German Americans German Americans (german: Deutschamerikaner, ) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 43 million in 2019, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the Unit ...

(german: link=no, Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who are of German ancestry; they form the largest ethnic ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of U.S. population.; In 2009, 50.7 million claimed German ancestry. The 2000 census gives 15.2% or 42.8 million. The 1990 census had 23.3% or 57.9 million. The first significant numbers arrived in the 1680s in New York and

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. Some eight million German immigrants have entered the United States since that point.

Immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, ...

continued in substantial numbers during the 19th century; the largest number of arrivals moved 1840–1900, when Germans formed the largest group of immigrants coming to the U.S., outnumbering the Irish and English. Some arrived seeking religious or political freedom, others for economic opportunities greater than those in Europe, and others for the chance to start afresh in the

New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the mo ...

and

have the largest populations of German origin, with more than six million German Americans residing in the two states alone. More than 50 million people in the United States identify German as their ancestry; it is often mixed with other Northern European ethnicities. This list also includes people of German Jewish descent. Americans of German descent live in nearly every American county, from the East Coast, where the first German settlers arrived in the 17th century, to the West Coast and in all the states in between. German Americans and those Germans who settled in the U.S. have been influential in almost every field, from science, to architecture, to entertainment, and to commercial industry.

Art and literature

Architects

* Dankmar Adler – architect * Adolf Cluss – architect, builder of numerous public buildings in Washington, D.C. * Ferdinand Gottlieb – architect heading his own firm, Ferdinand Gottlieb & Associates, based in Dobbs Ferry, New York *

Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one ...

– pioneer in modern architecture, founder of Bauhaus * Albert Kahn – industrial architect; known as the "architect of Detroit", of Jewish descent * Richard Kiehnel – senior partner of Kiehnel, Elliot and Chalfant * Henry C. Koch – architect based in

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee i ...

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michi ...

* Joseph Molitor – Chicago-based church architect * John A. Roebling – architect, known for designing the

Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. ...

Washington Roebling Washington Augustus Roebling (May 26, 1837 – July 21, 1926) was an American civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, designed by his father John A. Roebling. He served in the Union Army during the American Ci ...

– civil engineer known for his work on the Brooklyn Bridge, which was designed by his father John A. Roebling * Frederick C. Sauer – architect, particularly in the

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

, Pennsylvania, region of the late 19th and early 20th centuries * Frederick G. Scheibler Jr. –

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Moder ...

Pittsburgh architect * August Schoenborn – designed the United States Capitol Dome * Hans Schuler – German-born American sculptor and monument maker; first American sculptor to win the Salon Gold Medal * Adolph Strauch – landscape architect * Horace Trumbauer – architectBaltzell, Edward Digby. ''Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia'' (Transaction Publishers, 1996), pp. 332–33. *

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Ll ...

– pioneer of modern architecture, second Chicago School of Architecture * Clarence C. Zantzinger – architect and public servant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Artists

* Anni Albers – printmaker, textile artist *

Josef Albers Josef Albers (; ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator. The first living artist to be given a solo show at MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College ...

– painter and graphic artistRoderick Conway Morris (October 21, 2011)
Making of a Bauhaus Master
''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

''. * Leonard Bahr – portrait painter, muralist, illustrator and educator. He worked for many years as a painting professor at the

Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the oldest art colleges in the ...

(MICA) *

Earl W. Bascom Earl Wesley Bascom (June 19, 1906 – August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine art his own experiences of cowboyin ...

– painter, printmaker, and sculptor ("Cowboy of Cowboy Artists") * Robert Benecke – early photographer *

Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was no ...

– painter, known for his large landscapes of the American West * Richard Bock – sculptor and associate of

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

* Charles Dellschau – one of America's earliest known outsider artists, draftsman engineer, creating drawings, collages and watercolors of airplanes and airships * Rudolph Dirks – comic strip artist who created '' The Katzenjammer Kids'' * Alfred Eisenstaedt – photographer and photojournalist best remembered for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day *

Jimmy Ernst Hans-Ulrich Ernst (June 24, 1920 – February 6, 1984), known as Jimmy Ernst, was an American painter born in Germany. Early life Jimmy Ernst was born in 1920 in Cologne, Germany, the son of German Surrealist painter Max Ernst and Luise St ...

– German-born artist * Carl Eytel – German-born artist of desert

landscapes A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

living in early 20th-century

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land ...

* Claire Falkenstein – sculptor, painter, print-maker and jewelry designer known for her large-scale abstract metal and glass sculptures * Andreas Feininger – photographer and writer on photographic technique * Lyonel Feininger – painter and caricaturist * Steven Fischer – film producer and cartoonist * Carl Giers – early photographerJames A. Hoobler and Sarah Hunter Marks,
Nashville: From the Collection of Carl and Otto Giers
' (Arcadia Publishing, 2000), p. 7. *

George Grosz George Grosz (; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objec ...

– member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group, known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s * Don Heck – comics artist best known for co-creating the

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

characters

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...

and the

Wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborde ...

, and for his long run

penciling A penciller (or penciler) is an artist who works on the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms, with a focus on the initial pencil illustrations, usually in collaboration with other artists, who provide inks, colors ...

the Marvel

superhero A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses ''superpowers'', abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically using his or her powers to help the world become a better place, ...

-team series '' The Avengers'' during the 1960s

Silver Age of comic books The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and widespread commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those featuring the superhero archetype. Following the Golden Age of Comic Books and an inte ...

* Uli Herzner – fashion designer * Hans Hofmann –

abstract expressionist Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of t ...

painter * Ubbe Ert Iwwerks –

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-winning animator, cartoonist and special effects technician, famous for his work for Walt Disney * Klaus Janson – comic book artist (inker), working regularly for

and

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their ...

and sporadically for independent companies * Ulli Kampelmann – painter and filmmaker * Kenya (Robinson) – multimedia artist whose work includes performance, sculpture and installation * Charles Kleibacker – fashion designer who earned the nickname "Master of the

Bias Bias is a disproportionate weight ''in favor of'' or ''against'' an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group ...

" * Franz Jozef Kline – abstract expressionist painter * Harold Knerr – illustrator of ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' until 1949 * Fritz Kredel - woodcut artist and illustrator known for fairy tale and young readers' fiction drawings, delicate and hand-colored botanical woodcuts, and US and European armies' uniforms over time. He captured favorite stories and his childhood before WWII. * John Lewis Krimmel – America's first genre painter *

Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German-American history painter best known for his 1851 painting '' Washington Crossing the Delaware''. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography Leutze was born ...

– history painter best known for his painting '' Washington Crossing the Delaware'' * Cornelius Krieghoff – painter * Nicola Marschall – artist, designed the first Confederate flag and the Confederate uniform * Louis Maurer – lithographer * David Muench – landscape and nature photographer known for portraying the American western landscape * Marc Muench – sports and landscape photographer * Charles Christian Nahl – painter who is called California's first significant artist *

Thomas Nast Thomas Nast (; ; September 26, 1840December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was a critic of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and ...

– political cartoonist * Elisabet Ney – sculptor * Erwin Panofsky – art historian, of Jewish descent * Julian Ritter – Classical Realist painter best known for his paintings of nudes, clowns and portraits and his ill-fated voyage of the South Pacific * Severin Roesen –

still life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, bo ...

painter * Paulus Roetter – landscape and botanical painter * Christopher Sauer – earliest type founder in America, published the first German Bible, 1743, and the first religious magazine in America, 1764 * Frank Schoonover -

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complica ...

who worked in

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

. A member of the Brandywine School, he was a contributing illustrator to magazines and did more than 5,000 paintings. * Christian Schwartz – type designer * Christian Siriano – fashion designer * Gustavus Sohon – artist * Henry William Stiegel – glassmaker and ironmaster *

Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was kno ...

– photographer instrumental in making photography an acceptable art form alongside painting and sculpture * Ruth VanSickle Ford – painter, art teacher, and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts * Richard Veenfliet – artist known for illustration-figure, genre and landscape * Patrizia von Brandenstein – production designer * Kat Von D (Katherine von Drachenberg) – tattoo artist * Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven –

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

Dada Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris ...

ist artist, and poet * Franz von Holzhausen – vehicle designer and since 2008, he has been in charge of design at Tesla, Inc. He designed the

Tesla Model S The Tesla Model S is a battery-powered liftback car serving as the flagship model of Tesla, Inc. The Model S features a dual-motor, all-wheel drive layout, although earlier versions of the Model S featured a rear-motor and rear-wheel drive ...

, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and the unveiled but not-yet-released Cybertruck, Semi, and second-generation Tesla Roadster. * Baroness Hilla von Rebay – abstract painter, helped establish the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City * Karl Ferdinand Wimar – painter

Authors and writers

* Kathy Acker – author * Wendall Anschutz – television newsman for

KCTV KCTV (channel 5) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KSMO-TV (channel 62). Both stations share studios on Shawnee Mission Parkway ...

in Kansas City * Sade Baderinwa – news reporter-journalist * Matthias Bartgis – printer and publisher *

L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...

– author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator of ''

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz afte ...

'' * Vicki Baum – writer * Salvador Brau – journalist, poet, writer *

Gene Brewer Gene Brewer (born Eugene N. Brewer, July 4, 1937) is an American writer, the author of the ''K-PAX'' book series, about a man who claims to be a visiting extraterrestrial from a planet called K-PAX: ''K-PAX'' (1995), ''On a Beam of Light'' (200 ...

– author of the K-PAX series of novels * Charles Bukowski – poet and novelist * Caspar Butz – journalist, politician * George DiCaprio – writer, editor, and major west coast underground comic book distributor * Theodore Dreiser – author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life *

Gottfried Duden Gottfried Duden (May 19, 1789 – October 29, 1856) was a German emigration writer of the early 19th century. His famous book ''Bericht über eine Reise nach den westlichen Staaten Nordamerikas und einen mehrjährigen Aufenthalt am Missouri in d ...

– travel author *

Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...

– Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, journalist, and screenwriter *

Martin Ebon Martin Ebon (May 27, 1917 – February 11, 2006) was the pen-name of Hans Martin Schwarz, a German American journalist and author of non-fiction books and articles from the paranormal to politics, particularly as an anti-communist. Background ...

– author of non-fiction books from the paranormal to politics *

Max Ehrmann Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945) was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" ( Latin: "things desired"). He often wrote on spiritual themes. Edu ...

– widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired"). * Joseph Eiboeck – newspaper editor and publisher of ''Iowa Staats-Anzeiger'' and author of ''The Germans in Iowa and Their Achievements'' (1900) * Charles Follen – poet and patriot * Cornelia Funke – author * James Grauerholz – writer, editor-in-chief, bibliographer, and

literary executor The literary estate of a deceased author consists mainly of the copyright and other intellectual property rights of published works, including film, translation rights, original manuscripts of published work, unpublished or partially completed wo ...

of the estate of

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

* Bob Gretz – award-winning sportswriter and broadcaster * Hans Halberstadt – author, filmmaker, historian and photographer *

Geoffrey Hartman Geoffrey H. Hartman (August 11, 1929 – March 14, 2016) was a German-born American literary theorist, sometimes identified with the Yale School of deconstruction, although he cannot be categorised by a single school or method. Hartman spent most ...

– literary theorist * Ursula Hegi – novelist * Patricia Highsmith – novelist known for her psychological thrillers *

Friedrich Hirth Friedrich Hirth, Ph.D. (16 April 1845 in Gräfentonna, Saxe-Gotha – 10 January 1927 in Munich) was a German-American sinologist. Biography He was educated at the universities of Leipzig, Berlin, and Greifswald (Ph.D., 1869). He was in t ...

– sinologue * Max Hofmann – correspondent * Amal Kassir – international award-winning

spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics o ...

poet. *

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...

– author * Chuck Klosterman – writer *

Siegfried Kracauer Siegfried Kracauer (; ; February 8, 1889 – November 26, 1966) was a German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist. He has sometimes been associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He is notable fo ...

– film historian, sociologist and author * Herbert Arthur Krause – historian * D.L. Lang – poet laureate of Vallejo, California * Fritz Leiber – science fiction writer * Walter Lippman – writer, journalist, and political commentator *

H. L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, ...

– journalist *

Henry Miller Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical ref ...

– writer and painter * Anna Balmer Myers – author of

Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Chris ...

(Pennsylvania Dutch) novels * Oswald Ottendorfer – journalist associated with the development of the German-language ''

New Yorker Staats-Zeitung The ''New Yorker Staats-Zeitung'', nicknamed ''"The Staats"'', claims to be the leading German-language weekly newspaper in the United States and is one of the oldest, having been published since the mid-1830s. In the late 19th century, it was ...

'' into a major newspaper *

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, ''The ...

– poet, novelist, and short story writer *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellit ...

– science-fiction writer, editor *

Erich Maria Remarque Erich Maria Remarque (, ; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World ...

– German-born author, naturalized United States citizen * Conrad Richter – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist *

Mary Roberts Rinehart Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie.Keating, H.R.F., ''The Bedside Companion to Crime''. New York: Mysterious Press, 1989, p. 170. Rinehart published her fir ...

– author * Hope Rockefeller Aldrich – journalist * Irma S. Rombauer – author of ''

The Joy of Cooking ''Joy of Cooking'', often known as "''The Joy of Cooking''", is one of the United States' most-published cookbooks. It has been in print continuously since 1936 and has sold more than 20 million copies. It was published privately during 1931 by ...

'' *

Diane Sawyer Lila Diane Sawyer (; born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ''ABC World News Tonight'', '' Good Morning America'', '' 20/20'', and ''Primetime'' newsmag ...

– journalist * Jack Schaefer – author of '' Shane'' *

Paul Schrader Paul Joseph Schrader (; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first received widespread recognition through his screenplay for Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976). He later continued his collabo ...

– screenwriter, film director, and film critic *

Peter Schweizer Peter Franz Schweizer (born November 24, 1964) is an American political consultant and writer. He is the president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), senior editor-at-large of far-right media organization Breitbart News, and a for ...

– author of '' Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy'' and '' Clinton Cash'' * Ernest Schwiebert –

angling Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or "angle" (from Old English ''angol'') attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techni ...

writer * Charles Sealsfield – pseudonym of Austrian American author of novels and travelogues Carl (or Karl) Anton Postl *

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
''

Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, a member of the Kennedy family, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to ...

– journalist and author *

Mona Simpson Mona Simpson (née Jandali; June 14, 1957) is an American novelist. She has written six novels and studied English at the University of California, Berkeley and Languages and Literature at Columbia University. She won a Whiting Award for her fi ...

– novelist and university professor, biological younger sister of the late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs *

Curt Siodmak Curt Siodmak (August 10, 1902 – September 2, 2000) was a German-American novelist and screenwriter. He is known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, with such films as '' The Wolf Man'' and '' Donovan's Brain'' (the lat ...

– screenwriter *

Nicholas Sparks Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and philanthropist. He has published twenty-three novels and two non-fiction books, some of which have been ''New York Times'' bestsellers, with over 115 m ...

– author and screenwriter *

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris ...

– author, of Jewish descent *

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social ...

– Nobel prize-winning author, one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century * Henry F. Urban – journalist, author *

Henry Villard Henry Villard (April 10, 1835 – November 12, 1900) was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway. Born and raised by Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard in the Rhenish Palatinate of the K ...

– journalist *

Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and ...

– novelist * Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff – writer, socialite *

George Weigel George Weigel (born 1951) is a Catholic neoconservative American author, political analyst, and social activist. He currently serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the ...

– author; political and social activist

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

Philip Anschutz Philip Frederick Anschutz ( ; born December 28, 1939) is an American billionaire businessman who owns or controls companies in a variety of industries, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theaters, arenas and mu ...

– billionaire businessman who owns or controls many companies in a variety of industries *

John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor who made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by smuggling opium into China, and ...

– business magnate, merchant and investor and the first multi-millionaire in the United Stateshttp://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/atol/astor.html "German-American merchant and financier, born near Heidelberg, Germany." *

John Jacob Astor IV John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. He died in the sink ...

– millionaire businessman, real estate developer, inventor, writer and a lieutenant colonel in the

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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor William Waldorf "Willy" Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) was an American-British attorney, politician, businessman (hotels and newspapers), and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family o ...

– financier and statesman * George Frederick Baer – lawyer, Social Darwinist railroad baron (former President of the

Reading Railroad The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and commercial rail transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states that operated from 1924 until its 1976 acquisition by Conrail. Commonly call ...

) *

Ralph Baer Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-American inventor, game developer, and engineer. Baer's family fled Germany just before World War II and Baer served the American war effort, gain ...

– father of the home video game console, of German-Jewish descent *

John Jacob Bausch John Jacob Bausch (born Johann Jakob Bausch; July 25, 1830 – February 14, 1926) was a German-American maker of optical instruments who co-founded Bausch & Lomb (with Henry Lomb). Over six decades he transformed his small, local optical shop int ...

– optician who co-founded Bausch & Lomb * Andy von Bechtolsheim – co-founder of

Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, th ...

and one of the first investors in Google * Maximilian Berlitz – Berlitz Language School *

Isaac Wolfe Bernheim Isaac Wolfe Bernheim (November 4, 1848 – April 1, 1945) was an American businessman notable for starting the I. W. Harper brand of premium bourbon whiskey (a historically important brand currently owned by Diageo). The success of his distillery an ...

– businessman notable for starting the I. W. Harper brand of premium bourbon whiskey *

Bernard Baruch Bernard Mannes Baruch (August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was an American financier and statesman. After amassing a fortune on the New York Stock Exchange, he impressed President Woodrow Wilson by managing the nation's economic mobilization in ...

– financier, stock-market speculator, statesman, and

political consultant Political consulting is a form of consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns. Although the most important role of political consultants is arguably the development and production of mass media (largely tel ...

William Edward Boeing William Edward Boeing (; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer who founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which a year later was renamed to The Boeing Company, now the largest exporter in the United S ...

– aviation pioneer who founded

The Boeing Company The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product ...

* Paul Bonwit – founder of

Bonwit Teller Bonwit Teller & Co. was an American luxury department store in New York City, New York, founded by Paul Bonwit in 1895 at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street, and later a chain of department stores. In 1897, Edmund D. Teller was admitted to the par ...

department store in New York City * Emil J. Brach, Founder of Brach's Candy *

George Brumder George Brumder (May 24, 1839 – May 9, 1910) was a German-American newspaper publisher and businessman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born in Breuschwickersheim, Bas-Rhin, France, Brumder emigrated to the United States, settling in Milwaukee, where he ...

– newspaper publisher and businessman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin *

Clyde Cessna Clyde Vernon Cessna (; December 5, 1879 – November 20, 1954) was an American aircraft designer, aviator, and early aviation entrepreneur. He is best known as the principal founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation, which he started in 1927 i ...

– aircraft designer, aviator, and founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation *

Walter Chrysler Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, American automotive industry executive and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation. Early life Chrysler w ...

