Kaiser (family name)
Kaiser is a German and a Dutch family name.
Meaning of the name
Kaiser is a common nickname or nickname in German-speaking countries, meaning 'Kaiser', probably as an allusion to the proud, vain behavior of earlier namesake. Occasionally this family name can be based on a house name . A house zume Keizer is attested in 1320 in Worms .
Spread of the name
Germany and Austria
In Germany around 32,000 families bear this name, in Austria around 3,000 families.
Switzerland
The family name occurs in the spellings Kaiser, Kayser, Keizer and Keyser in numerous cantons of Switzerland .
Netherlands
In the Netherlands , the name Kaiser occurs without a recognizable focus. It is very common in other spellings.
Belgium
The name Kaiser / Keizer also occurs in Belgium , especially on the border with Germany.
France
In France, too, the name in the spellings Kaiser, Keizer, Kaizer, Keizer has been common since at least the 19th century, especially in Alsace-Lorraine and neighboring areas, and from there it has spread across the country.
Italy
In Italy the spellings Kaiser, Kayser, Keizer, Keyser, Keyzer, Keizer occur.
United States
The name came to the USA through emigrants from German-speaking Europe . It is one of the 50,000 most common names.
Spellings
In the Netherlands also among others:
- Kaizer
- Keizer (2203 ×)
- Keijser (253 ×)
- Keijzer (1605 ×)
The family name Caesar is the Latinized form of the family name Kaiser.
Name bearer
A.
- A. Dale Kaiser ( Armin Dale Kaiser ; 1927–2020), American biologist
- Abraham Adolf Kaiser (1874–1942), German resistance fighter
- Adam Kaiser (1900–1987), German politician (CSU)
- Adolf Kaiser (politician) (1836–1913), Swiss chemist, physicist and member of the St. Gallen government
- Adolph Kaiser (1804–1861), German artist
- Alain Kaiser (* 1991), Swiss floorball player
- Albert Kaiser (caricaturist) (1892–1973), Luxembourg caricaturist and trade unionist
- Albert Kaiser (poet) (1900–1985), German dialect poet
- Albert E. Kaiser (1920–2004), Swiss conductor and music teacher
- Alexander Kaiser (painter, 1819) (1819–1872), Austrian painter and lithographer
- Alexander Kaiser (musician) (* 1973), German musician and lyricist
- Alexander M. Kaiser ( Alexander Maximilian Kaiser , stage name AM Cay ; 1887–1971), German painter, graphic artist and caricaturist
- Alfons Kaiser (* 1965), German journalist
- Alfred Kaiser (Africa explorer) (1862–1930), Swiss African explorer
- Alfred Kaiser (composer) (1872–1917), composer and librettist
- Alfred Kaiser (soccer player, 1934) (* 1934), German soccer player
- Alfred Kaiser (filmmaker) (1940–1994), Austrian filmmaker, painter and composer
- Alfred Kaiser (soccer player, 1947) (* 1947), French soccer player
- Andrea Kaiser (* 1982), German presenter
- Andreas Kaiser (economist) (* 1963), German economist
- Andreas Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1964), German soccer player
- Andreas Kaiser (artist) (* 1967), German artist
- Andreas Faber-Kaiser (1944–1994), Spanish writer and ufologist
- Angela Kaiser-Lahme (* 1960), German historian
- Anna-Bettina Kaiser (* 1976), German law scholar and university professor
- Anne Kaiser (* 1987), German soccer player
- Annemarie Kaiser (painter) (1923–1993), German painter and art teacher
- Annemarie Buchholz-Kaiser (1939–2014), Swiss psychologist
- Annette Kaiser (* 1948), Swiss mystic and Sufi
- Anton Kaiser (painter) (1863–1944), Austrian painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Anton Kaiser (interior designer) (1899 – after 1942), German interior designer, designer and painter
- Anton Kaiser (trade unionist) (1919-2010), German trade unionist and politician (KPD, DKP)
- Anton Kaiser (photographer) (1926–2013), German photographer
- Astrid Kaiser (* 1948), German educational scientist
- August Kaiser (publicist) , German publicist
- August Kaiser (politician, 1850) (1850–1908), Austrian agrarian and politician (DVP)
- August Reinhold Kaiser (1805–1874), German administrative officer and politician
- Augusta Kaiser (1895–1932), German sculptor and ceramicist
B.
