Kleinknecht is a
German surname
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, ...
, where 'klein' means small and 'Knecht' servant. Notable people with the surname include:
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Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (1722–1794), German composer and flutist
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Kenneth S. Kleinknecht (1919–2007), American engineer
* (born 1940), German physicist
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German-language surnames
German occupational surnames