Other occasional origins include Old French tournoieur, referring to someone either in charge of, or who participates in a tournament, and Turnhare, referring to a fast runner.
Early recordings of this surname include Ralph le Turner in the late 12th century. The earliest recorded spelling of this family name dates from 1180 for "Warner le Turnur".
List of people with surname Turner
- Captain Turner, various people
Common combinations of given name and surname "Turner"
- Alan Turner
- Alfred Turner
- Alex Turner
- Andrew Turner
- Ann Turner
- Anna Turner
- Anne Turner
- Benjamin Turner
- Brad Turner
- Brian Turner
- Charles Turner
- Chris Turner
- Dan Turner
- Daniel Turner
- David Turner
- Edward Turner
- Fred Turner
- George Turner
- Henry Turner
- Hugh Turner
- Jack Turner
- James Turner
- Jim Turner
- Jimmy Turner
- Joe Turner
- Joel Turner
- John Turner
- Lynn Turner
- Mark Turner
- Matt Turner
- Michael Turner
- Neil Turner
- Pat Turner
- Paul Turner
- Philip Turner
- Richard Turner
- Robert Turner
- Ron Turner
- Steve Turner
- Stuart Turner
- Thomas Turner
- William Turner
Less common first names
- Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, British businessman and academic
- Afida Turner, French media personality and singer
- Aidan Turner, Irish actor
- Augustus J. Turner, American musician
- Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner, American physician, writer
- Anthea Turner, UK TV presenter
- Arlin Turner, American biographer and scholar of American literature
- Bake Turner, American football player who played wide receiver
- Big Joe Turner, American blues singer
- Billie Lee Turner II, American geographer
- Bonnie and Terry Turner, husband and wife sitcom writing team
- Bree Turner, American actress
- Brock Turner, rapist
- Bulldog Turner, American football player
- Carmen E. Turner, American public administrator
- Chester Novell Turner, African-American filmmaker
- Charlotte Turner, top auditor in London
- Clarence W. Turner, American politician
- Clorinda Matto de Turner, Peruvian writer
- Curtis Turner, NASCAR driver
- Dawson Turner, English banker and botanist
- Debbie Turner, American actress and former child star
- Debbye Turner, American TV anchor, veterinarian, talk show host and former beauty queen
- Decherd Turner, American institutional book collector
- De'Lance Turner, American football player
- Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, British Member of Parliament
- Derek Turner, English rugby league footballer
- Des Turner, British politician
- Douglas H. Turner, American chemist and professor
- Dwayne Turner, British comic book artist
- Edward Turner, British motorcycle and engine designer of Triumph Motorcycles
- Erik Turner, guitarist for the American band Warrant
- Ernest Sackville Turner, English journalist and author
- Eugene S. Turner, American politician
- Evan Turner, American basketball player
- Florence Turner, American actress
- Frank Turner, British musician
- Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian
- Garth Turner, Canadian business journalist, broadcaster and politician
- Geills Turner, wife of John Turner, a prime minister of Canada
- George Townsend Turner, philatelist of Washington, D.C.
- Glenn Turner , New Zealand cricketer
- Grant Turner, New Zealand soccer player
- Guinevere Turner, American actor and writer
- Hal Turner, internet radio talk show host
- Harald Turner, German Nazi SS commander executed for war crimes
- Harvey G. Turner, American politician
- Helen Alma Newton Turner, Australian geneticist and statistician
- Hayden Turner, Australian television presenter and zookeeper
- Howard Turner, American football player
- Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect
- Ike Turner, American musician
- J. M. W. Turner, English painter
- Jamie Turner, American automobile dealer
- Jane Turner, Australian actor and comedian
- Janine Turner, American actor
- Jay Turner, American football running back
- Jean Turner, member of the Scottish Parliament
- Jermaine Turner, American professional basketball player
- Jessie Franklin Turner, American fashion designer.
- Jimmie Turner, American football player
- Joe Lynn Turner, American musician
- Joe M. Turner, American magician, mentalist and speaker
- Jonathan Baldwin Turner, abolitionist and educational leader
- Jonathan D. C. Turner, English barrister
- Jonathan Turner, British digital creative, broadcaster, and author.
- Josh Turner, musician
- Julian Turner, British poet and mental health worker
- Kathleen Turner, American actor
- Keena Turner, American football player
- Kenneth Turner, Australian political historian
- B. Kevin Turner, business executive
- Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league football player
- Lacey Turner, English actor
- Lana Turner, American actor
- Landon Turner, American football player
- Landon Turner , American basketball player
- Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player
- Lynn Turner
- Malik Turner, American football player
- Margery J. Turner, American dancer and author
- Michael Turner , American football running back
- Michael Turner , American comic book artist and publisher
- Michael Turner, English Football player for Sunderland AFC
- Nat Turner, leader of a slave rebellion
- Natalie Turner, Canadian animator
- Norv Turner, American football coach
- Othar Turner, American fife player and blues musician
- Pamela Rogers Turner, American teacher convicted as a sex offender
- Percy Turner, English footballer
- Ralph Lilley Turner, English Indian languages philologist and linguist
- Randy Turner, American artist and singer for the band Big Boys
- Richmond K. Turner, American naval officer in World War II
- Rodney Turner, British/New Zealand organizational theorist
- Roger Turner, British garden designer and writer
- Roger Turner, American figure skater
- Roy J. Turner, American politician
- Scott Turner, American football coach
- Sharon Turner, English historian
- Sheadrick Turner, American lawyer and politician
- Sherri Turner, American LPGA golfer
- Shirley Turner, American politician
- Shirley Turner, perpetrator of the murder of Zachary Turner and his father
- Sophie Turner, a British actress
- Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, Texas
- Stansfield Turner, director of the U.S. CIA
- Stuart Turner, British pump designer
- Sukhi Turner, New Zealand politician, born in India
- Ted Turner, American media mogul
- T. J. Turner, American football player
- T. J. Turner, American football player
- Tina Turner, American singer
- Victor Turner, Scottish anthropologist
- Walter J. Turner, Australian poet
- Yaakov Turner, mayor of Beersheba and a brigadier general in the Israeli Air Force
- Zachary Turner, baby drowned by his mother in Canadian murder/suicide
- Zeke Turner, American football player
Fictional characters
- Alan Turner, played by Richard Thorp on Emmerdale
- Cole Turner, character in Charmed played by Julian McMahon
- Darnell Turner, character played by Eddie Steeples in My Name Is Earl
- Dave Turner, character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Heidi Turner, minor character in South Park animated TV series
- Naomi Turner from Elena of Avalor
- Owen Turner, character in EastEnders
- Terence Turner, son of Alan Turner in Emmerdale, played by Stephen Marchant and then Nick Brimble
- Timmy Turner, character on the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Fairly OddParents
- * Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Timmy's parents
- Vernon Turner, character in the Fox television series Empire, played by Malik Yoba
- Violet Turner, a character in Private Practice
- Will Turner, fictional character, and one of the protagonists, in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
- * Bootstrap Bill Turner, Will's twice cursed pirate father
- * Henry Turner, Will Turner's and Elizabeth Swann's son