List of people from Nuremberg explained

Following are some of the notable people from Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.

Academia

Presidents and directors

• Ottmar Hörl (born 1950), an artist who was president and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
• August von Kreling (1818–1876), sculptor, painter, and director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
• Johann Daniel Preissler (1666–1737), painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts
• Jacob von Sandrart (1630–1708), portrait and map engraver who founded and was and first director of the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts

Professors

• • Heinz Bauer (1925–2002), mathematician and professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Johann Bauschinger (1834–1893), professor of Engineering Mechanics at Munich Polytechnic
• Hermann Beckh (1875–1937), pioneering Tibetologist and prominent promoter of anthroposophy.
• Hermann Bek-Gran (1869–1909), painter, graphic artist, typographer, and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
• Wolfgang Bibel (born 1938), professor emeritus at the Department of Computer Science of the Technische Universität Darmstadt
  • Gustav Bischof (1792–1870), geologist, chemist, and professor at the University of Bonn Ingo Böbel (1947–2020), professor of economics at the International University of Monaco from 2000 to 2020
• Johann Cochlaeus (1479–1552), humanist, music theorist, and dean of the Liebfrauenkirche at Frankfurt
• William Craig (1918–2016), philosopher who taught at the University of California, Berkeley
• Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677–1750), astronomer, mathematician, and professor of mathematics at the Aegidien-Gymnasium
• Christian Enzensberger (1931–2009), professor of English studies, author and a translator of English literature into German
• Dieter Fensel (born 1960), professor at the University of Innsbruck and director of the Semantic Technologies Institute Innsbruck
• Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804–1872), anthropologist and philosopher, best known for his book The Essence of Christianity^[1]
• Manfred M. Fischer (born 1947), regional scientist and emeritus professor of economic geography at the WU-Vienna University of Economics and Business
• Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943), Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka
• Heinz Gollwitzer (1917–1999), chair of modern political and social history at the University of Münster
• Heinrich Guggenheimer (1924–2021), mathematician and professor of University of Minnesota
• Paula Hahn-Weinheimer (1917–2002), geochemist and professor at the Technical University of Munich
  • Lisa Herzog (born 1983), professor at the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen Rudolf Hickel (born 1942), chair of public finance at University of Bremen
• Wolfgang Kaiser (1925–2023), professor for experimental physics at the Technische Universität München
• Uwe Kitzinger (1928–2023), an academic who specialized in international relations
• Wolfgang Koch (born 1962), physicist and computer scientist who teaches at the University of Bonn
• Gerhard Koeppel (1936 –2012), historian of Roman art, resident scholar at the American Academy in Rome, and professor of classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Hermann Leuchs (1879–1945), head of the chemistry institute of the University of Berlin
• Paul Carl Leygebe (1664–1756), painter and anatomy professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts
• Hans Eberhard Mayer (1932–2023), professor of medieval and modern history at the University of Kiel
• Anthony Oettinger (1929–2022), computer scientist who co-founded the Program on Information Resources Policy at Harvard University.
• Johan Martin Preisler (1715 –1794), engraver and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
• Volker Roemheld (1941–2013), agricultural scientist, plant physiologist, and soil biologist at Hohenheim University
  • Manfred Rühl (born 1933), professor of communications at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and the University of Bamberg Gerard Salton (1927–1995), professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and "the father of Information retrieval"
  • Diet Sayler (born 1939), painter, sculptor, and professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg Christoph von Scheurl (1481–1542), professor of law at Wittenberg University
• Matthias Schwab (born 1963), chair of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Tübingen and medical director of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at the University Hospital Tübingen
  • • • • • • Daniel Schwenter (1585–1636), professor of Semitic languages and mathematics at the University of Altdorf Peter Seeberger (born 1966), professor of chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at ETH Zurich Johann Philipp Siebenkees (1759–1796), philosopher and professor at the University of Altdorf Hartmut Steinecke (1940–2020), professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Bonn Alexander Strehl, computer scientist and professor at the University of Aalen Karl Süssheim (1878–1947), Islamic historian and professor at the University of Munich Conrad Tockler (1470–1530), rector magnificus and professor of the quadrivium at Leipzig University
    • Heiko Uecker (1939–2019), professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Bonn Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633–1705), chair of ecclesiastical law and professor of history, civil law, and Semitic languages at the University of Altdorf Isabella Weber (born 1987), economist and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Architecture

