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Adolf Hitler

Politician

Austrian, some German

Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor · Athlete · Politician

Austrian, as well as some Czech

Thal, Styria, Austria

Chris Watson

Politician

Father: Austrian or German · Mother: Irish

Valparaíso, Chile

Dan Crenshaw

Politician

German, Austrian, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, one eighth Ashkenazi Jewish

Aberdeen, Scotland

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

Politician

Chilean [Spanish, some Basque, possibly other], one quarter Austrian, small amounts of Portuguese, French, and Italian

Santiago, Chile

F. W. de Klerk

Politician

Afrikaner (Austrian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy

Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa

Francisco Sagasti

Politician

Father: Peruvian [Spanish, Basque, possibly other], at least 1/16 English · Mother: Austrian-Ashkenazi Jewish

Lima, Peru

Geraldo Alckmin

Politician

Brazilian [Portuguese, as well as German, Swiss-German, and Austrian, possibly French, and other]

Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Gore Vidal

Actor · Politician · TV Personality

Romansh [from Austria], Swiss-German, German, Scottish, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish

West Point, New York, U.S.

German [including Baltic German, and remote Swiss-German], at least one quarter Jewish [Ashkenazi, possibly some Sephardi], Russian, Belgian Flemish, more distant Austrian, Estonian, Romanian, Portuguese, and French

Lichtenberg, East Berlin, Soviet occupation zone of Germany (now Germany)