–

Chrysler Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automotiv ...

automobile developer * George A. Dickel – whiskey distributor; born in

Grünberg, Hesse Grünberg () is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hessen, Germany. In 1980, the town hosted the 20th '' Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Grünberg is situated east of Gießen. Neighbouring communities To the north Grünberg bord ...

* Chris Deering – businessman and marketer best known for his role as president of

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Computer Entertainment Europe"MCV LEGENDS – Chris Deering"
, MCVUK.com, (Retrieved November 12, 2015) *

Noah Dietrich Noah Dietrich (February 28, 1889 – February 15, 1982) was an American businessman, who was the chief executive officer of the Howard Hughes business empire from 1925 to 1957. (Even though these dates have been recorded as the official period of e ...

– CEO of the Howard Hughes empire * William S. Dietrich II – industrialist who took over and expanded Dietrich Industries, a steel framing manufacturer which he eventually sold to

Worthington Industries Worthington Industries, Inc. is a global diversified metals manufacturing company based in Columbus, Ohio. It is a steel processor and manufacturer of pressure vessels, such as propane, oxygen and helium tanks, hand torches, refrigerant and ...

. Late in life, he made two of the largest charitable contributions in higher education history, to the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

and

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technolog ...

. *

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film pr ...

– film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist *

John Doerr L. John Doerr (born June 29, 1951) is an American investor and venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins in Menlo Park, California. In February 2009, Doerr was appointed a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the Pre ...

– venture capitalist at

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Kleiner Perkins, formerly Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is an American venture capital firm which specializes in investing in incubation, early stage and growth companies. Since its founding in 1972, the firm has backed entrepreneur ...

Richard Driehaus Richard Herman Driehaus (; July 28, 1942 – March 9, 2021) was an American fund manager, businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder, chief investment officer, and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management LLC, based in Chicago. The philant ...

– chairman of Driehaus Capital Management LLC *

August Duesenberg August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named '' Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

– automobile pioneer manufacturerhttp://www.helipad-consulting.com/duesy/duesyeng.html "The property No. 34, today Salzufler Strasse 48, since 1995 private home and office of HELIPAD.consulting/Germany, is the house where the brothers Fritz and August Düsenberg lived until emigration to America in the year 1885 "http://www.lippe-auswanderer.de/Census.pdf "Emigration from Lippe to the USA"http://www.lemgo.net/259.html "Fritz und August Duesenberg aus Kirchheide" *

Fred Duesenberg Frederick Samuel Duesenberg (December 6, 1876 – July 26, 1932) was a German-born American automobile and engine designer, manufacturer and sportsman who was internationally known as a designer of racecars and racing engines. Duesenberg's en ...

– automobile pioneer designer, manufacturer and sportsman *

Edward Filene Edward Albert Filene (September 3, 1860 – September 26, 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for building the Filene's department store chain and for his decisive role in pioneering credit unions across the Un ...

– businessman,

social entrepreneur Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of ...

and philanthropist *

Harvey Firestone Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938) was an American businessman, and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires. Family background Firestone was born ...

– founder of the

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is a tire company founded by Harvey Firestone (1868–1938) in 1900 initially to supply solid rubber side-wire tires for fire apparatus, and later, pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled ...

* Nicholas C. Forstmann – one of the founding partners of Forstmann Little & Company, a private equity firmhttp://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C3107/5059 "The grandson of German and Italian immigrants, he embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of risking it all for a shot at success." * Theodore J. Forstmann – one of the founding partners of

Forstmann Little & Company Forstmann, Little & Company was a private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts (LBOs). At its peak in the late 1990s, Forstmann Little was among the largest private equity firms globally. Ultimately, the firm would suffer from the burs ...

, a private equity firm, and chairman and CEO of IMG, a leading global sports and media company *

Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions ...

– software magnate and investor, founder and former chairman of Microsoft * Daniel Frank Gerber – manufacturer of baby foodhttp://german.about.com/library/blsurname01.htm "Germanic Surname Lexikon (Gerber)" * Frank Daniel Gerber – manufacturer of baby food *

Henry Giessenbier Henry Giessenbier (1892–1935) was an American banker in St. Louis, Missouri of German ancestry. He became the founder of the Young Men's Progressive Civic Association in 1915 and the United States Junior Chamber The United States Junior Ch ...

– banker and founder of the Young Men's Progressive Civic Association in 1915 and the United States Junior Chamber in 1920 * Theodor August Heintzman – piano manufacturer ( Heintzman & Co.) and inventor *

Henry J. Heinz Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur of Palatine descent who, at the age of 25, co-founded a small horseradish concern in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. This business failed, but his second business ex ...

–

H. J. Heinz Company The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six contin ...

ketchup founder * H. J. Heinz II – best known as Jack Heinz, a business executive and CEO of the

* H. Robert Heller – President and CEO of VISA U.S.A. and

Federal Reserve Board of Governors The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System. It is charged with overseeing the Federal Reserve Banks and with helping implement the mon ...

* Richard Hellmann – company founder of

Hellmanns Hellmann's and Best Foods are American brand, brand names that are used for the same line of mayonnaise, ketchup, Mustard (condiment), mustard, sauce, salad dressing, condiments and other food products. They have been owned by the British multina ...

* Joseph A. Hemann – educator, newspaper publisher, and banker * Milton S. Hershey – Hershey chocolate founder * Barron Hilton – chairman of the

Hilton Hotel Hilton Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Hotels) is a global brand of full-service hotels and resorts and the flagship brand of American multinational hospitality company Hilton. The original company was founded by Conrad Hilton. As ...

chain and grandfather of

Paris Hilton Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, and entertainer. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, she is a great-granddaughter of Conra ...

Conrad Hilton Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr. (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American businessman who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916 Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disi ...

– founder of the Hilton Hotel chain and great-grandfather of

and

Nicky Hilton Nicholai Olivia Rothschild ( Hilton, October 5, 1983) is an American socialite, fashion designer and model. She is a member of the Hilton family by birth, and a member of the Rothschild family through her marriage to James Rothschild, a grandso ...

* Richard Hilton – hotelier and real estate entrepreneur, father of

* George A. Hormel – founder of

Hormel Foods Corporation Hormel Foods Corporation is an American food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork ...

Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a m ...

– software tycoon, co-founder and CEO of

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...

Max Kade Dr. h.c. Max Kade (13 October 1882, Steinbach near Schwäbisch Hall, Württemberg, Germany – 15 July 1967, Davos, Switzerland) was an emigrant from Germany to New York City who became successful in the pharmaceutical industry. Kade was committed ...

– pharmaceutical tycoon, endowed the Max Kade Foundation *

Otto Hermann Kahn Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of ''Time'' magazine and was sometimes ...

– investment banker *

Jawed Karim Jawed Karim (বাংলাঃ জাওয়াদ করিম) (born October 28, 1979) is an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur of Bangladeshi and German descent. He is a co-founder of YouTube and the first person to upl ...

– co-founder of YouTube and designer of key parts of PayPal * Edgar J. Kaufmann – department store entrepreneur *

William Myron Keck William Myron Keck (April 27, 1880 – August 20, 1964) was an American oil entrepreneur and philanthropist. Founder of Superior Oil Company, author Kevin Krajick has described Keck as "the world's greatest oil prospector, a man whose instin ...

– oil entrepreneur and philanthropist who is now best known for giving his name to the W. M. Keck Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations * Peter Kern – confectioner and mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee * John W. Kieckhefer – pioneer in the use of fibre shipping containers and one of the wealthiest men in America in 1957 *

John Kluge John Werner Kluge (; September 21, 1914September 7, 2010) was a German-American entrepreneur who became a television industry mogul in the United States. At one time he was the richest person in the U.S. Early life and education Kluge was bo ...

– television industry mogul *

Klaus Kleinfeld Klaus-Christian Kleinfeld (born 6 November 1957 in Bremen, Germany) is the former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Arconic. Kleinfeld is former chairman and CEO of Alcoa Inc., and former president and CEO of Siemens AG. Kleinfeld st ...

– business executive * William Knabe – industrialist and piano-manufacturer * Lynne Koplitz – comedian * James L. Kraft – first to patent processed cheese; founder of

Kraft Foods The second incarnation of Kraft Foods is an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz in 2015. A merger with Heinz, arra ...

Bernard Kroger Bernard Heinrich "Henry" Kroger (January 24, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets. Kroger was a pioneering grocery innovator who introduced self-service shopping to the public in 1895. ...

– chain grocer founder of the

Kroger The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States. Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincin ...

chain * Louis Kurz – major publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century * Johan Adam Lemp – father of modern brewing in St. Louis, started the William J. Lemp Brewing Company * James E. Lentz III – president of Toyota Motor Sales, USA *

Alfred Lion Alfred Lion (born Alfred Löw; April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading music ...

– co-founder of

Blue Note Records Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Orig ...

https://www.npr.org/2003/07/20/1339880/blue-note-records-the-biography "It's a bit of an irony that the Blue Note label — synonymous with jazz, the seminal American music form — was created by two German immigrants. In Blue Note Records, The Biography, author Richard Cook tells the story of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, who formed the label in 1939." * Solomon Loeb – banker, co-founder of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of Jewish descent *

Grover Loening Grover Cleveland Loening (September 12, 1888 – February 29, 1976) was an American aircraft manufacturer. Biography Loening was born in Bremen, in what was then Imperial Germany, on September 12, 1888, while his American-born father was statione ...

– aircraft manufacturer *

Henry Lomb Henry Lomb ( – ) was a German-American optician who co-founded Bausch & Lomb (with John Jacob Bausch) and led a group of businessmen to found The Mechanics Institute, the forerunner of Rochester Institute of Technology. Biography Lomb was bo ...

– co-founded Bausch & Lombhttp://www.gamhof.org/famous_ga.html "Famous German-Americans" *

George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...

– film director and producer, of part German ancestry * William H. Luden – developer of the menthol cough drop, the first ever, Luden's Menthol Cough Drops *

Adolph Luetgert Adolph Louis Luetgert (December 27, 1845 – July 7, 1899) was a German-American businessman in Chicago, Illinois, convicted of murdering his second wife Louisa Bicknese in 1897 and dissolving her body in a sausage vat filled with lye at his A.L ...

– Chicago businessman of A.L. Luetgert Sausage & Packing Company * Peter Luger – steak restaurateur *

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller (November 9, 1903 – May 27, 1976) was an American philanthropist and the daughter of American financier John D. Rockefeller Jr. and a granddaughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Family backgrou ...

– philanthropist *

Oscar Mayer Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut producer known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon, ham, and Lunchables products. The company is a subsidiary of the Kraft Heinz Company and based in Chicago, Illinois. History Early years German i ...

– meat entrepreneur * Frederick L. Maytag – founder of the

Maytag The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 2006. Company history The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag. In 1925, ...

Company * George W. Merck – scientist and former president of Merck & Co * Fred G. Meyer – founder of

Fred Meyer Fred Meyer is an American chain of hypermarket superstores founded in 1922 in Portland, Oregon, USA, by Fred G. Meyer. The stores are found in the northwest U.S., within the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. The company merged ...

* Maxey Dell Moody Jr. – founder of MOBRO Marine, Inc. and CEO of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. *

Elon Musk Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc.; founder of The B ...

– co-founder of PayPal Inc.; founder of

SolarCity SolarCity Corporation was a publicly traded company headquartered in Fremont, California that sold and installed solar energy generation systems as well as other related products and services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers ...

SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal of ...

Hyperloop A hyperloop is a proposed high-speed transportion system for both public and goods transport. The idea was picked up by Elon Musk to describe a modern project based on the vactrain concept (first appearance in 1799). Hyperloop systems compris ...

, and

Tesla Motors Tesla, Inc. ( or ) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles (electric cars and trucks), battery energy storage from home to gri ...

* Carrie Marcus Neiman – co-founder of the Neiman-Marcus department store * Douglas R. Oberhelman – former CEO and Executive Chairman of

Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar Inc. (stock symbol CAT) is an American ''Fortune'' 500 corporation and the world's largest construction-equipment manufacturer. In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 65 on the ''Fortune'' 500 list and number 238 on the Global ''Fo ...

Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria Metropolitan Area in Centr ...

Adolph Ochs Adolph Simon Ochs (March 12, 1858 – April 8, 1935) was an American newspaper publisher and former owner of ''The New York Times'' and ''The Chattanooga Times'' (now the ''Chattanooga Times Free Press''). Early life and career Ochs was born t ...

-Sulzberger – newspaper publisher and former owner of ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' and ''The Chattanooga Times'' (now the ''

Chattanooga Times Free Press The ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is distributed in the metropolitan Chattanooga region of southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It is one of Tennessee's majo ...

'') *

Hermann Oelrichs Hermann Oelrichs (June 8, 1850 – September 1, 1906), was an American businessman, multimillionaire, and agent of Norddeutsche Lloyd shipping. Early life Oelrichs was born on June 8, 1850 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the son of German-born ...

– shipping magnate and owner of Norddeutsche Lloyd Shipping *

Albrecht Pagenstecher This article addresses the history of papermaking in Massachusetts. 1620–1800 Early paper in Massachusetts was, as was common in Europe, made from cotton and linen rags.Hunter, Dard (1947) ''Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancie ...

– pioneer of the modern paper industry *

Fabian Pascal Fabian Pascal is a Romanian-American consultant to large software vendors such as IBM, Oracle Corporation, and Borland, but is better known as an author and seminar speaker. Born in Romania, Pascal lives in the San Francisco, CA area of the US, ...

– consultant to large software vendors *

Charles Pfizer Karl Christian Friedrich Pfizer (; March 22, 1824 – October 19, 1906), known as Charles Pfizer, was a German-American businessman and chemist who co-founded the Pfizer pharmaceutical company with his cousin, Charles F. Erhart, in 1849, as Ch ...

– founded the Pfizer Inc.

pharmaceutical A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and ...

company * John C. Pritzlaff – founder of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company, the largest wholesale hardware store in the

Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...

until its closure in 1958 * Robert Propst – inventor of the

Action Office The Action Office is a series of furniture designed by Robert Propst, and manufactured and marketed by Herman Miller. First introduced in 1964 as the ''Action Office I'' product line, then superseded by the ''Action Office II'' series, it is an i ...

that evolved into the

cubicle A cubicle is a partially enclosed office workspace that is separated from neighboring workspaces by partitions that are usually tall. Its purpose is to isolate office workers and managers from the sights and noises of an open workspace so that ...

office furniture system *

John J. Raskob John Jakob Raskob, KCSG (March 19, 1879 – October 15, 1950) was a financial executive and businessman for DuPont and General Motors, and the builder of the Empire State Building. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1928 t ...

– builder of the

Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the st ...

* Francis Joseph Reitz – banker, civic leader, and philanthropist * John Augustus Reitz – known as the "Lumber Baron", an entrepreneur, industrialist, banker, civic leader, and philanthropist * George Remus – famous Cincinnati lawyer and bootlegger during the Prohibition era *

Adolph Rickenbacher Adolph Rickenbacker (April 1, 1887 – March 21, 1976) was a Swiss-American electrical engineer who co-founded the Rickenbacker guitar company along with George Beauchamp and Paul Barth. Rickenbacker was born in Basel, Switzerland as Adolf Ric ...

– created the electric guitar manufacturer, Rickenbacher Manufacturing Company *

William Rittenhouse William Rittenhouse (1644 – 1708) was an American papermaker and businessman. He served as an apprentice papermaker in the Netherlands and, after moving to the Pennsylvania Colony, established the first paper mill in the North American colo ...

– built the first paper mill in America *

David Rockefeller David Rockefeller (June 12, 1915 – March 20, 2017) was an American investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the Rockefeller family, ...

– banker, philanthropist, world statesman, and the current

patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certain ...

of the

Rockefeller family The Rockefeller family () is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brot ...

John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history. Rockefeller was ...

– oil magnate and philanthropist * John D. Rockefeller Jr. – industrialist and philanthropist * John D. Rockefeller III – industrialist and philanthropist *

Laurance Rockefeller Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. A ...

– venture capitalist, financier, philanthropist and major conservationist * John Augustus Roebling – civil engineer, one of the pioneers in the construction of suspension bridges *

– civil engineer best known for his work on the

* Jim Rohr – chairman and CEO of

PNC Financial Services The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (stylized as PNC) is an American bank holding company and financial services corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its banking subsidiary, PNC Bank, operates in 27 states and the District of ...

(PNC Bank) *

Jacob Ruppert Jacob Ruppert Jr. (August 5, 1867 – January 13, 1939) was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and politician who served for four terms representing New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1907. H ...

– brewer, businessman,

National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. N ...

colonel and United States Congressman, owner of

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one ...

from 1915 until 1939 * August Schell – founded The August Schell Brewing Company in 1860, the second oldest family-owned brewery in America * Walter Schlage – engineer, inventor, and businessman; founder of Schlage Manufacturing company in San Francisco *

John Schnatter John Hampton "Papa John" Schnatter (born November 22 or 23, 1961) is an American entrepreneur who founded the Papa John's pizza restaurant chain in 1984. Schnatter started the business in the back of his father's tavern after selling his car an ...

– founder of

Papa John's Pizza Papa John's International, Inc., d/b/a Papa Johns, is an American pizza restaurant chain. It is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia metropolita ...

Jacob Schiff Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ...

– banker and philanthropist * Julius Schmid – creator of the

Sheik condom Durex is a brand of condoms and personal lubricants owned by the United Kingdom, British company Reckitt, Reckitt Benckiser. It was initially developed in London under the purview of the London Rubber Company and British Latex Products Ltd, wher ...

and the Ramses condom *

Eric Schmidt Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and software engineer known for being the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, executive chairman of Google from 2011 to 2015, executive chairman of Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 20 ...

– executive chairman and former CEO of Alphabet Inc. (the parent company of Google) and a former member of the board of directors of

, and 136th-wealthiest person in the world in 2011 * Charles M. Schwab – steel magnate (

Bethlehem Steel The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For most of the 20th century, it was one of the world's largest steel producing and shipbuilding companies. At the height of its succe ...

) *

Charles R. Schwab Charles Robert Schwab Sr. (born July 29, 1937) is an American investor and financial executive. He is the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation. He pioneered discount sales of equity securities starting in 1975. His company bec ...

– businessman and investor; founder of the

Charles Schwab Corporation The Charles Schwab Corporation is an American multinational financial services company. It offers banking, commercial banking, investing and related services including consulting, and wealth management advisory services to both retail and insti ...

* Steve Schwarzman – private equity mogul, financier and founder of

Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate b ...

Frank Seiberling Franklin Augustus “Frank” Seiberling''Find A Grave'', database and imageshttps://www.findagrave.com: accessed 24 August 2019), memorial page for Franklin Augustus “Frank” Seiberling (6 Oct 1859–11 Aug 1955), Find A Grave Memorial no51433 ...

– inventor and founder of the

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, motorcycles, S ...

Seiberling Rubber Company The Seiberling Rubber Company was an American tire manufacturer for motor vehicles. In 1898 Frank A. Seiberling acquired an old strawboard factory in Akron, Ohio and founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (naming it after Charles Goodyear, the ...

, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens * John Seiberling – founder and inventor of one of the first reaping machines *

Isaac Singer Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-n ...

– inventor, actor, and

sewing machine A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the in ...

entrepreneur *

Evan Spiegel Evan Thomas Spiegel (born June 4, 1990) is an American businessman, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Spiegel was the youngest billionaire in the world in 2015. Early life and education Spiegel was born in Los Angeles, California, to lawyers ...

– Internet entrepreneur; co-founder and CEO of the mobile application

Snapchat Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before the ...

* Joseph Spiegel – founder of Spiegel catalog *

Claus Spreckels Adolph Claus J. Spreckels (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908) (his last name has also been misspelled as Spreckles) was a major industrialist in Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican and territorial periods of the islands' history. He also ...

– industrialist *

George Steinbrenner George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was the longest-serving own ...

– shipping and sports franchise entrepreneur and late owner of the New York Yankees * Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg – Steinway pianos manufacturer * Henry William Stiegel – glassmaker and ironmaster and an active lay Lutheran and associate of

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (an anglicanization of Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg) (September 6, 1711 – October 7, 1787), was a German Lutheran pastor sent to North America as a missionary, requested by Pennsylvania colonists. Integral to the ...

* Chris Strachwitz – founder and president of Arhoolie Records *

Levi Strauss Levi Strauss (; born Löb Strauß ; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisc ...

– creator of the first company to manufacture blue jeans; of German-Jewish descent *

Clement Studebaker Clement Studebaker (March 12, 1831 – November 27, 1901) was an American wagon and carriage manufacturer. With his brother Henry, he co-founded the H & C Studebaker Company, precursor of the Studebaker Corporation, which built Pennsylvania-Germ ...

– founded

Studebaker Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana, with a building at 1600 Broadway, Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 as the Studebaker Brothers M ...

, a wagon, carriage and car manufacturer *

Arthur Hays Sulzberger Arthur Hays Sulzberger (September 12, 1891December 11, 1968) was the publisher of ''The New York Times'' from 1935 to 1961. During that time, daily circulation rose from 465,000 to 713,000 and Sunday circulation from 745,000 to 1.4 million; the st ...

– publisher of ''

'', 1935–1961http://usa.usembassy.de/germanamericans.htm "The roll call of German-American leaders in business and finance includes names like Astor, Boeing, Chrysler, Firestone, Fleischman, Guggenheim, Heinz, Hershey, Kaiser, Rockefeller, Steinway, Strauss (of-blue jeans fame), Singer (originally Reisinger), Sulzberger, Wanamaker, and Weyerhaueser." *

John Sutter John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant of Mexican and American citizenship, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area th ...

– pioneer settler/colonizer *

Peter Thiel Peter Andreas Thiel (; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Fac ...

– co-founder of PayPal Inc.; first outside investor in

Facebook, Inc. Meta Platforms, Inc., (file no. 3835815) doing business as Meta and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns Facebook, Instagra ...

* Otto Timm – aircraft manufacturer * Robert Uihlein Jr. – heir, businessman, polo player and philanthropistMike Reilly
Uihlein Family History (The Milwaukee Brewing Family)
, Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc., 1/17/00 * William Utz – snack food entrepreneur * Frederick Vogel – tanner and businessman from

who spent a single one-year term as a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, e ...

Charles Von der Ahe Charles Theodore Von der Ahe (August 29, 1882 – June 4, 1973) was a Danish-American businessman, best known as an early innovator in the grocery business in Southern California, and founder of Vons supermarket chain in Southern California along ...

– co-founder of the

Vons Vons is a Southern California and Southern Nevada supermarket chain owned by Albertsons. It is headquartered in Fullerton, California, and operates stores under the Vons and Pavilions banners. It was owned by Safeway Inc. and headquartered in ...

Supermarket chain *

Wilfred Von der Ahe Wilfred Luer Von der Ahe (May 9, 1910 – November 20, 1998) was a German American entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder of the Vons supermarket chain in Southern California. Personal life and family Von der Ahe's parents were Charles T. ...

– co-founder of the

Supermarket chain * The Warburg Family – bankers, of Jewish descent *

John Wanamaker John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a ...

– founder of Wanamaker's department store * George Westinghouse – engineer and electricity pioneer * Oscar Werwath – founder and first president of the

Milwaukee School of Engineering The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is a private university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The campus is in the East Town neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee. The school's enrollment of 2,820 includes 224 graduate students. As of fall 2018, ...

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

Friedrich Weyerhäuser Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuser (November 21, 1834 – April 4, 1914), also spelled Weyerhaeuser, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company, which owns saw mills, paper factories, and other business enterprise ...

– timber mogul and founder of the

Weyerhaeuser Weyerhaeuser () is an American timberland company which owns nearly of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. The company also manufactures wood products. It operates as a real e ...

Francis Wolff Francis Wolff (April 5, 1907 – March 8, 1971) was a record company executive, photographer and record producer. Wolff's skills, as an executive and a photographer, were important contributions to the success of the Blue Note record label. Care ...

– co-founder of

* Rudolph Wurlitzer – musical instrument entrepreneur *

William Zeckendorf William Zeckendorf Sr. (June 30, 1905 – September 30, 1976) was a prominent American real estate developer. Through his development company Webb and Knapp — for which he began working in 1938 and which he purchased in 1949 — he developed a ...

– real estate developer * Frederick G. Zinsser – American chemical company entrepreneur who founded Zinsser & Company, which synthesized organic chemicals.

Brewers

Eberhard Anheuser Eberhard Anheuser (27 September 1806–May 1880) was a German American soap and candle maker, as well as the father-in-law of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company. Anheuser grew up in Kreuznach, where his parents operated ...

– soap and candle maker, president and CEO of Eberhard Anheuser and Company, which eventually became

Anheuser-Busch Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ( AB InBev), now the world's largest brewing company, which owns multiple gl ...

* Valentin Blatz – beer baron, started the

Valentin Blatz Brewing Company The Valentin Blatz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It produced Blatz Beer from 1851 until 1959, when the label was sold to Pabst Brewing Company. Blatz beer is currently produced by the Miller Brewing Compa ...

Adolphus Busch Adolphus Busch (10 July 1839 – 10 October 1913) was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. He introduced numerous innovations, building the success of the company in the late 19th and early 20 ...

–

brewing company founder * Adolphus Busch III – brewing magnate who was the President and CEO of

, 1934–1946 * August Anheuser Busch Sr. – brewing magnate who served as the President and CEO of

, 1913–1934 *

August Busch IV August Adolphus Busch IV (born June 15, 1964) is an American businessman and former CEO of Anheuser-Busch. He was the last of the family to control the company, which was purchased in a hostile takeover in 2008 by InBev. Busch IV was known for ...

– president and CEO of

Gussie Busch August Anheuser "Gussie" Busch Jr. (March 28, 1899 – September 29, 1989) was an American brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world by 1957 as company chairman from 1946 to 1975.Holian, Ti ...

– brewing magnate who built the Anheuser-Busch Companies into the largest brewery in the world as company chairman, 1946–1975, and became a prominent sportsman as owner of the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...

franchise in MLB *

Adolph Coors Adolph Herman Joseph Coors Sr. (February 4, 1847 – June 5, 1929) was a German American brewer who founded the Adolph Coors Company in Golden, Colorado, in 1873. Early years Adolph Hermann Joseph Kuhrs was born in Barmen in Rhenish Prus ...

– Coors beer empire founder * Matthias Haffen – New York City brewer, formerly located at the Haffen Building in the

Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

John M. Haffen
The Bronx and its people A History 1609–1927 Board of Editors: James L. Wells, Louis F. Haffen Josiah A. Briggs. Historian: Benedict Fitspatrick Publisher: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc. New York 1927 * Theodore Hamm – founder of

Hamm's Brewery The Theodore Hamm's Brewing Company was an American brewing company established in 1865 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Becoming the fifth largest brewery in the United States, Hamm's expanded with additional breweries that were acquired in other cit ...

Frederick Miller Frederick Edward John Miller (November 24, 1824 – May 11, 1888) was a brewery owner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born as ''Friedrich Eduard Johannes Müller'' in Riedlingen, Württemberg, he founded the Miller Brewing Company at the Plank Road Bre ...

–

Miller beer The Miller Brewing Company is an American brewery and beer company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1855 by Frederick Miller. Molson Coors acquired the full global brand portfolio of Miller Brewing Company in 2016, and operates the ...

creator *

Frederick Pabst Johann Gottlieb Friedrich "Frederick" Pabst (March 28, 1836 – January 1, 1904) was a German-American brewer for whom the Pabst Brewing Company was named. Biography Early life Pabst was born on March 28, 1836, in the village of Nikolausrieth, ...

– founder of Pabst Brewery (with Philip Best) * Tom Pastorius – founded Penn Brewery (Pennsylvania Brewing Co.) * Frederick Schaefer – beer baron, started F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company *

Joseph Schlitz Joseph Schlitz (May 15, 1831 – May 7, 1875) was a German-American entrepreneur who made his fortune in the brewing industry. Early life Joseph Schlitz was born on May 15, 1831 in Mainz, Hesse-Darmstadt. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1850. Car ...

– beer baron, founded

Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and once the largest producer of beer in the United States. Its namesake beer, Schlitz (), was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was adve ...

* Kosmas Spoetzl – brewer, Shiner Brewery * Peter P. Straub – founder of Straub Brewery *

August Uihlein August Uihlein (1842–1911) was a German-American brewer, business executive and horse breeder. Early life August Uihlein was born Georg Karl August Ühlein in 1842 in Wertheim am Main, Grand Duchy of Baden, which is now in Germany. He had a br ...

– Uhrig Brewery and

brewer, business executive and horse breeder * Herman Weiss – first

brewmaster A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of bee ...

in Shiner, Texas; hired in 1909 by the Shiner Brewing Association to start the brewery; later took the same position at the San Antonio Brewing Association

Distillers

* Arthur Phillip Stitzel – founder of the

Stitzel–Weller Distillery Stitzel–Weller Distillery is a former distillery located in Shively, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1935, sold in 1972, and closed in 1992. It produced a number of notable brands, and since 2014 it has served as a public ...

, which has produced a number of notable brands, and as of 2017 houses the welcome center and public tour for

Bulleit Bourbon Bulleit Bourbon is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced at the Bulleit Distillery in Lebanon, Kentucky and the Bulleit Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky, for the Diageo beverage conglomerate. It is characterized by a high rye ...

, as part of the

Kentucky Bourbon Trail The Kentucky Bourbon Trail (sometimes informally shortened to "the Bourbon Trail") is the name of a program sponsored by the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) to promote the Bourbon whiskey industry in Kentucky. The KDA has registered the ...

Entertainment

Actors

Nicolas Cage - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra)

Leonardo DiCaprio visited Goddard Saturday to discuss Earth science with Piers Sellers (26105091624) cropped

Matthew McConaughey - Goldene Kamera 2014 - Berlin

Joaquin Phoenix at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival

Emma Stone at the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival (cropped)

Jensen Ackles Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dean Winchester in The WB/ CW dark fantasy drama series ''Supernatural'' (2005–2020) and appearing in television series such as NBC's ''Days of ...

– actor * Gideon Adlon – actress *

Ben Affleck Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Volpi Cup. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS education ...

– actor and filmmaker *

Casey Affleck Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award. He beg ...

– actor and director *

Eddie Albert Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was an American actor and activist. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; the first nomination came in 1954 for his performance in ''Roman Holiday'', ...

(born Edward Albert Heimberger) –

- and

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

-nominated American stage, film, character actor, gardener, humanitarian activist, and World War II hero *

Tim Allen Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–1999) and Mike Baxter on the ABC/F ...

– actor and comedian *

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

(born Allan Stewart Konigsberg) – filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian, and musician, of Jewish descent *

Mädchen Amick Mädchen Elaina Amick ( ; born December 12, 1970) is an American actress and television director. She is known for her starring role as Shelly Johnson on the television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991), its prequel film '' Twin Peaks: Fire ...

– actress *

Fred Armisen Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen was the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series ''Portlandia''. He ...

Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer. He is often called the greatest dancer in Hollywood film history. Astaire's career in stage, film, and tele ...

– dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter *

Odessa A'zion Odessa Zion Segall Adlon (born June 17, 2000), also known as Odessa A'zion, is an American actress. She is known for her television roles in the CBS series '' Fam'' and the Netflix series '' Grand Army''. Early life and education A'zion is from ...

– actress *

Catherine Bach Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman; March 1, 1954) is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' and Margo Dutton in '' African Skies''. In 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS ...

– actress *

Diedrich Bader Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor and comedian who is best known for his comedy roles. He has appeared as a series regular in television sitcoms ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''American Housewife'', and '' Outsourced'' ...

– actor *

Haley Bennett Haley Loraine Keeling (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Haley Bennett, is an American actress. She made her film debut in the romantic comedy ''Music and Lyrics'' (2007) and has since appeared in films such as '' The Equalizer'' (2 ...

– actress * Hailey Baldwin – actress *

John Banner John Banner (born Johann Banner, January 28, 1910 – January 28, 1973) was an Austrian-born American actor, best known for his role as Sergeant Schultz in the situation comedy ''Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–1971). Schultz, constantly encou ...

– actor *

– film actor *

Kim Basinger Kimila Ann Basinger ( ; born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film and television, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Glo ...

– actress, small amount of German ancestry *

Brian Baumgartner Brian Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Kevin Malone, a character in the NBC sitcom '' The Office'' (2005–2013). Early life and career Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Baumgartner attended Holy ...

– actor *

Stephanie Beatriz Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), and voicing protagonist Mira ...

– actress *

Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Beginning her acting career by starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, she made her Broadway stage debut as Becky Thatche ...

– actress * Zazie Beetz – actress *

Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also know ...

– actress; mother Frances Bergen was of German descent *

Frances Bergen Frances Bergen (née Westerman; September 14, 1922 – October 2, 2006) was an American actress and fashion model. She was the wife of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and the mother of actress Candice Bergen and film and television editor Kris ...

(née Westerman) – maternal grandparents of German descent *

Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays.Obituary ''Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, she is often ...

– actress; mother was an immigrant from Germany *

Halle Berry Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Mi ...

– actress *

Carl Betz Carl Lawrence Betz (March 9, 1921 – January 18, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera '' Love of Life''; he is best remembered for playing Donna ...

– actor and World War II veteran *

Michael Biehn Michael Connell Biehn ( ; born July 31, 1956) is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt. Kyle Reese in ''The Terminator'' (1984), Cpl. Dwayne Hicks in '' Aliens'' (1986), and ...

– actor *

Jessica Biel Jessica Claire Timberlake (née Biel ; born March 3, 1982) is an American actress and model. She has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Biel be ...

– actress, small amount of German ancestry, also of Jewish descent *

Karen Black Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portrayi ...

– actress *

Curt Bois Curt Bois (born Kurt Boas; April 5, 1901 – December 25, 1991) was a German actor with a career spanning over 80 years. He is best remembered for his performances as the pickpocket in ''Casablanca'' (1942) and the poet Homer in '' Wings of Des ...

– actor *

Johnny Yong Bosch Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer, and martial artist. His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and first Green Turbo Ranger i ...

– actor, of partial paternal German descent *

Julie Bowen Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer (born March 3, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Claire Dunphy in the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she received critical acclaim and six nominations for the Prime ...

– actress, of part German ancestry *

Eric Braeden Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series '' The Rat Patr ...

– actor *

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academ ...

– actor; father was of partial German ancestry *

Benjamin Bratt Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor and producer who has worked in film and on television. He had supporting roles in the 1990s in such box office hits as ''Demolition Man'' (1993), ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1994), ...

– actor; father is of mostly German ancestry * Hermann Braun – actor *

Felix Bressart Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen. Life and career Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia). His acting debut came in 1914 as Malvol ...

– actor *

Agnes Bruckner Agnes Bruckner is an American actress and former model. She began acting in television in the late 1990s and has since appeared in several films, including '' The Woods'', '' Blue Car'', '' Murder by Numbers'', '' Blood and Chocolate'', '' The A ...

– actress, of part German descent *

Sandra Bullock Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Bullock was the world's highest-paid actress in 2010 and 2014. In 2010 ...

– actress; mother was an immigrant from Germany, father had some German ancestry *

Ty Burrell Tyler Gerald Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. Burrell is best known for his role as Phil Dunphy on the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'', for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in ...

– actor *

Scott Caan Scott Andrew Caan (born August 23, 1976) is an American actor, director, photographer, writer, and former rapper. He received his breakthrough role in '' Ocean’s Eleven'' as Turk Malloy who he played in the '' Ocean’s trilogy'' and starred ...

– actor *

Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer. Born into the Coppola family, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Gui ...

– actor *

Nancy Cartwright Nancy Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress. She is the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', for which she has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Perform ...

Dana Carvey Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his seven seasons as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1986 to 1993, which earned him fiv ...

– actor, comedian, and producer * Loan Chabanol – actress *

Sarah Chalke Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress and model. She is known for portraying Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy series '' Scrubs'', the second Becky Conner on the ABC sitcom ''Roseanne'', Stella Zinman on ...

– actress; mother is an immigrant from Germany *

Carol Channing Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Her characters usually had a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, ...

– actor, of 3/4 German and 1/4 African-American ancestry *

Claudia Christian Claudia Christian (born Claudia Ann Coghlan August 10, 1965) is an American actress, singer and author, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on ''Babylon 5'', as Captain Maynard on Fox's ''9-1-1'', and as the voice of Hera on the Net ...

– actress; mother is a German immigrant *

Mae Clarke Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz; August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in ''Frankenstein'', and for being o ...

(born Violet Mary Klotz) – actress *

Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery Clift (; October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to ''The New York Times''. He is best remembered ...

– actor *

George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards, one for his acting and the othe ...

– actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, businessman, and philanthropist *

Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors G ...

– actor, of part German descent *

Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Go ...

– actor; parents both of part German ancestry *

Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s (Kansas Raiders, 1950) and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 f ...

(born Bernard Schwartz) – actor, German Jewish descent *

Willem Dafoe Willem James Dafoe (; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, t ...

– actor *

Josh Dallas Joshua Paul Dallas (born December 18, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Prince Charming/ David Nolan in the ABC television series ''Once Upon a Time'' and as Ben Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci-fi drama series '' Manife ...

- actor *

Helmut Dantine Helmut Dantine (7 October 1918 – 2 May 1982) was an Austrian-American actor who often played Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. His best-known performances are perhaps the German pilot in '' Mrs. Miniver'' and the desperate refugee in '' ...

– actor *

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sen ...

– actress, singer *

Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...

– actor; mother was of half German descent *

James Dean James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, '' Rebel Without a Caus ...

– actor, small amount of German ancestry *

Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards ...

– actor, small amount of German ancestry *

Cameron Diaz Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. With a variety of works in film, she is widely recognised for her work in romantic comedies and animation. Diaz has received various accolades, including nominations for f ...