• Heinrich Beheim (died 1403), stone mason and architect
• German Bestelmeyer (1874–1942), architect and proponent of Nazi architecture
• Georg Andreas Böckler (–1687), architect and engineer who wrote Architectura Curiosa Nova (1664) and Theatrum Machinarum Novum (1661)
• Paul Buchner (1531–1607), architect, geometer, carpenter and screw maker
• Eva Buhrich (1915–1976), architect and writer who fled Nazi Germany and became a prominent architectural commentator in Australia
• Adolf Foehr (1880–1943) architect, city planner, and building supervisor.
• Herta Hammerbacher (1900–1985), landscape architect who taught at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin)
• Adam Kraft (–1509), stone sculptor, master builder and architect^[2]
• Paul Pfann (1860–1919), architect in the Historicist style and professor at the Technical University of Munich
• Hubert Ritter (1886–1967), architect, urban planner and building official
• Paul Ritter (1829–1907), architectural painter and etcher
• Sep Ruf (1908–1982), architect and designer associated with the Bauhaus group

Art

• Caroline Achaintre (1969), mixed media artist
• Bernhard Afinger (1813–1882), sculptor
• Peter Angermann (born 1945), painter^[3]
• Johann Paul Auer (1636–1687), painter
• Ernst Aufseeser (1880–1940), painter, illustrator and graphic designer
• Barthel Beham (1502–1540), engraver, miniaturist, and painter
• Sebald Beham (1500–1550), painter and printmaker mainly known for his very small engravings
• Willem van Bemmel (1630–1708), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter
• Peter von Bemmel (1686–1754), landscape artist
• Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719), Baroque flower painter
• Esther Barbara Bloemart (1651–1733), was a German art collector
• Hans Bolsterer (died 1573), sculptor, carver and medalist
• Werner Braun (1918–2018), photographer, considered a founder of photojournalism in Israel
• Cristoforo Coriolano (born 1540), engraver
• Gabriela Dauerer (born 1958), contemporary artist
• Hans Decker, sculptor
• Joachim Deschler (–1571), sculptor and medalist.
• Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706–1783), painter and engraver known for still lifes
• Hans Dürer (1490 –), German Renaissance painter, illustrator, and engraver
• Agnes Dürer (1475–1539) wife and model of artist Albrecht Dürer who helped run his workshops
• Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), painter, engraver, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance^[4]
• Heinrich Egersdörfer (1853–1915), artist, illustrator and cartoonist
• Michael Sigismund Frank (1770–1847), Catholic artist, rediscovered glass-painting
  • Magdalena Rosina Funck (1672–1695), botanical illustrator Magdalena Fürstin (1652–1717), artist and hand-colorist
• Peter Gertner (– after 1541), painter
• Dorothea Maria Graff (1678–1743), painter
• Jonas Haas (1720–1775), engraver
• Jobst Harrich (1579–1617), painter
• Guenter Heim (1935–2014), artist known for impressionistic landscapes of western Canada
• Johanna Helena Herolt (1668–1723), artist
• Werner Heubeck (1923–2009), British transport executive
• Augustin Hirschvogel (1503–1553), artist, mathematician, and cartographer
• Stefan Hirsch (1899–1964), artist.
• Hans Hoffmann (1530–1591), painter, draftsman, and leading representative of the Dürer Renaissance
• Karl Jäger (1833–1887), painter
• Wenzel Jamnitzer (–1585), goldsmith and artist
• Paul Juvenel the Elder (1579–1643), painter
• Anna Klein (1883–1941), landscape, animal, and genre painter
• Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875), painter and engraver
• Rudolf Koch (1876–1934), type designer and a master of lettering, calligraphy, typography and illustration
• Johann König (1586–1642), painter known for painting copper panels
• Eliyahu Koren (1907–2001), master typographer, graphic artist, and designer
• Adam Kraft (–1509), stone sculptor, master builder and architect
• Jobst Kuch (1902–1963), painter
• Hans von Kulmbach (1480–1522), artist
• Hanns Lautensack (1524 –), etcher and draughtsman
• Heinrich Lautensack (1522–1590), painter and goldsmith
• Kunz Lochner (1510–1567), armourer, blacksmith, silversmith, and court armourer for Maximilian II
• Leo Marchutz (1903–1976), painter and lithographer
• Gustav Metzger (1926–2017), artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike.
• John Miller (1715 –), botanical illustrator, engraver, painter, and botanist^[5]
• Georg Mühlberg (1863–1925), painter, draftsman and illustrator of children's books
• Amalia Pachelbel (1688–1723), painter and engraver
• Georg Pencz (–1550), engraver, painter, and printmaker
• Georg Karl Pfahler (1926–2002), painter, printmaker, and sculptor
• Georg Martin Preisler (fl. 1750), engraver
• Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), painter and draughtsman
• Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), engraver
• Maria Katharina Prestel (1747–1794), engraver and painter
• Doris Raab (1851–1933), etcher and engraver
• Johann Leonhard Raab (1825–1899), printmaker and painter
• William Frederic Ritschel (1864–1949), California impressionist painter
• Lorenz Ritter (1832–1921), painter and etcher^[6]
• Paulus Roetter (1806–1894), landscape painter who became a prominent botanical and ichthyological artist
• Ferdinand Rothbart (1823–1899), draftsman, illustrator, history painter, and curator for the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
• Philipp Rupprecht (1900–1975), cartoonist of anti-Semitic caricatures
• Susanne Maria von Sandrart (1658–1716), artist and engraver
• Eduard Sauer (1899–1975), painter
• Paul Schad-Rossa (1862–1916), painter and sculptor, in the Symbolist style
• Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540), artist, painter, and designer of woodcuts
• Erhard Schön (–1542), woodcut designer and painter.
• Martina Schradi (born 1972), cartoonist
• Carl Max Schultheiss (1885–1961), graphic designer
• Matthias Schultheiss (born 1946), graphic novel artist
• Christine Silberhorn (born 1974), physicist and professor at Paderborn University
• Virgil Solis (1514–1562), draughtsman and printmaker in engraving, etching and woodcut
• Johann Sperl (1840–1914), painter
• Hans Springinklee, artist known for his woodcuts
• Dora Stock (1760–1832), artist who specialized in portraiture
• Veit Stoss (–1533), Renaissance sculptor, mostly in wood^[7]
• Juergen Teller (born 1964), fine art and fashion photographer
• Carl Marcus Tuscher (1705–1751), portrait painter, printmaker, architect, and decorator
• Peter Vischer the Elder (–1529), sculptor^[8]
• August Weger (1823–1892), graphic artist, steel engraver and printer.
• Michael Wening (1645–1718), engraver
• Michael Wolgemut (1434–1519), painter and printmaker^[9]
• Hermann Zapf (1918–2015), typographer and calligrapher
• Matthias Zündt (1498–1586), engraver
• Gustav Philipp Zwinger (1779–1819), painter and etcher

