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United States Rathmann migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rathmann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Elis Rathmann, who arrived in America in 1844 [1]
  • J W Rathmann, aged 31, who landed in New York in 1849 [1]
  • William Rathmann, who arrived in Texas in 1850-1906 [1]
  • Val Rathmann, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 [1]
  • John H Rathmann, aged 17, who arrived in America in 1882 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Rathmann (post 1700) +

  • Margaret Crosby "Peggy" Rathmann (b. 1953), American writer and illustrator best known for children's picture books
  • James "Dick" Rathmann (1924-2000), American racecar driver, inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame, brother of Jim Rathmann
  • George Blatz Rathmann (b. 1927), American chemist, biologist, pioneer in biotechnology who co-founded and served as the first CEO of Amgen, and later founded ICOS
  • Royal Richard "Jim" Rathmann (1928-2011), American race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1960, inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
  • Oswald Rathmann (b. 1891), German road racing cyclist at the 1912 Summer Olympics


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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