What is "schlesinger"

Schlesinger is a German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: Schlesien) and may refer to:

• Adam Schlesinger (born 1967), American composer and musician
• Adolf Martin Schlesinger (1769–1838), German founder of A.M. Schlesingers Musikhandlung
• Alan Schlesinger (born 1960), American politician and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2006
• Alice Schlesinger (born 1988), Israeli Olympic judoka
• Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr. (1888–1965), American historian and professor at Harvard University
• Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007), son of the above, American historian, social critic and former John F. Kennedy associate
• Bruno Schlesinger (1876–1962), American German-born conductor and composer who changed his name to "Bruno Walter" in 1911
• Carl Schlesinger (1813–1871), Austrian cellist
• Christina Schlesinger, American artist
• Cory Schlesinger (born 1972), American football player
• David Schlesinger (born 1960), American journalist who is the Editor-in-Chief of Reuters
• Don Schlesinger, American gaming mathematician, author, lecturer and famous blackjack player
• Frank Schlesinger (1871–1943), American astronomer
• Hermann Irving Schlesinger (1882–1960), American chemist
• Iliza Shlesinger (born 1983), American comedian
• James R. Schlesinger (1929–2014), U.S. Secretary of Defense (1973–1974) and first Secretary of Energy (1977-1979)
• Joe Schlesinger (born 1928), Canadian television journalist and author
• John Schlesinger (1926–2003), British film director
• Katharine Schlesinger, British actress
• Kathleen Schlesinger, British musicologist (1862 Holywood near Belfast - 1953 London)
• Klaus Schlesinger (1937–2001), German writer and winner of the 2000 Erich Fried Prize
• Leon Schlesinger (1884–1949), American Looney Tunes producer
• Ludwig Schlesinger (1864–1933), Hungarian-German mathematician
• Rudolf B. Schlesinger (professor) (1901–1969), Scottish Marxist theoritician and sovietologist of the University of Glasgow
• Rudolf Schlesinger (1909–1996), German-born Professor of Comparative Law at Cornell University, Director of the Cornell Common Core Project
• Walter Schlesinger (1908–1984), German historian

Things that are named after people with this surname:

• Leon Schlesinger Productions, the 1933 founding name of The Warner Bros. animation division, named after Leon Schlesinger
• Schlesinger (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
• Schlesinger Building, a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Schlesinger institute, Research institute for Jewish medical ethics, named after Falk Schlesinger M.D.
• Schlesinger Library, a research library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, named after Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.

Schlesinger is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The crater Esnault-Pelterie overlies the western part of the rim and the outer rampart of that crater has covered about half the interior floor, leaving a crescent-shaped feature. To the south-southwest of Schlesinger is the crater Von Zeipel and to the southeast lies Quetelet.

In addition to the overlapping Esnault-Pelterie, the rim of Schlesinger is overlain by the satellite crater Schlesinger M along the southern rim and a small crater along the northern rim. The remaining rim is heavily worn and the features have been rounded. Only about half the interior floor remains uncovered, and this is relatively level and marked only by a few small craterlets.