Notable persons with the surname Woolner include: Alfred Cooper Woolner, (1878–1936), Sanskrit scholar Bernard Woolner (1910–1977), co-founder of the Woolner Brothers film company Christopher Woolner (1893–1984), British Army officer Keith Woolner (born c. 1968), American baseball analyst Lawrence Woolner (1912–1985), American film producer Thomas Woolner (1825–1892), English sculptor and poet