Körner Explained

Körner, also rendered Koerner, or Korner is a German surname which may refer to

People

• Alexis Korner (1928–1984), born Koerner, musician
• Alfred Körner (1926–2020), Austrian footballer
• August Theodor Koerner (1843–1912), American politician
• Brendan I. Koerner (born 1974), contributing editor for Wired magazine
• Christian Gottfried Körner (1756–1831), German writer and lawyer
• David Korner (1914–1976), Romanian and French communist militant
• Diana Körner (born 1944), German actress
• E. F. K. Koerner (1939–2022), German and Canadian professor of linguistics
• Edith Körner (1921–2000), British magistrate, married to Stephan Körner, mother of Thomas William Körner
• Friedrich Körner (1921–1998), German World War II flying ace
• Gabriel Köerner (born 1982), visual effects artist
• Gustav Koerner (1809–1896), German revolutionary, American politician
• Hal Koerner, American ultramarathon runner
• Henry Koerner, Austrian-American painter
• Hildegard Körner (born 1959), German athlete
• Joseph Koerner (born 1958), US art historian
• John Korner (born 1967), painter based in Copenhagen
• John Koerner (1938–2024), American singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Jules Gilmer Korner Jr. (1888–1967), judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
• Jules G. Körner III (1922–2000), judge of the United States Tax Court
• Julius Körner (1870–?), German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics
• Moritz Körner (born 1990), German politician
• Oskar Körner (1875–1923), killed as participant of Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch
• Paul Körner (1893–1957), German Nazi official
• Robert Körner (1925–1989), Austrian footballer
• Roy Koerner (1932–2008)
• Rudolf Körner (1892–?), German gymnast in the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Stephan Körner (1913–2000), philosopher, husband of Edith, father of Thomas William
• "Spider" John Koerner, guitarist and vocalist for the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover
• Theodor Körner (author) (1791–1813), German poet and soldier
• Theodor Körner (president) (1873–1957), Austrian general and President of Austria
• Thomas William Körner (1946), British mathematician and author
• Thomas Körner (writer) (born 1942), German writer
• Thomas Körner (cartoonist) (born 1960), German cartoonist
• Walter Koerner (1898–1995), Canadian businessman
• Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner (1878–1938), painter
• Wilhelm Körner (1839–1925), German chemist

Places

• Körner, Germany, is a municipality in the Unstrut-Hainich district of Thuringia, Germany.

See also

• Korn (disambiguation)