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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 *

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 * Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host *

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 *

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 * Eugène-Louis Kleiner, Roman Catholic bishop * Israel Kleiner (biochemist) (1885-1966), biochemist *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Morris Kleiner Morris M. Kleiner is an American academic. Kleiner received his M.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations, and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois and his undergraduate degree in economics from Bradley University. He is a professor ...

, American professor of public affairs *

Gastón Kleiner Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name *Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) *Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) *Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston I ...

, Argentine musician *

Sergio Kleiner Sergio Kleiner (born March 23, 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), also credited as Sergio Klainer, is an Argentine-born Mexican film and television actor. He started his acting career at the age of 21 at a play in Buenos Aires. He then toured with ...

, Argentine soap opera star *

Yosef Kleiner Yosef Kleiner or Iosef Kleiner (Eduardo José Kleiner) (1963 - ) is an Israeli rabbi, psychologist, actor and intellectual born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 20, 1963. Between 1994 and 2014 he was the rabbi of the Comunidad Israelita Se ...

, rabbi, psychologist, actor and intellectual

Fictional characters

Isaac Kleiner This is a list of characters in the ''Half-Life'' video game series, which comprises ''Half-Life'', ''Half-Life 2'', ''Half-Life: Alyx'', and their respective expansion packs and episodes. Introduced in ''Half-Life'' and expansion packs This sec ...

, from the video games ''Half-Life'' and ''Half-Life 2''.

Other meanings

Kleiner Feldberg The Kleiner Feldberg with an elevation of is the second-highest mountain of the Taunus mountain range in Hesse, Germany. The Großer Feldberg is located in its immediate neighbourhood. In 1913, a meteorological and geophysical observatory wa ...

, mountain in Germany *

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 *

Kleiner Semmering Pass Kleiner Semmering Pass (el. 463 m.) is a low mountain pass in the Wienerwald in the '' Bundesland'' of Lower Austria. It forms the divide between the watersheds of the Vienna River and the Liesingbach. See also * List of highest paved road ...

, mountain pass in Austria *

Kleiner Münsterländer Kleiner ( he, קליינר) is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "smaller": * Alfred Kleiner, Swiss physicist * Bruce Kleiner, American mathematician * Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host * Dick Kleiner, Hollyw ...

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