Kaiser (disambiguation)

Kaiser refers to the (mainly German) imperial title. Family names with various spellings are derived from it (as are names derived form lesser titles, eg. König, Graf, Herzog).

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" (derived from "Caesar", not from the similar German language form) was also adopted in various (notably oriental) languages (e.g. in Hindi, Urdu) [See Witzel, Michael, "Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts", p. 29, 12.1 [http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/ejvs0703/ejvs0703article.pdf PDF] ] (as Urdu "kaisar"). The last ruler to bear it as a title was George VI, "Qaiser e Hind" [ [http://www.google.de/books?q=%22kaiser+i+hind%22&btnG=Nach+B%C3%BCchern+suchen] ] , "Emperor of India" (in Hindi and Urdu).
* Qaisar is also an Arabic version of "Caesar"/"Kaiser". It is used as given name in Middle East.

People

:"Also spelled "Kayser" and "Keiser; Keyser "is more common as a Dutch spelling"

* 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
* Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739), German composer
* Robert Blair Kaiser, writer, journalist
* Rudolf Kaiser, German sailplane designer

: "see for a much longer list of people (mainly Germans) bearing that name"

Places

* Kaiser, Missouri
* Keiser, Arkansas

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, 1958–1977
** 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

Other uses

* 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.
* The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, a 1956-1957 dramatic anthology television series.

ee also

* Keyser Söze, fictional character in the 1995 movie "The Usual Suspects"

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