Klemperer (surname)

Klemperer is a German-language occupational surname literally meaning "tinker". It is suggested that in the case of the conductor's immediate family the original name was Klopper - one who knocks on doors to get people to go to Synagogue - and was later changed to the better sounding Klemperer which rhymes with Emperor.

The surname may refer to:

* Members of the prominent German family: ** Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), Jewish German-born conductor and composer *** Johanna Klemperer, his wife, known professionally as Johanna Geisler *** Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), German-American actor, their son, best known for playing Colonel Klink in ''Hogan's Heroes'', and musician ** Georg Klemperer (1865–1946), Jewish German medical consultant, brother of Victor and cousin to the conductor Otto Klemperer, advised his cousin in America concerning his brain tumour. ** Victor Klemperer (1881–1960), Jewish German businessman, journalist, author and literary critic (Professor of Literature) **Otto Klemperer (physicist) (1899–1987), German physicist and cousin to the conductor Otto Klemperer * David Klemperer (born 1980), German beach volleyball player * Felix Klemperer (1866–1932), German internist * Gustav Klemperer von Klemenau (1852–1926), German banker * James von Klemperer (born 1957), American architect * Klemens von Klemperer (1916–2012), German-American historian * Paul Klemperer (born 1956), English economist and Edgeworth Professor of Economics at Oxford University * Ralph von Klemperer, German banker * Simon Klemperer, Geophysicist and Stanford University professor, brother of Paul Klemperer * Viktor Klemperer von Klemenau (1876–1943), German banker * Walter G. Klemperer, American chemist, professor at Columbia University and the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign * Wilhelm Klemperer (1839–1912), Rabbi * William Klemperer (1927–2017), American chemist and Harvard University professor * Wolfgang Klemperer (1893–1965), German-American physicist and aerospace engineer Provided by Wikipedia