Kirchner

Kirchner is an occupational surname of German origin, derived from the Middle High German word kirchenaere ('sexton', 'priest', 'church assistant' or 'church property administrator'). Notable people with the name include:

Arts

Alfred Kirchner (born 1937), German actor, theatre director, opera director, theatre manager
Athanasius Kircher, a/k/a Athanasius Kirchner (1602–1680), German Jesuit scholar and polymath
Claude Kirchner (1916–1993), American television announcer and children's personality
Emma Kirchner (1830–1909), German photographer who lived and worked in the Netherlands.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), German Expressionist artist
Ignaz Kirchner (1946–2018), German actor
Jaime Lee Kirchner (1981), American actress
Leon Kirchner (1919–2009), American composer
Marilena Kirchner (1997), German volksmusik and schlager singer
Paul Kirchner (1952), American illustrator and comic-book author
Raphael Kirchner (1876–1917), Austrian artist and illustrator
Shabier Kirchner (born 1987/1988), Antiguan cinematographer and filmmaker
Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903), German composer
Volker David Kirchner (1942–2020), German violist and composer
Zuzana Kirchnerová (born 1978), Czech film director

Politics

Alicia Kirchner (born 1946), Argentine politician
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (born 1953), former President and Vice-President of Argentina
Máximo Kirchner (born 1977), Argentine politician
Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010), former President of Argentina
Oliver Kirchner (born 1966), German politician
Russ Kirchner Jr., American businessman
William G. Kirchner (1916–1999), American politician and businessman

Sports

Albert Edward Lester "Alby" Kirchner (1888–1942), Australian rules footballer
Andreas Kirchner (1953–2010), German hammer thrower and bob pusher
H. E. Kirchner (1937–1993), American basketball player
Mark Kirchner (1970), German biathlete
Michael Kirchner or Corporal Kirchner (1957–2021), American professional wrestler
Zane Kirchner (1984), South African rugby player

Other

16441 Kirchner, asteroid discovered in 1989
Friedrich Kirchner (1885–1960), German General during the Second World War
James Kirchner, University of California professor
Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), anti-Nazi dissident
Johannes Kirchner (1859-1940), German epigrapher
Kirchner's viscacha rat, species of rodents in the family Octodontidae described in 2014, one of two species in the genus Tympanoctomys
Kirchner Cultural Centre, cultural centre located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kirchneriella, genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae
Kirchner Peak, isolated peak in Antarctica
Kirchnerism, Argentine political movement
Kirchner v. Venus (1859), English Law case precedent that defined freight as "the reward payable to the carrier of for the safe carriage and delivery of goods"
Oskar von Kirchner (1851–1925), German botanist and agronomist

References

↑ "Kirchner Name Meaning & Kirchner Family History at Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
1 2 Pablo Teta; Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas; Daniel E. Udrizar Sauthier i Milton H. Gallardo (2014), "A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina", Journal of Mammalogy, 95 (1): 60–71, doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-160, hdl:11336/22721
↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1573. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
↑ See the NCBI webpage on Kirchneriella. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2020-12-29.

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[1] "Kirchner Name Meaning & Kirchner Family History at Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[jm-2] 1 2 Pablo Teta; Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas; Daniel E. Udrizar Sauthier i Milton H. Gallardo (2014), "A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina", Journal of Mammalogy, 95 (1): 60–71, doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-160, hdl:11336/22721

[MSW3-3] Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1573. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[4] See the NCBI webpage on Kirchneriella. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2020-12-29.

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of furrier/skinner
Germanic	Kerschner, Kirschner, Kürschner, Kushner, Kusner Peltz, Pelz, Pelzer
Romance	Kouchner, Pelletier, Peletier, Le Peletier, Peltier Peleteiro Pélissier, Pellissier, Pellizza/Pellizzi/Pellizzo, Pellizzari, Pellizzoni, Romanian: Cojar, Cojocaru/Cojocari/Cojocar, Cojuhari (calque from 'Kozhukhar'), Suciu (calque from 'Szűcs'), Cușmir
Slavic	Kožešník, Kožušník, Kozhukhar, Krznar, Krznarić Kushnarev/Kushnaryov, Kushnir/Kuschnir, Kushnirenko, Kushnirov, Kushniryuk/Kushniriuk Kuśnierz (numerous variants), Kušnír, Kušnirák, Kuśmierczyk, Kusznir, Kusznierewicz Pelc, Pelczar Skornyakov
Other	Hungarian: Szűcs
See also	Surnames derived from the occupations of leathercraft/tanner/currier
Unrelated	Kirchner, Kirshner