Kinder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Chuck Kinder (1946–2019), American novelist
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Claude W. Kinder
Claude William Kinder, (; 10 August 1852 – 9 August 1936 in Churt, England) was an English engineer. For over thirty years he was engineer-in-chief of the Kaiping Tramway and Imperial Railways of North China.
Claude William Kinder was the t ...
(1852–1936), English railway engineer in China
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Derek Kinder
Derek Kinder is a former American football wide receiver.
He attended Albion High School in Albion, New York, where he was a star athlete in football, baseball, and basketball. As a senior, he scored 33 touchdowns, rushed for 1,705 yards, and ...
(born 1986), American football player
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Donald Kinder
Donald Ray Kinder (born April 14, 1947) is an American political scientist and the Philip E. Converse Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is also a professor by courtesy in the University of Michigan ...
(born 1947), American political scientist
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Ellis Kinder
Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. Retrieved 21 January 2014 An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis.
Surname
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* Abe Ellis (Stargate), a fictional character in the TV series '' ...
(1914–1968), American baseball pitcher
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Gary Kinder
Gary Kinder (born October 25, 1962) is a U.S. Olympian who participated in the 1988 decathlon. Kinder made the team by finishing first in the 1988 Olympic trials in a PR 8293pts. Kinder finished 12th in the 1987 World Championships of track an ...
(born 1962), American decathlete
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Gary Kinder (author), American writer on sociology and crime
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Hermann Kinder (1944–2021), German writer
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Jan Kinder
Jan Runar Kinder (26 May 1944 – 25 May 2013) was a Norwegian ice hockey player. He was born in Oslo, Norway and represented the club Hasle/Løren IL. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olym ...
(1944–2013), Norwegian ice hockey player
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John Kinder (born 1974), American racing driver
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John Kinder (priest) (1819–1903), New Zealand artist and photographer
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Manfred Kinder
Manfred Kinder (born 20 April 1938) is a West German
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German r ...
(born 1938), West German sprinter
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Mary Kinder Mary Northern Kinder (August 29, 1909 – May 21, 1981) was a Prohibition era gun moll, most noted for being the girlfriend of Harry Pierpont and associate of John Dillinger. Along with Pearl Elliott, she was one of two women listed by the Chicago P ...
(1909–1981), Prohibition-era gun moll
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Peter Kinder
Peter Dickson Kinder (born May 12, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2017. He was appointed as a co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority in August 2017, serving in ...
(born 1954), American politician
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Randy Kinder
Randolph Samuel Kinder (born April 4, 1975) is a former running back in the National Football League. He played with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers 1997 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the NFC Championship team with th ...
(born 1975), American football player
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Richard Kinder
Richard Kinder (born October 19, 1944) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Kinder Morgan Inc., an energy and pipeline corporation.
Early life
Richard Kinder was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1944 ...
(born 1944), American businessman, CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
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Steve Kinder, American basketball coach
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Vladimír Kinder (born 1969), Slovak footballer
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