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Carl Laemmle – pioneer in American filmmaking and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios; Ernst Lubitsch – acclaimed film director, special Academy Award winner [429] [430] Anthony Mann – film director and actor [431] Richard C. Meyer – German-American television and film editor; Russ Meyer – director and ...
Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, Doctor of Education, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper. William the Silent (1533–1584), German-born main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs [25] Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), art historian and archaeologist
Questions of German American loyalty increased due to events like the German bombing of Black Tom island [98] and the U.S. entering World War I, many German Americans were arrested for refusing allegiance to the U.S. [99] War hysteria led to the removal of German names in public, names of things such as streets, [100] and businesses. [101]
American people of Swiss-German descent (2 C, 90 P) Pages in category "American people of German descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,535 total.
German Texans have historically played a role in history of the U.S. state of Texas. Texans of German birth or descent have, since the mid-19th century, made up one of the largest ethnic groups in the state. By 1850, they numbered 5% of the total population—a conservative count.
This is a list of haplogroups of historic people. Haplogroups can be determined from the remains of historical figures, or derived from genealogical DNA tests of people who trace their direct maternal or paternal ancestry to a noted historical figure. Some contemporary notable figures have made their test results public in the course of news ...
German Americans in the American Civil War; German Church and Cemetery; German Emigration Center; German Life; German Presbyterian Church and Hortonville Cemetery; German prisoners of war in the United States; German Reform Movement (New York City, 1800s) German Village; German Village Historic District; German-American Day; German-American ...
German people of Puerto Rican descent (3 P) Pages in category "German people of American descent" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.