Stirner (surname)

Stirner is a German cognominal surname, originating from German Stirn 'forehead'. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Max Stirner, pseudonym of Johann Caspar Schmidt (1806–1856), German philosopher and journalist
  • Karl Stirner (1923–2016), American sculptor
  • Karl Stirner (painter) (1882–1943), German painter, watercolorist, illustrator and writer