Von Kleist
Coat of arms of the Kleist family
Von Kleist is a Pomeranian Prussian noble family. Notable members of this family include:
- Ewald Jürgen Georg von Kleist (c. 1700–1748); co-inventor of the Leyden jar
- Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759); German poet and soldier
- Barbara Sophia von Kleist, mother of Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1741–1766) Prince-Bishop of Ermland/Bishopric of Warmia
- Friedrich Emil Ferdinand Heinrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (April 9, 1762 – February 17, 1823), born and died in Berlin, was a Prussian field marshal
- Heinrich von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811), German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him
- Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist General of the Cavalry (Germany) (1906)
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954); German Field Marshal
- Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin (1890–1945); conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
- Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922–2013); son of Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin; another conspirator in the 20 July bomb plot