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Wilner is a German and Jewish surname meaning (in Yiddish) "from Wilna/Vilne". Alternative form: Vilensky, Wilenski. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan M. Wilner (born 1937), American jurist
- Eleanor Wilner (born 1937), American poet and editor
- Izrael Chaim Wilner (1917 - 1943), Jewish resistance fighter and participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
- Max Wilner, (1895-1956) Yiddish Actor
- Max R. Wilner, (1881-??), David Kessler's step-son. Involved in early Yiddish Theatre
- Meir Wilner (1918-2003), leader of Israeli communists until the end of 1980s
- Robert F. Wilner (1889-1960), Suffragan Bishop of the Philippine Islands
- Sheri Wilner (born 1969) American playwright
- Thomas Wilner (born 1944), partner of Shearman & Sterling's International Trade and Global Relations Practice
- Sidney (Sid) Wilner (born 1929) American Actor, Yiddish Theatre, Actor Lawrence Welk Theatre, Actor Hollywood Film, Television, Theatre
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