Expats in the Wikisphere

February 29, 2008 · Filed Under An American Expat in Deutschland 

While tooling around Wikipedia, I came across a page listing American Expatriates in Germany (who have Wikipedia articles written about them).  The people listed are not all currently in Germany, it just denotes people that have lived in Germany at some point.  Priscilla Presley and Martin Lawrence, both born on US military bases in Germany, make the list.  I’m sure there should be quite a few more people on there, like Iggy Pop, who lived in Berlin in the 70’s, or Jeffrey Eugenides, author of the Virgin Suicides.  And where are Brad and Angelina, they at least own a posh penthouse in Berlin-Mitte?  They also forgot to list Evil Jared.  I presume he’s still showing up naked all over Germany.  Too bad I’m not white and nerdy enough to sign up on Wikipedia and update the page.

On a personal coolness note: I actually had one of the folks listed over to my house in Potsdam for Thanksgiving dinner back in 2006!  In fact, he carved the turkey!

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3 Responses to “Expats in the Wikisphere”

  1. Maria on February 29th, 2008 3:40 pm

    If I had more time, I would write one for all of the basketball players just to mess with people. LOL!

  2. geoffry on March 1st, 2008 9:27 am

    OK, you didn’t have to mention Elvis, but another good addition to your list would be Sandra Bullock, whose mother was an opera singer working in Germany.

  3. Christina G on March 1st, 2008 11:05 pm

    @maria: We could probably throw a lot of people up there. If only we had more time!

    @geoffrey: I forgot about those two, that’s right! And Johnny Cash served in Germany as well.

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