Turner is a common surname A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning of "surname" first appeared in 1375. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name". It is also commonly known as a "last name", though in Hungary and of English The area now called England has been settled by people of various cultures for about 35,000 years, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant origin, meaning "one who works with a lathe".[2] Turner is the 28th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.[3]
A turner can mean:
- One who uses a lathe for turning Turning is the process whereby a single point cutting tool is parallel to the surface. It can be done manually, in a traditional form of lathe, which frequently requires continuous supervision by the operator, or by using a computer controlled and automated lathe which does not. This type of machine tool is referred to as having computer numerical
- A kitchen utensil closely related to a spatula A spatula, also called a turner, a fish slice in the UK, an egg slice, a flipper in Canadian English, or an yiwen or tosser in Singapore, is a kitchen utensil with a long handle and a broad flat edge, used for lifting and turning fried foods. In British English, the term 'spatula' refers to 'an implement with a broad, flat, blunt blade, used
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People
People who have the surname Turner include:
- J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner RA was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest (1775–1851), English Romantic landscape painter
Common first name combinations
- Various people named Alex Turner
- Various people named Andrew Turner
- Various people named Ann Turner
- Various people named Anna Turner
- Various people named Anne Turner
- Various people named Benjamin Turner, or Ben Turner
- Various people named Brad Turner
- Various people named Brian Turner
- Various people named Charles Turner
- Various people named Dan Turner
- Various people named Daniel Turner
- Various people named David Turner
- Various people named Fred Turner, or Frederick Turner
- Various people named George Turner
- Various people named Henry Turner
- Various people named Jack Turner
- Various people named James Turner
- Various people named Jim Turner
- Various people named Joe Turner
- Various people named Joel Turner
- Various people named John Turner
- Various people named Lynn Turner
- Various people named Mark Turner
- Various people named Matt Turner
- Various people named Michael Turner, or Mike Turner
- Various people named Richard Turner
- Various people named Robert Turner
- Various people named Ron Turner
- Various people named Steve Turner
- Various people named Thomas Turner
- Various people named William Turner, or Will or Bill Turner
Notable individuals
- Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (1955–), British businessman and academic
- Aidan Turner (1983–), Irish actor
- Bake Turner, American football player who played wide receiver
- Billie Lee Turner II, American geographer
- Bonnie and Terry Turner, husband and wife sitcom writing team
- Bree Turner (1977-), American actress
- Bulldog Turner (1919-1998), American football player
- C. Turner Joy (1895–1956), U.S. Navy Admiral in World War II and the Korean War
- Charles Turner (1862-1944), former Australian cricketer
- Chris Turner (American football), American football player
- Chris Turner (author), Canadian writer
- Chris Turner (footballer born 1951), former English football (soccer) manager and player
- Chris Turner (footballer born 1958), English football (soccer) manager
- Chris Turner (footballer born 1987), Northern Irish professional footballer
- Chris Turner (footballer born 1990), English footballer currently with Accrington Stanley
- Clarence W. Turner (1866-1939), American politician
- Clorinda Matto de Turner (1853-1909), Peruvian writer
- Dawson Turner (1775-1858), English banker and botanist
- Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston (1942-), British Member of Parliament
- Derek 'Rocky' Turner, English rugby league footballer
- Des Turner, British politician
- Dwayne Turner, British comic book artist
- Edward Turner, British motorcycle and engine designer of Triumph Motorcycles
- Edward Turner, Renowned Latin Scholar from Philadelphia
- Eric Turner (1968-2000), American football player
- Erik Turner (1964-), guitarist for the American band Warrant
- Ernest Sackville Turner (1909-2006), English journalist and author
- Evan Turner (1988–), American basketball player
- Florence Turner (1885–1946), American actress
- Frank Turner (1981-), British musician
- Frederick Jackson Turner Frederick Jackson Turner was an American historian in the early 20th century. He is best known for The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1861–1932), American historian
- Garth Turner (1949–), Canadian business journalist, broadcaster and politician
- Geills Turner (1937-), wife of John Turner, the former Prime Minister of Canada
- George Townsend Turner (1906-1979), philatelist of Washington, D.C.