– actress; mother of German descent * Leonardo DiCaprio – actor, paternal grandmother was of German descent, and mother is an immigrant from Germany *

Angie Dickinson Angeline Dickinson (née Brown; born September 30, 1931) is an American actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in '' Gun the Man Down'' (1956) wi ...

– actress *

Vin Diesel Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. Diesel began audition ...

– actor; mother of part German ancestry *

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

– actress; an immigrant from Germany *

Peter Dinklage Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American film, television and stage actor. He received international recognition for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series '' Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which he w ...

– Primetime Emmy Award-winning actor, of part German descent *

Adam Driver Adam Douglas Driver (born November 19, 1983) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award; making him one of few performers nominated ...

– actor *

Patty Duke Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016) was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her acting career, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awa ...

– actress; mother of

Mackenzie Astin Mackenzie Alexander Astin (born May 12, 1973) is an American actor. Early and personal life Astin was born on May 12, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Patty Duke and actor John Astin. His brother is actor Sean Astin. He at ...

and

Sean Astin Sean Patrick Astin ( né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor. His acting roles include Samwise Gamgee in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003), Mikey Walsh in ''The Goonies'' (1985), Daniel Ruettiger in '' Rudy'' (1993), Dou ...

; she's of one quarter German descent *

Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Caroline Dunst (; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the short ''Oedipus Wrecks'' directed by Woody Allen in the anthology film ''New York Stories'' (1989). She then gained recognition for her rol ...

– film actress and former model; German father, and maternal grandfather of German descent *

Aaron Eckhart Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age. He began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his hi ...

– actor; father is of German ancestry, mother also has some German roots *

Zac Efron Zachary David Alexander Efron (; born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the ''High School Musical'' tril ...

– actor, of part German descent *

Nicole Eggert Nicole Elizabeth Eggert (born January 13, 1972) is an American actress. Her notable roles include Jamie Powell on the situation comedy ''Charles in Charge'' and Summer Quinn on the television series ''Baywatch''. She guest-starred in ''The Super ...

– actress; father is a German immigrant *

Erika Eleniak Erika Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and model known for her role in ''Baywatch'' as Shauni McClain. Her film debut was in '' E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982). She starred in the films '' Th ...

– actress; mother is of Estonian and German ancestry *

Noah Emmerich Noah Nicholas Emmerich (born February 27, 1965) is an American actor and director who is best known for his roles in films such as '' Beautiful Girls'' (1996), ''The Truman Show'' (1998), ''Frequency'' (2000), ''Miracle'' (2004), '' Little Childr ...

– actor; father a German Jewish immigrant, mother of Eastern European Jewish descent * Chris Evans – actor; father of half German ancestry *

Dakota Fanning Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film ''I Am Sam'' (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomina ...

– actress, of part German descent *

Elle Fanning Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is an American actress. She made her film debut as the younger version of her sister Dakota Fanning's character in the drama film ''I Am Sam'' (2001). As a child actress, she appeared in several films, in ...

– actress; younger sister of Dakota Fanning, of part German descent *

Tina Fey Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...

– writer, comedian, and Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress; father is of half German ancestry *

William Fichtner William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on ''Invasion'', Alexander Mahone on ''Prison Break'', Carl Hickman on '' Crossing Lines'', and Adam Janikowski o ...

– actor *

Jenna Fischer Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom ''The Office'' (2005–2013), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Suppor ...

– actress *

Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the '' Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last ...

– actress, of part German descent *

Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the hon ...

– actress; mother is of part German ancestry *

Dennis Franz Dennis Franz Schlachta (; born October 28, 1944), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series ''NYPD Blue'' (1993–2005), a role that ...

(born Dennis Franz Schlachta) – award-winning actor; father was a German immigrant, mother was of German descent *

Brendan Fraser Brendan James Fraser ( ; born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor known for his leading roles in blockbusters, comedies, and dramatic films. Having graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in 1990, he made his film debut in '' ...

– actor *

Tatiana von Fürstenberg Princess Tatiana Desirée von Fürstenberg (''Tatiana Desirée Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg''; born February 16, 1971) is an American art curator, singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and filmmaker. Early life and family Von Fürstenberg ...

– rock singer and filmmaker; daughter of fashion designers Diane and

Prince Egon von Fürstenberg Egon, Prinz von Fürstenberg (Eduard Egon Peter Paul Giovanni Prinz zu Fürstenberg; 29 June 1946 – 11 June 2004) was a socialite, banker, fashion and interior designer, and a member of the former German princely family of Fürstenberg. In ...

James Garner James Garner (born James Scott Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including '' The Great Escape'' (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's ''The Americ ...

(born James Scott Bumgarner) – actor; father is of German descent *

Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades ...

– actor *

Janet Gaynor Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (late ...

– actress *

Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi Gaynor (born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber; September 4, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her notable films include ''We're Not Married!'' (1952), '' There's No Business Like Show Business'' (1954), '' The Birds a ...

(born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber) – actress, singer, and dancer *

Lillian Gish Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", ...

– actress * Summer Glau – actress, of part German descent *

Karl Glusman Karl Glusman (born January 3, 1988) is an American actor. He had a lead role in Gaspar Noé’s controversial pornographical drama ''Love'' (2015) and appeared in '' The Neon Demon'' (2016) and '' Nocturnal Animals'' (2016). Early life Glusman ...

– actor *

Crispin Glover Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for portraying eccentric characters on screen, such as George McFly in ''Back to the Future'' (1985), Layne in '' River's Edge'' (1986), Andy Warhol in ''The Doors ...

– actor *

Betty Grable Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million; for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she reign ...

– actress, dancer, and singer *

Joel Gretsch Joel James Gretsch (born December 20, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on ''The 4400'', '' Taken'' and '' V''. Early life Gretsch was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and grew up in Albany, Minnesota, the son of Russ and ...

– actor *

Andy Griffith Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his character ...

– actor, of part German descent *

Harry Groener Harry Groener (born September 10, 1951) is a German-born American actor and dancer, perhaps best known for playing Mayor Wilkins in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (seasons 3, 4 and 7). Early life Groener was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany ...

– three-time Tony Award nominee *

Lukas Haas Lukas Daniel Haas (born April 16, 1976) is an American actor and musician. His acting career has spanned four decades, during which he has appeared in more than 50 feature films and a number of television shows and stage productions. Early life ...

– actor; father is a German immigrant *

Gene Hackman Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor and former novelist. In a career that has spanned more than six decades, Hackman has won two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, one Screen Actors Guild Award, two BAFTAs ...

– actor; part German * Thomas J. Hageboeck (1945–1996) – actor *

Uta Hagen Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was a German-American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' by Edward Albee, who called her "a p ...

– actress, an immigrant from Germany *

Jon Hamm Jonathan Daniel Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Don Draper in the period drama television series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Televisio ...

– actor *

Chelsea Handler Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American comedian, actress, writer, television host, and producer. She hosted the late-night talk show ''Chelsea Lately'' on the E! network from 2007 to 2014 and released a documentary series, ...

– comedian and actress; mother was German *

Daryl Hannah Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film '' The Fury'' (1978). She has starred in various movies across the years, ...

– actress *

Melora Hardin Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American actress, known for her roles as Jan Levinson on NBC's ''The Office'' and Trudy Monk on USA Network's ''Monk'', and Tammy Cashman on Amazon Prime Video's '' Transparent'', for which she received ...

– actress and singer *

Mariska Hargitay Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (; born January 23, 1964) is an American actress, director and philanthropist. The daughter of bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay and actress Jayne Mansfield, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a People' ...

– actress; mother is of half German descent *

Woody Harrelson Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards ...

– actor * Cecilia Hart – television and stage actress, of Belgian, Cornish, Dutch, English, French-Canadian, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian and Scottish descent. *

David Hasselhoff David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed "The Hoff", is an American actor, singer, and television personality. He has set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on ''The Youn ...

– actor, of one quarter German descent *

Anne Hathaway Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, she was among the world's highest-paid actresses in 20 ...

– actress, small amount of German ancestry * Cole Hauser – film and television actor; father of part German descent * Dwight Hauser – actor and film producer, of part German descent *

Wings Hauser Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser (born December 12, 1947) is an American actor and occasional director. He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his supporting role in '' Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (1987). Life and career Hauser was bo ...

– actor, director and film writer, of part German descent *

James Haven James Haven ( né Voight; born May 11, 1973) is an American actor. He is the son of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, and the older brother of actress Angelina Jolie. Early life Haven was born on May 11, 1973 in Los Angeles, California ...

– actor, of part German descent *

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

– actress and dancer, of part German descent *

Bill Heck Bill Heck is an American actor who has appeared on Broadway and in television shows, such as '' The Leftovers'' and '' The Old Man'', and films, including in the role of Billy Knapp in the Coen Brothers' western ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs''. ...

– actor *

Eileen Heckart Anna Eileen Heckart ( Herbert; March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years. Early life Heckart was born Anna Eileen Herbert in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Esther (), w ...

– actress *

Katherine Heigl Katherine Marie Heigl ( ; born November 24, 1978) is an American actress and former fashion model. She played Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' from 2005 to 2010, a role that brought her recognition and ...

– actress, of mostly German descent *

Tricia Helfer Tricia Janine Helfer (born April 11, 1974) is a Canadian-American actress and former model. She played the enigmatic Cylon model Number Six in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series (2004–2009). She also voiced Sarah Kerrigan in '' ...

Marg Helgenberger Mary Marg Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first came to attention for playing the role of Siobhan Ryan on the daytime soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' from 1982 to 1986. She is ...

– actress, of mostly German descent *

Paul Henreid Paul Henreid (November 10, 1908 – March 29, 1992) was an Austrian-British- American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best remembered for two film roles; Victor Laszlo in ''Casablanca'' and Jerry Durrance in ''Now, Voyager'', ...

(born Paul Georg Julius Hernried Freiherr von Wassel-Waldingau) *

Richard Henzel Richard Henzel (born June 15, 1949) is a Chicago-based stage, film, TV, and voice-over actor. He is best known as the voice of Ernie Keebler, the Keebler Elf (since 2016), and as one of the two DJ voices heard on the clock radio in the movie ''G ...

– film, TV, and voice-over actor *

Edward Herrmann Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer. He was perhaps best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries '' Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976) and 1982 film ...

– television and film actor, of part German descent * J. G. Hertzler – actor, author, screenwriter best known for his role on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as the

Klingon The Klingons ( ; Klingon language, Klingon: ''tlhIngan'' ) are a fictional species in the science fiction franchise ''Star Trek''. Developed by screenwriter Gene L. Coon in 1967 for the Star Trek: The Original Series, original ''Star Trek'' ('' ...

General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED On ...

(later

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

)

Martok Martok, son of Urthog is a recurring character in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', played by actor J. G. Hertzler. Martok is a high-ranking Klingon leader at the Federation-Bajoran space station in the late 2300s. Martok figures prominently in ...

Emile Hirsch Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor. He played Chris McCandless in '' Into the Wild'' (2007). Other notable film roles include '' The Girl Next Door'' (2004), ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), ''Alpha Dog'' (2006), ''Sp ...

– actor *

Katie Holmes Kate Noelle Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress. She first achieved fame as Joey Potter on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'' (1998–2003). Holmes made her feature film debut in 1997 with a supporting role in Ang Lee ...

– actress, of part German ancestry * Sofia Hublitz – actress *

Adam Huber Adam Huber (born May 8, 1987) is an American actor and model. He is known for playing Liam Ridley in the CW series ''Dynasty(2018-2022)'' Early life Born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Huber graduated from Hollidaysburg Area High School in 20 ...

- actor *

Rock Hudson Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. One of the most popular movie stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades. A prominent heartthrob in the Gold ...

– actor, of half German/Swiss-German descent *

Tab Hunter Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of t ...

– film actor and singer, father was a

German-Jewish The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish ...

immigrant, mother a German

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

immigrant *

Josh Hutcherson Joshua Ryan Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American actor and producer. Hutcherson began acting in the early 2000s and appeared in several commercials and minor film and television roles before landing his first major role in 2002 in ...

– actor *

Martha Hyer Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) was an American actress who played Gwen French in '' Some Came Running'' (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her autobiography, ''Finding My Wa ...

– Academy Award-nominated actress *

Gillian Jacobs Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Britta Perry on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015) and Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series ''Love'' (2016� ...

– film, theater and television actress, of part German descent *

Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The L ...

– first actor to receive the

Academy Award for Best Actor The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a Leading actor, leading role in a film released t ...

Van Johnson Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II. Johnson was described as the embodiment ...

– film and television actor and dancer who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during and after World War II, of part German descent *

Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie (; born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian and former Special Envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award ...

(born Angelina Jolie Voight) – actress, of part German descent *

James Earl Jones James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor. He has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances in film, television, and theater, and "one of the greatest actors in America ...

– actor, of African American, Native American, English, French Huguenot, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, Swedish and Welsh descent. *

Leatrice Joy Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler, who was o ...

(born Leatrice Joy Zeidler) –

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

era actress *

Victoria Justice Victoria Dawn Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including two Young Artist Awards and nominations for three Imagen Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and three Kids' Choice Awards ...

– actress; father of part German descent *

Vincent Kartheiser Vincent Paul Kartheiser (born May 5, 1979) is an American actor. He played Pete Campbell on the AMC television series ''Mad Men'', for which he received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a D ...

– actor *

Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly ...

– actress; mother was of German ancestry *

Ellie Kemper Elizabeth Claire Kemper (born May 2, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She has been nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Satellite Awards, and seven Screen ...

– actress and comedian *

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...

- actress, distant German ancestry *

Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was an American actor. Standing tall, he was known for portraying Jaws in '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' Moonraker'' (1979). Kiel's next-most-recognized role is the ...

– actor *

Q'orianka Kilcher Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher (; born February 11, 1990) is an American actress, singer, and activist. Her best known film roles are Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's 2005 film '' The New World'', and Kaʻiulani in '' Princess Kaiulani'' (2009). ...

– actress and singer, of part Swiss-German descent *

Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with ''Top Secret!'' (1984) and ''Real Genius'' (1985), as well as the military action film ...

– actor *

Angela Kinsey Angela Faye Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an American actress. She played Angela Martin in the sitcom '' The Office'' (2005–2013) and appeared in the sitcoms '' Your Family or Mine'' (2015) and '' Haters Back Off'' (2016–2017). Since ''Th ...

– actress, of part German descent * Chris Klein – actor, both parents of part German descent *

Werner Klemperer Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was an American actor. He was known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'', for which he twice won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in ...

– actor *

Kevin Kline Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award and three Tony Awards. In addition, he has received nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five ...

– actor; father was of German Jewish descent *

Johnny Knoxville Philip John Clapp (born March 11, 1971), best known professionally as Johnny Knoxville, is an American stunt performer, actor, writer, producer, and professional wrestler. He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show ...

– actor *

Boris Kodjoe Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (; born March 8, 1973) is a German actor, producer, and former model best known for his roles as Kelby in the 2002 film ''Brown Sugar'', the sports-courier agent Damon Carter on the Showtime drama s ...

– actor; mother of German and German-Jewish descent *

David Koechner David Michael Koechner ( ; born August 24, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing roles such as Champ Kind in the '' Anchorman'' films and Todd Packer on NBC's ''The Office''. Koechner first became involved in pe ...

– actor, comedian, and musician, of part German descent * Lynne Koplitz – actor and comedian *

Fran Kranz Francis Elliott Kranz (born July 13, 1981) is an American actor and film director. He is known for his portrayal of Topher Brink in the science fiction drama series ''Dollhouse''. He had prominent roles in the films ''The Cabin in the Woods'' a ...

– actor, of part German descent * Kurt Kreuger – actor *

Diane Kruger Diane Kruger ( Heidkrüger; ; born 15 July 1976) is a German and American actress. Early in her career, Kruger gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival. Kruger became known for her roles in f ...

– actress *

Mickey Kuhn Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr. (September 21, 1932 – November 20, 2022) was an American actor. He started his career as a child actor, active on-screen during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1930s until the early 1950s. He is noted for ...

– actor *

Ashton Kutcher Christopher Ashton Kutcher (; born February 7, 1978) is an American actor, producer, entrepreneur, and former model. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a People's Choice Award, and nominations for two Young Artist Awards, a S ...

– actor *

Cheryl Ladd Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor; July 12, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and author best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the ABC television series ''Charlie's Angels'', whose cast she joined in its second season in 1977 t ...

– actress and model, of part German descent *

Veronica Lake Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973), known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in film noirs with Alan Ladd ...

– actress and pin-up model *

Jessica Lange Jessica Phyllis Lange (; born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors Gu ...

