Kluge (/ˈkluːɡi/) is a German-derived surname. Among German-speakers, it is pronounced "KLOO-guh"; in that language, 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:
Friedrich Kluge (1856–1926), German linguist
Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), German field marshal
Wolfgang von Kluge (5 May 1892 – 30 October 1976), German World War II general
Manfred Kluge (1928–1971), German composer
Walter Kluge (fl. 1930s), German luger
John Werner Kluge (1914–2010), German-American media entrepreneur & philanthropist
Arnold G. Kluge (retired 2003), American zoologist and herpetologist
Alexander Kluge (born 1932), German film director and author
Alexandra Kluge (born 1937), German actor
H. Jürgen Kluge (born 1941), German physicist
P. F. Kluge (born 1942), German-American author
Volker Kluge (born 1944), German journalist
Peer Kluge (born 1980), German footballer
Roger Kluge, German racing cyclist
