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

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native label
Kirchner
Soundex
K625
Cologne phonetics
47467
Caverphone
KKN111
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Kirchner (surname)
IPA transcription
kʲirxnɛr
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Kirchner is an occupational surname of German origin, derived from the Middle High German word ('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

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