- Ben Kaiser (* 1984), German film editor and cameraman
- Benedikt Kaiser (* 1987), German writer
- Bernd Kaiser (archaeologist) (1942–1974), German archaeologist
- Bernd Kaiser (rower) (* 1951), German rower
- Bernhard Kaiser (* 1954), German theologian
- Brittany Kaiser (* 1988), American whistleblower
- Bruno Kaiser (1911–1982), German librarian, Germanist and resistance fighter
C.
- Carl Kaiser (entrepreneur) (1859–1945), German commercial entrepreneur
- Carl Kaiser (ice hockey player) ( Carl Joseph Kaiser ; * 1927), Canadian ice hockey player
- Carl Kaiser (politician) (* 1949), Liechtenstein politician (FBP)
- Carl Kaiser-Herbst (1858–1940), Austrian painter
- Carl-Christian Kaiser (1931–2019), German journalist
- Carl Gangolph Kaiser (1837–1895), Austrian architect, see Carl Gangolf Kayser
- Carlos Kaiser (* 1963), Brazilian soccer player
- Céline Kaiser (* 1970), German philologist, literary scholar, theater pedagogue and university teacher
- Christian Kaiser (basketball trainer) (* 1983), German basketball trainer
- Christian Kaiser (actor) (* 1961), Swiss actor
- Christina Baas-Kaiser (* 1938), Dutch speed skater
- Christoph M. Kaiser (* 1964), German film composer, musician and producer
- Clemens Kaiser-Breme (1908–1997), German singer (baritone) and music teacher
- Curt Kaiser (1865–1940), German politician, Lord Mayor of Neukölln
D.
- Dagmar Kaiser (* 1962), German legal scholar
- Daniel Kaiser (wrestler) , Swiss wrestler
- Daniel Kaiser (journalist) (* 1972), German radio journalist
- Daniel Kaiser (composer) (* 1976), German film composer and musician
- Daniel Kaiser (presenter) (* 1986), German radio and television presenter
- Daniel Kaiser (vaulters) (* 1986), German vaulters
- Daniel Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1990), German soccer player
- Daniel Dominik Kaiser-Küblböck , real name of Daniel Küblböck (* 1985), German pop singer
- Darius Kaiser (* 1961), German racing cyclist
- David Kaiser (science historian) (* 1971), American science historian
- David Kaiser (actor) (* 1981), actor, speaker and singer
- David E. Kaiser (* 1947), American historian
- Detlef Kaiser (musician) (* 1955), German pianist and university professor
- Detlef Kaiser (physicist) (* 1958), German physicist and university professor
- Dominik Kaiser (entrepreneur) (* 1969), Swiss producer and entrepreneur
- Dominik Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1988), German soccer player
- Dora Kaiser (1892–1972), Austrian actress
- Dorothea Kaiser (* 1940), German actress
- Dshamilja Kaiser , German opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
E.
