Kantner is a German locational surname, which originally meant a person from places called named Kanten in Prussia or Silesia.Dictionary of American Family Names. "Kantner Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 20 January 2016. Alternatively, Kanter can be an occupational surname for a maker of wooden racks or trestles for alcohol barrels, derived from the Middle High German kanter ("barrel rack"). The name may refer to:
China Kantner (born 1971), American actress Harold D. Kantner (1886–1973), American aviator Konrad V Kantner (1385–1439), Polish duke Paul Kantner (1941–2016), American musician Seth Kantner (born 1965), American writer
See also Cantner, surname
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