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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, 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, 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, rabbi, psychologist, actor and intellectual

Fictional characters

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

Other meanings

* Kleiner Feldberg, 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, mountain pass in Austria * Kleiner Münsterländer, hunting-pointing-retrieving dog breed {{surname German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Yiddish-language surnames