title: Leichter
text: # Leichter
  
  Leichter is a German word meaning "lighter". It is also a surname and may refer to:
  
  * Franz S. Leichter (1930–2023), politician in the New York State Assembly and Senate
  * Hope Jensen Leichter, American educationalist
  * Karl Leichter (1902–1987), Estonian musicologist
  * Käthe Leichter (1895–1942), Austrian economist, women's rights activist, journalist, politician
  * Max Leichter (1920–1981), German wrestler
  