What is "klinger"

Klinger may refer to:

• Klinger (surname), a surname
• Corporal Klinger, a character from M*A*S*H
  • Klinger (band), a band named for the character and based in Melbourne, Australia, from 1996–2003
• Klingers, Michigan, community in St. Joseph County
• 22369 Klinger, a main-belt asteroid

Klinger are a rock band from Melbourne, Victoria named after a character from M*A*S*H. Their "Sayonara Anyway" / "Ben Lee" single reached #22 on the ARIA Alternative singles chart. They had two songs in Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2000. They supported Green Day, Unwritten Law and Everclear and toured nationally.

Klinger are playing their first show of over 10 years at the Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on Australia Day 2014.

Klinger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bob Klinger (1908–1977), American baseball player
• Chad Klinger, Canadian country music artist
• Dietmar Klinger (born 1958), German football player
• Fausto Klinger (born 1976), Ecuadorian soccer player
• Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752–1831), German dramatist and novelist
• Gustav Klinger (1876–1937), Russian Bolshevik politician
• Jeff Klinger, American comedian
• Joe Klinger (1902–1960), American baseball player
• Julius Klinger (1876–1942), Austrian painter and illustrator
• Leslie S. Klinger (born 1946), American attorney and writer
• Margrit Klinger (born 1960), West German middle distance runner
• Marino Klinger (1936–1975), Colombian footballer
• Martin Klinger (born 1980), Ecuadorian association football player
• Max Klinger (1857–1920), German symbolist artist
• Maxwell Klinger, fictional character from the M*A*S*H TV series
• Michael Klinger (producer) (1921–1989), British film producer
• Michael Klinger (born 1980), Australian cricketer
• Miroslav Klinger (1893–1979), Czech gymnast
• Nir Klinger (born 1966), Israeli football manager and former player
• Ron Klinger, Australian bridge player and author
• Stefan Klinger (born 1978), German ski mountaineer
• Tim Klinger (born 1984), German professional road bicycle racer