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Brunner came from TyrolGerman Tyrol
German Tyrol is a historical region in the Alps now divided between Austria and Italy. It includes largely ethnic German areas of historical County of Tyrol: the Austrian state of Tyrol and the province of South Tyrol but not the largely Italian-speaking province of Trentino .-History:German...
ean and Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n place names, or Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
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- Alois BrunnerAlois BrunnerAlois Brunner is an Austrian Nazi war criminal. Brunner was Adolf Eichmann's assistant, and Eichmann referred to Brunner as his "best man." As commander of the Drancy internment camp outside Paris from June 1943 to August 1944, Brunner is held responsible for sending some 140,000 European Jews to...
(born 1912), Austrian Nazi war criminal - Alex BrunnerAlex BrunnerAlex Brunner is a former Italian footballer.-Early career:Brunner started his career at hometown club Triestina. After the club relegated to Serie C1 in summer 1991, Brunner gained his place in first team, made 5 appearances in two Serie C1 seasons...
(born 1973) Italian footballer - Arnold BrunnerArnold BrunnerArnold William Brunner was an American architect who was born and died in New York City. Brunner was educated in New York and in Manchester, England. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied under William R. Ware. Early in his career, he worked in the architectural...
(1857–1925), American architect - Benny Brunner Benny BrunnerBenny Brunner is an Israeli-Dutch filmmaker based in Amsterdam since 1986. He studied at Tel Aviv University Art Faculty’s Film & Television Department.-Filmography:*State of Suspension *The Concrete Curtain *The Wall...
(born 1954), Israeli-Dutch filmmaker - Christiane BrunnerChristiane BrunnerChristiane Brunner , is a Swiss female politician and a licensed lawyer.-Career:Brunner has occupied the following positions:*Deputy of the Great Council of the Canton of Geneva, 1981–1990...
(born 1947), Swiss politician and advocate - Constantin BrunnerConstantin BrunnerConstantin Brunner was the pen-name of the German Jewish philosopher Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer . He was born in Altona . He came from a prominent Jewish family that had lived in the vicinity of Hamburg for generations; his grandfather, Akiba Wertheimer, was chief Rabbi of Altona and Schleswig-Holstein...
, the pen-name of German philosopher Leopold Wertheimer - Dominik BrunnerDominik BrunnerDominik Florian Brunner was a German businessman. He was the CFO of Erlus AG, Germany’s largest roof tile manufacturer. He was killed in a fight which resulted from Brunner trying to protect a group of school children from attacks by teenagers.-Biography:Brunner was born to a family of entrepreneurs...
(1959-2009), German manager - Edouard BrunnerEdouard BrunnerEdouard Brunner was a Swiss diplomat, ambassador, and United Nations mediator of Bernese origin.Brunner was born in Istanbul. A product of a diplomatic family, he studied law in Geneva and entered the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in 1956...
(1932-2007), Swiss diplomat - Elizabeth Irving BrunnerElizabeth IrvingDorothea Elizabeth Irving OBE, JP was a British actress, the daughter of actors H. B. Irving and Dorothea Baird, and the grand-daughter of Victorian era stage star Henry Irving. Her older brother was the Hollywood set designer and art director Laurence Irving...
(1904-2003), actress and founder of the Keep Britain TidyKeep Britain TidyKeep Britain Tidy is a British campaign run by the Keep Britain Tidy environmental charity, which is part funded by the UK government. The majority of their campaigning is around the issue of litter. They have been using "Keep Britain Tidy" as their slogan for almost fifty years...
Campaign - Emil BrunnerEmil BrunnerHeinrich Emil Brunner was a Swiss Protestant theologian. Along with Karl Barth , he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement....
(1889–1966), Swiss theologian - Fernand BrunnerFernand BrunnerFernand Brunner was a Swiss philosopher. After studying in Lausanne and in Paris, became a professor at the University of Neuchâtel.He united philosophical introspection with the study of the History of Philosophy in a personalized manner...
(1920–1991), Swiss philosopher - Frank BrunnerFrank BrunnerFrank Brunner is an American comic book artist and illustrator best known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s.-Comics:...
