Turner (given name)

• Turner Ashby, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War
• Turner Barber, professional baseball player for the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins
• Turner Battle, American former basketball point guard for the University at Buffalo Bulls
• Turner Cassity, American poet, playwright, and short story writer
• Turner Catledge, American journalist, best known for his work at The New York Times
• Turner Gill, currently the head football coach at Liberty University
• Turner A. Gill, Democrat Kansas City Mayor in 1875 and 1876
• Turner Layton, American songwriter, singer and pianist
• Turner M. Marquette, Nebraska Republican politician, the first house representative for the state
• Turner Gustavus Morehead, officer in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War and Brigadier General in the Union Army
• Turner Saunders, noted Methodist preacher
• Turner Stevenson, Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, and Philadelphia Flyers
• Turner Ward, former professional baseball player