Albert EinsteinGerman Scientist who won

the Nobel Prize for Physics

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian Body-builder Film Star who served as Governor

of California

Dirk NowitzkiGerman Basketball Player in

the NBA

Ferdinand PorscheAustrian-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 MendelAustrian Monk who

developed the Science of Genetics

Gustav KlimtAustrian Symbolist Painter of Vienna famous for paintings like “The Kiss”

Hans Zimmer

Academy-Award Winning Film Composer from Germany

Jakob und Wilhelm GrimmGerman Brother Linguists and Recorders of Grimm’s

Fairy Tales

Johann Sebastian BachGerman Composer--one of the

World’s most famous: Cantatas, Concertos, Masses,

and more

Johann August RöblingGerman-born American Engineer

who designed suspensions bridges such as the Brooklyn

Bridge in New York

Johannes GutenbergGerman Inventor of one of History’s most important

Inventions: the Moveable-Type Printing Press (1439)

Gutenberg Bible

Jürgen KlinsmannGerman Soccer Star and

Coach: currently Coach of the US Men’s National Team

Karl BenzGerman Inventor of the Petrol-powered Automobile and Co-

founder with Wife Bertha of the Mercedes-Benz Auto Company

Leo di CaprioAmerican Film Actor and Producer (“The Titanic”,

“Django Unchained”): son of a German mother

Ludwig van BeethovenOne 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 LutherGerman 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 OttoGerman Inventor of the Internal-

Combustion Engine, later adapted as Automobile Engine

Paul KleeSwiss-German

Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group

SiegfriedHero of Nordic

Mythology

Awakening BrunhildeSlaying the

Dragon Fafnir

Theo und Karl AlbrechtGerman Billionaire Brothers

who founded ALDI and Trader Joe Stores

Wilhelm TellSwiss National Hero who shot an

Apple off his Son’s Head

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBrilliant Austrian Composer who

showed his Genius early and toured Europe as a “Wunderkind”

Angela MerkelFederal Chancellor of

Germany and one of the most powerful Women in the World

Anneliese Maria FrankBetter 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

Austrian Writer and first Female Recipient of the

Nobel Peace Prize

Back of the Austrian 2 Cent Euro Coin

Brunhilde Valkyrie Heroine of

German and Nordic Mythology

Siegfried awakens Brunhilde

Bugs Bunny as Brunhilde

Brunhilde with Father Wotan

Caroline Herschel18th Century Prize-winning German Astronomer and

Discoverer of several Comets

Claudia SchifferGerman Supermodel

Cornelia FunkeGerman Writer of Children’s

Books such as the

Inkheart Trilogy

Eva HesseAmerican Modern Artist born

in Germany

Franka PotenteGerman Actress and Film Star

in “The Bourne Identity”

TV Episode “Psych”

Gabriele MunterGerman Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group

Heidi KlumSupermodel, Entertainer, and

Business Woman Host of

“Project Runway”

America’s Got Talent

IsoldeGerman Heroine loved by

Tristan in European Legend

Johanna SpyriSwiss Author of popular children’s

book Heidi

Katharina WittGerman Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater

Käthe KollwitzGerman Sculptress and

Painter

Kirsten (Kiki) DunstAmerican Film Star of the

Spider-Man Trilogy--

born to German Parents

Lise MeitnerAustrian physicist who helped discover nuclear

fission

LoreleiHeroine of German Legend who lures sailors to their Death by

Singing atop the rocks by Bingen on the Rhine River

Marlene DietrichGerman-born Film Star and Singer

who won the Purple Heart for entertaining Allied Troops on the

Front Lines during WWII

Melitta BentzGerman Inventor of the

(Paper) Coffee Filter

Romy (Rosemarie) Schneider

German Actress and Film Star

Playing Empress Sissi

Sandra BullockAmerican Film Star--daughter of a

German Opera Singer

Sissi (Sisi) –Elisabeth von Wittelsbach

Beloved Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Sophie SchollGerman Member of the

“White Rose” Resistance Movement against Hitler and

Nazism

Steffi GrafGerman Tennis Player

regarded by some to be the greatest Female Tennis Player

of all Time

With husband Andre Agassi

Can your class meet the

seven question challenge

for this power point?

Which name for a female appears

twice somewhere in this power point?

(1)

Which name for a male appears

twice somewhere in this powerpoint?

(3 possible correct answers!)

Which male names belong to brothers in this

power point?

(3 sets of correct answers!)