The Muhlenberg family created a United States political, religious, and military dynasty based in the state of Pennsylvania. The German American family descends from Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg/Henry Muhlenberg (1711–1787), a German immigrant, noted Lutheran minister, and founder of the Lutheran Church in America.
Noted members of the Muhlenberg family include:
Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1807) minister, Continental Army general, US congressman, US senator
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg:
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1750–1801) member of the Continental Congress, first Speaker of US House of Representatives
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (educator) (1818–1901), president of Muhlenberg College
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980) architect, founder of Muhlenberg Greene Architects, US congressman, and World War I and World War II soldier
Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753–1815) botanist
Maria Salome Muhlenberg (1766/67–?), married Matthias Richards.
John Andrew Shulze (1774–1852) governor of Pennsylvania
Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782–1844) US congressman and minister to Austria
Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795–1831) US congressman
William Augustus Mühlenberg (1796–1877) Episcopal priest and philanthropist
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854) US congressman
Frederick Hunter Muhlenberg II (1865–1933) architect
Charles Henry Muhlenberg IV (1870–1960) architect
Charles Henry Muhlenberg V (1899–1985) architect
