Adolf Hitler's father was Alois Schicklgruber (the illegitimate son of Maria Anna Schicklgruber; historians are not sure who the father was, although Johann Georg Hiedler is assumed). At age 40, Adolf's father changed his surname to Hitler (also randomly spelled Hittler, Hidler, Hiedler or Huettler).
I've never met anyone with the surname Schicklgruber or Hitler. I do remember a character on the Hill Street Blues TV show (1981-7) .. a narcoleptic stand-up comic named Vic Hitler, who refused to change his surname. His career suffered accordingly.
Note to self: suggest shelving plan to change my first name to Buford, as a means to achieve fame.
Trivia: Adolf Hitler had an adult sister! Paula Hitler (aka Paula Wolf) died in 1960 (single, childless) and is buried in the Bergfriedhof ("Mountain Cemetery") in Berchtesgaden. Three of their siblings died young; Paula and Adolf are the only ones who lived to adulthood. Adolf committed suicide in Berlin in 1945 (it was in all the papers) and is not buried anywhere.
Also, it's possible (never proven) that Adolf Hitler was ¼ Jewish! See page 90 of the OSS Papers: A Psychological Analysis of Adolph Hitler. The Nizkor Project offers fascinating (yet tedious) reading.
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