Business

• Siegfried Bettmann (1868–1951), bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer
• Theodor von Cramer-Klett (1817–1884), entrepreneur and banker
• Ronald Grierson (1921–2014), managing director of S.G. Warburg and vice-chairman of General Electric Company
• Max Grundig (1908–1989), founder of electronics company Grundig AG
• Werner Heubeck (1923–2009), transport executive, managing director of the Northern Ireland transport companies Ulsterbus and Citybus
• Adil Kaya (born 1967), CEO of SIGOS
• Georg Leykauf (born 1847), steel metalware producer and trader
• Andy W. Mattes (born 1963), president and chief executive of Diebold
• Max Michaelis (1852–1932), South African mining magnate
• Georg Zacharias Platner (1779–1862), manufacturer-entrepreneur
• Madeleine Schickedanz (born 1943), heiress and philanthropist known for founding Madeleine Schickedanz KinderKrebs-Stiftung
• Ulman Stromer (1329–1407), trader and factory owner

Cartography

• Martin Behaim (1459–1507), cartographer best known for his Erdapfel, the world's oldest known globe^[10]
• Erhard Etzlaub (–1532), cartographer, astronomer, geodesist, and instrument maker
• Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514), one of the first cartographers to use the printing press, best known for his writing the text for the Nuremberg Chronicle

Engineering

• Andreas Albrecht (1586–1628), mathematician, engineer, and inventor of a variety of instruments,
• David Beringer (1756–1821), scientific instrument maker and craftsman
• Michael Bümel, maker of scientific and surveying instruments
• Hans Düringer (died 1477), clockmaker
• Hermann Föttinger (1877–1945), engineer and inventor
• Peter Henlein (1485–1542), locksmith and clockmaker who invented the world's first watch
• Andre Kaup, electrical engineer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Karl Küpfmüller (1897–1977), electrical engineer who worked in communications technology
• Adolph Friedrich Lindemann (1846–1931), engineer and businessman who was involved in the Transatlantic telegraph cable project
• Otto Metzger (1885–1961), engineer and inventor
• Wilhelm Nusselt (1882–1957), engineer
• Norbert Riedel (1912–1963), engineer
• Johann Sigmund Schuckert (1846–1895), electrical engineer and pioneer of the electrical industry
• Robert Thelen (1884–1968), aviation pioneer and designer.
• Martin Vossiek, engineer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Entertainment

