Klemperer
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Klemperer can refer to the following:
[edit] Members of the prominent German-Jewish family
- Wilhelm Klemperer (1839-1912), German Reform rabbi, father of:
- Georg Klemperer (1865-1946), German physician
- Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), German author and literary critic
- Otto Klemperer (1885-1973), German-born conductor, cousin of Georg and Victor, and father of:
- Werner Klemperer (1920-2000), American actor, best-known for playing Colonel Klink in Hogan's Heroes
[edit] Other people surnamed Klemperer
- Guttmann Klemperer (1815-1882), Austrian rabbi
- Paul Klemperer, industrial economist at Oxford University (great grandson of Georg Klemperer)
- Paul Klemperer, American saxophonist
- Simon Klemperer, geophysicist at Stanford University (great grandson of Georg Klemperer)
- W. B. Klemperer, astronomer who first described the Klemperer rosette
- Wolfgang Klemperer, German aircraft designer
- W. David Klemperer, Professor Emeritus of Forest Economics at Virginia Tech (grandson of Georg Klemperer)
- Walter G. Klemperer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (grandson of Georg Klemperer)