Turner - Definition and Overview

Turner is the common name for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Turner is the name of several places:

• United States of America
  • Turner, Maine
  • Turner, Michigan
  • Turner, Oregon
• Australia
  • Turner, Australian Capital Territory

People whose surname is or was Turner include

• Barbara Turner -- screenwriter
• Charles Turner -- English engraver
• David Turner -- computer scientist, creator of Miranda
• Florence Turner -- American actress
• Frederick Jackson Turner -- American historian
• Garth Turner - financial reporter for BBS and CTV (mainly CFTO).
• Guinevere Turner - actress and writer
• Ike Turner -- American musician
• Jack Turner -- Welsh engineer and 1950s sports car producer [1] (http://www.turnersportscars.com/)
• Sir James Turner -- Scottish soldier and military writer
• Jane Turner -- Australian actress (Fast Forward)
• Jean Turner -- Scottish Independent MSP
• Big Joe Turner -- American blues singer
• John Napier Turner -- Prime Minister of Canada
• Kathleen Turner -- American actress
• Lana Turner -- American actress
• Mark Turner -- linguist
• Michael Turner - Canadian writer
• Nat Turner -- leader of a slave rebellion
• Neil Turner -- British Labour MP
• Sharon Turner -- English historian
• Admiral Stansfield Turner -- former director of the CIA
• Steve Turner -- American grunge musician (Mudhoney)
• Ted Turner -- American media mogul
• Thomas Turner -- British steam car manufacturer [2] (http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Thomas.htm)
• Thomas Wyatt Turner -- American civil rights activist and educator
• Timmy Turner - a fictional character of a family/children Nicktoon The Fairly OddParents (fictional)
• Tina Turner -- American singer
• Joseph Mallord William Turner -- English painter

A turner is also a kitchen utensil closely related to a spatula.

See also:

• The Turner Diaries
• Turner Prize
• Turner syndrome
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive

In German, a male gymnast is referred to as ein Turner (diphthong pronounced as in "lure"); a female is eine Turnerin. See Turners (U.S. history) and False friend (for a linguistic explanation).