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Claire Klingenberg (born 1992) is an American–Czech skeptical activist and magician events manager. She works at Czech magic show Falešní hráči, is the foreign liaison of Český klub skeptiků Sisyfos, and president of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) for 2017–2019.

Youth and education
Klingenberg was born and raised in the United States, where her parents enrolled her on a Catholic school from age 8 on. Out of curiosity, she kept asking questions about religion, but did not receive satisfying answers, thus making her a skeptic.

With a background in psychology, Klingenberg currently studies comparative religion and religious studies, with a special focus on new religious movements.

Skeptical activism
Since 2013, Klingenberg has been organising the experiments of the Czech Paranormal Challenge, and interviewed nearly 100 claimants who wished to participate. She officially joined the Czech Skeptics' Club in 2015, and by 2016 she was on the Club's board as their foreign liaison. Klingenberg was the main organiser of the 17th European Skeptics Congress 2017 in Wrocław, seconded by Tomasz Witkowski of the Polish Skeptics Club. On the last day of the Congress, she was elected president of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) for 2017–2019.