Klein (surname)
Klein is the Dutch and German word for "small", which came to be used as a surname, and thence passed into the names of places, concepts and discoveries associated with bearers of this surname. It is also a common Jewish surname in the United States, Europe and Brazil.
Politics and government
- Arthur George Klein (1904–1968), United States Representative from New York
- Clayton Klein (born 1949), American politician in Oregon
- Ezra Klein (born 1984), American political writer
- Herb Klein (journalist) (1918–2009), American journalist, President Nixon's communications director
- Herb Klein (politician) (born 1930), American politician
- Herbert G. Klein (1918–2009), American political aide
- Jacob Theodor Klein ("Plinius Gedanensium") (1685–1759), Prussian jurist, historian, botanist, mathematician and diplomat
- Jacques Paul Klein (born 1939), French-born United States diplomat
- Joe Klein (born 1946), American writer for Time magazine
- Louis Klein (1759–1845), French politician and peer, General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- Norbert Klein (born 1956), Dutch politician
- Ralph Klein (1942–2013), Canadian politician
- Ron Klein (born 1957), American (Florida) politician
Entertainment and music
- Klein (musician), recording artist, producer and singer from South London
- Alan Klein (born 1940), English singer and songwriter (New Vaudeville Band)
- Allen Klein (1931–2009), manager for the Beatles and Rolling Stones
- Barbara Lynn Klein (born 1950), American Playboy model, actress and singer known as Barbi Benton
- Carol Joan Klein (born 1942), American composer and singer-songwriter better known by her stage name Carol King
- Chris Klein (born 1979), American actor
- Dani Klein, stage name of Danielle Schoovaerts (born 1953), Belgian singer and songwriter
- Elisabeth Klein (1911–2004), Hungarian-Danish pianist
- Gary Klein, songwriter, record producer, and co-writer of "(I Wanna Be) Bobby's Girl"
- Gene Klein (born 1949), American musician and member of Kiss, better known as "Gene Simmons"
- Gideon Klein (1919–1945), pianist and composer
- Jesper Klein (1944–2011), Danish actor
- Jim Klein, American composer and songwriter
- Mannie Klein (1908–1994), American jazz trumpeter
- Marci Klein (born 1967), American Emmy-winning television producer
- Mark Klein (born 1993), American singer-songwriter
- Oscar Klein (1930–2006), Austrian-born jazz trumpeter
- Robert Klein (born 1942), American stand-up comedian and actor
Literature
- A. M. Klein (Abraham Moses Klein, 1909–1972), Canadian poet
- Aaron J. Klein (1960–2016), Israeli author and journalist
- Augusta Klein (1866–1943), English author
- Bradley S. Klein (born 1954), American author, architecture editor for Golf Week magazine
- Charles Klein (1867–1915) London-born American playwright
- Chuck Klein (born 1947) American author
- Daniel Martin Klein (born 1939), American author
- Ernest Klein (1899 – February 4, 1983), Canadian linguist, author, and rabbi
- Gérard Klein (born 1937), French science fiction writer
- Hannelore Klein (born 1927), German-born American linguist and write known as Laureen Nussbaum
- Joe Klein (born 1946), American journalist and novelist (Primary Colors)
- Josef K. Klein (1896–1971), Bulgarian poet of Austrian origin known by the pseudonym Gustav Heinse
- Julius Leopold Klein (1810–1876), Hungarian dramatist
- Marlon Klein (born 1957), German world music and fusion musician and producer
- Naomi Klein (born 1970), Canadian author and activist
- Nathan Klein (1923–2004), Ukrainian-born Israeli poet known as Natan Yonatan
- Robin Klein (born 1936), Australian author of children's books
- T. E. D. Klein (born 1947), American horror writer and editor
Academics and technology
- Aaron E. Klein (1930–1998), American historian of science
- Abel Klein (born 1945), American mathematician
- Emanuel Edward Klein (1844–1925), British bacteriologist
- Etienne Klein (born 1958), French physicist and philosopher of science
- Dan Klein, American computer scientist
- Daniel Klein (grammarian) (Lithuanian: Danielius Kleinas; 1609–1666), German-Lithuanian pastor and grammarian
- Daniel B. Klein (born 1962), American economist
- Esther Klein (married name Esther Szekeres; 1910–2005), Hungarian–Australian mathematician
- Felix Klein (1849–1925), German mathematician
- Fritz Klein (1888–1945), German Nazi physician and war criminal
- Fritz Klein (sex researcher) (1932–2006), American sex researcher
- Gary A. Klein (born 1944), American research psychologist
- George Klein (inventor) (1904–1992), Canadian inventor