– actress, paternal grandfather was of German descent * Wesley Lau – film and television actor * Cyndi Lauper – singer, actress, of part German descent * Ed Lauter – actor, of part German descent * Taylor Lautner – actor/martial artist, of part German descent * Jennifer Lawrence – actress, of part German descent * Bruce Lee – actor; father of Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee; Bruce's mother was of Chinese and German ancestry * Janine Lindemulder – exotic dancer and adult film actress * Kay Lenz – Emmy Award-winning actress * Clara Lipman – actress and playwright; sister of Lieder singer Mattie Lipman Marum * Blake Lively – actress, of part German descent * Kristanna Loken – actress * Carole Lombard – actress * Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress (''Veep'', ''Seinfeld'', and ''The New Adventures of Old Christine''); partly of German descent * Chad Lowe – actor and director * Rob Lowe – actor * Kellan Lutz – fashion model and actor for television and films; of mostly German descent * Matilda Lutz – actress * Chloë Grace Moretz – actress * Kaitlyn Maher – actress and singer * John Malkovich – actor, of part German ancestry on his mother's side * Jayne Mansfield – actress * William Mapother – actor; Tom Cruise's cousin, of part German descent * Marx Brothers – actors, of German Jewish descent * Matthew McConaughey – actor, of part German descent * Mia Malkova – pornographic actress, of part German descent * Candice Michelle – model, actress, WWE wrestler * Wentworth Miller – actor; father of part German descent * Jason Momoa – actor; mother of part German descent * Michelle Monaghan – actress * Barbara Nichols – actress * Jack Nicholson – actor and filmmaker * Nick Nolte – actor, of part German descent * Bob Odenkirk – actor * Chris O'Donnell – actor who played Robin (character), Robin in two Batman films; mother is of part German ancestry * Nick Offerman – actor and comedian * Heather O'Rourke – child actress, of part German descent * Chord Overstreet – of part German descent * Jared Padalecki – actor, mother was part German * Lilli Palmer (born Lillie Marie Peiser) – actress, German Jewish * Gwyneth Paltrow – actress; daughter of Blythe Danner, who is of mostly German descent, also of Jewish descent * Sarah Jessica Parker – actress; mother of mostly German descent, father of partial Jewish descent * Penny Pax – adult film actress * Gregory Peck – actor * Evan Peters – actor, his parents both have German ancestry * William Petersen – actor and producer, of mostly German descent * Michelle Pfeiffer – actress; father was of half German ancestry * Joaquin Phoenix – actor, father had part German ancestry * Brad Pitt – actor, of part German descent, and fluent in the German language * Amy Poehler – actress, comedian, producer and writer, of 1/8th German descent * Erich Pommer – actor and film producer * Chris Pratt – actor, of part German descent, and has limited proficiency in the German language * Laura Prepon – actress; mother is part German * Freddie Prinze Jr. – actor * Jürgen Prochnow – actor * George Raft (born George Ranft) – actor; father was an immigrant from Germany and mother was of German descent * Luise Rainer – actress, Jewish immigrant from Germany * John Ratzenberger – actor with part German American father * Donna Reed – actress, of part German descent * Frank Reicher – German-born American actor, director and producer * Jeremy Renner – actor and musician, father is of part German ancestry * Denise Richards – actress * Molly Ringwald – actress * Naya Rivera – actress and singer (a quarter German descent) * Julia Roberts – actress and producer * Isabella Rossellini – actress, daughter of Ingrid Bergman; maternal grandmother was German * Andrew Rothenberg – television actor * Mercedes Ruehl – theater, television and film actor; father was of part German descent * Katee Sackhoff – actress, of part German descent * William Sadler (actor), William Sadler – film and television actor * Roy Scheider – actor; father was of German descent * August Schellenberg – actor * Kendall Schmidt – actor and singer – well known for his part in ''Big Time Rush'' * Danielle Schneider – actress, comedian, and writer * Helen Schneider – actress and singer * John Schneider (screen actor), John Schneider – actor and singer * Liev Schreiber – actor * Pablo Schreiber – actor * Ricky Schroder – actor and film director * Carly Schroeder – actress and model * Brooke Shields – actress with distant German ancestors * Tom Selleck – actor * Amanda Seyfried – actress, of heavily German descent * Sherri Saum – actress with German mother * Elke Sommer – actress * Josef Sommer – actor, immigrant from Germany * Shannyn Sossamon – actress, dancer, model, and musician, of part German descent * Nick Stahl – actor, of part German descent * Frances Sternhagen – actress * Emma Stone – actress, of part German descent * Michael Strahan – retired football player, actor, and television personality; lived in Germany * Meryl Streep – actress; father was of German/Swiss-German descent, mother was of part German ancestry * Ethan Stiefel – dancer, choreographer, and director * Jeremy Sumpter – actor, of part German descent * Carl Switzer – "Alfalfa", actor, professional dog breeder and hunting guide * Ralph Taeger – actor * Channing Tatum – actor, distant German ancestry * Shirley Temple – actress, part German * Alexis Texas – pornographic actress * Charlize Theron – actress; mother has German ancestry * Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss) – actor, best known for ''Home Improvement (TV series), Home Improvement'' * Uma Thurman – actress; mother is model Nena von Schlebrügge, of half German descent * Rip Torn – actor and voice actor * Liv Tyler – actress, of part German descent * Alida Valli (Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg) – actress * Mario Van Peebles – actor and director; mother is German * Mike Vogel – actor * Jon Voight – actor; maternal grandparents were immigrants from Germany * Erik von Detten – actor; father is German * Jenna von Oÿ – actress and singer * Christopher Walken – actor; father was an immigrant from Germany * Paul Walker – actor, of part German descent * Erin Wasson – actress and model * Johnny Weissmuller – Olympic swimmer, actor, best known as Tarzan * Lois Weber – silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director. She is identified in some historical references as "the most important female director the American film industry has known" * George Wendt – actor, of part German descent * Frank Welker – actor * Mae West – actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol; mother was an immigrant from Germany * Vera-Ellen Westmeier Rohe – actress and dancer * Bruce Willis – actor; mother was German * Henry Winkler – actor, comedian, director, producer, and author (parents were German Jews) * Frank Wolff (actor), Frank Wolff – actor * Elijah Wood – actor; father of half German descent; mother has one quarter German ancestry * Kari Wuhrer – actress and singer, of part German descent * Wolfgang Zilzer – actor * Zendaya – (born Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman) actress; mother of German descent

Celebrities

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* Glenn Beck – political commentator * Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014) – editor-in-chief of the ''Washington Post'' during the Watergate scandal; maternal great-grandfather was Dr. Ernst Bruno von Gersdorff * Samantha Brown (born 1970) – television host of several Travel Channel programs * Pat Buchanan – political commentator * Kristin Cavallari – television personality, fashion designer, and actress * Katie Couric – television and online journalist, presenter, producer, and author; mother and maternal grandparents were Jewish German * Walter Cronkite – broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981) * Jeanne Dixon – born Lydia Emma Pinckert, astrologer and self-proclaimed psychic, columnist"Jean Dixon Psychic and Astrologer Whose Predictions Were Read by Millions", ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', January 27, 1997. * Siegfried Fischbacher – magician * Willie Geist – television personality, journalist and humorist *

– businesswoman, socialite, model, member of the former

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– businesswoman, socialite, model, member of the former Hilton Hotel owners family * James Holzhauer (born 1984) – game show contestant and professional sports gambler, he is the fourth highest-earning American game show contestant of all time and is best known for his record-setting 2019 run as champion on the quiz show Jeopardy! * Roy Horn – magician * Kris Jenner – socialite * Kendall Jenner – socialite and model * Kylie Jenner – socialite, model, media personality, businesswoman, and billionaire from Kylie Cosmetics * Alex Jones – conspiracy theorist * Khloe Kardashian – socialite and model * Kourtney Kardashian – socialite and model * Kim Kardashian – television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman, and model * Megyn Kelly – journalist, attorney, talk show host * Jimmy Kimmel – comedian, writer, late night talk show host, game show host, and producer * Tomi Lahren – political commentator * Alicia Menendez – television journalist * Bridget Marquardt – model and TV personality (maiden name Sandmeier), reality TV star * Jenny McCarthy – model, author, activist, actress, Playboy Playmate of the Year, and television personality * Keith Olbermann – news anchor, sports and political commentator, and radio sportscaster * Jeff Probst – Primetime Emmy Award-winning host, game show host, and executive producer * Brad Rutter – game show contestant, TV host, producer, and actor; highest-earning American game show contestant of all time and the highest-earning contestant on the U.S. syndicated game show ''Jeopardy!'' * Judy Sheindlin – television personality, television producer, author, former prosecutor and family court judge * Stassi Schroeder – television personality, podcast host, author, fashion blogger, and model * Ed Schultz – television and radio host, liberal political commentator, former sports broadcaster * Jerry Springer – television personality of

descent, journalist, comedian * Ruth Westheimer (born 1928) – known as "Dr. Ruth," sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.

Composers and musicians

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* George Antheil –

composer, pianist, author, and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the modern sounds – musical, industrial, mechanical – of the early 20th century * Bibi Bourelly - singer * Andy Biersack — lead singer of Black Veil Brides * Tre Cool – punk rocker (born in Frankfurt, West Germany) * Bix Beiderbecke – jazz cornet player and a classical and jazz pianist * Jon Bon Jovi – singer and musician * Eva Cassidy – singer * J. Cole - rapper, songwriter, record producer * Miley Cyrus – singer, songwriter, and actress * Patrick Dahlheimer – bassist for the band Live (band), Live * Walter Johannes Damrosch – conductor * John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.) – musician * Edsel Dope (born Brian Ebejer) – lead singer of Dope (band), Dope * Dave Dudley – (born David Darwin Pedruska) – country music singer * David Ellefson – co-founder of thrash metal band Megadeth * Eminem – rapper and actor * Nancy Faust - former stadium Organ (music), organist for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox * Lukas Foss – conductor * Chris Frantz – musician and record producer; the drummer for both Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club * Norman Frauenheim – acclaimed pianist and music teacher * Ace Frehley – band member of Kiss (band), Kiss * Hugo Friedhofer – film music composer * Louis F. Gottschalk – composer * Dave Grohl – musician * Hilary Hahn - violinist * Daryl Hall – born Daryl Hohl, rock, Rhythm and blues, R&B, and Soul music, soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates) * Jeff Hanneman – guitarist of Slayer * Reinhold Heil – film and television composer * Okeh Records, Otto K. E. Heinemann – manager for the U.S. branch of German-owned Odeon Records * James Hetfield – vocalist, rhythm guitarist and co-founder of Metallica * Bertie Higgins, Elbert Joseph Higgins – songwriter * Paul Hindemith – composer, violinist and teacher * Hanya Holm – choreographer * Horst P. Horst – photographer * Terry Kath – first guitarist of the rock band Chicago (band), Chicago, 1966–1978; German mother * Josh Kaufman – singer-songwriter and The Voice (American season 6), season six winner of NBC's ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice'' * John Kay (musician), John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat) - rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf * John Kiffmeyer – first drummer of the punk rock band Green Day * Otto Klemperer – conductor * Alison Krauss – bluegrass-country singer, songwriter, and musician * Nick Lachey – pop singer * Armando Lichtenberger Jr. – Member of musical band La Mafia * Charles Martin Loeffler – composer * Courtney Love – actress and frontwoman of Hole (band), Hole * Marilyn Manson – front man of rock band Marilyn Manson; father is of German descent * Martina McBride – née Schiff, country music singer-songwriter and record producer * Melissa Auf der Maur – rock singer * Alyson Michalka – actress, singer-songwriter, and guitarist * Amanda Michalka – actress, singer-songwriter, and guitarist * Sanford A. Moeller – rudimental drummer, national champion, educator, author and

veteran * Tomo in der Mühlen – producer and guitar player, known for work with Harold Perrineau, Masta Ace, Styles P, and Ekatarina Velika * Dave Mustaine – co-founder of thrash metal band Megadeth and first lead guitarist for thrash metal band Metallica * James Pankow – trombone player for the rock band Chicago (band), Chicago * Jaco Pastorius – musician and songwriter widely acknowledged for his virtuosity with the Bass guitar#Fretted and fretless basses, fretless bass * Jaan Patterson – founder of the Surrism-Phonoethics label, also known as Undress Béton * Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss) – jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor * Katy Perry – singer and songwriter; English, German, Irish, and Portuguese ancestry * Pink (singer), Pink (Alecia Beth Moore) – singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress * Jimmy Pop – musician, composer, comedian and lead singer of the Bloodhound Gang * Elvis Presley – singer, songwriter, and actor * Dee Dee Ramone – bassist for the Ramones * Trent Reznor – musician, film score composer and founder of Nine Inch Nails * Heinz Eric Roemheld – composer; won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' in 1943 * Linda Ronstadt – singer and songwriter * Dieter Ruehle - stadium organist for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers and National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings. * Nate Ruess – singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of indie rock band Fun (band), Fun * Felix Salten – composed scores for some 150 Hollywood movies * Arnold Schoenberg – expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School * Wesley Schultz – guitarist and lead vocalist for the American folk rock band The Lumineers * Pete Seeger – folk singer * John Philip Sousa – composer and conductor of the late Romanticism, Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches * James Shaffer – co-founder and guitarist of the nu metal band Korn * Paul Stanley – musician from the band KISS, of Jewish descent, his mother was born in Berlin * Frederick Stock – composer and conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra * Mark Stoermer – musician, producer and singer-songwriter; bassist for alternative rock band the Killers * Joel Stroetzel – guitarist from the metalcore band Killswitch Engage * Taylor Swift – singer-songwriter * Lil Peep († 2017) – rapper, singer and songwriter; mother was of German descent * Machine Gun Kelly (musician), Machine Gun Kelly – rapper, singer and actor * Theodore Thomas (conductor), Theodore Thomas – conductor * Obie Trice – rapper * Steven Tyler – lead singer of Aerosmith * Eddie Vedder – lead vocalist of Pearl Jam * Kurt Weill – composer * Lawrence Welk – bandleader * Pete Wentz – bassist for Fall Out Boyhttp://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=wentz "German: from a pet form of the personal name Werner, or, especially in eastern regions, from a short form of the Slavic personal name Wenceslaw." * Hans Zimmer –

-winning film composer, German immigrant * Wolfgang Zuckermann – harpsichord maker and writer

Directors, producers, screenwriters, and film editors

* Michael Ballhaus – Cinematographer * Gesine Bullock-Prado – pastry chef, TV personality, author, attorney, and former film executive * Frank Dexter (1882–1965) – German-born American art director * Roy O. Disney – entertainment industry executive * Roland Emmerich – Hollywood film director; born in Stuttgart * Paul Feig – actor and director, of Jewish descent; parents converted to Christian Science * Steven Fischer – producer and director; two-time

nominee * Ray Harryhausen – visual effects creator, writer, and producer * Carl Laemmle – pioneer in American filmmaking and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios, of Jewish descent * Ernst Lubitsch – acclaimed film director, special

winner * Anthony Mann – film director and actor * Richard C. Meyer – German-American television and film editor * Russ Meyer – director and photographer * F. W. Murnau – film director of the silent film, silent era * Seymour Nebenzahl – film producer, of Jewish descent * Kurt Neumann (director), Kurt Neumann – Hollywood film director who specialized in science fiction * Mike Nichols – Academy Award-winning film director, writer and producer * Arch Oboler – scriptwriter, novelist, producer and director who was active in films, radio and television * Wolfgang Petersen – director * Wally Pfister – Academy Award-nominated American cinematographer * Kelly Reichardt – screenwriter and film director working within American indie cinema * Gottfried Reinhardt – producer and director * Ringling brothers – circus owners * Victor Schertzinger – composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter * Eugen Schüfftan – cinematographer and inventor * Nev Schulman – producer, actor, and photographer * Reinhold Schünzel – director and actor * Robert Siodmak – director * Wim Wenders – film director * William Wyler – film director * Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. – Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the ''Ziegfeld Follies''

Humorists

* Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz) – comedian, actor, writer, and director * David Letterman – late-night talk show host and comedian and the host of CBS's ''Late Show with David Letterman'' * Daniel Tosh – comedian, host of Comedy Central's ''Tosh.0''

Models

* Wilhelmina Cooper – model who began with Ford Models, and at the peak of her success, founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models * Cindy Crawford – model * Rande Gerber – male model and entrepreneur * Karlie Kloss – fashion model and entrepreneur * Heidi Klum – model * Nicole Brown Simpson – model * Nena von Schlebrügge – former fashion model in the 1950s and 1960s; of German and Swedish descent; mother of actress Uma Thurman

First Ladies of the United States

(in order by their husband's presidency) * Lucretia Garfield * Florence Harding * Pat Nixon

Historical figures

* Buzz Aldrin – astronaut, first human to speak on the Moon * Harry J. Anslinger – United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the United States Department of the Treasury's Federal Bureau of Narcotics, supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs, and played a pivotal role in cannabis prohibition * Neil Armstrong – astronaut, first human to set foot on the Moon * George Atzerodt – assassin, conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln * Meta Schlichting Berger – socialist organizer * Laura Bullion (1876–1961) – female American frontier, Old West outlaw * Warren E. Burger (1907–1995) – Chief Justice of the United States, 1969–1986https://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/97/background "Ethnicity Swiss/German" * Harold Hitz Burton – politician and lawyer, served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States * Willard Erastus Christianson aka Matt Warner – Old West outlaw, deputy sheriff * John Dillinger – bank robber in the Depression * Dr. Carl Adolph Douai – educational reformer, abolitionist, newspaper editor, and labor leader * Amelia Earhart – aviation pioneer and author, the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Distinguished Flying Cross * Friedrich Diercks, Johann Friedrich Ernst – "Father of German Immigration to Texas", arriving in 1831 * Bobby Fischer – chess prodigy, grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion * Henry Francis Fisher – German Texan in Houston, Texas, where he was consul for the Hanseatic League, became acting treasurer of the San Saba Company * Gerhard Gesell – United States federal judge * Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905) – statesman, patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family * Frank Gusenburg – gangster and a victim of the Saint Valentine's Day massacre in Chicagohttp://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id29.htm "Peter Gusenberg (Gusenberger) 'Goosey'. 434 Roscoe St. Born September 28, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois. Married to Myrtle Coppleman Gorman. He tells her he is salesman and uses the last name Gorman. His father was named Peter Gusenberg also. He was from Germany." * Peter Gusenberg – member of Chicago's North Side Gang, the main rival to the Chicago Outfit * Bruno Hauptmann – Lindbergh kidnapper * Alfons Heck – writer and former Hitler Youth * Friedrich Hecker – revolutionary * Michael Hillegas – first Treasurer of the United States * Alger Hiss – American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s, original surname of "Hesse" * Jimmy Hoffa – labor union leader and author * J. Edgar Hoover – first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) * Lena Kleinschmidt – jewel thief * Fritz Julius Kuhn, Fritz Kuhn – German American Bund leader * Maria Kraus-Boelté – pioneer of Friedrich Fröbel, Fröbel education in the United States, and helped promote kindergarten training as suitable for study at university level * Herman Lamm – considered the "father of modern bank robbery" * John Lederer, Johann Lederer – explorer * Jacob Leisler – colonist * Frank J. Loesch – law enforcement official, reformer and a founder of the Chicago Crime Commission * Kurt Frederick Ludwig – head of the "Joe K" spy ring in the United States in 1940–41 * Paul Machemehl – German-Texan, rancher and civic leader * Fredericka Mandelbaum – entrepreneur and criminal * Nicola Marschall – designer of the first national flag and uniform of the Confederacy * Christene Mayer – aka "Kid Glove Rosey", famous thief and associate of "Black" Lena Kleinschmidt * Benjamin Miller Collection, Benjamin Kurtz Miller – philanthropist * Burchard Miller – Texas land pioneer * Peter Minuit – Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Netherland * Charles Mohr (botanist), Charles Mohr – pharmacist * Pat Nixon – former First Lady of the United States * Duncan Niederauer – CEO of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) * Madge Oberholtzer – schoolteacher who worked for the state of Indiana on adult literacy * Bonnie Parker – outlaw, robber, and criminal * Franz Daniel Pastorius – pioneer and founder of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Germantown, Pennsylvania * Molly Pitcher (born Mary Ludwig) – American Revolutionary War hero * Robert Prager – Illinois coal miner lynched during World War I because of anti-German sentiment * Hermann Raster – Chicago politician, editor, and abolitionist * Charles Reiser – safecracker * William Addams Reitwiesner – genealogist who traced the ancestry of United States political figures, European royalty and celebrities * Walter Reuther – labor leader *

– industrial and political family that made one of the world's largest fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th centuries * Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. – historian, social criticism, social critic, and Intellectual#Public intellectual, public intellectual * August Schrader – engineer and mechanic * Carl Schurz – politician, newspaper editor, Civil War general * Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. – Lindbergh kidnapping investigator * Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Flegenheimer) – New York City-area gangster * Margarethe Schurz – established the kindergarten system in the United States * Frank Schweihs, Frank "The German" Schweihs – alleged hitman who had been known to work for Chicago Outfit, The Outfit, the organized crime family in Chicago * Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels – "Texas-Carl" was an Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant General and founder of the town New Braunfels, Texas * Jacob Sternberger – historian and one of the original Forty-Eighters * Ida Straus – victim of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, RMS ''Titanic'' * Isidor Straus – former co-owner of Macy's and victim of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' * Harry Strauss, Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss – prolific contract killer for Murder, Inc. * Chesley Sullenberger – commercial airline pilot, safety expert, and accident investigator; piloted US Airways Flight 1549 to a safe ditching in the Hudson River in New York City *

