Klemm (family name)
Klemm is a German-speaking family name .
Origin and meaning
The meaning is traced back to:
- Takeover to mhd. Klem 'tight, scarce, lacking' for someone who led a meager life,
- shortened form of the family name Clemens ,
- Name of residence for mhd. Klembe, klemme 'clamping, narrowing'.
Name bearer
A.
- Alfred Klemm (theologian) (1840–1897), German theologian and local history researcher
- Alfred Klemm (chemist) (1913–2013), German chemist
- Anton Klemm (1844–1920), Bohemian composer and conductor
- Arno Klemm (1914 – after 1975), German publisher
B.
- Barbara Klemm (* 1939), German photographer
- Bernhard Klemm (1916–1995), German architect
C.
- Christian Klemm (pastor) (1644–1702), German pastor and songwriter
- Christian Gottlob Klemm (1736–1802), German playwright and editor
- Conrad Klemm (1925–2010), Swiss flautist
- Cornelius Klemm (1628–1682), German mining official and politician, mayor of Sangerhausen
D.
- Dieter Klemm (politician) (* 1940), German politician (CDU)
- Dieter Klemm , German musician and manager, member of Floh de Cologne
- Dieter Klemm (composer) , German composer
- Dieter Klemm (trade unionist) (* 1948), German trade union official (FDGB)
- Dietrich Klemm (* 1933), German geochemist, mineralogist and archaeometrist
E.
- Eberhardt Klemm (1929–1991), German musicologist
- Eduard Klemm (1838–1926), German manor owner and politician, MdR
- Ekkehard Klemm (* 1958), German musician and conductor
- Erich Klemm (painter) (1918–2012), German painter and graphic artist
- Erich Klemm (works council) (* 1954), German works council
- Erna Klemm (born Erna Kröner ; 1892–1978), German poet
- Ernst Klemm (1913–2003), German violinist
F.
- Franz Klemm (1898–1984), German sports official, author and editor
- Franzjosef Klemm (1883–1959), German painter
- Friedrich Klemm (1904–1983), German technical historian
- Friedrich Alfred Klemm (1855–1901), German businessman and politician, MdR
- Fritz Klemm (1902–1990), German painter and university professor
G
- Gerhard Klemm (1928–2011), German clergyman, musician, singer and songwriter
- Gernot Klemm (* 1965), German politician (Die Linke)
- Gertraud Klemm (* 1971), Austrian writer
- Günther Klemm (* 1929), German soccer player
- Gustav Klemm (architect) († around 1894), German architect
- Gustav Klemm (geologist) (1858–1938), German geologist
- Gustav Friedrich Klemm (1802–1867), German cultural historian and librarian
H
- Hannah Klemm (* 1993), German volleyball player
- Hanns Klemm (1885–1961), German engineer and entrepreneur
- Hans Klemm (entrepreneur) (1897 – after 1949), German auctioneer
- Hans Klemm (manager) (* 1928), German Reichsbahn manager
- Hans Klemm (economist) (* 1930), German economist and university professor
- Hans G. Klemm (* 1958), American diplomat
- Hans-Heinrich Klemm (1930-2008), German politician (CDU)
- Hansi Klemm (* 1951), German singer and guitarist
- Harald Klemm (* 1960), German musician and singer
- Hedwig Klemm-Jäger (1862–1943), German painter
- Heinrich Klemm (publisher) (1819–1886), German publisher
- Heinrich Klemm (painter) (1894–1982), German painter
- Heinrich Hermann Klemm (1816–1899), German lawyer and politician, MdR
- Heinz Klemm (writer) (1915–1970), German journalist, editor and writer
- Heinz Klemm (soccer player) (* 1926), German soccer player
- Herbert Klemm (1903 – after 1956), German lawyer and ministerial official
- Hermann Klemm (1904–1983), German theologian and resistance fighter
- Horst Klemm (1925–2011), German youth and party functionary (FDJ, SED)
J
- Johann Klemm (composer) (around 1595 – around 1659), German composer, organist and music publisher