- Heinz Klein (1940–2008), American sociologist
- Jacob Theodor Klein (1685–1759), Prussian botanist
- Jan Klein (born 1936), Czech-American immunologist
- Lawrence Klein (1920–2013), American economist
- Luella Klein (–2019), American obstetrician-gynecologist and professor
- Martin J. Klein (1924–2009), American science historian of physics
- Marty Klein (born 1950), American sex therapist
- Melanie Klein (1882–1960), British psychotherapist
- Oskar Klein (1894–1977), Swedish physicist
- Richard Klein (paleoanthropologist) (born 1941), American paleoanthropologist
- Wilhelm Klein (1850–1924), Hungarian-Austrian archeologist
- Willem Klein (1912–1986), Dutch mathematician and famous mental calculator
Art
- Aart Klein (1909–2001), Dutch photographer
- Anna Klein (painter) (1883–1941), German landscape, animal and genre painter
- Franz Klein (1779–1840), Viennese sculptor, who created a famous bust of Beethoven
- Fred Klein (1898–1990), Dutch painter active in France; father of Yves Klein
- Mary-Austin Klein (born 1964), American artist
- Roman Klein (1858–1924), Russian architect
- Todd Klein (born 1951), comic book letterer
- Vilhelm Klein (1835–1913). Danish architect
- William Klein (born 1928), American-born French photographer and filmmaker
- Yves Klein (1928–1962), French painter, son of Fred Klein
Religion
- Ernest Klein (1899–1983), Canadian linguist and rabbi
- Félix Klein (1862–1953), French priest and theologian
- Isaac Klein (1905–1979), American rabbi
- Menashe Klein (1924–2011), American rabbi
- Norbert Klein (1866–1933), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Business and industry
- Anne Klein (1923–1974), American fashion designer
- Fernando Heydrich Klein (1827–1903) German businessman, politician, engineer and sculptor
- Bill Klein (businessman) (born c. 1948), American businessman and poker player
- Calvin Klein (fashion designer) (born 1942), American fashion designer
- David Klein (born 1935), Governor, Bank of Israel
- Jonathan Klein (CNN), president of the American television news network CNN
- Jonathan Klein (Getty Images) (born 1960), founder of Getty Images
- Leonardo Farkas Klein (born 1967), Chilean businessman
- Robin Klein (venture capitalist) (born 1947), British entrepreneur and investor
- Mathias Klein, founder of Klein Tools
Sports
- Abraham Klein (referee) (born 1934), Israeli football referee
- Ágnes Keleti (born 1920), born Klein, Hungarian-Israeli Olympic champion artistic gymnast
- Brydan Klein (born 1989), Australian-born British tennis player
- Chris Klein (soccer) (born 1976), American soccer player
- Chuck Klein (1904–1958), American baseball player
- Collin Klein (born 1989), American football player
- Dede Klein (1910–1966), Canadian ice hockey player
- Dieter Klein (born 1988), South African cricketer
- Ernest Klein (1910–1990), Austrian-British chess master and author
- Erwin Klein (d. 1992), American table tennis player
- Frederick C Klein (born 1938), American sportswriter
- Hanna Klein, German athlete
- Herbert Klein (swimmer) (1923–2001), German swimmer
- Jackie Klein (born 1937), American artistic gymnast
- Joe Klein (baseball executive) (1942–2017), American baseball executive
- Kevin Klein (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kristin Klein (born 1970), American volleyball player (1959–1993)
- Martin Klein (wrestler) (1884–1947), Estonian wrestler
- Martin Klein (footballer), Czech international footballer
- Michael Klein (footballer) (1959–1993), Romanian international footballer
- Noeki Klein (born 1983), Dutch water polo player
- Perry Klein (born 1971), American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Atlanta Falcons
- Ralph Klein (basketball) (1931–2008), Israeli basketball player and coach
- Roelof Klein (1877–1960), Dutch rower
- Siegmund Klein (1902–1987), American bodybuilder
Other
- Aaron Klein (born 1978), American radio talk show host and conspiracy theorist
- Carol Klein (born 1945), British gardening broadcaster and writer
- Ethan Klein (born 1985), American YouTuber known as h3h3Productions
- Fritz Klein (1888–1945), German Nazi doctor hanged for war crimes
- Gerda Weissmann Klein (born 1924), Holocaust survivor
- Mark Klein (fl. 2006), American whistleblower and former AT&T technician
- Suzy Klein (born 1975), British music and arts broadcaster
Variant surnames
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See also
- Cline (surname)
- Clyne (surname)
- Kleinová (surname)
- Kline (surname)
- Little, a surname
- Petit (disambiguation)
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