– settler/colonizer * Jack Swigert – NASA astronaut, one of the 24 persons who have flown to the Moon * Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck – German Nobility, noble descended from a line of Electoral Rhenish Circle, Rhenish Knights and nobles dating back to the 13th century, organized the Adelsverein, to promote German emigration to Texas * Andrew Von Etter – Boston mobster * Paul Warburg – banker * Louis J. Weichmann – chief witnesses for the prosecution in the conspiracy trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln * Conrad Weiser – pioneer, farmer, monk, tanner, judge, soldier, interpreter and diplomat between the Province of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Colony and Native Americans * Lewis Wetzel – frontiersman and Indian fighter * Gus Winkler – St. Louis mobster * Adam Worth – gentleman criminal * Joe Wurzelbacher – employee of Newell Plumbing & Heating, "the most famous plumber in the nation", rose to national attention when he was mentioned by Republican United States Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama at least 23 times, during the third and final presidential debate on October 15, 2008 * John Peter Zenger – printer, publisher, editor and journalist in New York City * David Ziegler – first mayor of Cincinnati; Revolutionary War Veteran and aide to president George Washington

Military

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Baron von Steuben by Ralph Earl

* Rosemarie Aquilina – Judge, Michigan Army National Guardswoman, Michigan's first female member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps * Otto Boehler – United States Army private awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Moro Rebellion during the Philippine–American War * Heros von Borcke, Johann August Heinrich Heros von Borcke – Major in the Confederate army * George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876) – United States Army cavalry commander, p. 15., p. 352. * Thomas Custer – United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War; a younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, perishing with him at Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory * Konrad Dannenberg – rocket pioneer and member of the Peenemünde Army Research Center, German Rocket Team, brought to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip * Dieter Dengler – German born United States Navy Naval aviator during the Vietnam War * Hubert Dilger – decorated artillerist in the Union Army during the American Civil War * Walter Dornberger – leader of Germany's V-2 rocket program and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Center, brought to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip * Johann de Kalb – Major General in the American Revolution * Frank Finkel – claimed to be the only white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn * Alfred Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian Gruenther – senior United States Army officer, Red Cross president, and bridge player * Thomas W. Hartmann – Brigadier General, lawyer and officer in the United States Air Force Reserve * Friedrich Hecker – lawyer, politician, revolutionary and Civil War colonel * Lewis Heermann – commissioned Surgeon's Mate in the United States Navy February 8, 1802; in 1942, the destroyer was named in his honor * Nicholas Herkimer – commanding general at Battle of Oriskany, American Revolutionary War * Daniel Hiester – political and military leader from the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War period to the early 19th century * John Hiester – military leader from the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War period to the early 19th century * Ralph Ignatowski – soldier, of Polish descent, World War II veteran, best friend of John Bradley (Iwo Jima), John Bradley * Herman Kahn – military strategist and systems theorist * August Kautz – Brigadier General /Union Army officer * Walter Krueger – United States Army general during World War II and military historian * Eugene H. C. Leutze – Admiral of the United States Navy, appointed to the United States Naval Academy by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 * Jerry M. Linenger – captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy and a former NASA astronaut * Frank Luke MOH aviator World War I * Aleda E. Lutz – American Army flight nurse during World War II, second-most decorated woman in American military history * Marc Mitscher – Vice Admiral in the U.S. Navy; served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific in the latter half of World War II * Peter Muhlenberg – clergyman, soldier and a politician of the Colonial, American Revolution, Revolutionary, and Post-Revolutionary eras in

* Chester W. Nimitz – Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II * Peter Osterhaus – Union Army general in the American Civil War, later serving as a U.S. diplomat * John J. Pershing – officer in the United States Army, rose to the highest rank ever held in the U.S. Army – General of the Armies * Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hays) – American Revolutionary soldier * Friedrich Adolf Riedesel – regiment commander of the Duchy of Brunswick (Braunschweig) unit hired by the British during the American Revolution * Edward S. Salomon – Union brigadier general in the American Civil War, of Jewish descent * Frederick Salomon – Union brigadier general in the American Civil War * Alexander Schimmelfennig – American Civil War general in the Union Army * Harry Schmidt (USMC), Harry Schmidt – U.S. Marine Corps general * Tony F. Schneider – World War II pilot who served as Associate Professor of Naval Science at University of Louisville and as Professor of Naval Science at the University of New Mexico * James Martinus Schoonmaker – Colonel in the Union Army in the American Civil War and a vice-president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad * Harold G. Schrier – officer in the United States Marine Corps, recipient of the Navy Cross, the nation's second highest award for valor, and a combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War; one of the six Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945 * Theodore Schwan – officer who served with distinction during the American Civil War, Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War * Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. – United States Army General * Albert Sieber – U.S. Civil War veteran, Chief of Scouts for much of the Apache Wars and tracked Geronimo * Franz Sigel – teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War * Clem Sohn – airshow dare-devil in the 1930s; perfected a way of gliding through the air with a home-made wingsuit * Carl Andrew Spaatz – general in World War II * Adolph von Steinwehr – served as a Union general in the American Civil War * Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben – German–Prussian General; served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War; credited with teaching the Continental Army the essentials of military drill and discipline * Michael Strobl – retired United States Marine Corps officer * Gustav Tafel – colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War * Stephen J. Townsend – U.S. Army general, served with the 10th Mountain Division during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), war in Afghanistan; born in (West) Germany * Max Weber (general), Max Weber – Brigadier General in the Union army during the American Civil War; settled in New York City and worked as proprietor of the Konstanz Hotel in New YorkEicher p.558 * Lewis Wetzel – frontiersman and Indian fighter who roamed the hills of western Virginia and Ohio; Wetzel County, West Virginia, is named for him * Godfrey Weitzel – Major General in the Union army during the American Civil War * August Willich – general in the Union Army during the American Civil War * Charles Henry Wilcken – artilleryman who was awarded the Iron Cross by the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV * Jurgen Wilson – Union Army officer during the American Civil War * Frederick Charles Winkler – Lieutenant Colonel (United States), lieutenant colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of Brevet (military), brevet Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general in 1866. He later became a member of the

* Henry Wirz (born Heinrich Hartmann Wirz) – Confederate officer tried and executed in the aftermath of the American Civil War * Elmo Zumwalt – Admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations in the U.S. Navy, playing a major part in the Vietnam War, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), a guided missile destroyer was named in his honor

Philosophers

* Felix Adler (Society for Ethical Culture), Felix Adler – rationalist intellectual * Hannah Arendt – political theorist * Rudolf Carnap – philosopher * Adolf Grünbaum – philosopher * Francis Lieber – jurist/political philosopher * Herbert Marcuse – philosopher (1898–1979) * Nicholas Rescher – philosopher

Politicians

* Robert Aderholt – politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district, serving since 1997. * John Peter Altgeld – former Union troop, Illinois governor and leading figure of the Progressive Era movement * Edward L. Bader – politician who served as mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey * William B. Bader – Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs 1999–2001 * Gerhard Adolph Bading – physician, politician, and diplomatEdward S. Kerstein, ''Milwaukee's All-American Mayor: Portrait of Daniel Webster Hoan.'' Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966; pg. 73. * Charles Augustus Barnitz – Anti-Masonic Party, Anti-Masonic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1833 to 1835 * Gary Bauer – politician * Martin Baum – former Mayor of Cincinnati, fought with General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers * Paul Bechtner – newspaper editor of ''Abendpost'', manufacturer, and

politician * Henry C. Berghoff – Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Cofounder of the The Berghoff (restaurant), Herman J. Berghoff Brewing Company, lawyer, and businessman * John Boehner – Republican House Majority Leader in the 109th Congress, and a U.S. representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district * John Bohn – politician who served as mayor of

, from 1942 to 1948 * William C. Bouck – Governor of the New York, 1843–1844 * Philip Becker – Mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1876–1877 and 1886–1889 * Sherburn M. Becker – politician and the 41st List of mayors of Milwaukee, Mayor of Milwaukee * Mike Braun – Businessman and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Indiana * Martin Grove Brumbaugh – Pennsylvania's 25th Governor (Republican) * Warren E. Burger – former Chief Justice of the United States * Henry Burk – former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from

* George W. Bush – U.S. President (2001–2009) * Earl Butz, Earl Lauer Butz – Secretary of Agriculture under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford * Hiester Clymer (1827–1884) U.S. Congressman from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania * Kent Conrad – U.S. Senator from North Dakota * William Q. Dallmeyer – Missouri politician * Thomas Dixon Jr. – politician, lawyer * Tom Daschle – U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1987–2005, former Senate Majority Leader * William J. Diehl – served as Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1899–1901, a thirty-third degree Free mason, mason * George Anthony Dondero – U.S. Representative from Michigan * Sean Duffy – U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district * Anthony Eickhoff, Gerhard Anton (Anthony) Eickhoff – journalist, editor, author, lawyer, United States Congress representative of New York City, United States Treasury auditor and New York City Fire Commissioner * Dwight D. Eisenhower – five-star Army general and U.S. president * Jesse E. Eschbach – judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit * Jonathan Fritz – politician who has served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 111, 111th district * Tulsi Gabbard – U.S. Congresswoman from Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District * Timothy Geithner – U.S. Secretary of the Treasury * Dick Gephardt – U.S. Congressman, 1977–2005 * James Lawrence Getz – member of the United States House of Representatives from

* William Goebel – controversial politician who served as Governor of Kentucky for a few days in 1900 before being assassinated * Richard W. Guenther – 19th-century politician and pharmacist from

* Charles Godfrey Gunther – Mayor of New York, 1864–1866 * Paul Grottkau – Socialism, socialist political activist and newspaper publisherHarmut Keil, "The German Immigrant Working Class of Chicago, 1875–90: Workers, Labor Leaders, and the Labor Movement," in Dirk Hoerder (ed.), ''American Labor and Immigration History, 1877-1920s: Recent European Research.'' Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983; pg. 165. * Chuck Hagel – U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense * Louis F. Haffen – two-time Bronx, New York Borough President, 1898–1909Bill Twome
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pages 77, 78 Picturing America * John Paul Hammerschmidt – served for 13 terms in the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas * William Havemeyer – served three times as the Mayor of New York City (1845–1846, 1848–1849, and 1873–1874) * Max W. Heck – politician and jurist * Julius Heil – Governor of Wisconsin, 1939–1943 * H. Robert Heller – Governor, Federal Reserve System, 1986–1989 and President of VISA U.S.A. * Daniel Hiester (1747–1804) US Congressman * Gabriel Hiester (1749–1824) Pennsylvania political leader * Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824–1871) US Congressman * John Hiester (1745–1821) US Congressman * Joseph Hiester (1752–1832) US Congressman and Governor of Pennsylvania * Daniel Hiester the younger (1774–1834) US Congressman * William Hiester (Pennsylvania politician), William Hiester (1790–1853) US Congressman * William Muhlenberg Hiester – (1818–1878) political and military leader in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania * H. John Heinz III – member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1971–1977) and the United States Senate (1977–1991) and son of H. J. Heinz II (heir to the

) * Gustav A. Hoff (1852–1930) – German-born American politician and businessman active in Arizona Territory * Herbert Hoover – U.S. President * Francis Huebschmann, Franz Hübschmann – prominent physician and political leader in

* Arthur W. Hummel Jr. – U.S. ambassador * Don Hummel – businessman and politician * Darrell Issa – businessman and U.S. Representative from California * Philip Mayer Kaiser – former U.S. diplomat * Vera Katz – 45th mayor of Portland, Oregon * Steve King – U.S. Representative * Charles Frederick Kirschler – former mayor of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania which included Deutschtown, annexed by

* Henry Kissinger – former Secretary of State, of Jewish-German descent * John C. Koch – Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served two terms as mayor of

* Matt Koehl leader of the American Nazi Party, which in 1983, influenced by esoteric Nazism, he renamed as the New Order * Gustav Koerner – Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1853–1857, U.S. ambassador to Spain, and one of the original Dreissiger * Ferdinand Kuehn – Milwaukee politician * Louis Kuehnle – politician; considered a pioneer in the growing resort town of Atlantic City in the late 1880s * John Christian Kunkel – former Whig Party (United States), Whig and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Tom Loeffler – former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from central Texas * Richard Lugar – U.S. Senator from Indiana * Judy Martz – 22nd Governor of Montana * Oscar Marx – mayor of Detroit from 1913 to 1918 * Christopher Memminger, Christopher Gustavus Memminger – first Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, 1861–1864 * John O. Meusebach, Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach – Prussian bureaucrat, later an American farmer, politician, and member of the Texas Senate * Frederick Muhlenberg – minister and politician who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives * Peter Muhlenberg – clergyman, a soldier and a politician of the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post-Revolutionary eras in Pennsylvania * Karl E. Mundt – U.S. Senator and Congressman * Paul Henry Nitze – Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient * Richard Nixon – U.S. president; of English, Irish and German ancestries * Barack Obama – U.S. president; mother, Ann Dunham, has German ancestors who arrived in America in 1750 * Sarah Palin – former Governor of Alaska; Republican nominee for vice president in 2008; both parents are of partial German ancestry * Ron Paul – former U.S. Congressman from Texas * Henry Paulson – U.S. Secretary of the Treasury * Tim Pawlenty – former Governor of Minnesota; mother was of German descent * Horace Porter – decorated Union soldier and diplomat; son of David Rittenhouse Porter, a wealthy ironmaster who later served as Governor of Pennsylvania * Reince Priebus – chairman of the Republican National Committee and also a previous chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin * William C. Rauschenberger – Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as mayor of

* Luke Ravenstahl – Pittsburgh mayor * Denny Rehberg – Lieutenant governor of Montana, 1991–1997 and U.S. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district, 2001–2013 * Jim Risch – former Governor of Idaho * Joseph Ritner – List of Governors of Pennsylvania, eighth Governor of the commonwealth of

, elected as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party * Nelson Rockefeller – Governor of New York and forty-first Vice President of the United States * Winthrop Rockefeller – politician and philanthropist who served as the first Republican Governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction Era, Reconstruction * William E. Rodriguez (1879–1970) – socialist politician and lawyer; first Hispanic elected to the Chicago City Council; of Spanish and German descent"Chicago's First Hispanic Alderman: How William E. Rodriguez broke ethnic — and political — barriers," ''Chicago'' magazine, vol. 30, no. 11 (November 1981), pp. 144–147. * Brian Roehrkasse – spokesman at the United States Justice Department under the administration of George W. Bushhttp://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/2007/04/americans_with_.html "Americans with Odd German Names" * Dana Rohrabacher – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1989, currently representing California's 46th congressional district * Mitt Romney – politician, businessman and former presidential candidate who has served as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Utah since January 2019. He previously served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 election. * Theodore Roosevelt – U.S. President * John Hoover Rothermel – member of the United States House of Representatives from

* Donald Rumsfeld – former Secretary of Defense * Paul Ryan – former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin * Edward Salomon – Governor of Wisconsin during the Civil War * Edward S. Salomon – Union brigadier general in the Civil War, later became governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator * George E. Sangmeister – Senator and Congressman from Illinois; served in various elected public offices, 1972–1994 * Harry Sauthoff – lawyer, Wisconsin State Senator, also served in the United States House of Representatives * Gustav Schleicher – U.S. Representative from Texas, serving briefly in Texas legislature and veteran of the Confederate Army * Solomon Scheu – mayor of Buffalo, New York, in office 1878–1880 * Steve Schmidt – campaign strategist * Gustav A. Schneebeli – former United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from the state of

* Frederick A. Schroeder – industrialist and politician * Terry Schrunk – politician who served as the mayor for the city of Portland, Oregon, 1957–1973 * Mark S. Schweiker – 44th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania * Richard Schweiker, Richard Schultz Schweiker – former U.S. Congressman and Senator representing the state of Pennsylvania, later the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan * Carl Schurz – statesman and reformer, and Union Army general in the American Civil War * Sargent Shriver – diplomat, politician and activist, as the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family * John Andrew Shulze – Pennsylvania political leader and 6th Governor of Pennsylvania, a member of the Muhlenberg family political dynasty * Emil Seidel – Mayor of Milwaukee, 1910–1912; the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States, and ran as the vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America in the 1912 United States presidential election, 1912 presidential election"Our Candidates Emil Seidel", ''Cleveland Socialist'', whole no. 48 (September 21, 1912), pg. 2. * August Siemering – writer, political leader and Forty-Eighters, Forty-Eighter * Al Smith – Governor of New York * Jackie Speier – U.S. Representative, California's 12th and 14th districts, serving since 2008; father was a German immigrant * Harold Edward Stassen was the List of Governors of Minnesota, 25th Governor of Minnesota, 1939–1943 * Richard Fred Suhrheinrich – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit * Brian Schweitzer – served as the 23rd Governor of Montana * Strom Thurmond – U.S. Senator * Donald Trump – List of presidents of the United States, 45th President of the United States * Jesse Ventura – former Governor of Minnesota (1999–2003), his mother is of Hungarian-German descent * Ferdinand E. Volz – Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1854–1856 * Robert F. Wagner – U.S. Senator from New York, 1927–1949 * Emil Wallber – mayor of

from 1884 to 1888, during the Bay View Tragedy, Great Labor Strike of 1886 * Lowell P. Weicker Jr. – politician who has served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut * Wendell Willkie – lawyer and the Republican nominee for the 1940 United States presidential election, 1940 presidential election * Carl Zeidler – mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1940 to 1942 * Frank Zeidler – mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving three terms from April 20, 1948, to April 18, 1960 * Robert Zoellick – eleventh president of the World Bank, former United States Deputy Secretary of state and Office of the United States Trade Representative, United States Trade Representative

