Eisner (surname)

Eisner or Eissner is a surname. Notable people with the name include:


 * Alexey Eisner (1905–1984), a Russian poet, translator and writer
 * Ali Eisner (born 1973), a Canadian composer, director and photographer for children's television
 * Bertold Eisner (1875–1956), Croatian law professor, pioneer of Croatian jurisprudence and writer
 * Betty Grover Eisner (1915–2004), an American psychologist, pioneering researcher on LSD and psychedelic drugs
 * Brian Eisner (born c. 1942), American tennis player and coach
 * Breck Eisner, son of Michael Eisner and film director
 * Bruce Eisner (1948–2013), pen name of Bruce Jay Ehrlich, American psychologist and author of the book Ecstasy: The MDMA Story
 * Clara Eissner, see Clara Zetkin
 * Curt Eisner (1890–1981), a German entomologist, specialised in snow butterflies
 * David A. Eisner, British physiologist
 * David Eisner (born 1958), Canadian actor
 * Edward Eisner (1929–1987), Hungarian-born physicist
 * Elliot W. Eisner, Professor of Art and Education at Stanford University
 * Eric Eisner, son of Michael and film producer
 * Eric Eisner (lawyer), former head of The Geffen Film Company
 * Gilbert Eisner, American fencer
 * Herbert Sigmund Eisner (1921–2011), British-German physicist and playwright
 * Hubert Eisner (1897–date of death unknown), Austrian Nazi and became Kreisleiter of Voitsberg
 * Ib Eisner (1925–2003), Danish artist
 * Jacob Eisner (born 1947), Israeli basketball player
 * Kurt Eisner (1867–1919), German-Jewish journalist, leader of the 1918 revolution in Bavaria
 * Lotte H. Eisner (1896?–1983), German writer
 * Manuel Eisner, British academic and researcher on the history of interpersonal violence
 * Mark Eisner, American prominent lawyer, tax expert, and politician
 * Maria Eisner (1909–1991), Italian photographer
 * Michael Eisner, former head of The Walt Disney Company
 * Pavel Eisner (or Paul Eisner; 1889–1958), Czech-German linguist and translator
 * Philip Eisner, American screenwriter, author of the screenplay for the 1997 film Event Horizon
 * Shiri Eisner, Israeli writer and activist
 * Sigmund Eisner, Austrian entrepreneur
 * Sigmund Eisner (academic) (1920–2012), American scholar of medieval literature
 * Simon Eisner, Swedish philanthropist
 * Sol Eisner, American soccer player
 * Tanja Eisner (born 1980), Ukrainian and German mathematician
 * Thomas Eisner, chemical ecologist and author of several books, including For the Love of Insects
 * Will Eisner (1917–2005), comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Spirit