- Johann Christian Klemm (1688–1754), German theologian and philosopher
- Johann Conrad Klemm (theologian, 1655) (1655–1717), German theologian and university professor
- Johann Conrad Klemm (theologian, 1684) (1684–1763), German theologian and pastor
- Johann Friedrich von Klemm (1793–1858), German politician and bailiff
- Johann Georg Klemm (around 1666–1737), German publisher
- Johann Gottlob Klemm (1690–1772), German-American organ builder
- Johann Heinrich Klemm († around 1777), German-Polish master builder
- Johanna Klemm (1856–1924), German writer
- Jon Klemm (* 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Josef Klemm (1821–1882), Austrian politician, publisher and bookseller
K
- Karl August Klemm (1769–1830), German music dealer and company founder
- Karl Julius Klemm (1804–1888), German theologian and church politician
- Klaus Klemm (* 1942), German educational scientist and university professor
- Konrad Klemm (photographer) (1878–1930), German photographer
- Konrad Maximilian Klemm (also Conrad Maximilian Klemm ; 1755–1804), German pastor
- Kurt Klemm (1894–1973), German administrative lawyer
L.
- Lothar Klemm (* 1949), German politician (SPD)
- Ludwig Klemm (1917–1979), German SS sergeant major
M.
- Matthias Klemm (* 1941), German painter and graphic artist
- Matti Klemm (* 1975), German speaker
- Michael Klemm (author) (* 1953), German author, director and actor
- Michael Klemm (handball player) (* 1965), German handball player
- Michael Klemm (media scientist) (* 1968), German media scientist
O
- Otto Klemm (bookseller) ( Otto Alexander Klemm ; 1821–1879), German bookseller and company founder
- Otto Klemm (1884–1939), German philosopher, psychologist and university professor
P
- Paul Klemm (violin maker) (1552–1623), German violin maker
- Paul Klemm (physician) ( Paul Otto Karl Klemm ; 1861–1921), Baltic German surgeon
- Paul Klemm (botanist) (1862–1945), German chemist and botanist
- Peter Klemm (author) (1919–1984), German writer
- Peter Klemm (lawyer) (1928–2008), German administrative lawyer and ministerial official
- Peter Klemm (ice hockey player) (* 1980), German ice hockey player
R.
- Raphael Klemm (* 1989), German jazz musician
- Reinhard Klemm (* 1946), German pimp and big red light
- Richard Klemm (1902–1988), German cellist
- Robert Klemm (1857–1930), German district administrator
- Rosemarie Klemm (* 1938), German Egyptologist
- Rudolf Klemm (1853–1908), German bookseller
S.
- Sara Tröster Klemm (* 1980), Swiss art historian, journalist and author
- Sibylle Klemm (* 1984), German fencer
T
- Thomas Klemm (* 1961), German film composer and jazz musician
U
- Ulf-Dieter Klemm (* 1946), German journalist, translator and diplomat
V
- Verena Klemm (* 1956), German orientalist
- Volker Klemm (1930–2018), German agricultural historian
W.
- Walter Klemm (zoologist) (1898–1981), Austrian zoologist
- Walter Klemm (soccer player) (* 1947), German soccer player
- Walther Klemm (1883–1957), German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Werner Klemm (* 1948), German football player
- Wilhelm Klemm (photographer) (1860–1929), Württemberg photographer
- Wilhelm Klemm (poet) (pseudonym Felix Brazil ; 1881–1968), German poet
- Wilhelm Klemm (chemist) (1896–1985), German chemist and university professor
- Willi Klemm ( Otto Ferdinand Wilhelm Klemm ; 1892–1934), German SA leader
- Wolfgang Klemm (* 1942), German sports medicine specialist and author
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim (arr.): Duden. Surnames. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-411-70852-9 , p. 380.