- Edgar F. Kaiser (1908–1981), American entrepreneur
- Edmond Kaiser (1914–2000), French writer and human rights activist
- Edouard Kaiser (painter, 1855) (1855–1931), Swiss painter
- Edouard Kaiser (painter, 1892) (1892–1957), Swiss painter
- Eduard Kaiser (politician) (1813–1903), German doctor and politician
- Eduard Kaiser (painter) (1820–1895), Austrian painter and lithographer
- Eduard Kaiser (architect) (1831–1911), Austrian architect and builder
- Eduard Kaiser (industrialist) (1855–1911), German coal and steel industrialist
- Egon Kaiser (1901–1982), German band leader and arranger
- Elfriede Kaiser-Nebgen (1890–1983), German trade unionist
- Elisabeth Kaiser (* 1987), German politician (SPD)
- Elke Kaiser (* before 1966), German archaeologist and university professor
- Emil Kaiser (composer, 1853) (1853–1929), German composer, musician and conductor
- Emil Kaiser (topographer) (1855–1882), German topographer
- Emil Kaiser (writer) (1868–1916), German painter, writer and theater critic
- Emil Kaiser (composer, 1896) (1896–1966), Austrian composer and conductor
- Emil Thomas Kaiser (1938–1988), American chemist
- Eric Kaiser , known as K-Rino (born 1970), American rapper
- Eric Kaiser (athlete) (* 1971), German athlete
- Erich Kaiser (geologist) (1871–1934), German geologist and mineralogist
- Erich Kaiser (medic) (1925–2005), Austrian medic, chemist and university professor
- Erich Kaiser-Titz (1875–1928), German actor
- Ernst Kaiser (painter) (1803–1865), German painter
- Ernst Kaiser , pseudonym of Ewald August König (1833–1888), German writer
- Ernst Kaiser (geographer) (1885–1961), German geographer
- Ernst Kaiser (mathematician) (1907–1978), Swiss mathematician
- Ernst Kaiser (author) (1911–1972), Austrian author and translator
- Esther Kaiser (* 1975), German singer
- Eugen Kaiser (1879–1945), German politician (SPD)
- Evamaria Kaiser (also Eva Maria Kaiser ; 1927–1994), Austrian radio presenter
- Eva Maria Kaiser (journalist) (also Eva Maria Hoppe-Kaiser ; * 1968), Austrian theologian and television journalist
- Ewald Kaiser (1905–1992), German politician (KPD)
F.
- Florian G. Kaiser (* 1959), Swiss psychologist and university professor
- Franz Kaiser (architect, 1870) (1870–1936), German architect and entrepreneur
- Franz Kaiser (architect, 1888) (1888–1971), German architect, painter and inflation saint
- Franz Kaiser (politician) (1890–1988), German politician (DVP)
- Franz Kaiser (astronomer) (1891–1962), German astronomer
- Franz Kaiser (manufacturer) (1901–1967), German watch manufacturer
- Franz Kaiser (entrepreneur) (1929–2000), German building contractor
- Franz Wilhelm Kaiser (* 1957), German art historian
- Frederick Kaiser (1889–1928), American walker
- Frederik Kaiser (also Friedrich Kaiser ; 1808–1872), Dutch astronomer
- Friedrich Kaiser (actor) (1814–1874), Austrian actor and writer
- Friedrich Kaiser (painter) (1815–1890), German painter
- Friedrich Kaiser (mechanical engineer) (1831–1897), German mechanical engineer and inventor
- Friedrich Kaiser (Bishop) (1903–1993), German clergyman, Bishop of Caravelí
- Friedrich Kaiser (politician) , German politician, MdL Brandenburg
- Friedrich Kaiser (mycologist) (1927–1991), German botanist and mycologist
- Frida Imboden-Kaiser (1877–1962), Swiss doctor
- Fritz Kaiser (politician, 1877) (1877–1956), German lawyer and politician (DVP), MdL Saxony
- Fritz Kaiser (painter) (1891–1974), German painter
- Fritz Kaiser (politician, 1901) (1901–1966), German politician (BVP, CSU), MdL Bavaria
- Fritz Kaiser (soccer player) , German soccer player and coach
