Schlessinger

Schlessinger
Other names
Variant form(s)	Schleßinger, Šlesingr (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃlɛsɪŋɡr̩], Czechized); Schlesinger, Schlehsinger (Shlezinger, Shleyzinger, Yiddish: שלעזינגער, Hebrew: שלזינגר), Slesinger, Slezak, Ślęzak Similar surnames Schleußinger (Schleussinger, Schleusinger, from Schleusingen);
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Schlessinger is a German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: Schlesien) and may refer to:

Andrew Schlessinger, founder of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company
Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., American historian and professor at Harvard University
David Schlessinger (businessman), founder of Encore Books, Zany Brainy, and Five Below retail store chains
David Schlessinger (born 1936), Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist
Joseph Schlessinger, pharmacologist at Yale; co-founder of SUGEN, a drug development company now part of Pfizer
Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger, a.k.a. "Dr. Laura" (born 1947), radio host for a popular therapy call-in show
Leonard Schlessinger, husband of Rose Coyle and National General Manager of the Warner Bros. Theatres
Michael Schlessinger, American mathematician.

Schleßinger

Michal Šlesingr (born 1983, Ústí nad Orlicí, Eastern Bohemia), a Czech biathlete