Kleis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* (born 1956), Danish
politician
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Dave Kleis
Dave Kleis (born January 21, 1964) is a Minnesota small business owner and politician serving as the mayor of St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's centra ...
(born 1964), American politician
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Martin Kleis
Christian Martin Kleis (1850–1908), known as Martin Kleis, was born in Denmark and died in the Ellice Islands (Tuvalu). Kleis was the resident trader on Nui in the late 19th century.
Kleis sold copra
Copra (from ) is the dried, white fl ...
(1850–1908), Danish trader on Nui
*, winner of the 2010
Copenhagen Marathon
The Copenhagen Marathon is an annual marathon that takes place on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in 1980, it is held in May and has around 10,000 participants. It is a World Athletics Bronze Label race.
The course is a mos ...
See also
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Kleis Site
Kleis Site is an historic archeological site located at Hamburg in Erie County, New York. The site contains the remnants of a 17th-century Iroquoian village and burial ground, and is one of a small number of Native American villages on the Niagar ...
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Klaus
Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
Notable persons whose family name is Klaus
* Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseb ...
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