- Fritz Kaiser (entrepreneur) (* 1955), Liechtenstein entrepreneur
G
- Gabriele Kaiser (* 1952), German mathematician and university professor
- Gebhard Kaiser (* 1948), German politician (CSU)
- Georg Kaiser (actor) , German actor
- Georg Kaiser (1878–1945), German writer
- Georg Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1948), German soccer goalkeeper
- Georg Felix Kaiser (1883–1918), German music critic
- George Kaiser (* 1942), American entrepreneur
- Gerd Kaiser ( Gerhard Ernst Richard Kaiser ; * 1933), German historian and sociologist
- Gerhard Kaiser (chess composer) (1890–1966), German chess composer
- Gerhard Kaiser (Germanist, 1927) (1927–2012), German Germanist
- Gerhard Kaiser (artist) (* 1955), Austrian artist
- Gerhard Kaiser (Germanist, 1969) (* 1969), German Germanist
- Gerhard R. Kaiser (* 1943), German Germanist
- Gert Kaiser (* 1941), German Germanist and science manager
- Gilbert Kaiser (* 1949), Liechtenstein sports shooter
- Glenn Kaiser (* 1953), American musician
- Gloria Kaiser (* 1950), Austrian writer
- Gottlieb Philipp Christian Kaiser (1781–1848), German theologian and university professor
- Günter Kaiser (* 1959), German painter and plasterer
- Günther Kaiser (1928–2007), German lawyer and criminologist
H
- Hanns Kaiser (1921–2012), German internist and rheumatologist
- Hans Kaiser (pharmacist) (1890–1977), German pharmacist and food chemist
- Hans Kaiser (artist) (1914–1982), German artist
- Hans Kaiser (education functionary) (1919–1998), German educator and education functionary (GDR)
- Hans Kaiser (politician, 1926) (* 1926), Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the Lower Austria state parliament
- Hans Kaiser (politician, 1938) (* 1938), German politician (SPD), MdL Lower Saxony
- Hans Kaiser (politician, 1947) (* 1947), German politician (CDU), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate
- Hans-Fritz Kaiser (1897 – after 1944), German garden technician and party functionary (NSDAP)
- Hans-Jörg Kaiser (1952–2015), Austrian architect and preservationist
- Hans-Jürgen Kaiser (* 1959), German organist
- Hans K. Kaiser ( Hans Karl Kaiser ; 1911–1985), German writer (pseudonyms: Thomas Hellberg, Richard Oliver, JR Richard, RJ Richard, RJ Richards)
- Heinrich Kaiser (veterinarian) (1838–1913), German veterinarian and university professor
- Heinrich Kaiser (physicist) (1907–1976), German physicist
- Heinrich Kaiser (biologist) (1941–1986), German biologist (dragonfly researcher) and university professor
- Heinrich Alfred Kaiser (1883–1946), German architect and painter
- Heinz Kaiser (* 1941), German politician (SPD)
- Hellmuth Kaiser (1893–1961), German-American psychotherapist
- Helmut Kaiser (psychoanalyst) (* 1942), German psychoanalyst
- Helmut Kaiser (zoologist, 1944) (* 1944), Austrian zoologist and university professor
- Helmut Kaiser (media manager) , Austrian media manager and artistic director
- Helmut Kaiser (zoologist, 1959) (1959–1994), Austrian entomologist
- Henriette Kaiser (* 1961), German writer, film director and journalist
- Henry Kaiser (composer) (1861 – after 1920), French composer
- Henry Kaiser (guitarist) (* 1952), American musician and producer
- Henry Felix Kaiser (1927–1992), American psychologist
- Henry John Kaiser (1882–1967), American industrialist
- Hermann Kaiser (publisher) (1820–1881), German bookseller and publisher
- Hermann Kaiser (resistance fighter) (1885–1945), German teacher, officer and resistance fighter
- Hermann Kaiser (theater critic) (1889–1978), German theater scholar and critic
- Hermann Kaiser (politician) , German politician (WP), MdL Saxony
I.
