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Albert Einstein. German Scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Austrian Body-builder F ilm Star who served as Governor of California. Dirk Nowitzki. German Basketball P layer in the NBA . Ferdinand Porsche.
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Albert Einstein German Scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics
Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrian Body-builder Film Star who served as Governor of California
Dirk Nowitzki German Basketball Player in the NBA
Ferdinand Porsche Austrian-German Engineer and Developer of the Beetle, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche Automobiles
Franz Marc German Expressionist Painter of the “Blue Rider” Group
Friedrich von Steuben German-born Military Officer in the American Revolutionary War who is credited with teaching Military Discipline to the Continental Army
Gregor Mendel Austrian Monk who developed the Science of Genetics
Gustav Klimt Austrian Symbolist Painter of Vienna famous for paintings like “The Kiss”
Hans Zimmer Academy-Award Winning Film Composer from Germany
Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm German Brother Linguists and Recorders of Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Johann Sebastian Bach German Composer--one of the World’s most famous: Cantatas, Concertos, Masses, and more
Johann August Röbling German-born American Engineer who designed suspensions bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge in New York
Gutenberg Bible Johannes Gutenberg German Inventor of one of History’s most important Inventions: the Moveable-Type Printing Press (1439)
Jürgen Klinsmann German Soccer Star and Coach: currently Coach of the US Men’s National Team
Karl Benz German Inventor of the Petrol-powered Automobile and Co-founder with Wife Bertha of the Mercedes-Benz Auto Company
Leo di Caprio American Film Actor and Producer (“The Titanic”, “Django Unchained”): son of a German mother
Ludwig van Beethoven One of the World’s most famous Composers-- born in Bonn, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria after composing Symphonies that changed the World of Western Music despite his having become deaf
Martin Luther German Religious Leader—founder of Lutheranism, a major Division of Protestantism
Michael und Ralf Schumacher Retired German Race Car Drivers—of great Wealth and Fame
Nikolaus Otto German Inventor of the Internal-Combustion Engine, later adapted as Automobile Engine
Paul Klee Swiss-German Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group
Awakening Brunhilde Siegfried Slaying the Dragon Fafnir Hero of Nordic Mythology
Theo und Karl Albrecht German Billionaire Brothers who founded ALDI and Trader Joe Stores
Wilhelm Tell Swiss National Hero who shot an Apple off his Son’s Head
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Brilliant Austrian Composer who showed his Genius early and toured Europe as a “Wunderkind”
Angela Merkel Federal Chancellor of Germany and one of the most powerful Women in the World
AnnelieseMaria Frank Better known as Anne Frank, German-born Child Victim of the Nazis and Writer of one of the most widely read Books in the World—her Diary
Bertha von Suttner Back of the Austrian 2 Cent Euro Coin Austrian Writer and first Female Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Bugs Bunny as Brunhilde Brunhilde Siegfried awakens Brunhilde Brunhilde with Father Wotan Valkyrie Heroine of German and Nordic Mythology
Caroline Herschel 18th Century Prize-winning German Astronomer and Discoverer of several Comets
Claudia Schiffer German Supermodel
Cornelia Funke German Writer of Children’s Books such as the Inkheart Trilogy
Eva Hesse American Modern Artist born in Germany
TV Episode “Psych” FrankaPotente German Actress and Film Star in “The Bourne Identity”
Gabriele Munter German Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group
America’s Got Talent Heidi Klum Supermodel, Entertainer, and Business Woman Host of “Project Runway”
Isolde German Heroine loved by Tristan in European Legend
Johanna Spyri Swiss Author of popular children’s book Heidi
Katharina Witt German Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater
Käthe Kollwitz German Sculptress and Painter
Kirsten (Kiki) Dunst American Film Star of the Spider-Man Trilogy-- born to German Parents
Lise Meitner Austrian physicist who helped discover nuclear fission
Lorelei Heroine of German Legend who lures sailors to their Death by Singing atop the rocks by Bingen on the Rhine River
Marlene Dietrich German-born Film Star and Singer who won the Purple Heart for entertaining Allied Troops on the Front Lines during WWII
MelittaBentz German Inventor of the (Paper) Coffee Filter
Romy (Rosemarie) Schneider Playing Empress Sissi German Actress and Film Star
Sandra Bullock American Film Star--daughter of a German Opera Singer
Sissi (Sisi) –Elisabeth von Wittelsbach Beloved Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Sophie Scholl German Member of the “White Rose” Resistance Movement against Hitler and Nazism
With husband Andre Agassi Steffi Graf German Tennis Player regarded by some to be the greatest Female Tennis Player of all Time