Schlessinger
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Schleßinger, Šlesingr (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃlɛsɪŋɡr], Czechized); Schlesinger, Schlehsinger (Shlezinger, Shleyzinger, Yiddish: שלעזינגער, Hebrew: שלזינגר), Slesinger, Slezak, Ślęzak
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Schlessinger is a German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: Schlesien) and may refer to:
- Schlessinger Media, educational video distributor
People
- Andrew Schlessinger, founder of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company
- David Schlessinger, founder of Encore Books and Zany Brainy retail store chains
- Joseph Schlessinger, pharmacologist at Yale; co-founder of SUGEN, a drug development company now part of Pfizer
- Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger, a.k.a. "Dr. Laura" (born 1947), radio host for a popular therapy call-in show
- Leonard Schlessinger, husband of Rose Coyle and National General Manager of the Warner Bros. Theatres
- Michael Schlessinger, American mathematician.
Schleßinger
- Leopold Schleßinger, rabbi, see Siegfried Grzymisch
Šlesingr
- Michal Šlesingr (born 1983, Ústí nad Orlicí, Eastern Bohemia), a Czech biathlete