Klinger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bob Klinger Robert Harold Klinger (June 4, 1908 – August 19, 1977) was a professional baseball player who was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball over parts of eight seasons from 1938 through 1947. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the B ...

(1908–1977), American baseball player * Chad Klinger (active 1998–2013), Canadian country music artist * Chajka Klinger (1917–1958), member of Jewish resistance of Będzin ghetto * David Klinger (born 1958), American criminologist and former police officer *

Dietmar Klinger Dietmar Klinger (born 8 January 1958) is a retired German football player. Honours * DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participat ...

(born 1958), German football player * Fausto Klinger (born 1953), Ecuadorian footballer *

Friedrich Maximilian Klinger Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (17 February 1752 – 9 March 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist. His play ''Sturm und Drang'' (1776) gave its name to the Sturm und Drang artistic epoch. He was a childhood friend of Johann Wolfgang von ...

(1752–1831), German dramatist and novelist *

Georgette Klinger Georgette Klinger ( Eckstein; February 28, 1915 – January 9, 2004) was a Moravian-born American businesswoman and cosmetologist who founded skin care brand Georgette Klinger Inc. in New York City in 1941. Born into a wealthy family in Brno, Mo ...

(1915–2004), Czech-born American businesswoman and cosmetologist *

Gustav Klinger Gustav Klinger (1876 – 1937? or 1943) was a Russian Bolshevik politician. Klinger joined the Party in 1917 in time for the revolution and was leader of the Volga German Soviet government 1918. He became business manager for the newly founded C ...

(1876–1937), Russian Bolshevik politician *

Joe Klinger Joseph John Klinger (August 2, 1902 – July 31, 1960) was a first baseman, catcher, and left fielder who played in Major League Baseball in 1927 and 1930. Klinger played in three games for the New York Giants in 1927 and in four games for t ...

(1902–1960), American baseball player *

Josefina Klinger Zúñiga Josefina Klinger Zúñiga is a Colombian environmentalist and community activist from Nuquí. She is the founder and director of the organization Mano Cambiada, which promotes sustainable tourism in the Chocó Department through a model of commu ...

(born 1965), Colombian environmentalist * Julie Michelle Klinger (born 1983) American geographer *

Julius Klinger Julius Klinger (22 May 1876 – 1942) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, illustrator, commercial graphic artist, typographer and writer. Klinger studied at the Technologisches Gewerbemuseum in Vienna. Early works in Vienna and Munich Klin ...

(1876–1942), Austrian painter and illustrator *

Leslie S. Klinger Leslie S. Klinger (born May 2, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American attorney and writer. He is a noted literary editor and annotator of classic genre fiction, including the Sherlock Holmes stories and the novels '' Dracula'', ''Frankenst ...

(born 1946), American attorney and writer * Margrit Klinger (born 1960), West German middle distance runner * Marino Klinger (1936–1975), Colombian footballer *

Martin Klinger Martin Klinger (born 9 July 1980) is an Ecuadorian retired footballer who played as a defender. Early and personal life He was born in Cuenca. His older brother Fausto Klinger was also a footballer. Career He spent two seasons in Major League ...

(born 1980), Ecuadorian association football player *

Max Klinger Max Klinger (18 February 1857 – 5 July 1920) was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmak ...

(1857–1920), German symbolist artist *

Michael Klinger (producer) Michael Klinger (1 November 1920 – 15 September 1989) was a British film producer and distributor. After Tony Tenser, then a publicist became his business partner, the two men created the Compton cinema chain and distribution company and ...

(1921–1989), British film producer *

Michael Klinger Michael Klinger (born 4 July 1980) is an Australian former first-class cricketer, who held the record for the most runs scored in the Big Bash League when he retired in 2019. Until the 2008–09 season, Klinger played for Victoria and for St ...

(born 1980), Australian cricketer * Miroslav Klinger (1893–1979), Czech gymnast *

Nir Klinger Nir Klinger ( he, ניר קלינגר; born 25 May 1966) is an Israeli football coach and former player. During the 1990s, Klinger served as Captain for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national football team. He was the coach of Maccabi Tel ...

(born 1966), Israeli football manager and former player *

Ron Klinger Ron Klinger (born 8 November 1941) is an Australian contract bridge player and a leading English-language bridge writer, the author of more than 70 books on the game. He is an Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International ...

(born 1941), Australian bridge player and author *

William Klinger William Klinger (24 September 1972 − 31 January 2015) was a Croatian historian who specialized in modern History of Croatia, Croatian and History of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav history as well as history of communism and nationalism. Biography Klin ...

(1972−2015), Croatian historian *

Stefan Klinger Stefan Klinger (born 24 April 1978) is a German ski mountaineer. Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team. Selected results * 2003: ** 1st, Predigtstuhl rac ...

(born 1978), German ski mountaineer * Tim Klinger (born 1984), German professional road bicycle racer

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