• Tom Beck (born 1978), actor, singer, and entrepreneur
  • Hans Berthel (1914–2003), film art director Heinz Bernard (1923–1994), actor and director and theatre manager^[11]
• Sandra Bullock (born 1964), actress, producer, and philanthropist
• Annette Carell (1926–1967), actress
• Christoph Dreher (born 1952), filmmaker, musician and scriptwriter
• Angela Finger-Erben (born 1980), TV presenter and journalist for RTL Television.
• Herbert Fleischmann (1925–1984), film and television actor
• Katy Garretson (born 1963), television director and producer
• Nina Gnädig (born 1977), actress
• Ozan Güven (born 1975), film, television, and theatre actor and screenwriter.
• Margarete Haagen (1889–1966), actress
• Johann Kaspar Hechtel (1771–1799), designer of parlor games including the prototype for the Petit Lenormand cartomancy deck
• Thomas Hermanns (born 1963), television presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director
• Rudy Horn (1933–2018), juggler
• Şermin Langhoff (born 1969), director of the Maxim Gorki Theater
• Marcel-André Casasola Merkle (1977), video game designer
• Friedrich Georg Leonhard Miedke (1803–1842), actor, singer, composer, and theatre director
• Kurt Neumann (1908–1958), film director
• Mirjam Novak, television and film actress and screenwriter
• Wolfgang Preiss (1910–2002), actor
• Tobias Rosen, Academy Award-nominated film producer
• Hanns Zischler (born 1947), film actor

Law

• Wolfgang Fikentscher (1928–2015), jurist, legal anthropologist, and professor at University of Münster School of Law, University of Tübingen, and University of California at Berkeley School of Law
• Jude Pate, justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
• Gerhard Schricker (1935–2021) legal scholar and professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • Hildegund Sünderhauf, family law professor at the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg Anna Maria Zwanziger (1760–1811), serial killer

Literature and journalism

• Lilly Becher (1901–1978), writer, journalist, and one of the first anti-Nazi writers
• Karl Ewald Böhm (1913–1977), writer who served as Director of East Germany's Central Publishing Department
• Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800–1875), poet and philosopher
  • Gisela Elsner (1937–1992), novelist who won the Prix Formentor Hans Folz (–1513), author and poet
• Helene von Forster (1859–1923), women's rights activist and author
• Katharina Gerlachin (1517–1592), printer and publisher
• Hans Glaser (–1573), printer, block-cutter, woodcut winter, and publisher
• Claire Goll (1890–1977), writer and journalist
• Hans Wilhelm Hammerbacher (1903–1980), author
• Wilfried Happel (born 1965), playwright and author of radio plays and film scripts
• Bertita Harding (1902–1971), royal German biographer
• Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658), jurist, poet, and translator^[12]
• Karl von Hegel (1813–1901), author and historian
• Robert Ludwig Kahn (1923–1970), poet
• Hermann Kesten (1900–1996), novelist and dramatist
• Anton Koberger (–1513), bookseller who established the first printing house in Nuremberg, known as the publisher of the Nuremberg Chronicle
• Robert Kurz (1943–2012), Marxist philosopher, social critic, journalist, and editor of Exit!
• Christoph Gottlieb von Murr (1733–1811), historian and journal editor
• Eugen Ortner (1890–1947), playwright and writer
• Peter Owen (1927–2016), publisher and founder of Peter Owen Publishers^[13]
• Johannes Petreius (–1550), printer
• Johann Rietsch (1778–1814), poet
• Franz Schmidt (1555–1634), diarist
• Timur Vermes (born 1967), writer
• Johann Vogel (1589–1663), poet and Lutheran minister

Medicine

• Lucie Adelsberger (1895–1971), Jewish physician, imprisoned at Auschwitz and Ravensbrück
  • Karl Bechert (1901–1981), theoretical physicist Joachim Camerarius the Younger (1534–1598), physician, botanist, and zoologist^[14]
• Johanna Hellman (1889–1982), surgeon
• Ruth Illig (1924–2017), pediatric endocrinologist and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Zurich
• Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (1845–1919), anatomist and histopathologist
• Marion Rosen (1914–2012), physiotherapist who developed the Rosen Method
• Fredric Wertham (1895–1981), psychiatrist

