List of German Texans

German Texans have historically played a role in history of the U.S. state of Texas.

Texans of German birth or descent have, since the mid-19th century, made up one of the largest ethnic groups in the state. By 1850, they numbered five percent of the total population—a conservative count. The 1990 census listed more than 17 percent of the population, nearly three million individuals, claiming German heritage.

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Notable German Texans

• Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
• Edward Degener
• Friedrich Diercks (or Johann Friedrich Ernst)
• Dr. Carl Adolph Douai
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Henry Francis Fisher
• John Frels
• William Frels
• Justin Furstenfeld
• Summer Glau
• Phil Hardberger
• Laura Harring
• Betty Holekamp
• Pastor John Kilian
• Ralph Kirshbaum
• Louis Kleberg
• Robert J. Kleberg
• Ferdinand Lindheimer
• Tom Loeffler
• Charles W. Machemehl
• Chuck Machemehl
• Johann Machemehl
• Louis A. Machemehl
• Paul Machemehl
• Bill Meier
• John O. Meusebach (or Baron Ottfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach)
• Burchard Miller
• Gus Franklin Mutscher
• Randy Neugebauer
• Elisabet Ney
• Chester W. Nimitz
• Bonnie Parker
• Robert Rauschenberg
• Bob Schieffer
• Gustav Schleicher
• Zachary Selig
• Kel Seliger
• August Siemering
• Nick Stahl
• Johann Ludwig Karl Heinrich von Struve
• Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck
• Ferdinand von Roemer
• Arlene Wohlgemuth
• Harry M. Wurzbach

See also

• German American
• German Americans in the American Civil War
• List of people from Texas
• List of German Americans
• Nueces massacre

External links

• German Texan Heritage Society
• German Texans
• Germans from the Handbook of Texas Online
• History of Central Texas Germans
• Notable Central Texas Germans
• Hill Country Germans