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, meaning "smaller": *

Alfred Kleiner Alfred Kleiner (24 April 1849 – 3 July 1916) was a Swiss physicist and Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Zurich. He was Albert Einstein's doctoral advisor or ''Doktorvater.'' Initially Einstein's advisor was Heinrich F ...

, Swiss physicist * Marianne Kleiner, Swiss politician *

Bruce Kleiner Bruce Alan Kleiner is an American mathematician, working in differential geometry and topology and geometric group theory. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley. His advisor was Wu-Yi Hsiang. Kleiner is a p ...

, American mathematician * Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host *

Dick Kleiner Richard Arthur Kleiner (March 9, 1921 – February 13, 2002), known as Dick Kleiner, was an American columnist whose breezy question-and-answer column about Hollywood celebrities, "Ask Dick Kleiner", appeared in hundreds of newspapers across the ...

, Hollywood columnist * Eugene Kleiner, Silicon Valley venture capitalist *

Helga Kleiner Helga Kleiner (; born 28 January 1935) is a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, she is a prominent campaigner for senior citizens' interests and has held a number of leadership positions in the ...

, German politician * Israel Kleiner (biochemist) (1885-1966), biochemist *

Israel Kleiner (mathematician) Israel Kleiner is a Canadian mathematician and historian of mathematics. Kleiner earned an MA at Yale University (1963) and a PhD at McGill University (1967) under Joachim Lambek with a thesis ''Lie modules and rings of quotients''. Before his re ...

, Canadian mathematician, professor at McGill University * John J. Kleiner, US Congressman from Indiana *

Michael Kleiner Michael Kleiner (; born 4 April 1948) is an Israeli politician and was the leader of Herut – The National Movement He is currently the President of the Supreme Court of the Israeli Likud party. Biography Michael Kleiner was born in Munich, G ...

, Israeli politician *

Morris Kleiner Morris M. Kleiner is an American academic. Kleiner received his M.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations, and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois and his undergraduate degree in economics from Bradley University. He is a professor and ...

, American professor of public affairs *

Sergio Kleiner Sergio Kleiner (born March 23, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina), also credited as Sergio Klainer, is an Argentine-born Mexican film and television actor. He started his acting career at the age of 21 at a play in Buenos Aires. He then toured wit ...

, Argentine soap opera star *

Yosef Kleiner Yosef Kleiner () or Iosef Kleiner (Eduardo José Kleiner) (born December 20, 1963) is an Israeli rabbi, psychologist, actor and intellectual born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 20, 1963. Between 1994 and 2020 he was the rabbi of the Com ...

, rabbi, psychologist, actor and intellectual

Fictional characters

Isaac Kleiner This is a list of characters in the ''Half-Life'' videogame series, which comprises ''Half-Life'', ''Half-Life 2'', ''Half-Life: Alyx'', and their respective expansion packs and episodes. Introduced in ''Half-Life'' and expansion packs This sec ...

, from the video games ''Half-Life'' and ''Half-Life 2''.

Other meanings

Kleiner Feldberg The Kleiner Feldberg is the second-highest mountain in the Taunus mountain range, located in Hesse, Germany. It has an elevation of . The Großer Feldberg is located in its immediate neighbourhood. Obeservatory In 1913, a meteorological an ...

, mountain in Germany *

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Kleiner Perkins, formerly Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is an American venture capital firm which specializes in investing in incubation, early stage and growth companies. Since its founding in 1972, the firm has backed entrepreneur ...

, venture capital firm *

Kleiner Semmering Pass Kleiner Semmering Pass (el. ) is a low mountain pass in the Wienerwald in the '' Bundesland'' of Lower Austria. It forms the divide between the watersheds of the Vienna River and the Liesingbach. See also * List of highest paved roads in Europ ...

, mountain pass in Austria *

Kleiner Münsterländer Kleiner () is a German or Jewish surname, meaning "smaller": * Alfred Kleiner, Swiss physicist * Marianne Kleiner, Swiss politician * Bruce Kleiner, American mathematician * Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host * ...

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