Military

• Friedrich Beckh (1908–1942), World War II military aviator
• Edmund Blaurock (1899–1966), general in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II
• Gustav Fehn (1892– 1945), German general during World War II
• Otto Heinrich Fugger, Count of Kirchberg (1592–1644), professional soldier in Imperial and Bavarian service during the Thirty Year's War
• Hugo Gutmann (1880–1962), German Jewish army officer
• Georg Haus (1895–1945), general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II
• Karl Herzog (1906–1998), German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Carl Hilpert (1888–1947), German general during World War II
• Heinz Kemethmüller (1914–1984), Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II
• Fritz Ritter von Kraußer (1888–1934), SA-Obergruppenführer killed in the Night of the Long Knives
• Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870–1948), German general who assisted in the direction of the Ottoman Army during World War I
• Hanns Laengenfelder (1903–1982), German general during World War II
• Hans Michahelles (1899–1975), German admiral during World War II
  • • Egbert Picker (1895–1960), General in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II Friedrich Ritter von Röth (1893–1918), German World War I fighter ace Karl Schnörrer (1919–1979), German military aviator who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II
  • Otto Sponheimer (1886–1961), German General of the Infantry during World War II Heinrich Thoma (1891–1948), German general during World War II
• Arnold Hans Weiss (1924–2010), U.S. Army intelligence officer who helped find Hitler's will

Music

• Pierre Alamire (–1536), music copyist, composer, and instrumentalist
• Chaya Arbel (1921–2007), Israeli classical composer^[15]
• Johannes Bastiaan (1911–2012), violinist
• Albert Bittner (1900–1980), conductor and Generalmusikdirektor
• Harald Blüchel (born 1966), electronic artist who is mostly known under his alias Cosmic Baby
• Karl-Walter Böhm (1938–2000), opera singer
• Kevin Coyne (1944–2004), musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and writer
• Hans Deinzer (1934–2020), clarinetist
• Joerg Deisinger (born 1966), bassist and a founding member of the band Bonfire
• Jacob Denner (1681–1735), woodwind instrument maker
• Hugo Distler (1908–1942), organist, choral conductor, teacher, and composer
• Dhurata Dora (born 1992), singer and songwriter
• Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel (–1775), organist and composer
• Gerald Eckert (born 1960), composer, cellist, and painter
• Max Erdmannsdörfer (1848–1905), conductor, pianist and composer
• Christina Gerstberger (born 1976), operatic soprano
  • Sascha Gerstner (born 1977), guitarist and member of the band Helloween Gunther Göbbel (born 1979), singer who took part in Deutschland sucht den Superstar
• Ernst Gröschel (1918–2000), pianist
• Johann Wilhelm Haas (1649–1723), trumpet maker and engraver
• Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612), composer and organist
• Jakob Hassler (1569–1622), Renaissance composer
• Kasper Hassler (1562–1618), organist and composer
  • Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666), composer and music theorist Sebald Heyden (1499–1561), musicologist, cantor, theologian and hymn-writer
• Stefan Hippe (born 1966), composer, conductor and accordionist
• Carl van der Hoeven (1580–1661), composer and organist
• Hans Hopf (1916–1993), operatic tenor
• Willy Horváth (1917–2011), violinist
• Siegfried Jerusalem (born 1940), operatic tenor
• Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616–1655), Baroque organist and composer
• Georg Andreas Kraft (–1726), Baroque composer and musician
• Karl August Krebs (1804–1880), pianist, composer, conductor and Kapellmeister
• Walter Kreppel (1923–2003), bass singer known for his opera performances
• Johann Krieger (1651–1735), composer and organist
• Johann Philipp Krieger (-1725), Baroque composer and organist
• Rudi Mahall (born 1966), contemporary jazz bass clarinet player
• Marusha (born 1966), electronic music disc jockey, producer, and television presenter
• Johannes Menke (born 1972), music theorist and composer.
• Martha Mödl (1912–2001), Wagner soprano/mezzo-soprano
• Bernhard Molique (1802–1869), violinist and composer^[16]
• Sebastian Ochsenkun (1521-1574), composer
• Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), composer, organist, and teacher^[17]
• Conrad Paumann (–1473), organist, lutenist and composer
• Johann Pfeiffer (1697–1761), violinist, concert master, and composer of the late baroque period
• Deva Premal (born 1970), singer known for introducing Sanskrit mantras into the mainstream
• Franz Reizenstein (1911–1968), composer and concert pianist
• Ulrich Rück (1882–1962), collector of musical instruments and dealer in pianos
• Hans Sachs (1494–1576), Meistersinger, poet, playwright, and shoemaker^[18]
• Gerlinde Sämann (born 1969), soprano known for her performances in concerts and operas
• Martin Scherber (1907–1974), composer
• Ann-Helena Schlüter, pianist, organist, composer, and poet
• Alexander Schreiner (1901–1987), organist of the Salt Lake Tabernacle who wrote the music to several LDS hymns
• Johann Staden (1581–1634), Baroque organist and composer
• Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742–1811), composer, violinist, and viola d'amore player
• André Watts (1946–2023), pianist
• Hieronymus Weickmann (1824–1896), viola player and composer
• Leopold Widhalm (1722–1776), luthier
• Erwin Wohlfahrt (1932–1968), opera singer
• Dan Zimmermann (born 1966), drummer in the bands Gamma Ray and Freedom Call

