Kleiner

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title: "Kleiner" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["german-language-surnames", "surnames-of-jewish-origin", "yiddish-language-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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
• Dick Kleiner, Hollywood columnist
• Eugene Kleiner, Silicon Valley venture capitalist
• Helga Kleiner, German politician
• Israel Kleiner (biochemist) (1885-1966), biochemist
• Israel Kleiner (mathematician), Canadian mathematician, professor at McGill University
• John J. Kleiner, US Congressman from Indiana
• Michael Kleiner, Israeli politician
• Morris Kleiner, American professor of public affairs
• Sergio Kleiner, 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, venture capital firm
• Kleiner Semmering Pass, mountain pass in Austria
• Kleiner Münsterländer, hunting-pointing-retrieving dog breed

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