United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)
"Wernher von Braun, the German-born rocket pioneer who directed America's first successful satellite launch, played a pivotal role in shaping the nation's early space program."
A surname, from German of German origin.
"Many members of the Braun family trace their ancestry back to Germany."
Braun comes from the German word braun, which means brown. It entered English as a doublet alongside the more common spelling "brown."