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Kluge (English: /ˈkluːɡi/, German: [ˈkluːɡə]) is a German-derived surname. In German, capitalizing, and adding a final e to, the adjective klug (meaning "clever"), creates a noun; it is applicable to females and means "clever one".
Those bearing it include:
- Alexander Kluge (born 1932) — German film director and author
- Alexandra Kluge (1937–2017) — German actor
- Arnold G. Kluge (retired 2003) — American zoologist and herpetologist
- Friedrich Kluge (1856–1926) — German linguist
- Günther von Kluge (1882–1944) — German field marshal
- H. Jürgen Kluge (born 1941) — German physicist
- John Werner Kluge (1914–2010) — German-American media entrepreneur & philanthropist
- P. F. Kluge (born 1942) — German-American author
- Peer Kluge (born 1980) — German footballer
- Roger Kluge — German racing cyclist
- Walter Kluge (fl. 1930s) — German luger
- Wolfgang von Kluge (5 May 1892 – 30 October 1976), German World War II general
- Eike-Henner Kluge Canadian German ethicist