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)
• 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)
• Damian Szifron (film director)
• Úrsula von der Lippen (artist)

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)
• Axel (singer)
• Christian Bach (actress and producer of telenovelas)
• María Luisa Bemberg (film writer, director and actress)
• Betiana Blum (actress)
• 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)
• Santiago Stieben (actor)
• 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

• Julio Alak (minister of human rights of Argentina)
• Hermes Binner (political leader and ex-mayor of province of Santa Fe)
• Patricia Bullrich (delegate of Argentina)
• Eduardo Fellner (former governor of Jujuy Province and current President of the Chamber of Deputies)
• Liliana Fellner (senator)
• Selva Forstmann (politician)
• Axel Kicillof (Minister of Economy of Argentina)
• Cristina Kirchner (mother: Wilhelm) (ex-president of Argentina)
• Nestor Kirchner (ex-President of Argentina)
• Miguel Lifschitz (congressman of Argentina)
• Oscar Meyer (ex-mayor of Rosario)
• Alberto Prebisch (ex-Buenos Aires Mayor)
• Carlos Reutemann (former Formula One racing driver and a politician)
• Francisco Seeber (military officer, businessman and Mayor of Buenos Aires)
• Margarita Stolbizer (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 the Buenos Aires Province Police during the Dirty War)

Sports

Athletics

• Jennifer Dahlgren (athlete)
• Enrique Kistenmacher (athlete)
• Ingeborg Pfüller (track and field athlete)
• Roxana Preussler (athlete)
• Solange Witteveen (athlete, high jumper)

Basketball

• Wálter Herrmann (player, 2.06 m)
• Federico Kammerichs (player, 2.05 m)
• Ernesto Michel ( player, 2 m)

Hockey

• Claudia Burkart (hockey player)
• Florencia Habif (hockey player)
• Otto Schmitt (field hockey player)
• Rodolfo Schmitt (field hockey player)

Racing

• Pablo Birger (racing driver, he raced in two World Championship Grands Prix for the Gordini team)
• 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)
• Santiago Phelan (player)
• Pedro Sporleder (player)

Sailing

• Santiago Lange (Olympic sailor)
• Julio Sieburger (sailor and Olympic medalist)

Soccer

• 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 and coach)
• 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)
• José Pékerman (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)

Tennis

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

Volleyball

• Carlos Weber (Olympic player)

Swimming

• Georgina Bardach (swimmer)
• José Meolans (swimmer)

Other sports

• Sonja Graf (chess master)
• Paul Michel (chess player)
• Heinrich Reinhardt (chess master)
• Alex Schoenauer (fighter)

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 Peace Nobel Prize 2009)

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