Eisner (surname)

Eisner (/ˈaɪznər/ EYEZ-nər, German: [ˈaɪsnɐ]) 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
  • Eisner Von Eisenhof brothers Julius and Jacob, Bohemian aristocrats and traders
  • 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
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