Milner (surname)

Milner is an English and Scottish occupational surname for a miller, and is related to the surname Miller. Notable people with the surname include:

In arts and entertainment

 * Andrew Milner (born 1950), British-Australian cultural theorist and literary critic
 * Edward Milner (1819–1884), English landscape architect
 * John Milner (magician) (born 1948), British magician, stage and TV performer
 * Martin Milner (1931–2015), American actor
 * Martin Milner (violinist) (1928–2000), British violinist
 * Clay Milner Russell (born 1999), English actor

In business

 * H. R. Milner (1889–1975), Canadian lawyer and businessman
 * John T. Milner (1826–1898), American engineer and businessman
 * Yuri Milner (born 1961), Israeli-Russian entrepreneur

In government, politics and activism

 * Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854–1925), British colonial administrator
 * James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds (1889–1967), British politician
 * Marcus Milner (cricketer) (1864–1939), English racehorse trainer, soldier, civil servant and cricketer
 * Yeshimabeit Milner, American technologist and African American activist.

In religion

 * Eric Milner-White (1884–1963), English cleric
 * Isaac Milner (1750–1820), English don, clergyman and mathematician
 * John Milner (bishop) (1752–1826), English Roman Catholic bishop and writer
 * John Milner (nonjuror) (1628–1702), English clergyman.

In science and academia

 * Allison Milner (1983–2019), Australian disability, mental health and suicide researcher
 * Andrew Milner (born 1950), British-Australian cultural theorist and literary critic
 * Brenda Milner (born 1918), English-Canadian neuropsychologist
 * Eric Charles Milner (1928–1997), English mathematician and set theorist
 * Helen Milner (born 1958), American political scientist
 * James Milner (art historian) (1874–1927), British art executive
 * Jean-Claude Milner (born 1941), French philosopher and linguist
 * Marion Milner (1900–1998), British psychoanalyst and journal writer
 * Peter Milner (1919–2018), British-Canadian neuroscientist
 * Robin Milner (1934–2010), British computer scientist
 * Stephen Milner, British scholar of Italian

In sport

 * Andy Milner (born 1967), English footballer
 * Colin Milner Smith (1936–2020), English cricketer
 * Hoby Milner (born 1991), American baseball player
 * James Milner (born 1986), English footballer
 * Jim Milner (1933–2017, as James Edward Milner), English footballer
 * John Milner (1949–2000), American baseball player
 * John Milner (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer
 * Marcus Milner (cricketer) (1864–1939), English racehorse trainer, soldier, civil servant and cricketer
 * Martrez Milner (born 1984), American football player
 * Tom Milner, several people

In other fields

 * Frank Milner (1875–1944), New Zealand secondary school head-master
 * James Milner, 9th Seigneur of Sark (died 1730), British nobleman

Fictional characters

 * John Milner, a character in the 1973 film American Graffiti
 * Tommy Milner, a character in the 2019 film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
 * Milner, a character in the 2013 British television series "Utopia (British TV series)"