Kleist family

• Henning Alexander von Kleist. Prussian field marshal.
• Ewald Jürgen Georg von Kleist ; co-inventor of the Leyden jar
• Ewald Christian von Kleist ; German poet and soldier
• Barbara Sophia von Kleist, mother of Adam Stanisław Grabowski Prince-Bishop of Ermland/Bishopric of Warmia
• Friedrich Emil Ferdinand Heinrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf, born and died in Berlin, was a Prussian field marshal
• Heinrich von Kleist, German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him
• Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist, General of the Cavalry
• Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist ; German Field Marshal
• Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin ; conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
• Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin ; son of Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin; another conspirator in the 20 July bomb plot and founder of the Munich Security Conference
• Erica von Kleist ; Jazz musician