Steiner (surname)
Steiner is a German surname (derived from Stein, meaning a stone, or rock). The name is of Bavarian origin and refers to a person dwelling near a stone, or rock boundary. The name Steiner is common in Bavaria, Switzerland (9th most common surname [1]) and Austria (7th most common surname). [2]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Achim Steiner (born 1961), German expert in environmental politics
- Anton Steiner (born 1958), Austrian skier
- Ben Steiner (1921–1988), American baseball player
- Cecil C. Steiner (1896–1989), American orthodontist
- Charley Steiner (born 1949), American sportscaster
- Christophe Steiner (born 1958), Monegasque politician
- Claude Steiner (born 1935), clinical psychologist and transactional analyst
- David J. Steiner (1965-2016), American documentary filmmaker, educator and political activist
- Endre Steiner (1901–1944), Hungarian-born chess player
- Felix Steiner (1896–1966), German Waffen-SS officer
- Ferdinand Steiner, gymnast from Bohemia
- Franz Baermann Steiner (1909–1952), German/Czech anthropologist, polymath and poet
- Fred Steiner (1923–2011), American composer
- George Steiner (born 1929), literary critic
- Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), German zoologist
- Gitta Steiner (1932–1990), American composer
- Guenther Steiner, Italian motorsport engineer and manager
- Herman Steiner (1905–1955), American chess champion, organizer, and columnist
- Herman G. Steiner (1897–1982), American sports coach
- Hillel Steiner, Canadian professor of political philosophy
- Hugo Steiner, Swiss endocrinologist
- Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), Swiss geometer and mathematician, cf. Steiner tree
- John Steiner (born 1941), English actor
- John Michael Steiner (1925-2014), Czech-American sociologist and Holocaust researcher
- Joshua Steiner (born ca. 1980), Colorado author in science fiction
- Karel Steiner, Czech footballer
- Kilian von Steiner (1833–1903), German banker and industrialist
- Lajos Steiner (1903–1975), Hungarian–born Australian chess master
- Lewis Henry Steiner (1827–1892), American physician and librarian
- Matthias Steiner (born 1982), Austrian-German weightlifter
- Max Steiner (1888–1971), Hollywood film composer
- Maximilian Steiner (1839–1880), Austrian actor and theatre manager
- Paul Steiner (born 1957), German football player
- Peter "Cool Man" Steiner (1917–2007), music-making Swiss advertising character
- Ralph Steiner (1899–1986), American photographer
- Red Steiner (1915–2001), American baseball player
- Richard C Steiner (born 1945), Professor of Semitics at Yeshiva University
- Rick Steiner (born 1961), American wrestler
- Robert Steiner (disambiguation)
- Rolf Steiner (born 1933), German soldier of fortune
- Roswitha Steiner (born 1963), Austrian alpine skier
- Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), Austrian philosopher, educator, and mystic, founder of anthroposophy
- Samuel Steiner German-Japanese-American Voice Actor
- Scott Steiner (born 1962), American wrestler
- Scott A. Steiner (born 1973), American judge
- Stjepan Steiner (1915–2006), Croatian physician, cardiologist and personal physician of Josip Tito
- Tim Steiner (businessman) (born 1969), British businessman, CEO of Ocado
- Tito Steiner (born 1952), Argentine decathlete
- Victor Steiner, Sr., Salvadoran scouting official
- Walter Steiner (born 1951), Swiss ski jumper
- William Steiner (born 1937), American politician and child advocate
- Yaromir Steiner (born 1952), real estate developer
- Yeshaya Steiner (1851–1925), rabbi, founder of the Kerestir Hasidic dynasty
Fictional
- Adelbert Steiner, fictional character from the video game Final Fantasy IX
- Friedrich Steiner, fictional Nazi scientist and antagonist from the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops
- House Steiner, fictional Inner Sphere family from the BattleTech game franchise
- Kurt Steiner, fictional Oberst (Colonel) in the German Fallschirmjäger (Paratroopers) in the John Sturges directed World War II film The Eagle Has Landed
- Rion Steiner, fictional character and protagonist of the video game Galerians
- Rolf Steiner, fictional German Platoon Sergeant in the Sam Peckinpah directed World War II film Cross of Iron
- Rudy Steiner, fictional character of the book The Book Thief
References
- ↑ Damaris Nübling, Antje Dammel: Das deutsche Personennamensystem. Mainz, S. 9 (pdf)
- ↑ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/steiner
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