Tanner (surname)

Arts and entertainment

• Alain Tanner, Swiss film-maker
• Antwon Tanner, American actor
• Beatrice Stella Tanner, British actress known as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
• Charles R. Tanner, American science fiction and fantasy author
• Dorothy Tanner,, American artist
• Elmo Tanner, American whistler, bandleader, singer, and radio personality
• Erin Tanner, American singer
• Franz Tanner, Swiss curler, World and European champion
• Gid Tanner, American fiddler
• Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter
• James T. Tanner, English dramatist
• John Sigismund Tanner, British engraver, originally from Coburg in the Holy Roman Empire
• Jürg Tanner, Swiss curler, World and European champion
• Libby Tanner, Australian actress
• Marion Tanner, American actress known as Marion Marshall
• Nick Tanner, British comedian
• Paul Tanner, American musician
• Robin Tanner, British artist
• Stella Tanner, British actress
• Twila Tanner, reality television contestant
• William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, American film director known as William Desmond Taylor

  Characters

• Bill Tanner, from the James Bond series
• Elsie Tanner, a character in Coronation Street British soap opera
• D.J. Tanner, a character in Full House television series
• Danny Tanner, a character in Full House television series
• Evan Michael Tanner, from the novels of Lawrence Block
• Dennis Tanner, a character in Coronation Street British soap opera
• John "Jack" Tanner, a lead character in the George Bernard Shaw play Man and Superman
• Michelle Tanner, a character in Full House television series
• Officer John Tanner, main protagonist in the Driver video games
• Stephanie Tanner, a character in Full House television series
• Thomas and Cyril Tanner, characters from "The Infernal Devices" series by Cassandra Clare
• Tanner family, a character in ALF television series
• Tanner, a title character in an episode of the Daniel Boone television series
• Eric Tanner, a main character in American Crime tv series season 2

  Health and science

• Adam Tanner , Austrian Jesuit mathematician and philosopher
• Amy Tanner, American psychologist
• Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, African-American physician
• Henry Schenck Tanner, American cartographer
• Joseph R. Tanner, American astronaut
• James Mourilyan Tanner, British pediatrician
• Rosalind Tanner, German-English mathematician
• Väinö Tanner, Finnish geographer and diplomat
• Wilmer W. Tanner, American zoologist
• Zera Luther Tanner, American naval officer, inventor, and oceanographer
• Zorica Pantic-Tanner, engineer

  Politics

• Charles Albert Tanner, Canadian politician
• Gloria Tanner, American politician
• John Riley Tanner, American politician
• John S. Tanner, U.S. Congressman from Tennessee
• Klaudia Tanner, Austrian politician
• Lindsay Tanner, Australian politician
• Myra Tanner Weiss, American communist
• Nathan Eldon Tanner, Canadian politician
• Tazewell B. Tanner, American politician
• Väinö Tanner, Finnish Prime Minister

  Religion

• J. Paul Tanner, professor and author in the field of Old Testament studies
• Conrad Tanner, Swiss abbot
• Jacob Tanner, Norwegian American Lutheran educator and author
• Jerald and Sandra Tanner, American critics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Matthias Tanner, German Jesuit
• Nathan Eldon Tanner, Canadian politician & LDS leader
• Simon the Tanner, Coptic saint
• Thomas Tanner , English bishop and antiquary
• Thomas Tanner , English clergyman and writer

  Sports

• Adam Tanner , English footballer
• Chuck Tanner, American baseball manager
• Elaine Tanner, Canadian swimmer
• Evan Tanner, American mixed martial arts fighter
• Hamp Tanner, American football player
• Haydn Tanner, Welsh rugby player
• Lauri Tanner, Finnish gymnast and international footballer
• Nick Tanner , English footballer
• Ray Tanner, American baseball coach
• Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player
• Troy Tanner, American volleyball player

  Other

• Stephen J. Tanner, Canadian police officer
• Joseph Robson Tanner, English historian