Politics

• Hieronymus Baumgartner (1498–1565), Bürgermeister and a major contributor to the early Reformation.
• Günther Beckstein (born 1943), Minister-President of Bavaria, and head of Frederick V's government-in-exile in the Hague
• Conrad I (–1261) Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern
• Conrad I of Raabs (died 1143), Burgrave of Nuremberg
• Conrad II of Raabs, Burgrave of Nuremberg
• Rudolf Eberhard (1914–1998), member of the Landtag of Bavaria
• Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach
• Patricia Flor (born 1961), Ambassador of Germany to China
• Helene von Forster (1859–1923), women's rights activist and author
• Frederick I (1139–1200), the first Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern
• Frederick III (–1297), Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern,
• Frederick IV (1287–1332), Burgrave of Nuremberg
• Frederick V (–1398), Burgrave of Nuremberg
• Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), the last Burgrave of Nuremberg in 1397–1427^[19]
• Frederick IV, Count of Zollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg
  • Michael Frieser (born 1964), member of the German Bundestag Gottfried II of Raabs (died), Burgrave of Nuremberg
• Gottfried III of Raabs (died), Burgrave of Nuremberg
• Otto Gessler (1875–1955), mayor of Regensburg, mayor of Nuremberg, and German Minister of Defence
• Hermann Glaser (1928–2018), politically engaged cultural historian and commentator
• Karl Grönsfelder (1882–1964), Bavarian political activist and politician
  • Nils Gründer (born 1997), politician of the Free Democratic Party and member of the German Bundestag Thomas Händel (born 1953), member of the European Parliament
• Marian Hastings (1675–1729), Scottish Jacobite supporter
• Katja Hessel (born 1972), member of the German Bundestag
• Karl Holz (1895–1945), Nazi Party politician
• Luc Jochimsen (born 1936), former television journalist and politician of The Left party.
• John I (–1300), Burgrave of Nuremberg
• John II (–1357), Burgrave of Nuremberg
• John III (–1420), Burgrave of Nuremberg and Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
• Lisa Kalvelage (1923–2009), anti-war demonstrator during the Vietnam War
• Martin Kastler (born 1974), Member of the European Parliament
• Willy Liebel (1897–1945), Oberbürgermeister of Nuremberg (1933–1945)
• Christian Gottfried Lorsch (1773–1830), first civilian first mayor of Nuremberg after it incorporation into the Kingdom of Bavaria
• Kristine Lütke (born 1982), Member of the German Bundestag
• Margaret of Bohemia (1373–1410), Burgravine of Nuremberg
• Ulrich Maly (born 1960), Mayor of Nuremberg (2002–2020)
• Donald McEachin (1961–2022), U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia Senate, and Virginia House of Delegates
• Verena Osgyan (born 1971), member of the Bavarian Landtag
  • Melanie Oßwald (born 1976), member of the German Bundestag Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530), Renaissance humanist, imperial counselor, and a member of the City Council of Nuremberg
• Jan Plobner (born 1992), member of the German Bundestag
• Heinz Raether (1909–1986), physicist and director of the Institute for Applied Physics at the University of Hamburg
• Hannelore Roedel (born 1957), member of the German Bundestag
• Ludwig Scholz (1937–2005), mayor of Nuremberg
• Martin Sichert (born 1980), member of the German Bundestag
• Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437), King of Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Bohemia, and Italy; Holy Roman emperor from 1433 until 1437.^[20]
• Markus Söder (born 1967), Minister-President of Bavaria
• Käte Strobel (1907–1996), Federal Minister of Healthcare (1966–1969) and Federal Minister of Youth, Family and Health (1969–1972)
• Johannes Wagner (born 1991), member of the German Bundestag
• Bettina Borrmann Wells (born 1874), suffragette
• Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361–1419), King of Bohemia and German King^[21]
• Tobias Winkler (born 1978), member of the German Bundestag
• Giora Yoseftal (1912–1962), Israeli Minister of Labour, Minister of Housing, and Minister of Development
• Hans Ziegler (1877–1957), founder of the founder of the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany and mayor of Nuremberg
• Hans Zimmermann (1906–1984), Nazi Party official

