Kleiner ( he, קליינר) is a
German and
Jewish
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
, meaning "smaller":
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Alfred Kleiner, Swiss physicist
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Bruce Kleiner
Bruce Alan Kleiner is an American mathematician, working in differential geometry and topology and geometric group theory.
He received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley. His advisor was Wu-Yi Hsiang. Kleiner is ...
, American mathematician
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Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host
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Dick Kleiner, Hollywood columnist
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Eugene Kleiner, Silicon Valley venture capitalist
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Eugène-Louis Kleiner, Roman Catholic bishop
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Israel Kleiner (biochemist)
Israel Simon Kleiner (April 8, 1885 – June 15, 1966) was a biochemist whose work helped lead to the discovery of insulin.
Kleiner's grandparents Israel and Eva (Meyer) were Jews who came to America from Bavaria, Germany, in 1848.
Born in New Ha ...
(1885-1966), biochemist
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Israel Kleiner (mathematician)
Israel Kleiner is a Canadian mathematician and historian of mathematics.
Kleiner earned an MA at Yale University (1963) and a PhD at McGill University (1967) under Joachim Lambek with a thesis ''Lie modules and rings of quotients''. Before his ret ...
, Canadian mathematician,
professor at McGill University
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John J. Kleiner
John Jay Kleiner (February 8, 1845 – April 8, 1911) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana 1883 to 1887.
Biography
Born in West Hanover, Pennsylvania, Kleiner moved to Medina County, ...
, US Congressman from Indiana
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Michael Kleiner, Israeli politician
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Morris Kleiner, American professor of public affairs
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Gastón Kleiner, Argentine musician
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Sergio Kleiner, Argentine soap opera star
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Yosef Kleiner, rabbi, psychologist, actor and intellectual
Fictional characters
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Isaac Kleiner, from the video games ''Half-Life'' and ''Half-Life 2''.
Other meanings
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Kleiner Feldberg, mountain in Germany
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, venture capital firm
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Kleiner Semmering Pass, mountain pass in Austria
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Kleiner Münsterländer, hunting-pointing-retrieving dog breed
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