, American comic book artist - Heinrich Brunner (1840-1915), German historian
- Henry BrunnerHenry BrunnerHeinrich Brunner was a German historian born at Wels in Upper Austria. After studying at the universities of Vienna, Göttingen and Berlin, he became professor at the University of Lemberg in 1866, and in quick succession held similar positions at Prague, Strasbourg and Berlin.From 1872 Brunner...
(1838-1916), English chemist - Hugo BrunnerHugo BrunnerSir Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner KCVO JP , was Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, England, between 1996 and 2008. He was succeeded by Tim Stevenson.Hugo Brunner is the son of Sir Felix John Morgan Brunner, 3rd Bt...
, (born 1935) Lord Lieutenant of OxfordshireLord Lieutenant of OxfordshireThis is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Oxfordshire.*Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1545*vacant?*Sir Francis Knollys in 1565...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Jennifer L. Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State
- Johann Conrad von BrunnerJohann Conrad BrunnerJohann Conrad Brunner was a Swiss anatomist from Diessenhofen. He studied medicine in Schaffhausen, Strasbourg and Paris. At Schaffhausen he studied under Johann Jakob Wepfer , who was also his father-in-law...
(1653–1727), Swiss anatomist - John K. H. BrunnerJohn Brunner (novelist)John Kilian Houston Brunner was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1968 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. It also won the BSFA award the same year...
(1934–1995), British science-fiction writer - John Tomlinson BrunnerJohn Tomlinson BrunnerSir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet, DL was a British chemical industrialist and Liberal Party politician. At Hutchinson's alkali works in Widnes he rose to the position of general manager...
(1842-1919), British industrialist and politician - John Fowler Leece BrunnerSir John Brunner, 2nd BaronetSir John Fowler Leece Brunner, 2nd Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.Brunner was the eldest son of industrialist Sir John Tomlinson Brunner...
(1865-1929), British politician, son of the above - Marisa BrunnerMarisa BrunnerMarisa Brunner is a Swiss football goalkeeper, currently playing for SC Freiburg in Germany's Bundesliga. She previously played for FC Aarau and SC LUwin.ch...
(born 1982), Swiss football goalkeeper - Martin BrunnerMartin BrunnerMartin Brunner is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper, who was capped 36 times for the Swiss national team. He was an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.-Clubs:* 1983-1994: Grasshopper-Club Zürich...
(born 1963), Swiss football player - Mary BrunnerMary BrunnerMary Theresa Brunner is a former member of the Manson Family who was present during the 1969 murder of Gary Allen Hinman, a California musician and UCLA Ph.D. candidate in sociology...
(born 1943), American former "Manson Family" member - Nicole BrunnerNicole BrunnerNicole Brunner is an American model and actress, best known for her role on the television series Roswell.-Filmography:*Jack and Jill ....Mikey's Date*CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...
(born 1980), American Actress - Otto BrunnerOtto BrunnerOtto Brunner was an Austrian historian. He is best known for his work on later medieval and early modern European social history....
(1898–1982), Austrian historian - Robert BrunnerRobert BrunnerRobert Brunner is an American industrial designer, most notably known for design work for Apple Computer in the early 1990s.- Biography :Brunner received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design from San José State University in 1981. After working as a designer and project manager at...
, American industrial designer - Robert Brunner (born 1938), American composer
- Roland BrunnerRoland BrunnerRoland Brunner is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 in Albertville, France.-References:*...
(born 1970), Austrian ice speed skater - Thomas BrunnerThomas BrunnerThomas Brunner was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the western coastal areas of New Zealand's South Island....
(1821–1874), surveyor and explorer - Walter BrunnerWalter BrunnerWalter Brunner was an Italian luger who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1984 FIL European Luge Championships in Olang, Italy.-References:*...
(born 1948), Swiss building contractor - William Otto BrunnerWilliam Otto BrunnerWilliam Otto Brunner was a Swiss astronomer.From 1926 until 1945 he was the director of the Swiss Federal Observatory. He continued the series of Zurich sunspot observations that was begun in 1864 by the observatory founder, Rudolf Wolf...