- Glenn Turner (1947-), New Zealand cricket player
- Grant Turner (1958-), New Zealand soccer player
- Guinevere Turner (1968–), American actress and writer
- Hal Turner Harold Charles "Hal" Turner is an American white nationalist and white supremacist from North Bergen, New Jersey. He was arrested in June 2009 for threats which he made against three federal judges with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to Turner's arrest, his program, The Hal Turner Show, was a webcast from his home once a, internet radio talk show host
- Hayden Turner (1966–), Australian television presenter and zookeeper
- Ike Turner Ike Wister Turner was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer. Considered to be one of the fathers of rock and roll, his first recording, "Rocket 88" by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats," in 1951, is considered by some to be the "first rock and roll song" ever. However, he is best known (1931–2007), American musician
- J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner RA was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest (1775–1851), English painter
- Jane Turner (1967–), Australian actress and comedienne
- Janine Turner (1962–), American actress
- Jay Turner (1914 - 1960), American football running back
- Jean Turner (1939–), Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Joe Lynn Turner Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito , better known as Joe Lynn Turner, is an Italian-American rock singer, best known for his work with Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen and his brief stint with Deep Purple. He played the accordion as a child, grew up with an appreciation for classic R&B and became an accomplished guitarist in his early teens. He was ranked 84 (1951-), American musician
- Julian Turner (1996,???), American young singer, awarded the james fotinos award in 2007
- Big Joe Turner Big Joe Turner was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." Although he came to his greatest fame in the 1950s with his pioneering rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a (1911–85), American blues singer
- Jonathan Baldwin Turner (1805-1899), abolitionist and educational leader
- Kathleen Turner Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Peggy Sue Got Married, Romancing the Stone, The War of the Roses, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Prizzi's Honor. She is currently guest starring in Californication on Showtime (1954–), American actress
- Keena Turner (1958-), American football player
- Kevin B. Turner (1966-), noted Wal-Mart and Microsoft executive
- Lacey Turner (1988-), English actress
- Lana Turner Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget . She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). During the early 1940s she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) (1921–95), American actress
- Lesley Turner Bowrey (1942–), Australian tennis player
- Lynn Turner (1968-), The anti-freeze murderer
- Michael Turner (1983-), English Football player for Sunderland AFC
- Michael "The Burner" Turner (1982-), American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.
- Michael Turner (1971-2008), American comic book artist and publisher known for his work on Witchblade and Fathom
- Nat Turner Nat Turner was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831 that resulted in 60 deaths, the largest number of fatalities to occur in one uprising in the antebellum southern United States. He gathered supporters in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner's methodical slaughter of white civilians during the uprising makes his legacy (1800–31), leader of a slave rebellion
- Neil Turner (1945–), British Labour Member of Parliament
- Norv Turner (1952-), current head coach of the San Diego Chargers football team (NFL)
- Othar Turner Othar "Otha" Turner , was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum musical tradition. He lived his entire life in northern Mississippi as a farmer, where in 1923, aged 16, he learned to play fifes fashioned out of rivercanes (1907–2003), American fife player and blues musician
- Pamela Rogers Turner (1977–), American teacher convicted in 2005 as a sex offender
- Pat Turner (1961–), Canadian rower
- Randy Turner (1949?-2005), American artist and singer for the band Big Boys
- Richmond K. Turner (1885–1961), American naval officer in World War II
- Roger Turner, American figure skater
- Roger Turner (garden designer), British garden designer and writer
- Roy J. Turner (1894-1973), American politician
- Sherri Turner (1956-), American LPGA golfer
- Shirley Turner, American politician
- Stansfield Turner (1923–), former director of the United States CIA
- Stuart Turner, British pump designer
- Sukhi Turner (1952-), New Zealand politician, born in India
- Ted Turner Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is known for his $1 (1938–), American media mogul
- Tina Turner Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a (1939–), American singer
- Victor Turner Victor Witter Turner was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology (1920–83), Scottish anthropologist
- Walter J. Turner (1884–1947), Australian poet
- Yaakov Turner (1935-) The mayor of Beersheba 1998-2008, a Brigadier-General in the Israeli Air Force
- Zachary Turner (2002-2003), baby drowned by his mother in Canadian murder/suicide
Fictional characters
- Alan Turner (Emmerdale), 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
- Owen Turner, character in EastEnders
- Terence Turner, son of Alan Turner in Emmerdale, played by Stephen Marchant and then Nick Brimble
- Will Turner Will's final costume in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is reminiscent of Errol Flynn's swashbuckler movie roles. There is also a nod to Douglas Fairbanks when Turner uses his knife to glide down the ship's sail in Dead Man's Chest, just as Fairbanks did in the 1926 film, The Black Pirate, fictional character, and one of the protagonists, in The Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise
- Bootstrap Bill Turner, Will's twice cursed pirate father
- William Turner III, Will Turner's and Elizabeth Swann Elizabeth is a spirited and independent-minded character. Throughout the three films, she transforms from a proper lady into a courageous pirate. Elizabeth has always been fascinated by piracy and life at sea, but she is also revolted by pirates' aggressive, wild nature, especially when she meets Captain Jack Sparrow, who made his escape from Port's son
- Timmy Turner, character on the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Fairly OddParents
- Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Timmy's parents
Places
Turner is the name of several places:
- Australia
- Canada
- Turner Fenton Secondary School, a high school in Ontario
- Turner Valley
- United Kingdom
- Turner Museum of Glass in Sheffield, England, named after Professor William Ernest Stephen Turner (1881-1963)
- United States
- Turner, California, former name of Tuttle, California
- Turner, Indiana
- Turner, Kansas
- Turner, Maine
- Turner, Michigan
- Turner, Oregon
- Turner Air Force Base, outside Albany, Georgia
- Turner County, Georgia
- Turner County, South Dakota Turner County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population was 8,849. Its county seat is Parker
- Turners, Missouri
- Turners Falls, Massachusetts
- Turners Pond, Massachusetts
Businesses
- Associated with Ted Turner:
- Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Inc.