Religion

• Johann Wilhelm Baier (1647–1695), theologian in the Lutheran scholastic tradition
• Christoph Birkmann (1703–1771), theologian and minister
• Veit Dietrich (1506–1549), Lutheran theologian, writer, and reformer.
• Eberhard I (died 1164), Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria.
• Christina Ebner (1277–1356), Dominican nun, writer and mystic
• August Engelhardt (1875–1919), founder of a sect of sun worshipers in German New Guinea
• Johann Funck (1518–1566), Lutheran theologian
  • Johann Heß (1490–1547), Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer Margareta Karthäuserin (mid 15th century), nun and scribe at the Dominican conven
• Adelheid Langmann (–1375), nun known for her text, Revelations
• Katerina Lemmel (1466–1533), Birgittine nun and patrician businesswoman
• Georg Major (1502–1574), Lutheran theologian
• Hans Meiser (1881–1956), Protestant theologian, pastor, and the first Landesbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.
• Gustav Philipp Mörl (1673–1750), theologian and librarian
• Johann Sigismund Mörl (1710–1791), theologian
• Maximilian Nagel (1747–1772), theologian
• Lucas Osiander the Elder (1534–1604), pastor of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg
• Poppo von Osterna (died 1266), ninth Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order
• Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532), abbess during the Reformation^[22]
• Johannes Pfefferkorn (1469–1523), Catholic theologian and convert from Judaism
• Gerhard von Rad (1901–1971), Old Testament scholar, Lutheran theologian, and professor at the University of Heidelberg
• Werner Radspieler (1939–2018), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg
  • Karl-Josef Rauber (1934–2023), cardinal and prelate of the Catholic Church Moritz Rosenhaupt (1841–1900), Jewish cantor and composer
• Sebaldus (11th century), the patron saint of Nuremberg
• Gottlieb Christoph Adolf von Harless (1806–1879), Lutheran theologian^[23]
• Hermann Josef Wehrle (1899–1944), Catholic priest

Science

• Michael Adelbulner (1702–1779), physicist, mathematician, physician, and astronomer
• Karl Bechert (1901–1981), theoretical physicist in atomic physics and politician
• Ernst von Bibra (1806–1878), scientist, naturalist and author
• Maria Clara Eimmart (1676–1707), astronomer, engraver and designer
• Albert Fleischmann (1862–1942), zoologist
• Alfred Byrd Graf (1901–2001), botanist
• Ludwig Hopf (1884–1939), theoretical physicist
  • Klaus Kalb (born 1942), lichenologist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator
  • Karl Michahelles (1807–1834), zoologist Franz Wilhelm Neger (1868–1923), botanist, mycologist and dendrologist
• Johann Leonhard Rost (1688–1727), astronomer
  • Johannes Roth (1815–1858), zoologist Hieronymus Schreiber (died 1547), mathematician and astronomer
• Meier Schwarz (1926–2022), plant physiologist
• Ernst Stromer (1871–1952), paleontologist
• Johann Wilhelm Sturm
• Suzanne Saueressig (1925–2013), first practicing female veterinarian in Missouri
• Kaspar Uttenhofer (1588–1621), astronomer
• Johann Christoph Volkamer (1644–1720), botanist and author
• Johann Georg Wagler (1800–1832), herpetologist and ornithologist
  • Johann Andreas Wagner (1797–1861), palaeontologist, zoologist, and archaeologist Bernhard Walther (1430–1504), astronomer^[24]
• Johannes Werner (1468–1522), astronomer, mathematician, geography, and instrument maker
• Johann Wolf (1765–1824), naturalist and ornithologist
• Johann Philipp von Wurzelbauer (1651–1725), astronomer