- Ignatz Kaiser (1819–1895), German lawyer and politician
- Ikarus Kaiser (* 1978), Austrian musicologist, organist and composer
- Ingeborg Kaiser (* 1930), German-Swiss writer
- Isabell Kaiser (* 1992), German handball player
- Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925), Swiss writer
J
- Jakob Kaiser (Reformer) († 1529), Swiss pastor and reformer
- Jakob Kaiser (1888–1961), German politician (center, CDU)
- Jérémie Kaiser (* 1988), German-French writer and illustrator
- Joachim Kaiser (1928–2017), German journalist, critic and university professor
- Joachim Kaiser (artist) (1929–2010), German artist and cultural politician
- Jochen-Christoph Kaiser (* 1948), German historian, theologian and university professor
- Johann Kaiser (1882–1962), Austrian politician (CSP)
- Johann Anton Kaiser (1792-1853), Swiss balneologist
- Johann Georg Kaiser (1801–1872), German theologian
- Johanna Kaiser (painter) (1912–1991), German painter
- Johanna Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1996), German soccer player
- Johannes Kaiser (politician, 1869) (1869– ??), German politician, MdL Prussia
- Johannes Kaiser (athlete) (1936–1996), German athlete
- Johannes Kaiser (actor) (1941–2018), Austrian actor
- Johannes Kaiser (politician, 1958) (* 1958), Liechtenstein politician (FBP)
- Josef Kaiser (Oberamtmann) (1808–1872), Oberamtmann from Baden
- Josef Kaiser (entrepreneur) (1862–1950), German coffee entrepreneur
- Josef Kaiser (watchmaker) (1874–1940), German watch entrepreneur
- Josef Kaiser (architect) (1910–1991), German architect, urban planner and university professor
- Josef Kaiser (sculptor) (* 1954), Austrian sculptor, painter and designer
- Josefine Ernst-Kaiser (around 1820–1873), Austrian singer (coloratura soprano)
- Joseph Kaiser (singer) (* 1977), Canadian singer (tenor)
- Joseph Franz Kaiser (1786–1859), Austrian bookbinder, lithographer, publisher and officer
- Joseph Heinrich Kaiser (1921–1998), German legal scholar
- Josip Kaiser (* 1954), Croatian artist and university professor
- Juan Kaiser (1859–1916), Swiss businessman
- Julius Kaiser (musician) (1829-1893), German clarinetist
- Julius Kaiser (pedagogue) (1843–1906), German teacher and headmaster
- Julius Kaiser (General) (1860–1925), Austrian general
- Jürgen Kaiser (* 1980), German author, director and speaker
- Jutta Kaiser (* 1972), German canoeist
K
- Kai Luehrs-Kaiser (* 1961), German publicist and music critic
- Kajetan Georg von Kaiser (1803–1871), German chemist
- Karin Kaiser (* 1962/1963), German economist, university lecturer and politician (AfD)
- Karl Kaiser (politician) (1866–1935), Liechtenstein politician
- Karl Kaiser (writer) (1868 – after 1901), German poet
- Karl Kaiser (judge) († 1966), German engineer and judge
- Karl Kaiser (political scientist) (* 1934), German political scientist
- Karl Kaiser (winemaker) (1941–2017), Austrian-Canadian winemaker
- Karl Kaiser-Blüth (1868–1944), German merchant, see list of stumbling blocks in the Neustadt-Süd district of Cologne
- Karl Funke-Kaiser (1900–1971), German insurance manager, collector and art patron
- Karl Georg Kaiser (1843–1916), Swiss painter
- Karl Johann Kaiser (1869–1918), German painter
- Kathina Kaiser (* 1945), German actress and production designer
- Kerstin Kaiser (* 1960), German politician (Die Linke)
- Kirsten Kaiser (* 1961), German artist
- Klaus Kaiser (* 1957), German politician (CDU)
- Klaus-Dieter Kaiser (1935–2015), German historian and teacher
- Klaus Felix Kaiser (1947–2012), Swiss botanist
- Koloman Kaiser (1854–1915), Austrian poet
- Konstantin Kaiser (* 1947), Austrian writer
- Kurt Kaiser (director) (1912–1988), Austrian director, set designer and author
- Kurt Kaiser (musician) (* 1922), German musician and arranger
- Kurt Kaiser (winter sportsman) (* 1941), German cross-country skier and biathlete
- Kurt Kaiser-Blüth (1903–1976), German journalist, editor, writer and resistance fighter
- Kurt Frederic Kaiser (1934–2018), American church musician
- Kyle Kaiser (* 1996), American racing driver
L.
- Leander Kaiser (* 1947), Austrian painter
- Leonhard Kaiser (around 1480–1527), Austrian theologian and reformer
- Lisa Kaiser (1916–1972), German archivist and librarian
- Lothar Kaiser (* 1934), educator and author
- Lucia Kaiser (* 1992), German volleyball player
- Ludwig Kaiser (lawyer) (1889–1978), German lawyer, pianist and resistance fighter
- Ludwig Kaiser (pedagogue) , father of the resistance fighter Hermann Kaiser and director of the Orange School in Wiesbaden
- Ludwig Friedrich Kaiser (1779–1819), German painter
M.
