List of German Argentines

German Argentines (in Spanish referred as germano argentinos) are Argentines of German descent.

The following is a list of some prominent or notable German Argentines:

Academia

Marcella Althaus-Reid (professor of contextual theology and writer)
Mario Bunge (scientist)
Hermann Burmeister (scientist)
Juan Hartmann (astronomer)
Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (undertook the inventory of Argentine flora and fauna)
Alejandro Korn (physician, philosopher and reformist)
Otto Krause (engineer, founded the first Technical School in Argentina in 1899)
Anastasius Nordenholz (writer and scientist)
Raúl Prebisch (the most notorious economist of Latin America, he formed the basis of economic dependency theory with the Singer-Prebisch thesis)
Alejandro Rozitchner (writer)
Friedrich Schickendantz (scientist)
Carlos Segers (astronomer)
Rolf Singer (scientist)
Adolph Strümpell (scientist)
Felix Weil (founding member and the original financial provider for the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Arts and literature

Roberto Arlt (short-story writer, novelist and playwright)
Elsa Bornemann (writer)
Silvina Bullrich (writer)
Fernando Fader (painter)
Jorge Fondebrider (writer, poet)
Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (writer)
Héctor Germán Oesterheld (comic writer, considered the greatest South American to work in his field)
Xul Solar Oscar Schulz (painter)
Sebastián Spreng (visual artist, journalist, writer)

Business

Guillermo Bauer (manager, proprietor of the first steam-operated flour mill in Argentina)
Carlos Miguens Bemberg (one of the Latin America's most Important Businessmen and descendant of the wealthy Bemberg family)

Diplomacy

Ernesto Bosch (ambassador in United States and served in Argentinian embassy of France and Germany)

Entertainment

Facundo Arana (mother: Von Bernard) (actor)
Christian Bach (actress and producer of telenovelas)
María Luisa Bemberg (film writer, director and actress)
Betiana Blum (actress)
Sergio Denis (singer)
Julio Chávez (surname: Hirsch) (actor)
Michael Gielen (conductor and composer)
Arturo Goetz (actor)
María Cristina Kiehr (soprano)
Paola Krum (actress)
Nicole Nau (dancer and director)
Gastón Pauls (actor)
Silvia Roederer (pianist)
Cecilia Roth (actress)
Carlos Schlieper (director)
Martina Stoessel (actress)
René Strickler (actor)
Silvia Süller (vedette, humorist)
Javier Weyler (musician)
Alejandro Wiebe (TV host)

Fashion models

Naomi Preizler (model, artist)^[1]
Milagros Schmoll (model)
Paulina Trotz (model)

Historical figures

Virginia Bolten (anarchist and feminist)
Tamara Bunke (Communist revolutionary)
Richard Walther Darré (one of the Nazi ideologists of Blood and Soil)
Federico Figner (cinematographer, he made the first three films of Argentina)
Gunther Plüschow (aviator, the first to explore and film Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by air; honoured as a hero by the Argentine air force to this day)
Omar Alberto Rupp (mariner killed during Malvinas War)
Ulrich Schmidl (chronicler of the foundation of Buenos Aires)
Ernesto Tornquist (manager, founded the Tornquist Bank, the Tornquist city and Tornquist Partido in Buenos Aires Province)
Teodoro Waldner (Argentine Air Force brigadier during Malvinas War)

Journalism

Eduardo Feinmann (journalist)
Germán Frers (journalist)
Andres Oppenheimer (journalist)
Sebastian Spreng (journalist)

Politics

Hermes Binner (political leader and ex-governor of Santa Fe Province)
Patricia Bullrich (Minister of Security of Argentina)
Eduardo Fellner (ex-governor of Jujuy Province)
Liliana Fellner (senator)
Selva Forstmann (politician)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (mother: Wilhelm) (ex-President of Argentina)
Axel Kicillof (ex-Minister of Economy of Argentina)
Alicia Kirchner (governor of Santa Cruz Province)
Néstor Kirchner (ex-President of Argentina)
Miguel Lifschitz (congressman of Argentina)
Alberto Prebisch (ex-Buenos Aires mayor)
Carlos Reutemann (former Formula One racing driver and politician)
Francisco Seeber (military officer, businessman and ex-mayor of Buenos Aires)
Margarita Stolbizer (lawyer, politician, national deputy)

Religion

Roman Catholic bishops

Jorge Mayer (archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca)^[2]

Others

Christian Von Wernich (Roman Catholic chaplain of Buenos Aires Province Police during the Dirty War)

Sports

Athletics

Jennifer Dahlgren (athlete)
Enrique Kistenmacher (athlete)
Ingeborg Mello (athlete)
Ingeborg Pfüller (athlete)
Roxana Preussler (athlete)

Basketball

Field hockey

Football

Damián Akerman (player)
Fabián Assmann (player)
Christian Dollberg (player)
Facundo Erpen (player)
Juan Esnáider (player)
Ignacio Fideleff (player)
Rodolfo Fischer (player)
Matías Fritzler (player)
Julio César Furch (player)
Paolo Goltz (player)
Claudio Fernando Graf (player)
Gabriel Heinze (player)
Diego Herner (player)
Marius Hiller (player)
Santiago Hirsig (player)
Juan Hohberg (player)
Cesar Horst (player)
René Houseman (player)
Horacio Humoller (player)
Walter Kannemann (player)
Mario Kempes (player)
Gonzalo Klusener (player)
Eduardo Lell (player)
Gabriel Loeschbor (player)
Federico Lussenhoff (player)
Germán Lux (player)
Horacio Neumann (player)
Gustavo Oberman (player)
Sebastian Prediger (player)
Leonardo Rolheiser (player)
Gabriel Roth (player)
Jonathan Schunke (player)
Gabriel Schürrer (player)
Dante Senger (player)
José Shaffer (player)
Enrique Wolff (player)

Racing

Pablo Birger (racing driver)
German Glessner (skeleton racer)
Jorge Kissling (racing driver)
Adolfo Schwelm Cruz (racing driver)
Ricardo Senn (track and road bicycle racer)
Mariano Werner (racing driver)

Rugby

Marcelo Bosch (player)
Pablo Henn (player)
Juan Imhoff (player)
Martín Schusterman (player)
Pedro Sporleder (player)

Sailing

Swimming

José Meolans (swimmer)
Ana María Schultz (swimmer)

Tennis

Federica Haumuller (player)
Martín Jaite (player)
Leonardo Mayer (player)
Eduardo Schwank (player)
Diego Schwartzman (player)

Volleyball

Javier Weber (player, coach)

Other sports

Sonja Graf (chess master)
Elke Karsten (handball player)
Georgina Klug (beach volleyball player)
Yuri Maier (wrestler)
Paul Michel (chess player)
Heinrich Reinhardt (chess master)
Alex Schoenauer (fighter)
Matías Schulz (handball player)
Silvina Schlesinger (handball player)
Cristian Javier Simari Birkner (alpine skier)
María Belén Simari Birkner (alpine skier)
Macarena Simari Birkner (alpine skier)

Others

Silvio Gesell (merchant, theoretical, economist, social activist, anarchist and founder of Freiwirtschaft)
Natty Hollmann (also known as Naty Petrosino; elected "International Woman of the Year", 2006, by the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta in Northern Italy; nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2009)

References

↑ Riedemann, Bárbara (23 May 2013). "La modelo artista". Entrevistas. Paula Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
↑ "Archbishop Jorge Mayer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.

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[paula-1] Riedemann, Bárbara (23 May 2013). "La modelo artista". Entrevistas. Paula Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

[2] "Archbishop Jorge Mayer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.