Fred Turner
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Fred or Frederick Turner is the name of:
Sportsmen
Fred Turner (footballer) (1930–1955), English footballer
Freddy Turner (1914–2003), South African rugby player
Frederick Harding Turner (1888–1915), Scottish rugby player
Writers and academics
Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), American historian
Frederick Turner (Jesuit) (1910–2001), British priest, archivist and librarian
Frederick Turner (poet) (born 1943), American poet
Frederick W. Turner (born 1937), American author, editor of Geronimo's autobiography, Redemption, The Go-Between
Fred Turner (author) (born 1961), professor of communication at Stanford University and author
Fred Turner (botanist) (1852–1939), Australian botanist
Others
Fred L. Turner (1933–2013), American restaurant executive, CEO and chairman of McDonald's until 2004
Fred Turner (musician) (born 1943), Canadian founding member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive
W. Fred Turner (1922–2003), American attorney
F. A. Turner (1858–1923), American actor, sometimes credited as Fred Turner
Frederick C. Turner Jr., American soldier and educator, first Black student and faculty member at Arkansas State University
Frederick C. Turner (1923–2014), vice admiral in the United States Navy
Frederick Turner (unionist) (1846–?), English-born American labor union leader
Fred Turner (entrepreneur), British business executive in the United States, founder of Curative, Inc.
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