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Albert Einstein

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

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  1. Albert Einstein German Scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics

  2. Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrian Body-builder Film Star who served as Governor of California

  3. Dirk Nowitzki German Basketball Player in the NBA

  4. Ferdinand Porsche Austrian-German Engineer and Developer of the Beetle, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche Automobiles

  5. Franz Marc German Expressionist Painter of the “Blue Rider” Group

  6. Friedrich von Steuben German-born Military Officer in the American Revolutionary War who is credited with teaching Military Discipline to the Continental Army

  7. Gregor Mendel Austrian Monk who developed the Science of Genetics

  8. Gustav Klimt Austrian Symbolist Painter of Vienna famous for paintings like “The Kiss”

  9. Hans Zimmer Academy-Award Winning Film Composer from Germany

  10. Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm German Brother Linguists and Recorders of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

  11. Johann Sebastian Bach German Composer--one of the World’s most famous: Cantatas, Concertos, Masses, and more

  12. Johann August Röbling German-born American Engineer who designed suspensions bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge in New York

  13. Gutenberg Bible Johannes Gutenberg German Inventor of one of History’s most important Inventions: the Moveable-Type Printing Press (1439)

  14. Jürgen Klinsmann German Soccer Star and Coach: currently Coach of the US Men’s National Team

  15. Karl Benz German Inventor of the Petrol-powered Automobile and Co-founder with Wife Bertha of the Mercedes-Benz Auto Company

  16. Leo di Caprio American Film Actor and Producer (“The Titanic”, “Django Unchained”): son of a German mother

  17. 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

  18. Martin Luther German Religious Leader—founder of Lutheranism, a major Division of Protestantism

  19. Michael und Ralf Schumacher Retired German Race Car Drivers—of great Wealth and Fame

  20. Nikolaus Otto German Inventor of the Internal-Combustion Engine, later adapted as Automobile Engine

  21. Paul Klee Swiss-German Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group

  22. Awakening Brunhilde Siegfried Slaying the Dragon Fafnir Hero of Nordic Mythology

  23. Theo und Karl Albrecht German Billionaire Brothers who founded ALDI and Trader Joe Stores

  24. Wilhelm Tell Swiss National Hero who shot an Apple off his Son’s Head

  25. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Brilliant Austrian Composer who showed his Genius early and toured Europe as a “Wunderkind”

  26. Angela Merkel Federal Chancellor of Germany and one of the most powerful Women in the World

  27. 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

  28. Bertha von Suttner Back of the Austrian 2 Cent Euro Coin Austrian Writer and first Female Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

  29. Bugs Bunny as Brunhilde Brunhilde Siegfried awakens Brunhilde Brunhilde with Father Wotan Valkyrie Heroine of German and Nordic Mythology

  30. Caroline Herschel 18th Century Prize-winning German Astronomer and Discoverer of several Comets

  31. Claudia Schiffer German Supermodel

  32. Cornelia Funke German Writer of Children’s Books such as the Inkheart Trilogy

  33. Eva Hesse American Modern Artist born in Germany

  34. TV Episode “Psych” FrankaPotente German Actress and Film Star in “The Bourne Identity”

  35. Gabriele Munter German Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group

  36. America’s Got Talent Heidi Klum Supermodel, Entertainer, and Business Woman Host of “Project Runway”

  37. Isolde German Heroine loved by Tristan in European Legend

  38. Johanna Spyri Swiss Author of popular children’s book Heidi

  39. Katharina Witt German Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater

  40. Käthe Kollwitz German Sculptress and Painter

  41. Kirsten (Kiki) Dunst American Film Star of the Spider-Man Trilogy-- born to German Parents

  42. Lise Meitner Austrian physicist who helped discover nuclear fission

  43. Lorelei Heroine of German Legend who lures sailors to their Death by Singing atop the rocks by Bingen on the Rhine River

  44. Marlene Dietrich German-born Film Star and Singer who won the Purple Heart for entertaining Allied Troops on the Front Lines during WWII

  45. MelittaBentz German Inventor of the (Paper) Coffee Filter

  46. Romy (Rosemarie) Schneider Playing Empress Sissi German Actress and Film Star

  47. Sandra Bullock American Film Star--daughter of a German Opera Singer

  48. Sissi (Sisi) –Elisabeth von Wittelsbach Beloved Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

  49. Sophie Scholl German Member of the “White Rose” Resistance Movement against Hitler and Nazism

  50. With husband Andre Agassi Steffi Graf German Tennis Player regarded by some to be the greatest Female Tennis Player of all Time

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