What is "steiner"

Steiner may refer to:

Steiner is a German surname (derived from Stein, meaning a stone). According to some sources, the surname has also English origins.

Notable people with this surname include:

• Achim Steiner (born 1961), German expert in environmental politics
• Anton Steiner (born 1958), Austrian former alpine skier
• Ben Steiner (1921–1988), Major League Baseball player
• Cecil C. Steiner (1896–1989), American orthodontist
• Charley Steiner (born 1949), American sportscaster
• Christophe Steiner (born 1958), Monegasque politician.
• Claude Steiner (born 1935), clinical psychologist and transactional analyst; author of A Warm Fuzzy Tale
• Emil Steiner (born 1978), Washington Post journalist and author of the novel Drunk Driving
• Endre Steiner (1901–1944), Hungarian chess player
• Felix Steiner (1896–1966), German Waffen-SS officer
• Ferdinand Steiner, gymnast from Bohemia
• Franz Baermann Steiner (1909–1952), German/Czech anthropologist, polymath and poet
• Fred Steiner (1923–2011), American composer
• George Steiner (born 1929), literary critic
• Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), German zoologist
• Gitta Steiner (1932–1990), American composer
• Herman Steiner (1905–1955), American chess champion, organizer, and columnist
• Herman G. Steiner (1897–1982), American college sports coach
• Hillel Steiner, Canadian professor of Political Philosophy
• Hugo Steiner, Swiss endocrinologist
• Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), Swiss geometer and mathematician, cf. Steiner tree
• John Steiner (born 1941), English actor
• Kilian von Steiner (1833–1903), German banker and industrialist
• Lajos Steiner (1903–1975), Hungarian–born Australian chess master
• Lewis Henry Steiner (1827–1892), United States physician and librarian
• Matthias Steiner (born 1982), Austrian-German weightlifter
• Max Steiner (1888–1971), Hollywood film composer
• Maximilian Steiner (1839–1880), Austrian actor and theatre manager
• Paul Steiner (born 1957), former German soccer player
• Peter "Cool Man" Steiner (1917–2007), music-making Swiss advertising character
• Ralph Steiner (1899–1986), American photographer
• Red Steiner (1915–2001), Major League Baseball player
• Richard C Steiner (born 1945), Professor of Semitics at Yeshiva University
• Rick Steiner (born 1961), American professional wrestler
• Robert Steiner (born 1973), Swedish footballer
• Rolf Steiner (born 1933), German soldier of fortune
• Roswitha Steiner (born 1963), former Austrian alpine skier
• Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), Austrian philosopher, educator, and mystic, founder of anthroposophy
• Scott Steiner (born 1962), American professional wrestler
• Stjepan Steiner (1915–2006), Croatian physician, cardiologist and personal physician of Josip Broz Tito
• Tito Steiner (born 1952), Argentine decathlete
• Walter Steiner (born 1951), Swiss ski jumper
• William Steiner (born 1937), California politician and child advocate