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Kaiser refers to the (mainly German) imperial title. Family names with various spellings are derived from it (as are names derived form lesser titles, eg. König, Graf, Herzog).
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Imperial title
- Kaiser, the (mainly German) imperial title derived from "Caesar" meaning "emperor", used for Holy Roman Emperors (800–1806), Austrian Emperors (1804–1918) and German Emperors (1871–1918)
- In English, "the Kaiser" is usually limited to the three emperors of the (Prussian) German Empire (1871–1918), Wilhelm I, Frederick III and Wilhelm II
- The title Kaiser (derived from Caesar, not from the similar German language form) was also adopted in various (notably oriental) languages (e.g. in Hindi, Urdu)[1] (as Urdu kaisar). The last ruler to bear it as a title was George VI, Qaiser e Hind[2], "Emperor of India" (in Hindi and Urdu).
- Qaisar is also an Arabic version of Caesar/Kaiser. It is used as given name in Middle East.
People
- Nickname ("Kaiser Franz") for Franz Beckenbauer, former German football player, coach and manager
- Frederik Kaiser (1808–1872), Dutch astronomer
- Georg Kaiser (1878–1945), a German expressionist playwright
- Glenn Kaiser, a Chicago-based blues musician
- Henry J. Kaiser (1882–1967), American industrialist
- John Anthony Kaiser, Roman Catholic priest
- Kajetan Georg von Kaiser, German chemist
- Ken Kaiser, former Major League Baseball umpire
- Philip Mayer Kaiser, United States diplomat
- Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739), German composer
- Robert Blair Kaiser, writer, journalist
- Robert G. Kaiser associate editor and senior correspondent of The Washington Post,
- Rudolf Kaiser, German sailplane designer
- Stien Kaiser, Dutch speed skater
- see de:Kaiser (Familienname) for a much longer list of people (mainly Germans) bearing that name
Places
- Kaiser, Missouri
- short for the mountain range Kaisergebirge
- Zahmer Kaiser or Wilder Kaiser, two mountains of the Kaisergebirge
Companies
- related to Henry J. Kaiser:
- Kaiser Aluminum, an aluminium company
- Kaiser (automobile), an automobile trademark
- Kaiser Broadcasting, an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States, 1958–1977
- Kaiser-Fleetwings, an aircraft manufacturer formed by the purhase of Fleetwings.
- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, or "Kaiser Foundation"
- Kaiser Permanente, a health maintenance organization (HMO) based in the U.S. state of California
- Kaiser Shipyards, part of Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
- Kaiser Steel, a former steelmaking plant
- Kaiser Associates a management consultancy
- Kaiser brewery, a Brazilian brewery
Ships
- The Henry J. Kaiser class of United States Navy fleet replenishment oilers
- USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187), a U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oiler in Military Sealift Command service since 1986
- SMS Kaiser (1911), German battleship launched in 1911
Other uses
- Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band
- Kaizers Orchestra, a Norwegian rock band
- Kaiser roll, a type of bread roll
- Kaiser Burnout, a fire event in the American Civil War named after James Kaiser
- Kaiser (game), a card game
- Kaiser window, a window function used for Digital Signal Processing
- Kaiser test, a chemical test for the presence of primary amines
- An alternate name for the HTC TyTN II Pocket PC phone.
- The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, a 1956-1957 dramatic anthology television series.
See also
- Keiser
- Kaiserreich
- Keyser Söze, fictional character in the 1995 movie "The Usual Suspects"
Footnotes
- ^ See Witzel, Michael, "Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts", p. 29, 12.1PDF
- ^ [1]
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