Kleiner ( he, קליינר) is a
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surname
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Alfred Kleiner
Alfred Kleiner (24 April 1849 – 3 July 1916) was a Swiss physicist and Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Zurich. He was Albert Einstein's doctoral advisor or ''Doktorvater.'' Initially Einstein's advisor was Heinrich F ...
, 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 a p ...
, American mathematician
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Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host
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Dick Kleiner
Richard Arthur Kleiner (March 9, 1921 – February 13, 2002) was an American columnist whose breezy question-and-answer column, "Ask Dick Kleiner," about Hollywood celebrities appeared in hundreds of newspapers across the country. He was also an au ...
, Hollywood columnist
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Eugene Kleiner
Eugene Kleiner (12 May 1923 – 20 November 2003) was an Austrian-American engineer and venture capitalist. He is considered a pioneer of Silicon Valley. He was one of the original founders of Kleiner Perkins, the Silicon Valley venture capital fi ...
, 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
Michael Kleiner ( he, מיכאל קליינר; born 4 April 1948) is an Israeli politician and was the leader of Herut – The National Movement He is currently the President of the Supreme Court of the Israeli Likud party.
Biography
Michael Kl ...
, 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
Kleiner Perkins, formerly Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is an American venture capital firm which specializes in investing in incubation, early stage and growth companies. Since its founding in 1972, the firm has backed entrepreneurs ...
, 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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