German-Speaking Stars and Statesmen abroad

* Leonardo DiCaprio (German mother)
* Kirk Douglas
* Fred Astaire (1899-1988; the famous dancer's real name was Frederick Austerlitz; his father was born in Linz/Austria)
* Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972; Canadian-born rock singer whose family comes from Switzerland)
* Floyd Landis (mennonite parents)
* Mädchen Amick
* Eric Braeden
* Sandra Bullock
* Doris Day
* Kirsten Dunst
* Jon Voight
* Christopher Walken
* Johnny Weissmuller
Statesmen/Politicians
* Vladimir Putin (KGB agent in former East-Germany)
* Lenin (in Zürich in exile)
* King George I. of England (German from Hannover)
* Henry Kissinger (former Foreign Minister of the USA; born in Fürth/Germany)
* Marie Antoinette (1755-1793; daughter of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph who married the French King Louis XVI)

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