Klee (surname)
The Grave of Yakov Klee at Lipany
Klee is an uncommon surname of Old Germanic [chlēo] and Ashkenazi origins [קליי]. It means 'clover' and is perhaps a topographical name like Feldman. Variations include Kleefeld, Kleeblatt and Kleeberg.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Paul Klee (1879–1940), German-Swiss painter
- Alfred Klee (1875-1943), prominent Zionist leader
- Ruth Judith Klee (1901-1942), family friend of Anne Frank
- Bernhard Klee (born 1936), German conductor
- Carsten Klee (born 1970), German footballer
- Ernst Klee (1940-2013), German teacher, writer, and filmmaker of works about the Holocaust
- Heinrich Klee (1800–1840), German theologian
- Karl Heinz Klee (1930–2008), Austrian sports official
- Ken Klee (born 1971), American professional ice hockey player
- Miguel Klee (born 1977), Guatemalan foottball goalkeeper
- Ollie Klee (1900–1977), outfielder in Major League Baseball
- Victor Klee (1925–2007), mathematician
Many of the Klees were murdered during the Holocaust.[1]
Klee related names at the Shoah Memorial in Paris
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