Posner is a surname of German origin, meaning "a person from the city of Posen", now Poznań in Poland. It is a fairly common surname among Ashkenazi Jews. Variants of the name are Posener and Pozner. Notable people with the surname include:
Aaron Posner, American playwright and stage director Ari Posner (born 1970), Canadian film and television music composer Barry Posner (physician) (born 1937), Canadian physician and research scientist Barry Posner (leadership scholar) (born 1949), American academic Carl Posner (1854–1928), German urologist Daniel Posner, American political scientist David M. Posner (1947–2018), American rabbi David Posner, fictional character in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys Donald Posner (1931–2005), American art historian and author Ed Posner (1933–1993), American information theorist and neural network researcher Elieser Posner (born 1937), American grain scientist Eric Posner (born 1965), American jurist and academic Ernst Posner (1892–1980), Prussian state archivist Gary H. Posner (1943–2018), American chemist Geoff Posner (born 1949), British producer of television and radio comedy Gerald Posner (born 1954), American journalist and author Henry Posner III (born 1955), American investor and rail entrepreneur Herbert A. Posner (1925–2018), American politician from New York Jerome B. Posner (born 1932), American neurologist Kenneth Posner, American lighting designer Lindsay Posner (born 1959), British theatre director Michael Posner (economist) (1931–2006), British economist and academic Michael Posner (journalist) (born 1947), Canadian journalist and biographer Michael Posner (lawyer) (born 1950), American lawyer, human rights activist, federal official Michael Posner (psychologist) (born 1936), American psychologist Mike Posner (born 1988), American rapper, Neal Pozner (1955–1994), sometimes credited as Neil Pozner, art director, editor, and writer known for his work in the comic book industry Rebecca Posner (1929–2018), British philologist, linguist and academic Richard Posner (born 1939), American judge and jurist Roland Posner (1942–2020), German semiotician and linguist Ruth Posner (1929–2025), Polish-British actress, dancer and choreographer Sarah Posner, American journalist and author Seymour Posner (1925–1988), American politician Steven Posner (1943–2010), American corporate raider Tess Posner, American social entrepreneur and musician Tracy Posner (born 1962), American actress, animal rights rescuer and activist Trisha Posner (born 1951), British non-fiction writer, wife of Gerald Posner Victor Posner (1918–2002), American entrepreneur, father of Tracy Vladimir Pozner Jr. (born 1934), French-born Russian-American journalist and broadcaster Vladimir Pozner Sr. (1908–1975), Soviet spy Vladimir Pozner (writer) (1905–1992), French writer and translator, cousin of Vladimir Pozner Sr. Walter Posner (born 1953), German football player Zalman I. Posner (1927–2014), American rabbi and writer
See also Posener Posen
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