- Manfred Kaiser (1929–2017), German soccer player
- Manfred Schmitz-Kaiser (* 1951), German lawyer and bank manager
- Marcus Kaiser (* 1966), German photographer and media artist
- Mareice Kaiser (* 1981), German journalist, author and columnist
- Maria Regina Kaiser (* 1952), German writer
- Marianne Kaiser (* around 1934), German music teacher and singer (soprano)
- Marie Luise Kaiser (* 1953), German writer
- Mario Kaiser (* 1970), German journalist
- Marius Kaiser (1877–1969), Austrian hygienist
- Markus Kaiser (photographer) (* 1974), Austrian architectural photographer
- Markus Kaiser (journalist) (* 1978), German journalist
- Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (* 1964), German social scientist and university professor
- Martina Kaiser (gallery owner) (* 1961), German gallery owner
- Martina Kaiser (* 1970), Austrian presenter and singer
- Martina Severin-Kaiser (1959–2016), German theologian
- Matthäus Kaiser (1924–2011), German theologian
- Matthias Kaiser (author) (* 1950), German chef, restaurant critic and author
- Matthias Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1955), German soccer player
- Matthias Kaiser (dramaturge) (* 1956), German dramaturge, director and librettist
- Maya Büchi-Kaiser (* 1963), Swiss politician
- Michaela Kaiser (* 1973), Austrian grass skier
N
- Natasha Kaiser-Brown (* 1967), American athlete
- Nicholas Kaiser (* 1954), British astronomer
- Nina Kaiser (* 1998), German actress
- Norbert Kaiser (* 1944), German journalist, poet and songwriter
O
- Oldřich Kaiser (* 1955), Czech actor
- Olga Kaiser (1897–1947), Swiss writer and playwright
- Oskar Kaiser (architect) (1838–1914), German architect and builder
- Oskar Kaiser (actor) (1864–1942), German actor and theater director
- Oskar Kaiser (entomologist) (1896–1935), Austrian entomologist
- Oskar Johann Kaiser (1907–2001), German watch entrepreneur
- Otto Kaiser (forester) (1824–1915), German forester
- Otto Kaiser (preacher) (1880–1925), German rabbi and religion teacher
- Otto Kaiser (figure skater) (1901–1977), Austrian figure skater
- Otto Kaiser (SS member) (1913–1996), German SS Oberscharführer
- Otto Kaiser (theologian) (1924–2017), German theologian
- Otto Kaiser , real name of Otto Quirin (* 1927), German painter
- Otto Kaiser-Columberg (1908–1987), Swiss painter
P
- Patricia Kaiser (* 1984), Austrian model
- Paul Kaiser (theologian) (1852–1917), German pastor, writer and song poet
- Paul Kaiser (museum director) (1915–2005), German museum director
- Paul Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1922), German soccer player
- Paul Kaiser (artist) (* 1956), German artist
- Paul Kaiser (cultural scientist) (* 1961), German cultural scientist and curator
- Paul Kaiser (actor) (born 1964), Swiss actor
- Peter Kaiser (historian, 1793) (1793–1864), Liechtenstein historian and politician
- Peter Kaiser (physician, 1932) (* 1932), German human geneticist and gynecologist
- Peter Kaiser (painter) (* 1939), German painter
- Peter Kaiser (politician, 1958) (* 1958), Austrian politician (SPÖ), Governor of Carinthia
- Peter Kaiser (religious scholar) (* 1961), German psychiatrist, ethnologist, religious scholar and university teacher
- Peter Kaiser (politician, 1966) (* 1966), German politician (CDU), Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Peter Kaiser (Historian, 1976) (* 1976), German historian
- Peter Leopold Kaiser (1788–1848), German priest, bishop of Mainz
- Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007), American government official, university professor and diplomat
- Philipp Kaiser (* 1972), Swiss art critic and curator
- Pia Kaiser (1912–1968), German politician (CDU)
R.