(1878–1958), Swiss astronomer - Karl Brunner (born 1916), monetarist economist
Fictional people
- Hermann BrunnerHermann BrunnerSS-Sturmbannführer Herman Brunner is a recurrent supporting character from the Polish popular TV series More Than Life at Stake...
, a character from More Than Life at StakeStawka wieksza niz zycieStawka większa niż życie is a very successful cult Polish black and white TV series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss , who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.The series was... - Brunner the Bounty Hunter, a character created by author C.L. Werner whose tales take place in the WarhammerWarhammer Fantasy (setting)Warhammer Fantasy is a fantasy setting, created by Games Workshop, which is used by many of the company's games. Some of the best-known games set in this world are: the table top wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay pen-and-paper role-playing game, and the MMORPG...
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Places
- In New Zealand, named for Thomas Brunner:
- Brunner, New ZealandBrunner, New ZealandBrunner is a town in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. Together with Taylorville and Dobson to the south-west, it had a population of 672 at the 2006 census. It is 12 kilometres to the east of Greymouth, on the south bank of the Grey River. It is on the Midland Line railway near its...
- Lake BrunnerLake BrunnerLake Brunner is the largest lake in the northwestern South Island of New Zealand, covering an area of 40 km². The lake's outflow is the Arnold River, a tributary of the Grey River. The lake lies 31 kilometres to the southeast of Greymouth...
- Brunner MineBrunner MineThe Brunner Mine was a coal mine on the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand.The Brunner Mine was one of several mines situated on the banks of the Grey River, at an area known as "Coal Gorge" between the townships of Stillwater and Taylorville...
- Brunner, New Zealand
- In the United States
- Brunner, HoustonBrunner, HoustonBrunner is an area within Houston that was at one time a distinct community. Brunner was in west central Harris County, along the Houston and Texas Central Railway and west of Houston. In 1895 Brunner's population was 500, and it had two churches, a Baptist college, a public school, a saloon, and...
- Brunner, Houston
- On the Moon, named for William Otto Brunner:
- Brunner (crater)Brunner (crater)Brunner is a lunar impact crater that is located along the eastern limb of the Moon, to the southeast of the Mare Smythii. At this location the crater is viewed from the edge, and so it is not possible to see much detail from the Earth. The visibility of this formation is also affected by libration...
- Brunner (crater)
See also
- Yul BrynnerYul BrynnerYul Brynner was a Russian-born actor of stage and film. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times on...
(1915–1985), Russian-born film and stage actor - Brenner (disambiguation)
- Brun (disambiguation), Brunn (disambiguation)/BrünnBrunnBrunn or Brünn may refer to:Places* Brünn, the German form of the Czech city Brno* Brunn, Upper Palatinate, a town in Bavaria, Germany* Brunn, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany...
, Bruner (disambiguation) - BronBronBron is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It lies east of Lyon. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side. It forms part of the Urban Community of Lyon.-History:...
, Bronn (disambiguation), BronnerBronnerBronner is the surname of:* David G. Bronner , American businessman* E. H. Bronner , soapmaker* Ethan Bronner , American journalist* Gerhard Bronner , Austrian composer... - Braun (disambiguation)/BrownBrownBrown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red, rose, or yellow with black or gray. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color....
, BraunerBraunerBrauner may refer to:* Bay , a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs-Surname:* Artur Brauner , also called Atze Brauner, a German film producer and entrepreneur... - BreuerBreuerA number of notable people are known by the surname Breuer* Carolyn Breuer, German musician* Eric Breuer, Swiss archaeologist and historian* Hans Breuer , German physicist* Hans Breuer , German mayor...
, Brouer/BrouwerBrouwerBrouwer is a Dutch and Flemish surname. The word brouwer means 'beer brewer'.- Brouwer :* Adriaen Brouwer , Flemish painter* Andries Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and computer programmer...
, BrewerBrewerBrewer may refer to:*Brewer, someone who makes beer by brewing*Brewer , a disambiguation page that lists people with the surname Brewer*Brewer, Maine, a city in southern Penobscot County, Maine, United States, near the city of Bangor...
(includes Americanized translation of Germanic Brenner)