Leitner
title: "Leitner" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["german-language-surnames", "german-toponymic-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Leitner is an Austrian and southern German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Leitner (born 1947), American artist
- Aloysius Leitner, United States Marine Corps
- Anton G. Leitner (born 1961), German writer and publisher
- Daniela Leitner, Austrian-American physicist
- Dummy Leitner (1872–1960), American baseball player
- Edward Frederick Leitner (1812–1838), German physician and botanist
- Erika Leitner, Italian luger
- Ferdinand Leitner (1912–1996), German conductor
- Franz Leitner (motorcyclist) (born 1968), Austrian motorcycle speedway rider
- Franz Leitner (politician) (1918–2005), Austrian politician
- Friedrich Leitner (1874–1945), German economist
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (1840–1899), Anglo-Hungarian orientalist
- Hias Leitner (born 1935), Austrian alpine skier
- Jan Leitner (born 1953), Czech athlete
- Karl Leitner (born 1937), Austrian sprint canoer
- Karl Gottfried von Leitner (1800–1890), Austrian writer
- Ludwig Leitner (1940–2013), West German alpine skier
- Miroslav Leitner (born 1966), Slovak ski mountaineer
- Moritz Leitner (born 1992), German footballer
- Patric Leitner (born 1977), German luger
- Sándor Leitner (1889–1972), Hungarian Jewish trader
- Sebastian Leitner (1919–1989), Austrian-German science popularizer, journalist and author, inventor of the Leitner system using flashcards
- Tammy Leitner (born 1972), U.S. journalist and reality television contestant
- Tarek Leitner (born 1972), Austrian news presenter
- Ted Leitner, American sportscaster
- Thea Leitner (1921–2016), Austrian writer
- Vladimir Leitner (born 1974), Slovak footballer
- Walter Leitner, German chemist
- Wolfgang Leitner (born 1953), Austrian businessman
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::