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 (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, 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) (1918–2005), Austrian politician * Friedrich Leitner (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 (born 1935), Austrian alpine skier * Jan Leitner (born 1953), Czech athlete * Karl Leitner (born 1937), Austrian sprint canoer * Karl Gottfried von Leitner (1800–1890), Austrian writer * Ludwig Leitner (1940–2013), West German alpine skier * Miroslav Leitner (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 (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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