Famous German-Americans
Americans of German, Austrian, or
German-Swiss Ancestry
Names Listed by Category
A categorized list of significant Americans, both living and dead, who were born in German-speaking Europe or had Germanic ancestors—handy for biographical projects or general inspiration. Also see German-Americans listed alphabetically. Our list also includes Austrian and Swiss-Americans.
Also see: Famous Germans and the Top 100 Germans
Categories | Alphabetical
Architecture | Art | Beer Brewing | Business/Finance
Education | Hollywood | Literature/Journalism
Military | Music | Philosophy | Politics | Science/Technology | Sports
| German-Americans CATEGORIES Austrian, German, and Swiss-Americans |
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| Architecture Dankmar Adler Bauhaus Arthur Bohn (Vonnegut & Bohn) Adolf Cluss Walter Gropius Helmut Jahn > MurphyJahn.com Addison Mizner Richard Neutra > Neutra.org | USC Bio Wolfgang Oehme Ludwig Mies van der Rohe William Schickel August Schoenborn Joseph Urban Bernard Vonnegut > Bio - Indiana U. |
Literature/Journalism Hannah Arendt Vicki Baum Bertolt Brecht Theodore Dreiser Reinhard Lettau Walter Lippman Heinrich Mann Thomas Mann H.L. Mencken Thomas Nast Adolph Ochs Joseph Pulitzer Christopher Saur Charles M. Schulz ("Peanuts") Dr. Seuss (Geisel) Margot Scharpenberg John Steinbeck Kurt Vonnegut > Vonnegut.com August Wilson John Peter Zenger |
| Art Josef Albers Hans Heinrich Bebie Max Beckmann Albert Bierstadt Busch-Reisinger Museum (Web site) Andreas Feiniger Lyonel Feiniger Charles Fenderich William Hahn Emanuel G. Leutze Charles Wimar |
Military George Armstrong Custer Dwight D. Eisenhower Baron de Kalb Walter Krueger Chester W. Nimitz John Pershing Bernard A. Schriever Carl Andrew Spaatz F.W. von Steuben August Willich |
| Beer Brewing Frederick Ams Eberhard Anheuser Jacob Best Valentin Blatz Adolphus Busch Adolph Coors Franz Falk Frederick Miller Frederick Pabst Frederick Schaefer Joseph Schlitz Bernhard Stroh Julius Stroh |
Music Melissa Auf der Maur "Bix" Beiderbecke Walter J. Damrosch Rudolph Dirks Oscar Hammerstein Paul Hindemith Erich Korngold Ernst Krenek Erich Kunzel Elvis Presley Adolph Rickenbacker Arnold Schoenberg Heinrich Steinway C.F. Theodore Thomas Franz Waxman Lawrence Welk Bruno Walter Wurlitzer |
| Business/Finance John Jacob Astor John Jacob Bausch William Edward Boeing Walter Percy Chrysler Harvey S. Firestone August Fruehauf Gustav Goelitz Henry Heinz Milton Hershey Max Kade Henry J. Kaiser Walter Reuther E.E. "Eddie" Rickenbacker John D. Rockefeller Joseph Seligman Singer (Reisinger) Claus Spreckels Levi Strauss John Studebaker John A. Sutter John Wanamaker George Westinghouse Friedrich Weyerhaeuser |
Philosophy/Religion Felix Adler Hannah Arendt John Nepomucene Neumann George (Georg) Schoener Paul Tillich |
| Colonist Pioneers Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels Henrik Christiaensz Karl Follen Heinrich (Henry) Harbaugh Augustin Herrmann Jakob Leisler Gottlieb Mittelberger Peter Minuit F.A. Conrad Mühlenberg H.M. Mühlenberg P.G. Mühlenberg F.D. Pastorius Molly Pitcher William Rittenhouse |
Politics Lorenz Brentano Dwight D. Eisenhower Everett M. Dirksen Dick Gephardt Friedrich Hecker Herbert Hoover Henry Kissinger Henry (Hans) Morgenthau Donald Rumsfeld Carl Schurz Arnold Schwarzenegger Jerry Springer Gustav Struve Robert F. Wagner Wilhelm Weitling |
| Education Mathilde Anneke Maximilian Berlitz Peter Engelmann Hans Kelsen (law) Margaretha Meyer Schurz Oskar Werwath Ruth Westheimer |
Science/Technology Walter Baade Ralph Baer John Jacob Bausch Emile Berliner Hans Albrecht Bethe Franz Boas William Edward Boeing Wernher von Braun Albert Einstein Jacques Loeb Ottmar Mergenthaler Karl Wilhelm Meissner Albert A. Michelson J. Robert Oppenheimer David Rittenhouse J.A. Roebling Charles P. Steinmetz |
| Hollywood/TV Fred Astaire Lauren Bacall John Banner Vicki Baum Sandra Bullock Leonardo DiCaprio Marlene Dietrich Kirsten Dunst Roland Emmerich Clark Gable Hedy Lamarr Fritz Lang Ernst Lubitsch F.W. Murnau Wolfgang Petersen Arnold Schwarzenegger Jerry Springer Joseph von Sternberg Christopher Walken Billy Wilder Bruce Willis Rene Zellweger MORE > The German-Hollywood Connection |
Sports Gertrude Ederle Lou Gehrig Stefanie 'Steffi' Graf Jesse Owens & Adidas George Hermann "Babe" Ruth Casey Stengel Honus Wagner Johnny Weissmuller |
MORE > Alphabetical Index of Famous German-Americans
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