Leitner is an Austrian-German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Leitner Alan Leitner is an American abstract artist. He was born in 1947 in an ethnically diverse section of Los Angeles. Alan was the middle of three children in a Jewish family. He received his B.S. in art in 1971 from Woodbury University in Los Ang ...

(born 1947), American artist *

Aloysius Leitner Aloysius Leitner (1893 – June 12, 1918) served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross. His Navy Cross citation reads: His Distinguished Service Cross ...

, United States Marine Corps *

Anton G. Leitner Anton G. Leitner (born 16 June 1961) is a German writer and publisher. He has also gained a widespread reputation as an editor, reciter, and organizer of literary events. Since 1980, Leitner edited over 40 anthologies for major publishers in the ...

(born 1961), German writer and publisher *

Dummy Leitner George Michael "Dummy" Leitner (June 19, 1871 – February 20, 1960) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for two seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics (1901), New York Giants (1901), Clevelan ...

(1872–1960), American baseball player *

Edward Frederick Leitner Edward Frederick Leitner, also Friedrich August Ludwig Leitner (4 February 1812, in Stuttgart – 15 January 1838) was a German botanist, naturalist and physician. At the age of four, his family moved to Schorndorf after the death of his father. ...

(1812–1838), German physician and botanist *

Erika Leitner Erika Leitner was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 1960 FIL World Luge Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. Leitner also won a bron ...

, Italian luger *

Ferdinand Leitner Ferdinand Leitner (4 March 1912 in Berlin – 3 June 1996 in Zürich) was a German conductor. Leitner studied under Franz Schreker, Julius Prüwer, Artur Schnabel and Karl Muck. He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. Starting as ...

(1912–1996), German conductor *

Franz Leitner (motorcyclist) Franz Leitner (born 1968speedwaygp.republika.pl
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(born 1968), Austrian motorcycle speedway rider * Franz Leitner (politician) (1918–2005), Austrian politician * Friedrich Leitner (1874–1945), German economist *

Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (14 October 1840 – 22 March 1899), also known as Gottlieb William Leitner, was a British orientalist. Early life and education Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner was born in Pest, Hungary, on 14 October 1840 to a Jewish fam ...

(1840–1899), Anglo-Hungarian orientalist *

Hias Leitner Matthias "Hias" Leitner (born September 22, 1935) is an Austrian former alpine skiing, alpine skier. He was born in Kitzbühel. At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Squaw Valley, United States he won silver in the slalom skii ...

(born 1935), Austrian alpine skier *

Jan Leitner Jan Leitner (; born 14 September 1953) is a retired long jumper who represented Czechoslovakia. Leitner was born in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia. His greatest achievements were gold medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and IAAF World In ...

(born 1953), Czech athlete * Karl Leitner (born 1937), Austrian sprint canoer *

Karl Gottfried von Leitner Karl (or ''Carl'') Gottfried Ritter von Leitner (November 18, 1800 – June 20, 1890) was an Austrian author and publicist from Graz, Styria, Austria. From 1837 to 1854 he was the first Secretary to the Estates in Styria. He was the editor ...

(1800–1890), Austrian writer *

Ludwig Leitner Ludwig Leitner (February 24, 1940 – March 21, 2013) was a German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria. Leitner became a world champion in the combined event in Innsbruck in 1964.Miroslav Leitner Miroslav Leitner (born August 1, 1966) is a Slovakian ski mountaineer and has been member of the SSA national squad since 1992. Until the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993, he ran for the Czechoslovac team. Leitner was born in Brezno. He started ...

(born 1966), Slovak ski mountaineer *

Moritz Leitner Moritz Leitner (born 8 December 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has also previously played for Borussia Dortmund, 1860 Munich, FC Augsburg, Lazio and Norwich City. He has been capped at youth international ...

(born 1992), German footballer *

Patric Leitner Patric-Fritz Leitner (born 23 February 1977 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) is a German luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with Alexander Resch he won the men's doubles event at the 2002 Winter Olym ...

(born 1977), German luger *

Sebastian Leitner Sebastian Leitner (1919 in Salzburg – 1989) was a German commentator and Popular science, science popularizer. As a student in Vienna, he was briefly kept in custody by the Nazis in 1938 because of his opposition to the annexation of Austria ...

(1919–1989), Austrian-German science popularizer, journalist and author, inventor of the

Leitner system The Leitner system is a widely used method of efficiently using flashcards that was proposed by the German science journalist Sebastian Leitner in the 1970s. It is a simple implementation of the principle of spaced repetition, where cards are ...

using

flashcards A flashcard or flash card (also known as an index card) is a card bearing information on both sides, which is intended to be used as an aid in memorization. Each flashcard bears a question on one side and an answer on the other. Flashcards are ...

Tammy Leitner Tamara Leitner (born July 3, 1972) is an American network correspondent and investigative TV reporter. The journalist won a George Foster Peabody and Edward R. Murrow for the documentary Toxic Secrets. She also won 12 Emmys for investigative news ...

(born 1972), U.S. journalist and reality television contestant *

Ted Leitner TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Dep ...

, American sportscaster *

Thea Leitner Thea Leitner (June 2, 1921 in Vienna – August 2016) was an Austrian author and journalist. She has written numerous books for young people and was decorated, in May, 2003 for service to Vienna with the "Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um d ...

(born 1921), Austrian writer *

Vladimir Leitner Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

(born 1974), Slovak footballer *

Walter Leitner Walter Leitner (born 1 February 1963 in Pfarrkirchen, Germany) is a German chemist, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) heading the department "Molecular Catalysis" as well as a university lecturer a ...

, German chemist *

Wolfgang Leitner Wolfgang Leitner (born 1953) is an Austrian billionaire, and the CEO of Andritz AG, an Austrian plant engineering company. Leitner has a doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franze ...

(born 1953), Austrian businessman

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