- Raimund Kaiser († 1880), Austrian pastor, meteorologist and arachnologist
- Reinhard Kaiser (* 1950), German writer
- Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker (* 1982), Austrian writer
- Reinhold Kaiser (* 1943), German medievalist
- Renato Kaiser (* 1985), Swiss slampo and cabaret artist
- Richard Kaiser (painter) (1868–1941), German painter and etcher
- Richard Kaiser (politician) (1935-2019), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Robert Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1946), Austrian soccer player
- Robert Kaiser (cyclist) (1979–2000), German cyclist
- Roland Kaiser (actor) (1943–1998), German actor and voice actor
- Roland Kaiser (* 1952), German pop singer
- Rolf Kaiser (Anglist) (1909 – after 1975), German Anglist and university professor
- Rolf Kaiser (doctor) (1920–1994), German gynecologist and university professor
- Rolf Kaiser (diplomat) (* 1943), German economist and diplomat
- Rolf Kaiser (soccer player) (* 1954), German soccer player
- Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser (* 1943), German author and music producer
- Roman Kaiser (* 1945), Swiss chemist
- Ronny Kaiser (* 1990), Swiss poker player
- Roswitha Kaiser (* 1957/1958), German architect and conservator
- Rudolf Kaiser (entrepreneur) († 1943), German company founder
- Rudolf Kaiser (ceramist) (1910–1980), German ceramist
- Rudolf Kaiser (aircraft designer) (1922–1991), German sailplane designer
- Rudolf Kaiser (physicist) (1923–1986), German physicist
- Rudolf Kaiser (Anglist) (* 1927), German Anglist and university professor
- Rudolf Kaiser (sculptor) (* 1955), German sculptor
- Rudolf E. Kaiser (* 1930), German chemist
- Ruth Kaiser (1921–2000), German photographer
- Ruud Kaiser (* 1960), Dutch football player and coach
S.
- Sandra Kaiser (* 1983), Austrian ski jumper
- Sandro Kaiser (* 1989), German soccer player
- Sarah Kaiser (* 1974), German singer
- Sebastian Kaiser-Jovy (* 1974), German sports economist and university professor
- Sepp Kaiser (1872–1936), Swiss architect
- Siegfried Kaiser (soccer player) (1926–2019), German soccer player
- Siegfried Kaiser (engineer) (1930–2017), German engineer and university professor
- Siegfried Kaiser (trade unionist) , German trade unionist (FDGB) and politician
- Siegfried Kaiser (architect) , German architect
- Simon Kaiser (1828–1898), Swiss politician, legal scholar and bank manager
- Stefan Kaiser (artist) (* 1952), German draftsman, sculptor, engraver and art teacher
- Stefan Kaiser (sculptor) (* 1956), German sculptor
- Stefan Kaiser (ski jumper) (* 1983), Austrian ski jumper
- Steffen Kaiser (* 1966), German director
- Stephan Kaiser (* 1971), German economist
- Stephanie Kaiser (* 1982), German IT manager and IT entrepreneur
- Sven Kaiser (* 1973), German soccer player
T
- Theodor Kaiser (entrepreneur, 1862) (1862–1930), German confectioner and confectionery manufacturer, see Ms. Kaiser #History
- Theodor Kaiser (entrepreneur, 1906) (1906–1950), German engineer and company founder , see Kaiser Fahrzeugbau #History
- Thomas Kaiser (photographer) (* 1961), German photographer
- Thomas Kaiser (costume designer) (* 1961), German costume designer
- Thomas Kaiser (officer) , Swiss division general
- Thomas M. Kaiser , German zoologist, paleontologist and university professor
- Thomas OH Kaiser (* 1963), German theologian
- Thomas R. Kaiser (1924–1998), Australian physicist
- Tina Kaiser (presenter) (actually Martina Kaiser; * 1977), German television presenter and model
- Tina Kaiser (journalist) (* 1978) is a German journalist and reporter
- Tobias Kaiser (historian) (* 1971), German historian
- Tobias Kaiser (mathematician) (* 1975), German mathematician and university professor
- Tobias Kaiser (* 1979), German guitarist, member of Heldmaschine
U
- Ulrich Kaiser (sports journalist) (1934–2015), German sports journalist
- Ulrich Kaiser (music theorist) (* 1963), German music theorist
- Ulrich Kaiser (conductor) (* 1973), German choir director, conductor and church musician
- Ulrike Kaiser (journalist) (* 1952), German journalist and trade unionist
- Ulrike Kaiser (Judoka) (* 1978), Liechtenstein judoka
- Ursula Ulrike Kaiser (* 1971), German theologian
- Ute Jung-Kaiser (* 1942), German musicologist and university professor
V
- Vea Kaiser (born Verena Kaiser ; * 1988), Austrian writer
- Verena Kaiser (boxer) (* 1992), German boxer
W.
