List of German Texans
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German Texans have historically played a role in Texas history. This page is an effort to document some of the notable individuals within the Central Texas German communities.
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 five percent of the total population—a conservative count. The 1990 census listed more than 17 percent of the population, nearly three million individuals, claiming German heritage.
[edit] Notable German Texans
- Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
- Edward Degener
- Friedrich Diercks (or Johann Friedrich Ernst)
- Dr. Carl Adolph Douai
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Henry Francis Fisher
- John Frels
- William Frels
- Justin Furstenfeld
- Summer Glau
- Phil Hardberger
- Laura Harring
- Betty Holekamp
- Pastor John Kilian
- Ralph Kirshbaum
- Louis Kleberg
- Robert J. Kleberg
- Ferdinand Lindheimer
- Tom Loeffler
- Charles W. Machemehl
- Chuck Machemehl
- Johann Machemehl
- Louis A. Machemehl
- Paul Machemehl
- John O. Meusebach (or Baron Ottfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach)
- Bill Meier
- Burchard Miller
- Gus Franklin Mutscher
- Randy Neugebauer
- Chester W. Nimitz
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Bob Schieffer
- Gustav Schleicher
- Zachary Selig
- Kel Seliger
- August Siemering
- Nick Stahl
- Johann Ludwig Karl Heinrich von Struve
- Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck
- Ferdinand von Roemer
- Arlene Wohlgemuth
- Harry M. Wurzbach
- Elisabet Ney
- Mathias Edward Kiefer
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- German Texan Historical Society
- German Texans
- Germans from the Handbook of Texas Online
- History of Central Texas Germans
- Notable Central Texas Germans
- Hill Country Germans
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