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. A variant of the name is Posener.
Posner may refer to:
- 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
- Jaye Posner (born 1940), ex-wife of singer Neil Diamond
- Louis Joseph Posner (born 1956), VoterMarch activist
- 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), American judge and jurist
- Sarah Posner, American journalist
- Victor Posner (1918–2002), American entrepreneur
- Vladimir Posner (born 1934), Russian journalist
Read more about Posner: See Also