Brunner (surname)

Brunner is a German surname. It originated from the Middle High German word Brunne meaning spring or water well. It can also refer to people from places named Brunn. It may refer to:

• Adolf Brunner (composer) (1901–1992), Swiss composer
• Albert Brunner (1918–1943), German World War II flying ace
• Alois Brunner (1912–2001 or 2010), Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp war criminal
• Alex Brunner (born 1973), Italian football coach and former goalkeeper
• Anna Brunner (singer), German metal singer
• Anna Brunner (violinist) (born 1972), Swiss violinist
• Arnold W. Brunner (1857–1925), American architect

• Benny Brunner (born 1954), Israeli-Dutch filmmaker

• Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (1823–1914), Swiss entomologist
• Cédric Brunner (born 1994), Swiss footballer
• Chantal Brunner (born 1970), New Zealand sprinter and long jumper
• Charles Brunner (born 1952), American politician
• Christiane Brunner (1947–2025), Swiss politician and advocate
• Christiane Brunner (Austrian politician) (born 1976), Austrian politician
• Conrad Brunner (monk) (died 1410), Swiss Benedictine abbot
• Conrad Brunner (physician) (1859–1927), Swiss physician, surgeon and medical historian
• Constantin Brunner (1862–1937), pen name of German philosopher Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer

• Damien Brunner (born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player
• David B. Brunner (1835–1903), American politician
• Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), German businessman who died protecting schoolchildren from teens

• Eddie Brunner (1912–1960), Swiss jazz musician and bandleader
• Edouard Brunner (1932–2007), Swiss diplomat
• Emil Brunner (1889–1966), Swiss theologian
• Eric Brunner (cyclist) (born 1998), American cyclist
• Eric Brunner (epidemiologist) (born 1953), British epidemiologist
• Eric Brunner (soccer) (born 1986), American soccer player
• Ernst Brunner (1901–1979), Swiss documentary and ethnographic photographer
• Ernst Brunner (born 1950), Swedish writer and literary scholar
• Eveline Brunner (born 1996), Swiss figure skater

• Ferdinand Brunner (1870–1945), Austrian landscape painter
• Fernand Brunner (1920–1991), Swiss philosopher
• Felix Brunner (1897–1982), British politician and business owner
• Francis de Sales Brunner (1795–1859), Swiss Catholic missionary priest in the United States
• Frank Brunner (born 1949), American comic book artist
• Franz Brunner (handballer) (1913–1991), Austrian handballer
• Franz Brunner (wrestler) (1931–2014), Austrian wrestler

• Gerwald Claus-Brunner (1972–2016), German murderer and politician
• Greg Brunner, American-Swiss basketball player
• Guido Brunner (1930–1997), Spanish-born German diplomat and politician

• Heinrich Brunner (1840–1915), Austrian legal scholar
• Helena Brunner, Australian Paralympic swimmer
• Henry Brunner (1838–1916), English chemist
• Horst Brünner (1929–2008), East German colonel general and deputy Defense Minister
• Hugo Brunner (born 1935), Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, England

• Jane Brunner (fl. 1996–2013), American politician and activist
• Jean Brunner or Johann Josef Brunner (1804–1862), Swiss-born, French measuring instrument maker and mechanic
• Jennifer Brunner (born 1957), American attorney, politician, and judge, former Ohio Secretary of State
• Johann Conrad Brunner (1653–1727), Swiss anatomist
• John Brunner (disambiguation)
• José Brunner (born 1954), Swiss-born Israeli historian of science, professor emeritus
• Josef Brunner (1928–2012), German politician
• Josefine Brunner (1909–1943), Austrian socialist, resistance member and victim of the Nazi regime

• Karl Brunner (economist) (1916–1989), Swiss economist
• Karl Brunner (politician, born 1905) (1905–1951), German politician
• Karl Brunner (SS general) (1900–1980), German SS general
• Karl-Heinz Brunner (born 1953), German politician
• Kaspar Brunner (died 1561), Swiss mechanic who constructed the clockwork of the Zytglogge, Bern's medieval clock-tower

• Lucas Brunner (born 1967), Swiss chess grandmaster

• Marisa Brunner (born 1982), Swiss football goalkeeper
• Martin Brunner (born 1963), Swiss football player
• Mary Brunner (born 1943), American criminal and former Manson Family member
• Maurice Brunner (born 1991), Swiss footballer
• Michael Brunner (born 1995), Swiss curler
• Michelle Brunner (1953–2011), British bridge player, writer and teacher

• Nina Brunner (born 1995), Swiss professional beach volleyball player
• Norbert Brunner (artist) (born 1969), Austrian artist
• Norbert Brunner (bishop) (born 1942), Swiss Catholic prelate and bishop

• Otto Brunner (1898–1982), Austrian historian

• Paris Brunner (born 2006), German footballer
• Pat W. Brunner (1903–1971), American politician

• Robert Brunner (born 1958), American industrial designer
• Roland Brunner (born 1970), Austrian ice speed skater
• Rudolf Brunner (1827–1894), Swiss politician and President of the Swiss National Council

• Scott Brunner (born 1957), American National Football League quarterback
• Sebastian Brunner (1814–1893), Austrian Catholic writer
• Sophie Brunner (born 1995), American basketball player
• Stephan Brunner (born 1961), Costa Rican politician and economist, first vice president of Costa Rica 2022–2025
• Stephanie Brunner (born 1994), Austrian alpine ski racer

• Theo Brunner (born 1985), American professional beach volleyball player
• Thomas Brunner (1821–1874), English-born New Zealand surveyor and explorer
• Thomas Brunner (footballer) (born 1962), German football coach and former player
• Thomas J. Brunner (born 1958), American politician
• Tobias Brunner (1602–c. 1665), German organ builder
• Toni Brunner (born 1974), Swiss politician

• Ursel Brunner (1941–2024), West German freestyle swimmer

• Vratislav Hugo Brunner, Czech illustrator

• Walter Brunner (born 1948), Swiss building contractor
• William F. Brunner (1887–1965), American politician
• William Otto Brunner (1878–1958), Swiss astronomer

• Hermann Brunner, from the Polish TV series More Than Life at Stake (Stawka większa niż życie)

• Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (1823–1914), Swiss geologist and physicist