Kleppe

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Kleppe means:

  • Kleppe (Orpe) , tributary of the Orpe in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Kleppe (Klepp) , village in the municipality of Klepp , Fylke Rogaland, Norway


Kleppe is the family name of the following people:

  • Karl Kleppe (1889–1945), German resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
  • Kjell Kleppe (1934–1988), Norwegian biochemist and molecular biologist
  • Johan Kleppe (* 1928), Norwegian veterinarian and politician
  • Per Kleppe (* 1923), Norwegian politician
  • Thomas S. Kleppe (1919–2007), US Secretary of the Interior