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Kleine
Kleine is a German and Dutch surname meaning "small". Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Kleine (born 1970), American writer, choreographer, and performance artist * Christian Kleine (born 1974), German musician and DJ * Cindy Kleine (born ), American film director, producer and video artist * George Kleine (1864–1931), American film producer and pioneer * Hal Kleine (1923–1957), American baseball pitcher * Joe Kleine (born 1962), American basketball player * Lil' Kleine (born 1994), stage name of Jorik Scholten (born 1994), Dutch rapper * Megan Kleine (born 1974), American swimmer * Piet Kleine (born 1951), Dutch speed skater * Robert Kleine (born 1941), American Michigan State Treasurer * Theodor Kleine (1924–2014), German sprint canoer * Thomas Kleine (born 1977), German football defender and manager See also * Klein (surname) * Kleijn Kleijn is a Dutch surname meaning "small". The ij digraph is often replaced with a "y" (''Kleyn''). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil' Kleine
Jorik Scholten (; born 15 October 1994), professionally known as Lil' Kleine (), is a Dutch musician and actor. He collaborated with fellow rapper Ronnie Flex to produce the List of best-selling singles, number one single "Drank & Drugs" and the List of best-selling albums, number one album ''WOP!''. Career 1994–2013: Early life and career beginnings Scholten was born on 15 October 1994 in the Nieuwmarkt district of Amsterdam, Netherlands. At the age of one, he was diagnosed with leukemia in his back that required surgery. He spent the first seven years of his life in De Wallen, moving to Amsterdam-Oost with his father after his parents divorced. Scholten was signed with talent agencies at an early age and made his acting debut in the 2005 film ''Diep''. After befriending rapper Lange Frans, Scholten began performing with Lange Frans' band D-Men on-stage. In 2012, Scholten adopted the stage name "Lil' Kleine" and released his first EP: ''Tuig van de Richel.'' The following year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kleine
Joseph William Kleine (born January 4, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and for the US national team. He won a gold medal as a member of the United States men's basketball team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1998, he won the NBA championship as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Kleine is now a restaurant proprietor, owning a number of successful Corky's Ribs & BBQ restaurants. College career Kleine, a seven-foot center, graduated from Slater High School in Slater, Missouri and originally enrolled to play basketball at the University of Notre Dame. After his freshman season, Kleine transferred to the University of Arkansas where he played alongside Darrell Walker and Alvin Robertson, who, like Kleine, would go on to have productive professional careers. Kleine's first season at Arkansas, he helped the Razorbacks to a 26-4 record, finish second in the Southwest Confere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Kleine
Pieter "Piet" Kleine (born 17 September 1951) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands who specialized in the longer distances. Short biography At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Piet Kleine became Olympic Champion on the 10,000 m, beating world record holder Sten Stensen – who won silver – in a close race. This was a reversal of the roles in the Olympic 5,000 m (which had been held three days earlier), in which Stensen had won gold and Kleine silver. In both the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m, Dutch – later French – speed skater Hans van Helden (then world record holder on the 5,000 m) won bronze. Later that same year (1976), Kleine broke 4 worlds records (including Van Helden's 5,000 m world record) and also became World Allround Champion. Kleine participated again in the Winter Olympics of Lake Placid (1980), winning Olympic silver on the 10,000 m behind Eric Heiden. He ended his career as a speed skater in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Kleine
Christian Kleine (born 8 December 1974, in Lindau) is a German musician. Career Kleine grew up at the Bodensee and with 10 years age started to study classical trumpet.Christian Kleine Biography at christiankleine.com, access date 30 November 2012 He later learned to play electric bass, drums and guitar.Kellman, Andy Christian Kleine Biography , . Retrieved 7 June 2014 Influenced by |
Andrea Kleine
Andrea Kleine is an American writer, choreographer, and performance artist. She is the author of the novel, ''Calf'', a fictionalized account of the John Hinckley Jr. story published by Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press. Her second novel, ''Eden'', was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2018. Novel Kleine’s debut novel, ''Calf'', fictionalizes the story of John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981, and the story of Leslie deVeau, a Washington, DC woman who murdered her 10-year-old daughter, and later met Hinckley while both were at St Elizabeths Hospital. Kleine was a childhood friend of deVeau's daughter. Hinckley and deVeau became romantically involved and were briefly engaged. Publishers Weekly reviewed ''Calf'' saying, “dread stalks every page and the result is unsettling, scary, and often brilliant.” Kleine was named one of Publishers Weekly’s “Writers to Watch” and ''Calf'' was listed as one of their “Best Books of 2015.” Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kleine