Religious

* Joseph Breuer – leader of the Orthodox Jewish community of Washington Heights, Manhattan; very well known for his involvement in setting up an Orthodox Jewish infrastructure in post-World War II America * Conrad Beissel – religious leader who in 1732 founded the Ephrata Community in Pennsylvania * Raymond Philip Etteldorf – Roman Catholic Archbishop and author * George J. Geis – Baptist missionary in Kachin State, Myanmar, Burma * Eugene John Gerber – prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, Bishop of Dodge City from 1976 to 1982, and Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita, Bishop of Wichita from 1982 to 2001. * Robert Graetz – Lutheran clergyman * Stanley Hauerwas – theologian, ethicist, and public intellectual * Barbara Heck – 1768 – founder of the first Methodist church in New York * Joseph J. Himmel – Catholic Church, Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus. For much of his early life, he was a missionary throughout the Northeastern United States, northeast United States and Retreat (spiritual), retreat master. Later in life, he was president of Gonzaga College High School, Gonzaga College and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. * Samuel Hirsch – philosopher and rabbi * Arthur W. Hummel Sr. – Christian missionary to China and Sinology, Sinologist * Johannes Kelpius – pietist, mystic, musician, and writer, interested in the occult, botany, and astronomy, came to believe with his followers in the "Society of the Woman in the Wilderness" * Kathryn Kuhlman – 20th-century faith healer and Pentecostal arm of Protestant Christianity * Benjamin Kurtz – Lutheranism, Lutheran pastor and theologian * Barbara Heinemann Landmann – spiritual leader of the Amana Colonies * Alexander Mack – Germantown, Pennsylvania New World religious leader * Christian Metz (Inspirationalist), Christian Metz – inspirationalist * Albert Gregory Meyer – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago * Henry K. Moeller – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati * John Gottlieb Morris – Lutheran minister who played an influential role in the evolution of the Lutheran church in America. * Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg – Lutheran clergyman * Richard John Neuhaus – clergyman (first a Lutheran pastor and then a Roman Catholic priest), theologian, and ethicist * John Neumann, St. John Neumann – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Bishop of Philadelphia (1852–60) and the first American bishop to be canonization, canonized * Reinhold Niebuhr – Protestant theologian best known for his work relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy * William Passavant – Lutheran minister noted for bringing the Lutheran Deaconess movement to the United States * George Rapp – founder of the religious sect called Harmonists, Harmonites, Rappites, or the Harmony Society * Augustus Rauschenbusch – clergyman * Walter Rauschenbusch – theologian and Baptist pastor who taught at the Rochester Theological Seminary * Joseph Ritter, Joseph Cardinal Ritter – Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal of the Church, desegregated schools in his two archdioceses in the mid-1940s * George Erik Rupp – educator and theologian, the former President of Rice University and later of Columbia University, and president of the International Rescue Committee * Theodore Emanuel Schmauk – Lutheran minister, educator, author and Church theologian, one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Dutch Society (1891) * Theodore Schneider – second bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America * Francis Xavier Seelos – Roman Catholic missionary priest beatified in 2000 * Joseph Strub – founder of what is today Duquesne University, which was called the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost until 1911 * Billy Sunday – evangelist * Paul Tillich – Protestant theologian and Christian existentialism, Christian existentialist philosopher * C. F. W. Walther – Lutheran clergyman, professor, seminary president, editor, and first president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod * Donald Wuerl – prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf – founded the town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where his daughter Benigna organized the school that would become Moravian College * Dieter F. Uchtdorf – apostle and current second counselor in the First Presidency within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; born in the Czech Republic to German parents, Uchtdorf immigrated to the United States as a retired pilot to serve full-time as a general authority for his Church and became an American citizen shortly after joining the First Presidency in 2008

Scientists and inventors

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* David Alter – inventor, physicist and doctor * Reinhold Aman – chemical engineer and publisher of ''Maledicta'' * Othmar Ammann – civil engineer * Rudolf Arnheim – author, art and film theorist, and perceptual psychologist; learned Gestalt psychology from studying under Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler at the University of Berlin and applied it to art * Walter Baade – astronomer *

– inventor of rodeo equipment * Max Bentele – pioneer in the field of jet aircraft turbines and mechanical engineering * Hans Albrecht Bethe – nuclear physicist who won a Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the nuclear energy sources of stars (1967) * Franz Boas – anthropologist and ethnologist best known for his work with the Kwakiutl Indians in British Columbia, Canada * Karl Brandt (economist), Karl Brandt – economist * Magnus von Braun – chemical engineer, ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft pilot, aviator, and Aerospace engineering#In popular culture, rocket scientist at Peenemünde, the Mittelwerk, and after emigrating to the United States via Operation Paperclip, at Fort Bliss; brother of Wernher von Braun * Wernher von Braun – Aerospace engineering#In popular culture, rocket scientist, aerospace engineering, aerospace engineer, space architect * Florian Cajori – mathematician * Hermann Collitz – eminent German Historical linguistics, historical linguist and Indo-European studies, Indo-Europeanist * Werner Dahm – NASA rocket scientist * Hans Georg Dehmelt – physicist * Max Delbrück – biophysicist * Krafft Arnold Ehricke – rocket-propulsion engineer * Ernst R. G. Eckert – scientist * Otto Eckstein – economist * Albert Einstein – theoretical physicist, philosopher and author of Jewish ethnicity * George Engelmann – botanist * Katherine Esau – botanist * Edmond H. Fischer – biochemist * James Franck – physicist * John Fritz – pioneer of iron and steel technologyexplorepahistory.com
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from Pennsylvania State University who has been referred to as the "Father of the U.S. Steel Industry" * Frieda Fromm-Reichmann – psychoanalyst, founded William Alanson White Institute * Ernst Geissler – NASA aerospace engineer * William Paul Gerhard – sanitary engineer * William H. Gerstenmaier – senior NASA official who served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations * Ivan A. Getting – physicist and electrical engineer, credited (along with Roger L. Easton and Bradford Parkinson) with the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) * Edward Glaeser – economist and Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University * Heinrich Göbel – precision mechanic and inventor, who was long seen as an early pioneer who independently developed designs for an incandescent light bulb, though this claim is seen as unlikely today * Maria Goeppert Mayer – Nobel Prize-winning physicist * John P. Grotzinger – Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology at California Institute of Technology under the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences * Martin Gruebele – biophysicist and Computational biologist, currently associated with many departments at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign * Dietrich Gruen – timepiece or wristwatch maker; founded the Gruen Watch Company in Ohio * Helmut Gröttrup – rocket scientist * Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht – literary theorist and professor at Stanford University * Walter Haeussermann – NASA rocket scientist * Ewald Heer – aerospace engineer * Michael Heidelberger – regarded as the father of modern immunology * Holger Henke – political scientist * Herman Hollerith – inventor of tabulating machines * Karen Horney – psychoanalyst * Edmund C. Jaeger – naturalist * Donald J. Kessler – astrophysicist * Siegfried Knemeyer – aviation technologist, civilian employee and consultant with the United States Air Force for over twenty years * Donald Knuth – computer scientist, known as "The Yoda of Silicon Valley" * Wolfgang Köhler – psychologist * Heinrich Klüver – psychologist, largely credited with introducing Gestalt psychology to the United States in the early 20th century * Alfred Louis Kroeber – cultural anthropologist * Polykarp Kusch – physicist * Berthold Laufer – anthropologist, historical geographer * Willy Ley – science writer and space advocate who helped popularise rocketry and spaceflight * Jacques Loeb – biologist, Nobel Prize candidate * Leo Loeb – biologist, pathologist * Ottmar Mergenthaler – Mergenthaler Linotype Company, linotype inventor * Hugo Münsterberg – psychologist, pioneered applied psychology * Emmy Noether – mathematician * Robert Oppenheimer – physicist and director of the Manhattan Project, also known as "The Father of the Nuclear weapon, Atomic Bomb" * Robert F. Overmyer – test pilot and USAF and NASA astronaut * Linus Pauling, Linus Carl Pauling – chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, educator * Charles Francis Richter – seismologist, inventor of the Richter magnitude scale * Jesco von Puttkamer – Aerospace engineering, aerospace engineer, senior manager at NASA, and a Pulp magazine, pulp science fiction writer * David Rittenhouse – astronomer, inventor, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, public official and first director of the United States Mint * Eileen Rockefeller Growald – founder and former president of the Institute for the Advancement of Health * Gunther E. Rothenberg – military historian, professor at Purdue University and elsewhere, of Jewish descent * Otto Schaden – Egyptologist * Vincent Schaefer – chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding * Hermann Irving Schlesinger – inorganic chemist, working in boron chemistry, co-discovered sodium borohydride in 1940 * Frank Schlesinger – astronomer * Alfred Schütz – philosopher/sociologist * Rusty Schweickart – astronaut * Lewis David de Schweinitz – botanist and mycologist, "Father of American Mycology" * Frederick Seitz – physicist, co-inventor of the Wigner-Seitz unit cell, which is an important concept in solid state physics * Herbert A. Simon – political scientist * Lyman Spitzer – theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer * Charles Proteus Steinmetz – electrical engineer, fostered development of alternating current * Adam Steltzner – NASA engineer who works for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), flight projects including Galileo, Cassini orbiter, Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers * Joseph Strauss (engineer), Joseph Strauss – structural engineer and designer, chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge * Otto Stern – physicist and Nobel laureate, known for his studies of molecular beams * Frederick Traugott Pursh – botanist * George Waldbott – physician, allergy and fluoride specialist * David Wechsler – psychologist * Hellmuth Walter – engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines * Victor Frederick Weisskopf – World War II physicist of German-Jew ethnicity * Gustave Whitehead – aviation pioneer, built first motorized plane * Gerould Wilhelm – botanist and lichenologist who developed the Floristic Quality Assessment system for analyzing plant communities in the United States and Canada. * Eckard Wimmer – virologist, Distinguished Professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Stony Brook University; known for the first chemical synthesis of a viral genome capable of infection and subsequent production of live viruses * Louis Wirth – sociologist * Caspar Wistar (physician), Caspar Wistar – physician and anatomist * Albert Wohlstetter – nuclear scientist * Hans Zinsser – American bacteriologist, physician and author. * Max August Zorn – algebraist, group theorist, and numerical analyst

Sports

Baseball professionals

Kyle Schwarber, 2015 All-Star Futures Game

* Chris von der Ahe – owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, now the

* Nick Altrock – professional baseball player and Coach (baseball), coach * Trevor Bauer – MLB pitcher * Chris Beck (baseball), Chris Beck – Chicago White Sox pitcher * Heinz Becker – MLB first baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs (1943, 1945–46) and Cleveland Indians (1946–47) * Zinn Beck – MLB third baseman, shortstop and first baseman; minor league manager and baseball scout * Heinie Beckendorf – former MLB catcher * Joe Benz – former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox; threw a no-hitter * Lou Bierbauer – former MLB second baseman during the late 1880s and 1890s; credited with giving the Pittsburgh Pirates their name * Mike Blowers – former MLB third baseman and first baseman; current Seattle Mariners radio commentator * Brennan Boesch – MLBoutfielder * Ted Breitenstein – former MLB pitcher and part of the "Pretzel Battery" with Heinie Peitz * Clay Buchholz – MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox * Taylor Buchholz – MLB pitcher * Mark Buehrle – MLB pitcher * Fritz Buelow – former MLB * Jay Buhner – former MLB player * Madison Bumgarner – MLB pitcher for the San Francisco Giants * Roger Clemens – former MLB pitcher * Bill Dahlen – former MLB shortstop * Babe Danzig – MLB first baseman * Ross Detwiler – MLB pitcher * Mel Deutsch – former MLB pitcher * Bill Dietrich – MLB pitcher * Derek Dietrich – MLB 2nd baseman * Barney Dreyfuss – baseball executive * Ryne Duren – former relief pitcher in MLB * Justin Duchscherer – MLB pitcher * David Eckstein – MLB player and 2006 World Series MVP * Elmer Eggert, Mose Eggert – second baseman in Major League Baseball * Hack Eibel – utility player in Major League Baseball * Jim Eisenreich – former MLB outfielder * Kid Elberfeld – "The Tabasco Kid", former shortstop in MLB * Jacoby Ellsbury – center fielder * Joe Engel – former left-handed pitcher and scout in MLB who spent nearly his entire career with the History of the Washington Senators (1901–1960), Washington Senators * Happy Felsch, Oscar Emil "Happy" Felsch – center fielder for the Chicago White Sox, best known for his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal * David Freese – 2011 National League Championship Series MVP Award and the 2011 World Series MVP Award winner * Frank Frisch – former MLB player and manager * Bruce Froemming – MLB umpire, then special assistant to the vice president on umpiring * Gene Garber – former MLB player * Ron Gardenhire – former New York Mets player and current Minnesota Twins manager * Lou Gehrig – MLB player * Charlie Gehringer – MLB second baseman, played 19 seasons (1924–1942) for the Detroit Tigers * Pretzels Getzien, Charlie "Pretzels" Getzien – former MLB pitcher * Troy Glaus – former MLB third baseman * Paul Goldschmidt – MLB first baseman * Zack Greinke – MLB pitcher * Charlie Grimm – former MLB player * Justin Grimm – MLB relief pitcher * Heinie Groh – third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants * Travis Hafner – Cleveland Indians designated hitter * Noodles Hahn – former MLB pitcher * Ian Happ – second baseman for the Chicago Cubs * Roy Hartzell – MLB player 1906–1916 * Arnold Hauser (shortstop), Arnold Hauser – former MLB shortstop * Harry Heilmann – Hall of Fame MLB player and World War I Veteran * Fred Heimach – former MLB pitcher and part of the "Murderers' Row" Yankee teams * Tommy Henrich – MLB player nicknamed "The Clutch" and "Old Reliable" * Tom Herr – former MLB second baseman * August Herrmann – MLB executive * Orel Hershiser – former MLB pitcher * Buck Herzog – MLB infielder and manager * Whitey Herzog – MLB outfielder, scout, coach, manager, general manager and farm system director * Shea Hillenbrand – baseball player * Dick Hoblitzel – MLB first baseman * Billy Hoeft – former MLB pitcher * Barbara Hoffman – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player * Glenn Hubbard (baseball), Glenn Hubbard – former Atlanta Braves and Oakland Athletics player and current Braves' coach * Carl Hubbell – MLB Hall of Fame screwball pitcher * John Hummel – former MLB utility player * Brock Huntzinger – MLB free agent * Jason Isringhausen – MLB relief pitcher * Edwin Jackson (baseball), Edwin Jackson – MLB pitcher * Derek Jeter – former MLB shortstop, played 20 season * Jeff Karstens – MLB pitcher * Pop Kelchner – college professor who spoke seven languages; prolific MLB scout * Alex Kellner – MLB pitcherhttps://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6d17077b "His paternal great-grandfather, Johann Justus Kellner, a German immigrant." * Walt Kellner – MLB pitcher * Dean Kiekhefer – MLB relief pitcher * Chuck Klein – former MLB outfielder * Johnny Kling – former MLB catcher * Bob Knepper – former MLB all-star pitcher * Chuck Knoblauch – former MLB second baseman * Mark Koenig – former MLB shortstop for the

, 1925–1936 * Howie Koplitz – baseball player, pitcher for the 1961 Tigers and then the Senators until 1966 * Rick Kranitz – MLB pitching coach * Gene Krapp – MLB pitcher * Erik Kratz – MLB catcher * Harvey Kuenn – player, coach and manager in MLB * Randy Keisler – former MLB pitcher * Dallas Keuchel – MLB pitcher * Bowie Kuhn – former commissioner of MLB * Kenesaw Mountain Landis – while serving as a Federal judge, Landis, an ardent baseball fan, was selected as chairman of a new National Commission of baseball * Charley Lau – American League catcher and hitting coach, authored ''How to Hit .300'' * Charlie Leibrandt – former MLB pitcher * Craig Lefferts – former MLB pitcher * Jon Lieber – MLB pitcher * Jesse Litsch – MLB pitcher * Hans Lobert – infielder, coach, manager and scout in MLB * Kyle Lohse – MLB pitcher * Chuck Machemehl – former Cleveland Indians pitcher * Heinie Manush – Hall of Fame left-fielder in MLB * Nick Markakis – outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles * Erskine Mayer – MLB pitcher * Heinie Meine – sometimes "Heinie" Meine, professional baseball player * Fred Merkle – first baseman in Major League Baseball, 1907–1926 * Bob Meusel – former MLB shortstop * Irish Meusel, Emil Meusel – former MLB outfielder * Bill Mueller – retired MLB third baseman * Freddie Muller – infielder in Major League Baseball * Les Mueller – former MLB pitcher * Walter Mueller – former professional baseball player who played outfield in MLB 1922–1926 * Fritz Mollwitz – born in Germany, former Major League Baseball first baseman * Chris Nabholz – former starting pitcher in MLB * Jeff Niemann – pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays * Brett Oberholtzer – MLB pitcher * Ross Ohlendorf – MLB pitcher * Daniel Ortmeier – MLB pitcher * Fritz Ostermueller – pitcher in MLB 1934–1948 * Barney Pelty – MLB pitcher * Heinie Peitz – former MLB catcher and part of the "Pretzel Battery" with Ted Breitenstein * Dick Radatz – "The Monster" or "Moose", relief pitcher in MLB * Rick Reuschel – former MLB pitcher * Rick Rhoden – former Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher and current golf professional * John Rocker – former MLB reliever and controversial figure * Oscar Roettger – first baseman and right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball * Wally Roettger – outfielder in Major League Baseballhttp://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=roettger "Roettger Name Meaning North German (also Röttger): variant of Rudiger or Roger." * Trevor Rosenthal – MLB Pitcher * Babe Ruth – MLB player 1914–1935 * Adley Rutschman – catcher for the Oregon State Beavers, seen as a top prospect for the 2019 MLB Draft * Germany Schaefer – former second baseman in MLB who played fifteen seasons * Jordan Schafer – MLB player * Ray Schalk – MLB catcher * Bobby Shantz – MLB pitcher * Scott Schebler – outfielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization * Bob Scheffing – baseball player, coach, manager and front-office executive * Carl Scheib – right-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and

of Major League Baseball * Max Scherzer – MLB pitcher * Curt Schilling – MLB pitcher * Ryan Schimpf – former LSU Tigers baseball and MLB infielder * Gus Schmelz – MLB manager * Jason Schmidt – MLB baseball pitcher * Mike Schmidt – former Philadelphia Phillies third baseman and Hall of Famer * Frank Schneiberg – pitcher in Major League Baseball * Brian Schneider – MLB catcher * Red Schoendienst – former player, coach and manager in MLB * Scott Schoeneweis – MLB relief pitcher * Marge Schott – managing general partner, president and CEO of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise, 1984–1999 * Paul Schrieber – MLB umpire * Al Schroll – MLB baseball pitcher * Heinie Schuble – former MLB infielder * John Schuerholz – general manager of the Atlanta Braves * Frank Schulte – right fielder in Major League Baseball * Joe Schultz – catcher, coach and manager in MLB * Joe Schultz (outfielder), Joe Schultz Sr. – Joe "Germany" Schultz, outfielder and farm system director in MLB and a manager in minor league baseball * Skip Schumaker – outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals * Ralph Schwamb – St. Louis Browns pitcher and convicted murderer * Kyle Schwarber – MLB catcher * Bob Shawkey – baseball pitcher who played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball * J. B. Shuck – outfielder for the Chicago White Sox * John Smoltz – pitcher for the Atlanta Braves * Travis Snider – outfielder in MLB * Warren Spahn – Hall of Fame pitcher in MLB * Justin Speier – relief pitcher * Rusty Staub – MLB player for 23 seasons (1963–1985) * Terry Steinbach – former catcher in MLB * Hank Steinbrenner – art-owner and Senior Vice President of the New York Yankees, along with his brother Hal Steinbrenner * Harry Steinfeldt – MLB utility infielder * Casey Stengel – MLB player and manager, early 1910s–1960s * Stephen Strasburg – MLB pitcher * Gus Suhr – Major League Baseball first baseman * Bruce Sutter – Hall of Fame right-handed relief pitcher in MLB * Nick Swisher – infielder in MLB * Duke Snider – Hall of Fame MLB center fielder * Jake Thielman – MLB pitcher * Jack Thoney – reserve outfielder / infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1902 through 1911 * Peter Ueberroth – executive, served as commissioner of MLB, 1984–1989 * Bob Uecker – former MLB player and award-winning sportscaster, comedian, and actor * Jim Umbricht – former MLB pitcher * Frank Viola – former starting pitcher in MLB * Chris von der Ahe – entrepreneur and owner of the St. Louis Browns of the National League, now known as the Cardinals * Fritz Von Kolnitz – MLB third baseman * Doug Waechter – MLB pitcher, currently a free agent * Billy Wagner – MLB closer * Heinie Wagner – former MLB shortstop for the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox * Honus Wagner – former Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame shortstop, manager and hitting instructor * Bill Wambsganss – second baseman in MLB * Duke Welker – MLB pitcher * Jayson Werth – MLB outfielder * Vic Wertz – former MLB first baseman and outfielder * Hoyt Wilhelm – Hall of Fame knuckleball pitcher in MLB * Nick Wittgren – pitcher with the Miami Marlins * Shawn Wooten – former MLB player * Michael Wuertz – MLB pitcher * Christian Yelich – MLB outfielder, great-grandson of Fred Gehrke * Ryan Zimmerman – MLB player * Jordan Zimmermann – MLB pitcher * Ben Zobrist – MLB second baseman * Bill Zuber – MLB pitcher, 1936–1947

