Schlesinger

Schlesinger

Schlesinger is a German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: "Schlesien") and may refer to:
* Adam Schlesinger (born 1967), American composer and musician
* Adolf Martin Schlesinger (1769-1838), German founder of A.M. Schlesingers Musikhandlung
* Alan Schlesinger (born 1960), American politician and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2006
* Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr. (1888-1965), American historian and professor at Harvard University
* Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), son of the above, American historian, social critic and former John F. Kennedy associate
* Bruno Schlesinger (1876-1962), American German-born conductor and composer who changed his name to "Bruno Walter" in 1911
* Carl Schlesinger (1813-1871), Austrian cellist
* Cory Schlesinger (born 1972), American football player
* David Schlesinger (born 1960), American journalist who is the Editor-in-Chief of Reuters
* Don Schlesinger, American gaming mathematician, author, lecturer and famous blackjack player
* Frank Schlesinger (1871-1943), American astronomer
* Hermann Irving Schlesinger (1882-1960), American chemist
* James R. Schlesinger (born 1929), U.S. Secretary of Defense (1973-1974)
* Joe Schlesinger (born 1928), Canadian television journalist and author
* John Schlesinger (1926-2003), British film director
* Katharine Schlesinger, British actress
* Kathleen Schlesinger, British musicologist (1862 Holywood near Belfast - 1953 London)
* Klaus Schlesinger (1937-2001), German writer and winner of the 2000 Erich Fried Prize
* Leon Schlesinger (1884-1949), American Looney Tunes producer
* Ludwig Schlesinger (1864-1933), Hungarian-German mathematician, proved Hilbert's twenty-first problem
* Rudolf B. Schlesinger (professor) (1901-1969), Scottish Marxist theoritician and sovietologist of the University of Glasgow
* Rudolf Schlesinger (1909-1996), German-born Professor of Comparative Law at Cornell University, Director of the Cornell Common Core Project
* Walter Schlesinger (1908-1984), German historian

Things and that are named after people with this surname:
* Leon Schlesinger Productions, the 1933 founding name of The Warner Bros. animation division, named after Leon Schlesinger
* Schlesinger (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
* Schlesinger Building, a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa
* Schlesinger Library, a research library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, named after Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.

ee also

* Schlessinger
* Slesinger


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  • Schlesinger — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Adam Schlesinger (* 1967), US amerikanischer Musikschaffender Adolf Martin Schlesinger (1769–1838), deutscher Musikverleger Alfred Cary Schlesinger (auch Alfredo Schlesinger; 1900–1993), US amerikanischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Schlesinger — Schlesinger: Adam Schlesinger Adolf Martin Schlesinger Arthur Meier Schlesinger James Schlesinger John Schlesinger Leon Schlesinger Leon Schlesinger Productions Maurice Schlesinger E …   Wikipedia Español

  • Schlesinger — Schlesinger, John * * * (as used in expressions) Schlesinger, Arthur M(eier), y Schlesinger, Arthur M(eier), Jr. Schlesinger, John (Richard) Bruno Walter Schlesinger …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • SCHLESINGER — SCHLESINGER, family of music publishers. ADOLF MARTIN SCHLESINGER (1768–1848) was born in Berlin, where in 1810 he founded the firm Schlesinger sche Buch und Musikalienhandlung, which was one of Beethoven s publishers. His greatest publication… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Schlesinger —   1) [ ʃleɪzɪȖ(g)ə, slesɪndʒə], Arthur Meier, Jr., amerikanischer Historiker, * Columbus (Ohio) 15. 10. 1917; Sohn des Sozialhistorikers Arthur Meier Schlesinger (* 1888, ✝ 1965); war 1946 61 Professor an der Harvard University, 1961 63… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • SCHLESINGER — SCHLESINGER, family of Austrian court jews . MARX (MORDECAI) SCHLESINGER, son of Moses Margulies (margelioth ), was active as military purveyor to the Austrian court before the 1670 expulsion of Vienna Jews, as well as financier to the court and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Schlesinger — Schlesinger, Adolf Martin, geb. 1767, Israelit, ging von anderen Geschäften zu dem Buchhandel über u. gründete 1810 die noch bestehende Schlesingersche Buch u. Musikalienhandlung in Berlin u. die später von seinen Söhnen geleitete… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Schlesinger — Schlesinger, so v.w. Moritz Hermann Strahl …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Schlesinger — Schlesinger, 1) Siegmund, Journalist u. Lustspieldichter, geb. 15. Juni 1832 zu Waag Neustadl in Ungarn, studierte in Wien und begann hier frühzeitig schriftstellerisch zu wirken. 1855–67 war er bei der »Morgenpost«, 1867–87 beim »Neuen Wiener… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Schlesinger — Schlesinger, Ludw., Historiker, geb. 13. Okt. 1838 zu Oberleutensdorf, 1876 Direktor eines Mädchenlyzeums in Prag, Mitglied des böhm. Landtags und des Landesausschusses, gest. 23. Dez. 1899 in Prag; schrieb: »Geschichte der Deutschen in Böhmen«… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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