George Kleine (1864June 8, 1931) was an American film producer and cinema pioneer. Biography Klein's father, Charles, was a New York optician who sold optical devices and stereopticons. Klein joined the family firm, moving to Chicago in 1893 where he set up the ''Kleine Optical Company''. In 1896, the company started selling film-making equipment, and in 1899, the company obtained an exclusive arrangement with Thomas Edison to sell his film and equipment in the Chicago area. In 1903, Kleine started distributing Biograph films as well as European films and was a pioneer in renting films to theatres. He became involved in patent disputes with Thomas Edison in 1908, causing members of the industry to establish the Motion Picture Patents Company. He founded Kalem Company, an American film studio in New York City in 1907 with Samuel Long, and Frank J. Marion. The company was named for their initials, K, L, and M. Kleine. Klein was involved in the company for only a short period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kleine
Thomas Kleine (born 28 December 1977) is a German football manager and former player. He is the manager of SpVgg Bayreuth. Career Born in Wermelskirchen, Kleine began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club SV 09 Wermelskirchen where he remained until 1998, when he moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen's amateur ranks. He played regularly with the amateurs in the lower league structures, but was unable to push his way into the full squad until the 2001–02 season. He finally made his Bundesliga debut on 19 December 2001 in a 3–1 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg. Later that season he made further progress, managing six more Bundesliga appearances and, perhaps more significantly, seven games in their Champions League campaign, facing the likes of Barcelona and Manchester United. The club eventually achieved the honour of runners-ups, although Kleine himself did not compete beyond the second group stage. The team also finished runners-up in both the league and cup. Following this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Kleine
Cindy Kleine is an American film director, producer and video artist. She grew up on Long Island. In 2000, she married actor and filmmaker Andre Gregory. Kleine's 2013 documentary '' Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner'' is about him. It was funded through Kickstarter. Kleine studied film at The Museum School and the MIT Film/Video Section, studying with Richard Leacock. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1983 and a Master's of Fine Arts from Bard College in 1996. Kleine's films have been shown at many film festivals, including Telluride, Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, the Boston Independent Film Festival, at the It’s All True International Documentary Festival in Brazil, the DOK Leipzig International Festival, and the Santa Fe International Film Festival. Her film ''Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug'' (1989), about artists Doug and Mike Starn- Starn Twins, was broadcast on PBS's POV Film Series. Kle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kleine
Robert J. Kleine was the 43rd State Treasurer of Michigan, serving from 2006 to 2010. He was appointed to his position effective April 9, 2006, by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. Born in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 1941, Kleine earned an economics degree from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) and a master's degree from Michigan State University. From 1975 to 1984, Kleine was director of the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis, where he helped author Michigan's Single Business Tax. Kleine is a resident of East Lansing East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 Census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capital .... External linksMichigan Department of Treasuryofficial state siteProject Vote Smart - Robert 'Bob' Kleine (MI)profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleine, Robert State treasurers of Michigan 1941 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Kleine
Theodor "Theo" Kleine (4 September 1924 – 12 February 2014) was a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Kleine also won two gold medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ..., earning them in the K-4 1000 m and the K-4 10000 m events. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Kleine
Megan Adelle Kleine (born December 22, 1974), later known by her married name Megan Morris, is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also competed in the B Final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke event, and finished with the twelfth-best time overall (1:11.07) at the 1992 Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) * List of University of Texas at Austin alumni This list of University of Texas at Austin alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the University of Texas at Austin. The institution is a major research university in Downtown Austin, Texas, US and ... References * 1974 births Living people American female breaststroke swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Kleine
Harold John Kleine (June 8, 1923 – December 10, 1957) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons for the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central division. Since , they have ..., appearing in 11 games during the 1944 season and three games in the 1945 season. External links , oBaseball-Reference (Minors) o 1923 births 1957 deaths Appleton Papermakers players Baltimore Orioles (IL) players Baseball players from St. Louis Cleveland Indians players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Macon Peaches players Major League Baseball pitchers Nashville Vols players Pueblo Dodgers players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Wausau Timberjacks players Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |