Warner (surname) explained
Warner is an English surname which was brought from the Norman French Warnier, and derived from the Old Norse Verner or Wærn. The name ultimately derived from the Germanic name Warinheri which composes of the elements warin meaning 'guard' and heri meaning 'army'. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Surname
- Albert Warner (1883–1967), one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios
- Albert Warner (umpire) (1921-?), South African cricket umpire
- Alexander Warner (1827–1914), American businessman and politician
- Alf Warner (born 1979), English footballer
- Amelia Warner (born 1982), British actress
- Amos Griswold Warner (1861–1900), an American social worker
- Andrew S. Warner (1819–1887), New York politician
- Annette Warner, German historian of ancient Egyptian mathematics
- Arthur Warner (1899–1966), English-born Australian businessman and politician
- Augustine Warner (1611–1674), Virginia colonial politician and farmer
- Augustine Warner Jr. (c. 1642 – 1681), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
- Bill Warner (American football) (1881–1944), American college football player and coach
- Bill Warner (motorcycle racer) (1969–2013), American motorcycle racer and land speed record holder
- Brian Warner (astronomer) (1939–2023), British astronomer
- Brian Hugh Warner (born 1969), musician, author, and director better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson
- Carolyn Warner (1930–2018), American politician
- Charles Warner (1846–1909), English actor
- Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900), American essayist and novelist
- Curt Warner (born 1961), American college and professional football running back
- Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st Baronet (1857–1934), politician in the United Kingdom
- Darius B. Warner, brigadier general in the American Civil War
- David Warner (disambiguation) or Dave Warner, multiple people
- Deborah Warner (born 1959), British director of theatre and opera
- Earle S. Warner (1880–1971), New York politician and judge
- Ed Warner (1889–1954), American baseball player
- Ed Warner (basketball) (1929–2002), American college basketball player
- Edward Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Emily Howell Warner (1939–2020), American aviator
- Ezra Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Frank Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fred M. Warner (1865–1923), 26th governor of Michigan
- Frederick Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fred Warner (American football) (born 1996), American football player
- Glenn Scobey Warner (Pop Warner) (1871–1954), American football coach
- Gordon Warner (1913–2010), American martial arts expert
- H. B. Warner (1875–1958), an English actor
- Hans Warner (1844–1896), American politician
- Harry Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hiram B. Warner (1802–1881), Georgia politician
- Horace B. Warner (1876–1915), New York assemblyman
- Ivan Warner (1919–1994), New York politician and judge
- Jack Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jackie Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kade Warner (born 1998), American football player
- Kathleen Warner née Kathleen Davis (1903–1996), Trinidadian actress and radio personality
- Kenneth Warner (1891–1983), Bishop of Edinburgh
- Kirsten Warner (born 1956), New Zealand novelist, poet and journalist
- Kurt Warner (born 1971), NFL quarterback
- Larry Warner (1945–2022), American politician
- LeeAnna Warner (born 1998), American girl who disappeared in 2003
- Levinus Warner (1618–1665), orientalist
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born 1970), American actor, producer and director
- Mark Warner (born 1954), United States senator from Virginia and former governor of Virginia
- Marina Warner (born 1956), British novelist
- Nick Warner (born 1950), Australian diplomat and intelligence official
- Oliver Warner (1903–1976), British naval historian and writer
- Owen Warner (born 1999), English actor
- Pelham Warner (Sir Pelham Francis "Plum" Warner, 1873–1963), English cricketer
- Peter Warner (1931–2021), Australian seafarer and ship's captain
- Rex Warner (1905–1986), English classicist, writer and translator
- Ron Warner (baseball) (born 1968), American baseball coach
- Ross Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sam Warner (1887–1927), one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios
- Samuel Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Seth Warner (1743–1784), huntsman
- Susan Warner (1819–1885), American writer of religious fiction for young people
- Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978), English novelist and poet
- Thomas Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Valentine Warner (born 1972), chef and presenter
- Volney F. Warner (1926–2019), retired U.S. Army general
- William Warner (disambiguation), multiple people
- Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929), American mechanical engineer
