Klepper is a surname of

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

origin, which derives from the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

word kleppern, meaning "to gossip". Alternative spellings include Klepfer, Kloepfer, and

Klopfer Klopfer is a German occupational surname, derived from the Middle High German ''klopfen'', meaning "to pound, bang, or hammer", and thus indicating a person in the clothing trade, mining or metal working.''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Klopf ...

. The name may refer to: *

Christian Kloepfer Christian Kloepfer (December 22, 1847 – February 9, 1913) was a wholesale merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Wellington South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1900 as a Conservative. He was bo ...

(1847–1913), Canadian politician *

Ed Klepfer Edward Lloyd Klepfer (March 17, 1888 – August 9, 1950) was an American spitball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians in a span of six seasons between 1911 and 1919. Klepf ...

(1888–1950), American baseball player * Frank B. Klepper (1864-1933), American politician *

Jeff Klepper Jeff Klepper is a cantor and influential figure within Contemporary Jewish religious music, particularly the "American nusach" scene. He has performed with Rabbi Dan Freelander as part of the group Kol B'Seder since 1972. Their melody for Shalom R ...

(born 1953), American musician *

Jochen Klepper Jochen Klepper (22 March 1903 – 11 December 1942) was a German writer, poet and journalist. Life Klepper was born in Beuthen an der Oder, (now Bytom Odrzański in Poland). Suffering from severe asthma, he was schooled at home by his father, a ...

(1903–1942), German writer *

John Klepper John W. Klepper (October 23, 1906 – November 13, 1997) was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Asse ...

(1906–1997), American politician *

Jordan Klepper Jordan Klepper (born March 9, 1979) is an American comedian. He began his career as a member of The Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. From 2014 to 2017, he was a correspondent on ''The Daily Show''. He started his own satirical program, ...

(born 1979), American comedian *

Leon Klepper Leon Klepper (24 April 1900 in Iași, Romania – 7 December 1991 in Freiburg Brsg., Germany) was a Romanian composer of classical music. Born to a Jewish family in Iași, Klepper studied in Vienna with Joseph Marx, in Berlin with Franz Schreker ...

(1900-1991), Romanian composer *

Steven Klepper Steven Irwin Klepper (January 24, 1949 - May 27, 2013) was an American economics professor, researcher and author. Klepper was the Arthur Arton Hamerschlag Professor of Economics and Social Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsbur ...

(1949–1997), American economics professor

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