Basketball

* Uwe Blab – former NBA center * Buddy Boeheim – Syracuse University guardhttps://www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com/boeheim-basketball/ "The Boeheims were German in an Italian neighborhood, but honestly, it's not like my family celebrated their cultural heritage much." * Jim Boeheim – Syracuse University NCAA basketball coach * Carlos Boozer – professional basketball player born in West Germany in a U.S. Army base * Shawn Bradley – former center in the National Basketball Association, NBA and for the German national basketball team * Carl Braun (basketball), Carl Braun – professional basketball player and coach * Jon Brockman – professional basketball player * Jud Buechler – former guard/forward with the NBA Chicago Bulls * Jon Diebler – professional basketball player * Demond Greene – professional basketball player for the German national team * Isaiah Hartenstein – NBA Power Forward / Center * Tom Heinsohn – professional basketball player and color commentator * Fred Hetzel – retired NBA basketball player * Kirk Hinrich – NBA guard for the Chicago Bulls * Phil Jackson – New York Knicks team president, former NBA player and coach; Jackson's mother was part of a German

family * Chris Kaman – center for the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA and for the German national basketball team (dual citizen of the United States and of Germany) * Lon Kruger – professional and college basketball coach * Jon Leuer – professional basketball player * Rebecca Lobo – television basketball analyst and a former player in the professional Women's National Basketball Association * Drew Neitzel – All-American NCAA basketball player * Jeff Neubauer – Western Kentucky University NCAA basketball coach * Johnny Neumann – professional basketball player and coach * Dirk Nowitzki – German player for Dallas Mavericks in National Basketball Association, NBA who applied for U.S. citizenship in 2011 * Greg Ostertag – NBA center * Steve Prohm – college basketball coach * Anthony Randolph – professional basketball player born in West Germany in a U.S. Army base * Adolph Rupp – college basketball coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member * Fred Schaus – basketball player, head coach and athletic director * Detlef Schrempf – former NBA All-Star forward * Akeem Vargas – professional basketball player for the German national team * Jeff Walz – head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Louisville

American Football

* John Alt – former offensive tackle in the NFL * Jay Berwanger – the first recipient (1935) of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, renamed in 1936 as the Heisman Memorial Trophy. * Kroy Biermann – NFL defensive end * Tom Brady – quarterback, one of only two players to win five Super Bowls * Dave Butz – NFL defensive lineman, selected to the National Football League 1980s All-Decade Team, NFL 1980s All-Decade Team * Amon-Ra St. Brown – wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC and was drafted by the Lions in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. * Equanimeous St. Brown – wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. * Gunther Cunningham – American football head coach * Fritz Crisler – NCAA football coach * David Diehl – football player and NFL offensive lineman * Dan Dierdorf – former NFL football player and current television sportscaster * Conrad Dobler – former offensive lineman * Chris Doering – former college and professional football player; wide receiver in the NFL * Dave Duerson – safety in the NFL, two-time Super Bowl Champion * Zach Ertz – tight end in the NFL * Kirk Ferentz – head coach of University of Iowa Hawkeyes football * Fred Gehrke – NFL halfback / defensive back and executive; great-grandfather of Milwaukee Brewers left fielder, Christian Yelich * Jared Goff – quarterback * Bob Griese – Hall of Fame quarterback * Al Groh – NCCA Virginia football head coach and former NFL coach * Hinkey Haines – NFL player and MLB player * Don Hasselbeck – NFL * Matt Hasselbeck – NFL football player * Tim Hasselbeck analyst and former professional quarterback * Keith Heinrich – NFL tight end * John Heisman – football player, coach, and namesake of the Heisman Trophy * Kirk Herbstreit – former Ohio State University quarterback and analyst for ESPN's ''College GameDay (football TV program), College GameDay'' * Elroy Hirsch, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch – running back and receiver for the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Rockets, nicknamed for his unusual running style * Domenik Hixon – NFL wide receiver * Jeff Hostetler – former NFL quarterback * Harvey Jablonsky – football player and U.S. Army Veteran who was a 'highly decorated veteran' of both World War II and later in his career the Vietnam War, elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978 * Brett Keisel – defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers * Don Klosterman (American football), Don Klosterman – quarterback * Jonathan Klinsmann – son of Jürgen Klinsmann, goalkeeper for LA Galaxy * Dan Kreider – fullback in the NFL * Dave Krieg – former NFL Seattle Seahawks quarterback * Clint Kriewaldt – linebacker in the NFL * Luke Kuechly – linebacker in the National Football League * John Kuhn – fullback, currently playing for the Green Bay Packers * Kory Lichtensteiger – NFL center * Lex Luger – former football player and professional wrestler * Todd Marinovich – former NFL American and Canadian football quarterback * Zach Mettenberger – LSU and NFL quarterback * Christian Mohr – NFL defensive end * Nesser brothers – group of football playing brothers who helped make up the most famous football family in the United States, 1907–mid-1920s ** John Nesser: born April 25, 1875, in Triere, Germany, and died August 1, 1931, in Columubus, Ohio ** John Peter Nesser: born October 22, 1877, in Triere, Germany, and died May 29, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio ** Philipp Gregory Nesser: born December 10, 1880, in Triere, Germany, and died May 9, 1959, in Columbus, Ohio ** Theodore H. (Ted) Nesser: born April 8, 1883, in Dennison, Ohio, and died June 7, 1941, in Columbus, Ohio ** Frederick William Nesser: born September 10, 1887, in Columbus, Ohio, and died July 2, 1967, in Columbus, Ohio ** Francis Raymond (Frank) Nesser: born June 3, 1889, in Columbus, Ohio, and died January 1, 1953, in Columbus, Ohio ** Alfred Louis Nesser: born June 6, 1893, in Columbus, Ohio, and died March 11, 1967, in Columbus, Ohio ** Raymond Joseph Nesser: born March 22, 1898, in Columbus, Ohio, and died September 2, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio * Rick Neuheisel – football coach * Ray Nitschke – Hall of Fame football player * Brock Osweiler – NFL quarterback * Tyler Ott – long snapper * Jim Otto – former Oakland Raider offensive lineman * Robin Pflugrad – college football coachhttp://forebears.io/surnames/pflugrad "Pflugrad Surname Distribution" * Ricky Proehl – former NFL wide receiver, two-time Super Bowl Champion * George Ratterman – former player in the All-America Football Conference and the NFL * Ben Roethlisberger – Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback of Swiss-German descent, two-time Super Bowl Champion * Rudy Ruettiger – former player at Holy Cross College (1972–1974) and Notre Dame * George Sauer – former American football player, coach, college sports administrator, and professional football executive * George Sauer Jr. – wide receiver who played six seasons for the American Football League's New York Jets * Matt Schaub – NFL quarterback * Bo Schembechler – former NCAA football coach at the University of Michigan * Anthony Schlegel – former linebacker * Cory Schlesinger – NFL fullback * Blake Schlueter – former American football and NCAA TCU center * Francis Schmidt – college football coach inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame * Joe Schmidt (American football), Joe Schmidt – former 1950s NFL football player and coach * Owen Schmitt – NFL fullback * John Schneider (American football player), John Schneider – professional American football player in the Ohio League and the early National Football League for the Columbus Panhandles * John Schneider (American football executive), John Schneider – professional American football executive * Joe Schobert – linebacker * Turk Schonert – former NFL quarterback * Jay Schroeder – former professional quarterback in the NFL * Geoff Schwartz – NFL offensive lineman * Mitchell Schwartz – NFL offensive tackle * Jim Schwartz – NFL head coach * Stephen Spach – NFL tight end * Matt Spaeth – tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers * Roger Staubach – Heisman Trophy winner and Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys * Eric Steinbach – NFL offensive lineman * Zach Strief – NFL offensive lineman * Harry Stuhldreher – football player, coach, and college athletics administrator * Zach Sudfeld – NFL tight end * Nate Sudfeld – quarterback * Mike Tannenbaum – professional football executive, who is currently the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins and former general manager for the New York Jets * Jim Tressel – college head football coach * Brian Urlacher – Pro Bowl linebacker for the Chicago Bears * Sebastian Vollmer – NFL offensive Lineman * Kimo von Oelhoffen – NFL linebacker * Uwe von Schamann – former NFL kicker * Mike Wagner – safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1971–1980; member of the famed Steel Curtain defense; played in two Pro Bowls * Charlie Weis – NFL football coach * Wes Welker – NFL wide receiver, punt returner, and kick returner * Carson Wentz – football quarterback for the North Dakota State Bison * Björn Werner – NFL linebacker * Matt Wilhelm – NFL linebacker * Danny Wuerffel – former NFL quarterback and 1996 Heisman Trophy winner * Zach Zenner – NFL running back * Jim Zorn – Seattle Seahawks quarterback

Golf

* Jason Dufner – professional golfer and 2013 PGA Championship winner * Walter Hagen – golf legend * Jack Nicklaus – professional golfer; won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 24 years * Jordan Spieth – professional golfer, 2015 Masters Tournament winner with a score of 18 under par * Tom Weiskopf – professional golfer

Ice hockey

* David Backes (ice hockey), David Backes – professional NHL hockey player * Mathew Dumba – professional NHL hockey player * Christian Ehrhoff – professional NHL hockey player * Jack Eichel – professional NHL hockey player * Gabe Guentzel – professional ice hockey player * Jake Guentzel – professional NHL hockey player * Chris Kreider – hockey player * Cody Lampl – professional ice hockey player * Jamie Langenbrunner – NHL and U.S. Olympic hockey player * Peter Mueller (ice hockey), Peter Mueller – professional NHL hockey player * Jed Ortmeyer – professional hockey player * Rob Schremp – professional hockey player * Jordan Schroeder – ice hockey player * Dennis Seidenberg – professional NHL hockey player * Tim Schaller – professional NHL hockey player * R. J. Umberger – professional NHL hockey player

Soccer

* Walter Bahr – long-time captain of the United States men's national soccer team, U.S. national team, played in the 1950 FIFA World Cup when the U.S. defeated England 1–0 * Nicole Barnhart – Olympic medalist and professional soccer player * Kyle Beckerman – midfielder * Justin Braun (soccer), Justin Braun – forward for Chivas USA * Eric Brunner – soccer player who currently plays for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer * Rachel Buehler – Olympic medalist and professional soccer player * Timothy Chandler – right back for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga * Jimmy Conrad – center back * Dietrich Albrecht – U.S. national team * Thomas Dooley – long-time member and former captain of the United States national team * Greg Eckhardt – American soccer player in Finland * Whitney Engen – professional soccer player * Brad Friedel – United States men's national soccer team, U.S. National Team, Premier League goalkeeper for Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa * Julian Green – professional soccer player * Marcus Hahnemann – soccer goalkeeper for the United States men's national soccer team, U.S. National Team and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wovlerhampton Wanderers in the Premier League * Aaron Hohlbein – soccer player who currently plays for Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016), Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League (1968–84), North American Soccer League * David Horst – soccer player currently playing for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer * Kasey Keller – goalkeeper * Jerome Kiesewetter – Forward (association football), forward currently playing for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga in Germany * Meghan Klingenberg – professional soccer player * Jonathan Klinsmann – son of Jürgen Klinsmann, player for LA Galaxy * Jürgen Klinsmann – professional Association football, football manager notably, Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich and the United States men's national soccer team, United States national team and former player, a naturalized U.S. citizen. * Ali Krieger – professional soccer player * Fabian Johnson – professional soccer player for the U.S. national team; born and raised in Berlin * Steven Lenhart – soccer player for the Columbus Crew SC, Columbus Crew * Joanna Lohman – professional soccer player * Fred Lutkefedder – member of the United States men's national soccer team, U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Summer Olympics and Uhrik Truckers, Philadelphia German-Americans of the American Soccer League (1933–83), American Soccer League * Chris Rolfe – American soccer player playing in Denmark * Sigi Schmid – Major League Soccer manager * Chris Seitz – goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Union * Jonathan Spector – soccer (football) player for the United States men's national soccer team, U.S. National Team and West Ham United F.C., West Ham United in the Premier League. Yanks Abroad. November 9, 2005. Retrieved August 20, 2012.Winner, Andrew (September 19, 2005)
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on May 15, 2010. * Seth Stammler – plays for the New York Red Bulls * Zack Steffen – goalkeeper for Manchester City * Taylor Twellman – retired professional soccer player * Abby Wambach – Olympic medalist and professional soccer player * Andrew Wiedeman – currently plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer * Josh Wolff – forward, currently a free agent * Gotoku Sakai

Tennis

* Bob Falkenburg – tennis player and 1948 The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Champion * Liezel Huber – professional tennis player * Sam Warburg – tennis player * John Whitlinger – former professional tennis player * Tami Whitlinger – former professional tennis player

Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Wrestling

* Max Baer (boxer), Max Baer – boxer, List of heavyweight boxing champions, heavyweight boxing champion of the world * Shayna Baszler – professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, her father is of German descent * Mac Danzig – professional mixed martial arts fighter and instructor, and is a former lightweight champion for the King of the Cage and Gladiator Challenge mixed martial arts organizations * Ted DiBiase – former professional wrestler * Ted DiBiase Jr. – former professional wrestler * Harry Greb – professional boxer, nicknamed "The

Windmill", he was the American Light Heavyweight Champion, 1922–1923 and World Middleweight Champion, 1923–1926 * April Hunter – professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and fitness and glamour model * Nia Jax – professional wrestler * Brock Lesnar – professional wrestler and MMA fighter * Sasha Banks, Mercedes Varnado – professional wrestler known in the WWE as "Sasha Banks" and formerly known as "Mercedes KV" * David Schultz (professional wrestler), David Schultz – retired professional wrestler, known by his ring name "Dr. D" * Ryan Schultz – professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, currently fighting for the Portland Wolfpack of the International Fight League * Chael Sonnen – professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, politician and actor * Gus Sonnenberg – professional wrestler and boxer * Seth Rollins – professional wrestler * Jon Heidenreich – former professional wrestler and former football player *Katarina Waters - professional wrestler

Other sports

* Lisa Aukland – professional bodybuilder and powerlifter *

– professional rodeo cowboy, inductee in several rodeo halls of fame * Tony Bettenhausen and his race-driving sons Gary Bettenhausen, Gary, Tony Bettenhausen Jr., Tony Jr., and Merle Bettenhausen, Merle; Tony was at times nicknamed "Der Panzer" due to his ancestry and driving style * Jana Bieger – two-time World Champion artistic gymnast * Gretchen Bleiler – professional halfpipe snowboarder and pioneer * Greg Bretz – Olympic snowboarder * George Brosius – gymnastics teacher associated from 1854 to 1915 with the Milwaukee Turnverein, he served in the Union Army from 1861 to 1864 * Dale Earnhardt – race car driver in NASCAR's top division * Dale Earnhardt Jr. – semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, team owner, author analyst for ''NASCAR on NBC'' * Gertrude Ederle – Olympic Gold Medal winner and first woman to swim the English Channel * George Eyser – gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics with a wooden leg * Bobby Fischer – Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster and World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion between 1972 and 1975 * Christopher Fogt – Army captain who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi as a member of the famed Team Night Train * Gretchen Fraser – alpine ski racer; first American to win an Olympic gold medal for skiing * Archie Hahn – sprint (running), sprinter in the early 20th century * Hans Halberstadt – Olympic fencer">"Hans Halberstadt at the 1928 Olympics,"
West Coast Fencing Archive. * J. R. Hildebrand – Formula One and IndyCar Series race car driver * Margaret Hoelzer – Olympic swimmer * Katie Hoff – Olympic medal-winning swimmer * Mark Geiger – soccer referee in Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada, as well as CONCACAF and the FIFA World Cup, World Cup * Harry Greb – professional boxer, nicknamed "The

Windmill", he was the American Light Heavyweight Champion, 1922–1923 and World Middleweight Champion, 1923–1926 * Kasey Kahne – dirt track racing driver and former professional stock car racing driver * Evel Knievel – motorcycle daredevil * Henry Laskau – racewalker * Helene Mayer – Olympic champion fencer * Kimmie Meissner – U.S. national champion figure skater * Josef Newgarden – IndyCar Series driver, driving the 21 car for Ed Carpenter Racing * Jordan Niebrugge – amateur golfer currently playing collegiate golf at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, Oklahoma State University * Robert Oberst – professional Strongman (strength athlete), strongman * Michael Phelps – swimmer; has won 16 Olympic medals * Craig Sager – sports journalist for TBS (American TV channel), TBS and TNT (American TV network), TNT * Allison Schmitt – swimmer * Lacy Schnoor – Olympic skier * Mark Spitz – swimmer and Olympic gold medalist * Sara Studebaker – biathlon, biathlete who has competed on the World Cup circuit * Dana Vollmer – swimmer and Olympic gold medalist * Lindsey Vonn – alpine skier * Thomas Vonn – alpine skier * Rudolf Wanderone, Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone (1913–1996) – perhaps the best known pool player in the United States * Dick Weber – bowling professional and a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), father of Pete Weber * Pete Weber (bowler), Pete Weber – bowling professional on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour * Richard Weiss – slalom canoer * Johnny Weissmuller – swimmer, Olympic gold medalist * Rasa von Werder – bodybuilder * Waldemar von Zedtwitz – German-born American bridge player and administrator"Von Zedtwitz, Waldemar"
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