Show ContentsRosenkranz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Rosenkranz migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rosenkranz Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Herman Rosenkranz, who sailed to New Netherlands (now New York) in 1657
Rosenkranz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Friederike Rosenkranz, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 1
  • Ferdinand Rosenkranz, who arrived in New York in 1850 1
  • Ludwig Rosenkranz, who landed in New York in 1850 1
  • August Rosenkranz, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Rosenkranz (post 1700) +

  • Thomas Rosenkranz (b. 1977), American pianist
  • Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz (b. 1970), American law professor at Georgetown University Law Center
  • Robert Rosenkranz (b. 1942), American philanthropist and the CEO of Delphi Financial Group
  • Baron Timme Rosenkranz (1911-1969), Danish aristocrat, author, and jazz enthusiast
  • Barbara Rosenkranz (b. 1958), Austrian politician for the Freedom Party of Austria
  • Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (1805-1879), German philosopher
  • George Rosenkranz (b. 1916), Mexican steroid chemist and professional contract bridge player


  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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