Schlesinger is a German surname (in part also Jewish) meaning "Silesian" and may refer to:

• Adam Schlesinger (1967–2020), 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

• Elyakim Schlesinger (1921–2026), Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi

• Frank Schlesinger (1871–1943), American astronomer

• Hanan Schlesinger, Israeli rabbi

• Helmut Schlesinger (1924–2024), German economist and President of the Bundesbank

• Hermann Irving Schlesinger (1882–1960), American chemist

• James R. Schlesinger (1929–2014), U.S. Secretary of Defense (1973–1974) and first Secretary of Energy (1977–1979)

• Joe Schlesinger (1928–2019), Canadian television journalist and author

• John Schlesinger (1926–2003), British film director

• Karl Schlesinger (1889–1938), an Austrian-Hungarian economist and banker

• Katharine Schlesinger, British actress

• Kathleen Schlesinger, British musicologist (1862–1953)

• Kurt Schlesinger (1902–1964), a war criminal, head of the Jewish Security Service in Westerbork transit camp

• Leon Schlesinger (1884–1949), American Looney Tunes producer

• Leonard Schlesinger, American economist

• Ludwig Schlesinger (1864–1933), Hungarian-German mathematician

• Marcus Schlesinger, Israeli swimmer

• Patricia Schlesinger (born 1961), German journalist

• Piero Schlesinger (1930–2020), Italian banker and lawyer

• Richard Schlesinger (1900–1968), Australian tennis player.

• Steven W Schlesinger, American attorney and rabbi.

• Romana Schlesinger (born 1986), Slovak LGBT rights activist

• Rudolf Schlesinger (1909–1996), German-born Professor of Comparative Law at Cornell University, Director of the Cornell Common Core Project

• T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger, American engineer and physicist

• 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.

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See also

• Schlessinger

• Shlesinger

• Slesinger

• Slezak

• Slazenger