Hall of Fame

By Category

Architects

Adolf Cluss
Walter Gropius
Johann August Roebling
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Brewery Business

Adolphus Busch
Adolphus Coors
Frederick Miller
Frederick Pabst
Joseph Schlitz
Bernhard Stroh

Broadway and Hollywood

Fred Astaire
Mary Astor
Kevin Costner
Doris Day
Angie Dickinson
Marlene Dietrich
Hardy Krueger
Hedy Lamarr
Ethel Merman
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Elke Sommer
Johnny Weismuller

Businessmen and Industrialists

John Jacob Astor
Henry Frick
Conrad Hilton
William Knabe and Charles Steiff
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg
Clement and Henry Studebaker
George Westinghouse
Rudolf Würlitzer

Cartoonists

Thomas Nast
Charles Schulz

Catholic Clergy

Cardinal Aloysius Münch
Father Emmanuel J. Reichenberger

Food Industry

Henry John Heinz
Milton Hershey
James Lewis Kraft
Oscar, Max and Gottfried Mayer

Literature

Theodore Dreiser
Henry Louis Mencken
Sylvia Plath
Erich Maria Remarque
John Steinbeck
Kurt Vonnegut
Franz Werfel

Music

Leon Bismarck (“Bix”) Beiderbecke
Damrosch Family
John Denver
Ferde Grofe
Anthony Philip Heinrich
Chris Isaak
Maria Jeritza
Fritz Kreisler
Erich Kunzel
Lotte Lehmann
Elisabeth Rethberg
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
John Philip Sousa
Theodore Thomas
Maria von Trapp
Helen Traubel
Bruno Walter
Lawrence Welk

Painters

Albert Bierstadt
Lyonel Feininger
Frederick Carl Frieseke
Carl Rudolph Krafft
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Charles Christian Nahl
Charles Wimar

Politics, Army/Navy, Judiciary

Warren Burger
Clara Louise Maass
William Langer
Frederick Muhlenberg
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Carl Schurz
Paul Simon
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Steuben
Churck Yeager
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt

Protestant Theologians

Reinhold Niebuhr
Paul Johannes Tillich

Science and technology

Hans Albrecht Bethe
Wernher von Braun
Albert Einstein
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Gustave Whitehead

Sports

Henry Louis Gehrig
“Babe” Ruth
Peter Victor Ueberroth

Teaching

Hannah Arendt
Francis Lieber
Margarethe Meyer

Alphabetical Listing

Hannah Arendt
Fred Astaire
John Jacob Astor
Mary Astor
Leon Bismarck (“Bix”) Beiderbecke
Hans Albrecht Bethe
Albert Bierstadt
Wernher von Braun
Warren Burger
Adolphus Busch
Adolf Cluss
Adolphus Coors
Kevin Costner
Damrosch Family
Doris Day
John Denver
Angie Dickinson
Marlene Dietrich
Theodore Dreiser
Albert Einstein
Lyonel Feininger
Henry Frick
Frederick Carl Frieseke
Henry Louis Gehrig
Ferde Grofe
Walter Gropius
Anthony Philip Heinrich
Henry John Heinz
Milton Hershey
Conrad Hilton
Chris Isaak
Maria Jeritza
William Knabe and Charles Steiff
Carl Rudolph Krafft
James Lewis Kraft
Fritz Kreisler
Hardy Krueger
Erich Kunzel
Hedy Lamarr
William Langer
Lotte Lehmann
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Francis Lieber
Clara Louise Maass
Oscar, Max and Gottfried Mayer
Henry Louis Mencken
Ethel Merman
Margarethe Meyer
Frederick Miller
Frederick Muhlenberg
Cardinal Aloysius Münch
Charles Christian Nahl
Thomas Nast
Reinhold Niebuhr
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Frederick Pabst
Sylvia Plath
Father Emmanuel J. Reichenberger
Erich Maria Remarque
Elisabeth Rethberg
Johann August Roebling
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Babe” Ruth
Joseph Schlitz
Charles Schulz
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Carl Schurz
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Paul Simon
Elke Sommer
John Philip Sousa
John Steinbeck
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Steuben
Bernhard Stroh
Clement and Henry Studebaker
Theodore Thomas
Paul Johannes Tillich
Maria von Trapp
Helen Traubel
Peter Victor Ueberroth
Kurt Vonnegut
Bruno Walter
Johnny Weismuller
Lawrence Welk
Franz Werfel
George Westinghouse
Gustave Whitehead
Charles Wimar
Rudolf Würlitzer
Churck Yeager
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt

Bibliography:
The German-Americans: An Ethnic Experience.
A publication of the Max Kade German-American Center.
Published in German in 1990, translated in 1993.
Links:
http://www.germanheritage.com/Essays/index.html
Society of German American Studies http://feefhs.org/frg-sgas.html
Max Kade, University of Indiana http://www-lib.iupui.edu/kade/home.html
Mennonites in the US http://www.mcusa-archives.org/
http://www.germanamericanpioneers.org/

German World Alliance / Deutsche Weltallianz