Leitner is an Austrian and southern German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Leitner Alan Leitner (born 1947) is an American abstract painter. Biography He was born in 1947 in an ethnically diverse section of Los Angeles. Alan was the middle of three children in a Jewish family. He received his B.S. in art in 1971 from W ...

(born 1947), American artist * Aloysius Leitner, United States Marine Corps * Anton G. Leitner (born 1961), German writer and publisher *

Dummy Leitner George Michael "Dummy" Leitner (June 19, 1871 – February 20, 1960) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for two seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics (1901), New York Giants (1901), Cleveland ...

(1872–1960), American baseball player *

Edward Frederick Leitner Edward Frederick Leitner, also Friedrich August Ludwig Leitner (February 4, 1812 – January 15, 1838) was a German botanist, naturalist and physician. He was killed in Florida during the Seminole Wars after volunteering to be a combat medic. Fre ...

(1812–1838), German physician and botanist *

Erika Leitner Erika Leitner was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 1960 FIL World Luge Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. Leitner also won a bronze ...

, Italian luger *

Ferdinand Leitner Ferdinand Leitner (4 March 1912 in Berlin – 3 June 1996 in Zürich) was a German conductor. Leitner studied under Franz Schreker, Julius Prüwer, Artur Schnabel and Karl Muck. He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. Starting as a ...

(1912–1996), German conductor * Franz Leitner (motorcyclist) (born 1968), Austrian motorcycle speedway rider *

Franz Leitner (politician) Franz Leitner (12 February 1918, Wiener Neustadt, Austria – 20 October 2005, Höf-Präbach, Styria, Austria) was an Austrian politician and honoured as an "Austrian Righteous Among the Nations”. He was member of the Styrian Landtag (state ...

(1918–2005), Austrian politician *

Friedrich Leitner Friedrich Leitner (26 January 1874 – 3 July 1945) was a German economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply the ...

(1874–1945), German economist *

Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (14 October 1840 – 22 March 1899), also known as Gottlieb William Leitner, was a British orientalist. Early life and education Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner was born in Pest, Hungary, on 14 October 1840 to a Jewish fam ...

(1840–1899), Anglo-Hungarian orientalist *

Hias Leitner Matthias "Hias" Leitner (born 22 September 1935) is an Austrian former alpine skiing, alpine skier. He was born in Kitzbühel. At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Squaw Valley, United States he won silver in the slalom skiin ...

(born 1935), Austrian alpine skier *

Jan Leitner Jan Leitner (; born 14 September 1953) is a retired long jumper who represented Czechoslovakia. Leitner was born in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia. His greatest achievements were gold medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships The European A ...

(born 1953), Czech athlete *

Karl Leitner Karl Leitner (Innsbruck, 26 November 1937) is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Ita ...

(born 1937), Austrian sprint canoer *

Karl Gottfried von Leitner Karl (or ''Carl'') Gottfried Ritter von Leitner (November 18, 1800 – June 20, 1890) was an Austrian writer and publicist from Graz, Styria, Austria. From 1837 to 1854 he was the first Secretary to the Estates in Styria. He was the editor of t ...

(1800–1890), Austrian writer *

Ludwig Leitner Ludwig Leitner (February 24, 1940 – March 21, 2013) was a German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria. Leitner became a world champion in the combined event in Innsbruck in 1964.Miroslav Leitner Miroslav Leitner (born 1 August 1966) is a Slovakian ski mountaineer and has been member of the SSA national squad since 1992. Until the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993, he ran for the Czechoslovac team. Leitner was born in Brezno. He started s ...

(born 1966), Slovak ski mountaineer *

Moritz Leitner Moritz Leitner (born 8 December 1992) is a German professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has previously played for Borussia Dortmund, TSV 1860 Munich, 1860 Munich, FC Augsburg, S.S. Lazio, Lazio, Norwich City ...

(born 1992), German footballer *

Patric Leitner Patric-Fritz Leitner (born 23 February 1977 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria) is a German former luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with Alexander Resch he won the men's doubles event at the 2002 Winte ...

(born 1977), German luger *

Sándor Leitner Sándor Leitner (born Joszéf Leitner; 5 November 1889 – 1972) was a Hungarian Jewish merchant and religious leader in the Kingdom of Romania. He presided the Judenrat in the Oradea ghetto during the Holocaust. Career Sándor Leitner was bor ...

(1889–1972), Hungarian Jewish trader *

Sebastian Leitner Sebastian Leitner (1919 in Salzburg – 1989) was a German commentator and science popularizer. As a student in Vienna, he was briefly kept in custody by the Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-r ...

(1919–1989), Austrian-German science popularizer, journalist and author, inventor of the

Leitner system The Leitner system is a widely used method of efficiently using flashcards that was proposed by the German science journalist Sebastian Leitner in 1972. It is a simple implementation of the principle of spaced repetition, where cards are revi ...

using

flashcards A flashcard or flash card is a card bearing information on both sides, usually intended to practice and/or aid memorization. It can be virtual (part of a flashcard software) or physical. Typically, each flashcard bears a question or definition ...

Tammy Leitner Tamara Leitner (born July 3, 1972) is an American network correspondent and investigative TV reporter. The journalist won a George Foster Peabody and Edward R. Murrow for the documentary Toxic Secrets. She also won 12 Emmys for investigative news ...

(born 1972), U.S. journalist and reality television contestant *Tarek Leitner (born 1972), Austrian news presenter *

Ted Leitner Theodore Leitner (born July 9, 1947) is an American former sportscaster. Best known for his role as a play-by-play announcer for San Diego Padres baseball from 1980 to 2020, Leitner has also called San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball and foo ...

, American sportscaster *

Thea Leitner Thea Leitner (June 2, 1921 in Vienna – August 2016) was an Austrian author and journalist. She has written numerous books for young people and was decorated, in May, 2003 for service to Vienna with the "Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um d ...

(1921–2016), Austrian writer *

Vladimir Leitner Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology T ...

(born 1974), Slovak footballer *

Walter Leitner Walter Leitner (born 1 February 1963 in Pfarrkirchen, Germany) is a German chemist, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) heading the department "Molecular Catalysis" as well as a university lecturer ...

, German chemist *

Wolfgang Leitner Wolfgang Leitner (born 27 March 1953) is an Austrian billionaire and former CEO of Andritz AG, an Austrian plant engineering company. Early life Leitner was born in 1953 in Graz, Austria. His father was a metal worker at Andritz AG. In 1978, Le ...

(born 1953), Austrian businessman

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