Turner



Gender:
Origin: English
1275 famous people named Turner found on Wikipedia.
8488 male, 265 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 896-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 358-th in year 1888

Meanings

Turner is a given name derived from turning
Turner Ashby (1828–1862), Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War
Turner Barber (1893–1968), professional baseball player for the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins
Turner Battle (born 1983), American former basketball point guard for the University at Buffalo Bulls
Turner Cassity (1929–2009), American poet, playwright, and short story writer
Turner Catledge (1901–1983), American journalist, best known for his work at The New York Times
Turner Gill (born 1962), currently the head football coach at Liberty University
Turner A. Gill (1841–1919), Democrat Kansas City Mayor in 1875 and 1876
Turner Layton (1894–1978), American songwriter, singer and pianist
Turner M. Marquette (1831–1894), Nebraska Republican politician, the first house representative for the state
Turner Gustavus Morehead (1814–1892), officer in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War and Brigadier General in the Union Army
Turner Saunders (1782–1854), noted Methodist preacher
Turner Stevenson (born 1972), Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, and Philadelphia Flyers
Turner Ward (born 1965), former professional baseball player


C. 1400, "one who works a lathe," agent noun from turn (v.). As a surname from late 12c.


One who crafts objects using a lathe, lathe worker.

Famous People: 1275 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Tina Turner 1939 Singer, dancer, actress, and author
2 Nat Turner 1800 Slave rebellion leader
3 Aidan Turner 1983 Irish actor
4 Kathleen Turner 1954 Actress
5 Alex Turner 1986 Musician
6 J. M. W. Turner 1775 British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker
7 Lana Turner 1921 American actress
8 Ike Turner 1931 American musician
9 Will Turner
10 Bree Turner 1977 American female actress.
11 Evan Turner 1988 American basketball player
12 Janine Turner 1962 American actress
13 Toby Turner 1985 American YouTuber
14 Frank Turner 1981 English singer-songwriter
15 Anthea Turner 1960 English television presenter and media personality
16 Lacey Turner 1988 Actress
17 Josh Turner 1977 American singer-songwriter
18 Myles Turner 1996 American basketball player
19 Mary Turner 1899 American murder victim
20 Callum Turner 1990 English actor
21 Norv Turner 1952 American football player and coach
22 Tyrin Turner 1971 American actor
23 Joe Lynn Turner 1951 American singer
24 Cole Turner Fictional character
25 Justin Turner 1984 American baseball player
26 Nina Turner 1967 American politician
27 Trea Turner 1993 American baseball player
28 Fred L. Turner 1933 American businessman
29 Sylvester Turner 1954 American politician
30 Aiden Turner 1977 British actor
31 Debbie Turner 1956 American actress
32 Cherry Turner
33 Frederick Jackson Turner 1861 American historian
34 Pamela Rogers Turner 1977 American sex offender
35 Violet Turner
36 Big Joe Turner 1911 American blues shouter
37 Turner Gill 1962 American college football player, Canadian professional football player, college football coach, professional football coach
38 Hal Turner 1962 American holocaust denier
39 Guinevere Turner 1968 American actress and writer
40 Amber Turner Fictional character in the Australian TV series Neighbours
41 Nischelle Turner American television anchor
42 Ruby Turner 1958 British R&B and soul singer, songwriter and actress
43 Travis Turner 1987 Canadian actor and musician
44 Lynn Turner 1968 Murderer
45 Aaron Turner 1977 American musician, artist and record label owner
46 Chester Turner 1966 Serial killer
47 Stansfield Turner 1923 Former United States Navy admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College
48 Bill Turner
49 Brian Kevin Turner 1965 American businessman
50 Beverley Turner 1973 British motorsport announcer
51 Kreesha Turner 1985 Canadian Musician
52 Jane Turner 1960 Australian comedian
53 Lowri Turner 1964 British television presenter
54 Richmond K. Turner 1885 Admiral in the United States Navy
55 Kristopher Turner 1980 Canadian actor
56 Hayley Turner 1983 British jockey
57 Victor Turner 1920 Anthropologist
58 Trai Turner 1993 American football player
59 Caren Z. Turner
60 Karri Turner 1966 American actress
61 Timmy Turner Fictional character and the protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents
62 Owen Turner
63 Raquel Turner
64 William Thomas Turner 1856 Captain of the Lusitania
65 Ron Turner 1953 American football player and coach
66 Debbye Turner 1965 American model
67 Afida Turner 1976
68 Nik Turner 1940 English musician
69 Jacob Turner 1991 Baseball pitcher from the United States
70 Glenn Turner 1947 Cricketer
71 Bob Turner 1941 American media executive and politician
72 Henry McNeal Turner 1834 Union Army chaplain and Methodist bishop
73 Jared Turner 1978 New Zealand actor
74 Zara Turner 1968 Northern Irish actor
75 Erik Turner 1964 American heavy metal musician
76 Ben Turner 1980 British actor
77 Billy Turner 1991 American football player
78 Joel Turner 1987 Australian rapper
79 Matt Turner
80 Ted Turner 1950 British musician
81 Andrew Turner 1953 British politician
82 Bridget Turner 1939 British actress
