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Albert EinsteinGerman Scientist who won
the Nobel Prize for Physics
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian Body-builder Film Star who served as Governor
of California
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Dirk NowitzkiGerman Basketball Player in
the NBA
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Ferdinand PorscheAustrian-German Engineer
and Developer of the Beetle, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche
Automobiles
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Franz Marc German Expressionist Painter
of the “Blue Rider” Group
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Friedrich von Steuben
German-born Military Officer in the American Revolutionary War who is
credited with teaching Military Discipline to the Continental Army
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Gregor MendelAustrian Monk who
developed the Science of Genetics
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Gustav KlimtAustrian Symbolist Painter of Vienna famous for paintings like “The Kiss”
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Hans Zimmer
Academy-Award Winning Film Composer from Germany
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Jakob und Wilhelm GrimmGerman Brother Linguists and Recorders of Grimm’s
Fairy Tales
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Johann Sebastian BachGerman Composer--one of the
World’s most famous: Cantatas, Concertos, Masses,
and more
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Johann August RöblingGerman-born American Engineer
who designed suspensions bridges such as the Brooklyn
Bridge in New York
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Johannes GutenbergGerman Inventor of one of History’s most important
Inventions: the Moveable-Type Printing Press (1439)
Gutenberg Bible
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Jürgen KlinsmannGerman Soccer Star and
Coach: currently Coach of the US Men’s National Team
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Karl BenzGerman Inventor of the Petrol-powered Automobile and Co-
founder with Wife Bertha of the Mercedes-Benz Auto Company
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Leo di CaprioAmerican Film Actor and Producer (“The Titanic”,
“Django Unchained”): son of a German mother
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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
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Martin LutherGerman Religious Leader—founder of Lutheranism, a
major Division of Protestantism
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Michael und Ralf Schumacher
Retired German Race Car Drivers—of great Wealth
and Fame
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Nikolaus OttoGerman Inventor of the Internal-
Combustion Engine, later adapted as Automobile Engine
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Paul KleeSwiss-German
Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group
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SiegfriedHero of Nordic
Mythology
Awakening BrunhildeSlaying the
Dragon Fafnir
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Theo und Karl AlbrechtGerman Billionaire Brothers
who founded ALDI and Trader Joe Stores
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Wilhelm TellSwiss National Hero who shot an
Apple off his Son’s Head
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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartBrilliant Austrian Composer who
showed his Genius early and toured Europe as a “Wunderkind”
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Angela MerkelFederal Chancellor of
Germany and one of the most powerful Women in the World
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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
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Bertha von Suttner
Austrian Writer and first Female Recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
Back of the Austrian 2 Cent Euro Coin
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Brunhilde Valkyrie Heroine of
German and Nordic Mythology
Siegfried awakens Brunhilde
Bugs Bunny as Brunhilde
Brunhilde with Father Wotan
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Caroline Herschel18th Century Prize-winning German Astronomer and
Discoverer of several Comets
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Claudia SchifferGerman Supermodel
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Cornelia FunkeGerman Writer of Children’s
Books such as the
Inkheart Trilogy
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Eva HesseAmerican Modern Artist born
in Germany
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Franka PotenteGerman Actress and Film Star
in “The Bourne Identity”
TV Episode “Psych”
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Gabriele MunterGerman Expressionist Artist of the “Blue Rider” Group
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Heidi KlumSupermodel, Entertainer, and
Business Woman Host of
“Project Runway”
America’s Got Talent
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IsoldeGerman Heroine loved by
Tristan in European Legend
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Johanna SpyriSwiss Author of popular children’s
book Heidi
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Katharina WittGerman Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater
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Käthe KollwitzGerman Sculptress and
Painter
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Kirsten (Kiki) DunstAmerican Film Star of the
Spider-Man Trilogy--
born to German Parents
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Lise MeitnerAustrian physicist who helped discover nuclear
fission
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LoreleiHeroine of German Legend who lures sailors to their Death by
Singing atop the rocks by Bingen on the Rhine River
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Marlene DietrichGerman-born Film Star and Singer
who won the Purple Heart for entertaining Allied Troops on the
Front Lines during WWII
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Melitta BentzGerman Inventor of the
(Paper) Coffee Filter
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Romy (Rosemarie) Schneider
German Actress and Film Star
Playing Empress Sissi
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Sandra BullockAmerican Film Star--daughter of a
German Opera Singer
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Sissi (Sisi) –Elisabeth von Wittelsbach
Beloved Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Sophie SchollGerman Member of the
“White Rose” Resistance Movement against Hitler and
Nazism
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Steffi GrafGerman Tennis Player
regarded by some to be the greatest Female Tennis Player
of all Time
With husband Andre Agassi
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Can your class meet the
seven question challenge
for this power point?
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Which name for a female appears
twice somewhere in this power point?
(1)
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Which name for a male appears
twice somewhere in this powerpoint?
(3 possible correct answers!)
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Which male names belong to brothers in this
power point?
(3 sets of correct answers!)