- Walter Kaiser (pastor) (1884–1967), German Protestant pastor
- Walter Kaiser (painter) (1899–1973), German painter
- Walter Kaiser (soccer player) (1907–1982), Franco-German soccer player
- Walter Kaiser , pseudonym Walter Gorrish (1909–1981), German writer
- Walter Kaiser (engineer) (1923–1965), German engineer and manager
- Walter Kaiser (dancer) (1930 / 1931–2016), Swiss dancer
- Walter Kaiser (technology historian) (* 1946), German technology historian and university professor
- Walther Kaiser (entrepreneur) (1878–1923), German company founder
- Walther Kaiser (Judoka) (* 1973), Liechtenstein judoka
- Werner Kaiser (politician, 1868) (1868–1926), Swiss lawyer and politician
- Werner Kaiser (ornithologist) (1913–2000), German teacher and ornithologist
- Werner Kaiser (Egyptologist) (1926–2013), German Egyptologist
- Werner Kaiser (politician, II) , German politician (NDPD)
- Werner Kaiser (choir director) (1930–1993), German choir director
- Werner Kaiser (soccer player, 1943) (* 1943), German soccer player
- Werner Kaiser (botanist) (* 1944), German plant physiologist and university professor
- Werner Kaiser (soccer player, 1949) (* 1949), German soccer player
- Werner A. Kaiser ( Werner Alois Kaiser ; 1949–2013), German radiologist and university professor
- Wilhelm Kaiser (actor) (1813-1892), German actor
- Wilhelm Kaiser (General) (1869–1945), German major general
- Wilhelm Kaiser (politician) (1877–1961), German politician
- Wilhelm Kaiser (painter, 1890) (1890–1969), German painter
- Wilhelm Kaiser (painter, 1920) (* 1920), Austrian painter and university professor
- Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann (1940–2010), German composer and horn player
- Wilhelmine Kaiser (1899–1988), German politician (KPD)
- Willi Kaiser (* 1932), German politician (SPD)
- Willi Kaiser-Heyl ( Wilhelm Kaiser-Heyl ; 1876–1953), German actor and singer
- Willy Kaiser ( Wilhelm Kaiser ; 1912–1986), German boxer
- Wolf Kaiser (1916–1992), German actor
- Wolfgang Kaiser (computer scientist) (1923–2005), German communications engineer and university professor
- Wolfgang Kaiser (KgU) (1924–1952), German chemistry student and member of the combat group against inhumanity
- Wolfgang Kaiser (physicist) (* 1925), German physicist
- Wolfgang Kaiser (chemist) (* 1936), Swiss polymer scientist and university professor
- Wolfgang Kaiser (painter) (* 1941), German painter and photolithographer
- Wolfgang Kaiser (politician) (* 1949), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Wolfgang Kaiser (chess player) (* 1962), German chess player
- Wolfgang Kaiser (legal scholar) (* 1963), German legal scholar and university professor
- Wollie Kaiser (* 1950), German jazz musician
- Wulf Kaiser (* 1964), German engineer and university professor
Fictional people
- Professor Kaiser , an Austrian radio comedy series
- Mr. (Günter) Kaiser, an advertising figure of the Hamburg-Mannheimer
credentials
- ↑ Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning. Arranged by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 326.
- ^ Family name book of Switzerland .
- ↑ http://www.geonea.tk/ ( Memento from May 24, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.familienaam.be/
- ↑ http://www.gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive )