List of German Argentines

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German Argentines (in Spanish referred as germano argentinos) are made up of Argentines of German descent, as well as Germans settled in Argentina.

Please, note that ethnic Germans not only lived within the German borders of their time, but there were many communities of ethnic Germans living in other parts of Europe, especially before WWII. The German language and culture have traditionally been more important than the country of origin, as the basis of the ethnic and national consciousness of the Germans (Germany as a political entity was founded as late as 1871). Therefore, the political places from which these people or their ascendants emigrated to Argentina may vary. For example, Volga Germans arrived from the Russian Empire, most of Danube Swabians did it from the Autro-Hungarian Empire (today Hungary, Romania, etc.), etc. Likewise, there are multi-ethnic European states such as Switzerland, which has a German Swiss population with their own German language, while French and Italian-speaking citizens inhabit other regions of the country, retaining their differences even today. Austrians, on the other hand, were historically regarded as ethnic Germans and viewed themselves as such.[1][2][3] As can be seen, the large population of German ethnicity occupied an area of several present-day countries. Citizenship is the mere legal condition of belonging to one state or another, while nationality or ethnicity is related to anthropological and sociological aspects and thus has an extraterritorial character.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of some notable Argentine Germans. In it, German surnames abound. However, an amount several times this number is estimated for notable Argentines of partial German descent who do not have German surnames.

Academia[]

Arts and literature[]

Business[]

  • Guillermo Bauer (manager, owner 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)
  • Otto Bemberg (founder of the Brand of beer Quilmes, the biggest one in the country)
  • Emilio Bieckert (manager, founder of Cerveza Bieckert and owner of the first ice factory of Argentina)
  • Carlos Miguens Bemberg (one of the Latin America's most Important Businessmen and descendant of the wealthy Bemberg family)
  • Francis Mallmann (one of the best Latin America's chefs, and prominent manager)
  • Roberto Mertig (founder of Orbis Mertig)
  • Alberto Roemmers (founder of Laboratorios Roemmers, the most important Latin American Pharmaceutical Laboratory)
  • Juan Rosauer (founder of Los Alamos de Rosauer SA)
  • Otto Schneider (founder of the brand of beer Schneider)
  • Enrique Wollmann (former owner of the first export sugar exploitation company in Argentina run by his descendants)

Diplomacy[]

Entertainment[]

Fashion models[]

Historical figures[]

  • Hans Barge (he was probably the first German who arrived to Argentina, as gunner during Magellan's expedition of 1520)
  • Virginia Bolten (anarchist and feminist)
  • Jorge Bunge (founder of Pinamar)
  • Tamara Bunke (communist revolutionary)
  • Richard Walther Darré (one of the ideologist of Blood and soil)
  • Carlos Gesell (founder of the city of Villa Gesell, beach resort in Buenos Aires Province)
  • Teodoro Lange (founder of Begolea, a town in Cordoba Province)
  • Guillermo Lehmann (pioneer)
  • Dietrich Meyer (he founded Sierra de La Ventana[4] with German settlers)
  • Gunther Plüschow (aviator, he was 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)
  • Alberto Prebisch (architect, he designed the Obelisk of Buenos Aires among others)
  • Federico Rauch (he won many Argentinian wars)
  • Omar Alberto Rupp (the only Argentine crew member killed as a result of the bombing of the Argentine fishing trawler ARA Narwal by the British Sea Harriers from HMS Hermes on 9 May 1982, during Falklands War).
  • Ulrich Schmidl (he was the chronicler of the first Foundation of Buenos Aires)
  • Francisco Seeber (military officer, businessman and ex mayor of Buenos Aires)
  • Ernesto Tornquist (prominent manager, he founded the Tornquist Bank and Tornquist city among many other contributions)
  • Carlos von der Becke (military leader)
  • Teodoro Waldner (Argentine Air Force brigadier during Falklands War)
  • Carlos Wiederhold (a pioneer, he founded the famous city of San Carlos de Bariloche in 1895)
  • Kurt Gustav Wilckens (famous anarchist revolutionary)

Journalism[]

Nobility[]

Politics[]

Religion[]

Roman Catholic bishops[]

Roman Catholic deacons[]

Roman Catholic presbyteries[]

Roman Catholic priests[]

Others[]

Sports[]

Alpin Skiing[]

Athletics[]

Basketball[]

Boxing[]

Cycling[]

Handball[]

Hockey[]

Football[]

Racing[]

Rowing[]

  • Julio Alles Archived 2016-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (olympic rower)
  • Juan Ecker (olympic rower)
  • Juan Huber (olympic rower)
  • Rubén Knulst (olympic rower)
  • Enrique Lingenfelder (olympic rower)
  • Armin Meyer (olympic rower)
  • Walter Naneder (olympic rower)
  • Teodoro Nölting (olympic rower)
  • Guillermo Pfaab (olympic rower)
  • Federico Probst (olympic rower)
  • Jorge Schneider (olympic rower)

Rugby[]

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Tennis[]

Volleyball[]

Windsurfing[]

Other sports[]

Others[]

References[]

  1. ^ Robert H. Keyserlingk (1 July 1990). Austria in World War II: An Anglo-American Dilemma. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-0-7735-0800-2.
  2. ^ Thaler 2001, pp. 72–.
  3. ^ Ruth Wodak (2009). The Discursive Construction of National Identity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-0-7486-3734-8.
  4. ^ "Historia de Sierra de la Ventana: Historia de la ciudad y la zona". Welcome Argentina.
  5. ^ "Pedro Boxler". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  6. ^ "Luis Guillermo Eichhorn". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  7. ^ "Ricardo Oscar Faifer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  8. ^ "Adolfo Gerstner". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  9. ^ "Jorge Gottau". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  10. ^ "Distinción para monseñor doctor José Luis Kaufmann". Catholic.net.
  11. ^ "Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  12. ^ "Archbishop Jorge Mayer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  13. ^ "Enrique José Mühn". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  14. ^ "Jorge Novak". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  15. ^ "Enrique Rau". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  16. ^ "Ricardo Rösch". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  17. ^ "Alejandro Schell". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  18. ^ "Luis Stöckler". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  19. ^ "Eduardo María Taussig". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  20. ^ "José Weimann". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
  21. ^ "Bernardo Enrique Witte". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
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