Lerner

Lerner is a German family name. It also can be German-Jewish surname, as Jews historically took the names of their adopted homes. Its literal meaning can be either "student" or "scholar".

It may refer to:

Organizations

• Lerner Enterprises, a real estate company.
• Lerner Newspapers
• Lerner Publishing Group, a publisher of children's literature.
• Lerner New York, the former name of the New York & Company clothing chain

People

• Aaron Bunsen Lerner (1920–2007), American physician, researcher and professor.
• Abba Lerner, American economist
• Adam Lerner
• Al Lerner, billionaire, chairman of MBNA
• Al Lerner (composer), American musician, pianist, and big band leader
• Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist and librettist
• Alejandro Lerner, Argentine musician
• Avi Lerner, film producer
• Ben Lerner, American poet
• Claire Lerner
• Dan Lerner, American television director and producer
• David Lerner (1951-1997?), American poet
• Edward (Ned) Lerner, computer-game maker
• Edward M. Lerner, science-fiction writer
• Eric Lerner
• Gad Lerner, Italian journalist and writer
• George Lerner, inventor of the toy Mr. Potato Head
• Gerda Lerner, a founder of the fields of women and African American history
• Irving Lerner, alleged Soviet spy in the US during World War II
• Jaime Lerner, architect and urban planner, Brazilian state governor
• Jennifer Lerner, professor and experimental social psychologist
• Jimmy Lerner
• Ken Lerner, American actor
• Konstantin Lerner, Ukrainian chess grandmaster
• Laurence Lerner, literary critic, poet and novelist
• Leo Lerner, a newspaper publisher
• Mason Lerner, American journalist, humorist and artist
• Max Lerner, American journalist and educator
• Melvin J. Lerner, professor of social psychology
• Michael Lerner:
  • Michael Lerner (rabbi), rabbi and left-wing political activist
  • Michael Lerner (actor)
• Murray Lerner, American film director and producer
• Osip Mikhailovich Lerner, 19th century Russian Jewish intellectual and lawyer
• Randy Lerner, American entrepreneur and sports team owner
• Richard Lerner, American research chemist
• Robert E. Lerner, American medieval historian
• Samuel Lerner, Romanian songwriter American theater and film.
• Samuel A. Lerner, Co-founder Lerner Shops, father of Alan J.
• Sam Lerner, American child actor
• Sandra Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems
• Sara Hestrin-Lerner, Israeli physiologist.
• Sidney B. Lerner, Manitoba judge
• Stephen Lerner
• Ted Lerner, billionaire, real estate developer, and owner of the Washington Nationals.
• Theodor Lerner, German journalist and polar explorer

Other

• Lerner Index
• "Lerner Exchange," an illegal maneuver figuring in the conviction of ex-media baron Conrad Black