83 Stephanie Turner 1944 British actress
84 Turner Ashby 1828 Confederate Army general
85 Sophie Turner 1984 Australian model
86 Tanya Turner
87 Kevin Turner 1958 American football player
88 Curtis Turner 1924 American racing driver
89 Alan Turner Fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale
90 Cassie Turner Fictional human
91 Yolande Turner 1935
92 D. M. Turner 1962 American drug researcher
93 Jeff Turner 1962 Basketball player
94 Daisy Turner 1883 American storyteller
95 Iain Turner 1984 Footballer
96 Graham Turner 1947 Footballer and manager
97 Frank C. Turner 1951 Canadian actor
98 Megan Whalen Turner 1965 American children's writer
99 Mike Turner 1963 British musician
100 Lachlan Turner 1987 Australian rugby union player
101 Mason Turner
102 Bailey Turner
103 Turner Ward 1965 American baseball player
104 Keena Turner 1958 American football player
105 Roscoe Turner 1895 American airplane racer
106 Garth Turner 1949 Canadian politician
107 Donnell Turner 1973
108 Brad Turner 2000 Canadian film director, television director and photographer
109 Tim Turner 1924 English actor
110 Patrick Turner 1987 American football player
111 Barbara Turner 1936 American screenwriter and actress
112 Vickery Turner 1945 British actress
113 Edward Turner 1901 British motorcycle designer
114 Jann Turner 1964 Film director, television director
115 Elizabeth Turner American slalom canoer
116 DJ Gina Turner 1984 American disc jockey
117 Sheldon Turner Screenwriter
118 William Turner 1510 English Protestant reformer, physician and natural historian
119 Bobby Turner 1949 American football coach
120 Bulldog Turner 1919 American football player and coach
121 Paige Turner Comedian
122 Darren Turner 1974 Racing driver, 2012-2016 World Endurance Championship driver
123 Teddy Turner 1917 British actor
124 Vernon Turner 1967 American football player
125 Nadia Turner 1977 American singer
126 Sonny Turner 1939 American singer
127 Reginald Turner 1869 English writer
128 Hazel Turner American murder victim
129 Jordan Turner 1989 British rugby league player
130 Wayne Turner 1976 An American professional basketball player
131 Benjamin S. Turner 1825 American politician
132 Julia Turner Journalist
133 Sukhi Turner 1952 New Zealand politician
134 Simon Fisher Turner 1954 English actor and musician
135 Steve Turner 1949 British writer
136 Janice Turner British journalist
137 Brian Turner 1967 American poet
138 Elston Turner 1959 American basketball player-coach
139 Tyler Turner 1996 Footballer
140 Charles Henry Turner 1867 American zoologist
141 Edward Raymond Turner 1873 British inventor and cinematographer
142 Landon Turner 1993
143 John Mosely Turner 1856 British supercentenarian
144 Sebastian Turner 1966 German author
145 Othar Turner 1907 American fife player
146 Florence Turner 1885 American actress
147 Mick Turner 1960 Australian musician and artist
148 Turner Catledge 1901 American journalist
149 Nate Turner 1969 American football player
150 Charles Tennyson Turner 1808 English poet
151 Geills Turner 1937 First Lady of Canada
152 Randy Turner 1949 American singer
153 Dale Turner 1941 American musician
154 Derek Turner 1932 English rugby league footballer, and coach
155 Mary Lou Turner 1947 American country singer
156 Michael Turner 1948 British businessman
157 Joan Turner 1922 British actor and singer
158 Bryan S. Turner 1945 British and Australian sociologist
159 Russell Turner 1970 American basketball coach and player
160 Stephen Barker Turner 1968 American actor
161 Rick Turner 1942 South African philosopher
162 Claramae Turner 1920 American opera singer
163 Turner Layton 1894 American musician
164 Nick Turner Drummer
165 Andre Turner 1964 American basketball player
166 Monica Turner American ecologist
167 R. Gerald Turner 1945 American church leader
168 Ethel Turner 1872 Australian writer
169 Rhys Turner 1995 English footballer
170 Ashton Turner 1993 Australian cricketer
171 Gary Turner 1970 British martial artist
172 Eva Turner 1892 Singer
173 David Turner 1946 British computer scientist
174 Sharon Turner 1768 English historian
175 Martin Turner 1950 MARTIN TURNER
176 Clorinda Matto de Turner 1852 Peruvian writer
177 Richard Turner 1968 New Zealand rugby union player
178 Paul Turner 1986
179 Mark Turner 1954 American cognitive scientist
180 Matthew Turner English physician and theologian
181 Grace Turner
182 Henry Ashby Turner 1932 American historian
183 Scott Turner 1972 State Representative and former NFL Player
184 Adrian Turner 1977 British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist
185 Jack Turner 1968 Australian writer
186 Juliet Turner Northern Irish singer
187 Fred Turner American writer
188 Jonathan H. Turner 1942 American sociologist
189 Eric Turner 1963 Retired American professional basketball player
190 Don Turner 2000 American boxing trainer
191 Ralph Lilley Turner 1888 English Indian languages philologist and university administrator
192 Jesse Lee Turner American singer
193 James John Turner Phillips 1932 English lyricist
194 Dean Turner 1972 Australian musician
195 Chris Turner 1987 Irish footballer
196 Georgia Turner 1921 American singer
197 Jim Turner American singer
198 Richard Ernest William Turner 1871 Recipient of the Victoria Cross
199 Sammy Turner 1932 American singer
200 Jerry Turner 1929 American television news anchorman at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland