Lerner

Lerner is a common German family name. 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.

People

• Abba Lerner, American economist
• Adam Lerner
• Andrew Lerner American graphic designer, and Internet personality.
• 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
• Edward M. Lerner, science-fiction writer 
• Eric Lerner 1991 book The Big Bang Never Happened
• 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
• 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 
• Samuel "Sammy" Lerner Romanian songwriter  theatre 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
• LernerDesign.com