Vilner/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 Chaim Vilner, a name Chaim Grade used in his semi-biographical works Izrael Chaim Wilner (1917 - 1943), Jewish resistance fighter and participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Liron Vilner (born 1979), Israeli footballer Max Wilner, (1895-1956) Yiddish Actor Max R. Wilner, (1881-??), David Kessler's step-son. Involved in early Yiddish Theatre Meir Vilner (1918–2003), Israeli politician 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 of Yiddish Theatre Yakov Vilner (1899–1931), Ukrainian chess player
Other uses Vilna Troupe, or Vilner trupe in Yiddish Vilna Gaon, or Vilner Gaon Vilner tog, Yiddish newspaper published in the 1920s and 1930s