Kleinschmidt is an
occupational surname
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of
German
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origin, which means "small
smith
Smith may refer to:
People
* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
* Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland
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", that is, a maker of small
forged
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces. The blows are delivered with a hammer (often a power hammer) or a die. Forging is often classified according to the temperature at which it ...
items and metal
hand tools
A hand tool is any tool that is powered by hand rather than a motor. Categories of hand tools include wrenches, pliers, cutters, files, striking tools, struck or hammered tools, screwdrivers, vises, clamps, snips, hacksaws, drills, and kni ...
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[''Dictionary of American Family Names'']
"Kleinschmidt Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 20 January 2016. The name may refer to:
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Edward Kleinschmidt
Edward Ernst Kleinschmidt (September 9, 1876 – August 22, 1977) was one of the inventors of the teleprinter, and was a prolific inventor who obtained 118 patents in the course of his 101-year life.
Career
Born in Bremen, Germany, in 1876, Klein ...
(1876–1977), American inventor
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Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes
Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes (born 29 October 1951) is an American poet and writer.
Mayes' books of poetry include ''Magnetism'', ''First Language'', ''To Remain'', ''Works and Days'', ''Speed of Lif''e, and ''Bodysong''.
Biography
Edward Kleinschm ...
(born 1951), American poet
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Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt
Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt (1812–1864) was a German missionary and linguist who worked in southern Africa, now in the region of Namibia. He founded the missionary station and town of Rehoboth and together with Carl Hugo Hahn set up the first ...
(1812–1864), German missionary
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Jutta Kleinschmidt
Jutta Kleinschmidt (born 29 August 1962) is a German competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the only woman driver to ...
(born 1962), German race driver
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Lena Kleinschmidt
"Black" Lena Kleinschmidt (1835 – after 1886) was a German-born New York criminal who, as a prominent jewel thief during the late 19th century, was an associate of fence Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum and Adam Worth. Among others in Mandelbaum's ...
(1835–1886), American jewel thief
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Mark Kleinschmidt (politician)
Mark J. Kleinschmidt (born March 25, 1970) is an American lawyer, teacher, and politician. He served as the Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from 2009 until 2015.
Kleinschmidt is the first openly gay mayor in the town's history. He is al ...
(born 1970), American politician
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Mark Kleinschmidt (rower)
Mark Kleinschmidt (born 28 May 1974) is a German rower.
Kleinschmidt won bronze at the 1993 World Rowing Championships in Račice with the coxed four. He was a member of the team that won the silver medal in men's eight at the 1996 Summer Oly ...
(born 1974), German rower
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Otto Kleinschmidt
Otto Kleinschmidt (13 December 1870 – 25 March 1954) was a German ornithologist, theologist and pastor.
Career
Kleinschmidt was born as the son of the factory overseer Adolph Kleinschmidt and his wife Elise (maiden name Dreydorf) in Geinsheim ...
(1870–1954), German ornithologist
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Paul Kleinschmidt
Paul Kleinschmidt, (1883–1949) was a German painter.
Biography
Kleinschmidt was born in Bublitz, Pomerania, German Empire (modern Bobolice, Poland).
As a student of art at the Berlin Akademie Kleinschmidt's greatest influence was Anton von ...
(1883–1949), German painter
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Samuel Kleinschmidt
Samuel Petrus Kleinschmidt (27 February 1814–9 February 1886) was a German/Danish missionary linguist born in Greenland known for having written extensively about the Greenlandic language and having invented the orthography used for writing this ...
(1814 –1886), German missionary
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Theodor Kleinschmidt
Theodor Kleinschmidt (6 March 1834 in Wolfhagen – 10 April 1881 in Utuaia, Bismarck Archipelago) was a German trader, explorer and naturalist.
Biography
Kleinschmidt studied commerce and went to the United States of America in 1843. ...
(1834–1881), German trader and explorer
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Tom Kleinschmidt
Thomas Kleinschmidt (born February 21, 1973) is a retired American basketball player and current head basketball coach at DePaul College Prep High School in Chicago, Illinois. He was an NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American at DePaul B ...
(born 1973), American basketball player
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Wilhelm Kleinschmidt (1907–1941), German submarine commander
Other uses
*Kleinschmidt family, fictional characters in the television series ''
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