Kaiser (disambiguation)

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Kaiser refers to the (mainly German) imperial title. Family names with various spellings are derived from it.

Contents 1 Imperial title 2 People 3 Places 4 Companies 5 Other use 6 Footnotes 7 See also 8 External References

[edit] Imperial title

• Kaiser, the (mainly German) imperial title derived from "Caesar" meaning "emperor", used for Holy Roman Emperors (800–1806), Austrian Emperors (1804–1918) and German Emperors (1871–1918)

• In English, "the Kaiser" is usually limited to the three emperors of the (Prussian) German Empire (1871–1918), Wilhelm I, Frederick III and Wilhelm II

• The title Kaiser was also adopted in various (notably oriental) languages (e.g. in Hindi, Urdu)^[1]

• Qaisar is Arabic version of the Kaiser. It is used as given name in Middle East.

• The last ruler to bear the title was George VI, Qaiser e Hind[2], "Emperor of India" (in Hindi and Urdu)

[edit] People

Also see Kayser and Keiser

• Kaiser is a relatively frequent German family name (as are names derived form lesser titles, eg. König, Graf, Herzog)
• Nickname ("Kaiser Franz") for Franz Beckenbauer, former German football player, coach and manager
• Georg Kaiser (1878–1945), a German expressionist playwright
• Glenn Kaiser, a Chicago-based blues musician
• Henry J. Kaiser (1882–1967), American industrialist
• John Anthony Kaiser, Roman Catholic priest
• Kajetan Georg von Kaiser, German chemist
• Philip Mayer Kaiser, United States diplomat
• Robert Blair Kaiser, writer, journalist
• Rudolf Kaiser, German sailplane designer
• Tim Kaiser, a television producer
• see de:Kaiser (Name) for a list of people (mainly Germans) bearing that name

[edit] Places

• Kaiser, Missouri

[edit] Companies

• related to Henry J. Kaiser:
  • Kaiser Aluminum, an aluminium company.
  • Kaiser (automobile), an automobile trademark
  • Kaiser Broadcasting, an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States from 1958 to 1977.
  • Kaiser-Fleetwings, an aircraft manufacturer formed by the purhase of Fleetwings‎.
  • The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, or "Kaiser Foundation"
  • Kaiser Permanente, a health maintenance organization (HMO) based in the U.S. state of California
  • Kaiser Shipyards, part of Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
  • Kaiser Steel, a former steelmaking plant.
• Kaiser Associates a management consultancy
• Kaiser brewery, a Brazilian brewery
• Kaiser Fototechnik, a company, manufacturer of photographic equipment and accessories
• Kaiser Optical Systems, a company that produces spectrometric equiment, including Raman spectrometers
• Kaiser's, a German supermarket chain

[edit] Other use

• Kaiser Bier, Austrian lager beer
• The Kaisers, a rock'n'roll revivalist band from Scotland
• Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band
• Kaizers Orchestra, a Norwegian rock band
• Kaiser roll, a type of bread roll
• Kaiser Burnout, a fire event in the American Civil War named after James Kaiser
• Kaiser (game), a card game
• Kaiser window, a window function in Digital Signal Processing
• Kaiser test, a chemical test for the presence of primary amines
• An alternate name for the HTC TyTN II Pocket PC phone.
• Kaiser Butterfly, a rare species of butterfly found at the source of the Wang Thong River in Thailand.
• The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, a 1956-1957 dramatic anthology television series.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Qaisar is Arabic version of the Kaiser. It is used as given name in Middle East.
• Keyser Söze, fictional character in the 1995 movie "The Usual Suspects"
• Kaiser Ryo, Zane Truesdale's name in the Philippine version of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX as well as his nickname.
• Von Kaiser, from the Nintendo Entertainment System Mike Tyson's Punch Out!.

[edit] External References

• Kaeng Bang Rachan at Tourism Authority of Thailand (mentions the Kaiser butterfly)