German~American Day October 6th

Famous German-Americans

Eric Braeden

I speak German !

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

I speak German !

Sandra Bullock

I speak German !

Renee Zellweger

I speak German !

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)

I spoke German !

Bruce Willis

I speak German !

Groucho Marx

I spoke German !

Clark Gable

My mom spoke German !

Dwight David Eisenhower

My parents spoke German !

Babe (George Herman)

Ruth

My ancestors spoke German !

Ralph Lauren

My parents spoke German !

Milton Hershey

My parents spoke German !

Louis B. Mayer

(MGM = Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer)

I spoke German !

Eric Carle (author)

I speak German !

Doris Day (Doris Kappelhoff)

I speak German !

Barbra Streisand

My grand- parents spoke German !

Fred Astaire (Fred Austerlitz)

My father spoke German!

Lou (Ludwig) Gehrig

My grandparents spoke German !

Ludwig Bemelmans (author)

I spoke German !

James Garner (James Bumgarner)

My grandparents spoke German !

Elvis Presley (anglicized form of Pressler)

My ancestors spoke German !

Dr. Henry Heimlich (the Heimlich maneuver)

My ancestors spoke German !

Johnny Weissmuller (real name Johann - played Tarzan)

I spoke German !

Joseph Pulitzer (The Pulitzer Prize)

I spoke German !

Levi Strauss (jeans)

I spoke German !

Edward G. Robinson (Emanuel Goldenberg)

I spoke German !

Charles Schulz (cartoonist)

My grandparents spoke German !

Estee Lauder (founded cosmetics company)

I spoke German !

Larry King (Larry Ziegler)

My parents spoke German !

Rock Hudson (real name Roy Scherer)

My grandparents spoke German !

Mary Kay Wagner Ash (cosmetics)

My grandparents spoke German !

Shel Silverstein (author)

My grandparents spoke German !

Jerry Seinfeld (comedian)

My grandparents spoke German !

General Norman Schwarzkopf

I speak German !

Henry John Heinz

My parents spoke German !

Leo Hirschfield (confectioner) (created Tootsie Rolls)

I spoke German !

L. Frank Baum (author)

My parents spoke German !

Henry Steinway (real name Heinrich Steinweg piano maker)

I spoke German !

Sally Jessy Raphael (real name Sally Lowenthal)

My grandparents spoke German !

Helen Keller

My grandparents spoke German !

Woody Allen (real name Allen Konigsberg)

My grandparents spoke German !

George Pullman * The Pullman sleeping car for trains

My grandparents spoke German !

David Copperfield (real name David Klotkin) *Illusionist

My grandparents spoke German !

Kirsten Dunst

My father speaks German !

Houdini (real name Erich Weiss) *escape artist

I spoke German !

Judy Garland (real name Frances Gumm)

My ancestors spoke German !

Joe Shuster & Jerry Siegel *creators of Superman

Our ancestors spoke German !