Kerner may refer to: Kerner (grape), a variety of white grape Kerner Commission, established in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the causes of race riots in the United States Kerner Optical, a motion picture visual effects company Durand–Kerner method, root-finding algorithm for solving polynomial equations in numerical analysis People Literature Elizabeth Kerner (born 1958), fantasy author Justinus Kerner (1786–1862), a German lyric poet of the Swabian school Politics Johann Georg Kerner (1770–1812), political journalist, critical chronicler of the French revolution, brother of Justinus Kerner Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908–1976), Illinois Governor and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Otto Kerner, Sr. (1884–1952), an Illinois Attorney General and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Entertainment and media Debby Kerner, American singer Nena (Gabriele Susanne Kerner; born 1960), German singer who became famous with the New German Wave songs "Nur geträumt" and "99 Luftballons" Jordan Kerner, film producer Johannes B. Kerner, (born 1964), German television broadcaster Sports Jonathan Kerner (born 1974), American basketball player Marlon Kerner (born 1973), American football player Science and mathematics Boris Kerner, (born 1947), German physicist Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831–1898), Austrian botanist Other fields Ian Kerner, American sex counselor See also Kerning, adjusting the spaces between typeset letters Occupational surnames Surnames of Bavarian origin