- Turner South Turner South was an American cable television network launched on October 1, 1999 by Turner Broadcasting System as the first regional entertainment network developed especially for viewers in the southern United States. The regional cable TV network offered movies, tv series, sitcoms, regional news updates, and unique original programming, plus, a division of TBS with programming targeted toward viewers in the southern U.S.
- Turner Entertainment Turner Entertainment Company, Inc. is an American media company founded by Ted Turner. Now owned by Time Warner, the company is largely responsible for overseeing its library for worldwide distribution, a media company founded by Ted Turner
- Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Inc.
- Turner (car company), a British specialist sports car manufacturer
- Turner Construction, a New York City-based construction company
- Turner (constructor), former racing car constructor
- Turner Suspension Bicycles, an American bicycle frame manufacturer
Other uses
- Turners Turners are German-American gymnastic clubs. A German gymnastic movement was started by Turnvater (turners' father) Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the early 19th century when Germany was occupied by Napoleon. The Turnvereine ("gymnastic unions") were not only athletic, but also political, reflecting their origin in similar "nationalistic, German Americans organized in athletic and political gymnastic unions
- In German, a male gymnast Gymnastics is an activity and sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, co-ordination, balance, and grace. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body affiliated to FIG is referred to as ein Turner; a female is eine Turnerin
- The Turner Diaries The Turner Diaries is a novel written in 1978 by William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym "Andrew Macdonald". The Turner Diaries depicts a violent revolution in the United States which leads to the overthrow of the United States federal government, nuclear war, and, ultimately, to a race war leading to the extermination of all Jews and, a novel by William Luther Pierce
- Turner (verse novel), a 1994 verse novel by David Dabydeen
- Turner Prize The Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised art award. Although it represents all media, and, a British prize in art
- Turner syndrome Turner syndrome or Ullrich-Turner syndrome encompasses several conditions, of which monosomy X (absence of an entire sex chromosome) is most common. It is a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the sex chromosomes is absent (unaffected humans have 46 chromosomes, of which two are sex chromosomes). Typical females have two X, a type of chromosomal abnormalities
- USS Turner, the one of several American naval ships
See also
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bachman–Turner Overdrive is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that enjoyed a string of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in that decade alone. The band has sold an estimated 20 million albums worldwide, and has fans affectionately known as "gearheads" (derived from the band's gear-shaped, Canadian rock group
- Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–97), British critic and poet
Notes
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What are your favorite Tina Turner songs that you just love listening to and dancing to?
Q. I have been a Tina Turner fan since I was little,I remember watching the movie What's Love Got To Do With It over and over and over and rewinding it over and over,I am a Tina Turner impersonator and that is what I was popular for in high school.
Asked by I represent possibility everyday - Thu Feb 19 20:59:57 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments
A. What's Love Got To Do With It - classic!
Answered by ashlee_nicole33 - Thu Feb 19 21:03:42 2009
Q. I have been a Tina Turner fan since I was little,I remember watching the movie What's Love Got To Do With It over and over and over and rewinding it over and over,I am a Tina Turner impersonator and that is what I was popular for in high school.
Asked by I represent possibility everyday - Thu Feb 19 20:59:57 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments
A. What's Love Got To Do With It - classic!
Answered by ashlee_nicole33 - Thu Feb 19 21:03:42 2009
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