Skinner (surname)

Skinner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Politics and law

• Alanson Skinner (1794–1876), New York politician
• Alonzo A. Skinner (1814–1877), United States judge
• Avery Skinner (1796–1876), New York politician
• Carlton Skinner (1913–2004), Governor of Guam
• Clarence Skinner (politician) (1900–1962), New Zealand MP
• Dennis Skinner (born 1932), British MP for Bolsover
• Ed Skinner (1936-2015), American politician
• Harry Skinner (1855–1929), US Representative from North Carolina
• James John Skinner (1923–2008), Irish-born Zambian politician and jurist
• Leo Skinner (1901–1970), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Mark Skinner (1813–1887), US Attorney for Illinois
• Onias C. Skinner (1817-1878), Illinois jurist and lawyer
• Peter Skinner (born 1959), MEP for South East England
• Richard Skinner (politician) (1778–1833), American politician, attorney, and jurist from Vermont
• Roger Skinner (1773–1825), New York judge
• Samuel K. Skinner (born 1938), White House Chief of Staff during the presidency of George H. W. Bush
• Thomas Gregory Skinner (1842–1907), US Representative from North Carolina
• Thomson J. Skinner (1752–1809), US Representative from Massachusetts
• Tom Skinner (1909–1991), New Zealand trade unionist
• William I. Skinner (1812–1891), New York politician

Writers

• Charles Montgomery Skinner (1852–1907), American writer
• Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877–1939), Canadian writer, historian
• Quentin Skinner (born 1940), Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University and author

Media and arts

• Claire Skinner (born 1965), English actress
• Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899–1979), American author and actress
• Frank Skinner (born 1957), English comedian
• Frank Skinner (composer) (1897–1968) - an American composer
• Grahame Skinner - Scottish musician vocalist with band "Skinner" and ex-Hipsway
• James Scott Skinner (1843–1927), Scottish fiddler
• Jane Skinner, Fox News daytime news anchor
• Janet Lynn Skinner, (born 1955), American gospel musician
• John Skinner (poet) (1721–1807), Scottish historian and songwriter
• Leonard Skinner (1933–2010), American schoolteacher most famous as the namesake of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Mike Skinner (born 1978), British rapper who performs under the alias of The Streets
• Penelope Skinner (born 1971), British playwright & screenwriter
• Richard Skinner (broadcaster) (born 1951), British radio broadcaster

Sports

• Steve Keirn (born 1951), a retired professional wrestler best known as "Skinner"
• Al Skinner (born 1952), an American men's college basketball head coach and a former collegiate and professional basketball player
• Albert Skinner (1868-?), an English footballer
• Bob Skinner (born 1931), retired American professional baseball player
• Brian Skinner (born 1976), American professional basketball player
• Deontae Skinner (born 1990), American football player
• Jeff Skinner (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jimmy Skinner (1917–2007), former head coach of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
• Jocquel Skinner (born 1992), American football player
• Joel Skinner (born 1961), former baseball player
• Jonty Skinner, South African Olympian and American swimming coach
• Mike Skinner (NASCAR) (born 1957), NASCAR driver
• Mykayla Skinner (born 1996), American artistic gymnast
• Roy Skinner (1930–2010), American basketball coach who helped integrate the NCAA's Southeastern Conference
• Sonny Skinner (born 1960), American professional golfer
• Talvin Skinner (born 1943), an American former professional basketball player
• Todd Skinner (1958–2006), rock climber
• Wilfred Skinner (1934–2003), Singapore international player in association football and field hockey.
• William A.Skinner (1939-2015), javelin thrower.
• Zephaniah Skinner (born 1989), Australian rules footballer

Others

• B. F. Skinner (1904–1990), American behaviorist, psychologist and author
• Clarence Skinner (minister) (1881–1949), Universalist minister
• Ernest M. Skinner (1866–1960), pipe organ craftsman
• Eugene Skinner (1809–1864), founder of the town of Eugene, Oregon
• Francis Skinner (1912–1941), friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein
• George Herbert Skinner (1872–1931), British carburetter manufacturer
• Harrie Skinner (1854–1936), founder of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia (RACA)
• James Skinner (1778–1841) East India Company officer
• John Kendrick Skinner (1883–1918), a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Skinner (Royal Engineer) (1759–1818), British military engineer
• Thomas Skinner (Ceylon) (1804–1877), Ceylon civil servant
• Charles Skinner (disambiguation)
• Clarence Skinner (disambiguation)
• David Skinner (disambiguation)
• Frank Skinner (disambiguation)
• James Skinner (disambiguation)
• Michael Skinner (disambiguation)
• Stephen Skinner (disambiguation)
• Thomas Skinner (disambiguation)
• Wickham Skinner, professor at the Harvard Business School.
• Will Skinner (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Agnes Skinner, mother of Seymour Skinner in The Simpsons
• Rodney Skinner, the Invisible Man in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Seymour Skinner (Principal Skinner), Springfield elementary school principal in The Simpsons
• Walter Skinner, character from the The X-Files