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Posner
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
- Barry Posner (disambiguation), several people
- David Posner, fictional character in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys
- Eric Posner (born 1965), American jurist and academic
- Gary H. Posner (born c. 1940s), American chemist
- Gerald Posner (born 1954), American journalist
- Michael Posner (businessman), Aruban businessman and casino owner
- Michael Posner (economist) (1931–2006), British economist
- Michael Posner (lawyer) (born 1950), American lawyer and activist
- Michael Posner (psychologist) (born 1936), American psychologist
- Mike Posner (born 1988), American singer, songwriter and producer
- Richard Posner (born 1939), prominent American judge and jurist
- Ruth Posner (born 1933), Polish-born actress
- Sarah Posner, American journalist
- Victor Posner (1918–2002), American entrepreneur
- Vladimir Posner (born 1934), Russian journalist