Sports

• • Kurt Albert (1954–2010), climber Tobias Dier (born 1976), professional golfer
• Harry Frei (born 1951), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
• Alfred Kornprobst (1940–1991), weightlifter who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Günther Meier (1941–2020), amateur boxer, bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Nicole Roth (born 1995), professional handball player
• Sebastian Steudtner (born 1985), surfer
• Tobias Wadenka (born 1990), badminton player
• Julia Willand (born 1972), beach volleyball player
• Lisa Zimmermann (born 1996), freestyle skier who won the gold medal in slopestyle at the 2015 World Championships

Basketball

• Bastian Doreth (born 1989), professional basketball player
• Christopher McNaughton (born 1982), professional basketball player
• Kasha Terry (born 1983), professional basketball player

Chess

• Georg Klaus (1912–1974), chess player
• Ludwig Rödl (1907–1970), chess master

Cycling

• Willi Fuggerer (1941–2015), track cyclist who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Matthias Kessler (born 1979), professional road racing cyclist
• Karl Kittsteiner (1920–2011), racing cyclist who won the German National Road Race in 1946
• Friedrich von Löffelholz (1955–2017), cyclist who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Fritz Neuser (born 1932), cyclist who competed in the tandem sprint at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Gerhard Scheller (born 1958), cyclist who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Georg Umbenhauer (1912–1970), racing cyclist who won the German National Road Race in 1936
• Georg Voggenreiter (1912–1986), racing cyclist who won the German National Road Race in 1947

Field Hockey

• Hermann End (born 1942), field hockey player who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Wolfgang End (1939–2008), field hockey player who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Nina Hasselmann (born 1986), field hockey player who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Hannah Krüger (born 1988), field hockey player who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Maximilian Müller (born 1987), field hockey player, gold medalist at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
• Norbert Schuler (born 1938), field hockey player who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Justus Weigand (born 2000), field hockey player
• Christopher Wesley (born 1987), field hockey player who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Football (American)

• Bruce Collie (born 1962), professional player in the National Football League
• Dominik Eberle (born 1996), National Football League player

Gymnastics

• Friedl Iby (1905–1960) gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Elisabeth Ostermeyer (born 1929), gymnast who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Hans Pfann (1920–2021), gymnast who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics
• Irma Walther (1920–2005), gymnast who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Lydia Zeitlhofer (1931–2019), gymnast who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Martial Arts and Taekwondo

• Jessin Ayari (born 1992), mixed martial arts fighter and former Superior Fighting Championship Welterweight Champion
• Rabia Gülec (born 1994), taekwondo athlete who represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Sümeyye Manz (born 1989), taekwondo practitioner who won the gold medal at the 2008 European Taekwondo Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics
• Servet Tazegül (born 1988), taekwondo practitioner who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Racing

• Hermann Böhm (1916–1983), motorcycle racer.
• Fritz Riess (1922–1991), racing driver
• Tobias Siegert (born 1991), Grand Prix motorcycle racer

Shooting

• Heinrich Gollwitzer (born 1923), sports shooter who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Heinz Mertel (born 1936), sport shooter who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics

Skating

• Florian Just (born 1982), pair skater
• Norbert Schramm (born 1960), figure skater
• Freimut Stein (1924–1986), figure skater who competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics
• Markus Tröger (born 1966), speed skater who competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Soccer (football)

• Deniz Aytekin (born 1978), football referee
• Willi Billmann (1911–2001), footballer and member of the German national football team
• Ekin Çelebi (born 2000), professional footballer
• Marco Christ (born 1980), professional footballer
• Şamil Çinaz (born 1986), professional.footballer
• Benjamin Cortus (born 1981), football referee
• Dominik Eberle (born 1996), football player
• Karl-Heinz Ferschl (1944–2023), professional footballer
• Georg Friedel (1913–1987), professional footballer
• Benjamin Fuchs (born 1983), professional footballer
• Vanessa Fudalla (born 2001), professional footballer
• Sebastian Gärtner (born 1993), professional footballer
• Jann George (born 1992), professional footballer
• Peter Geyer (born 1952), professional footballer
• Argiris Giannikis (born 1980), professional football manager
• Madeleine Giske (born 1987), professional footballer
• Günther Glomb (1930–2015), football manager and head coach of the Thailand national football team
• Gottlieb Göller (1935–2004), professional footballer and manager
• Michael Görlitz (born 1987), professional footballer
• Isabella Hartig (born 1997), professional footballer
• Georg Hochgesang (1897–1988), professional footballer and manager
• Arijon Ibrahimović (born 2005), professional footballer
• Helmut Jahn (1917–1986), professional footballer
• Hans Kalb (1899–1945), professional footballer
• Joannis Karsanidis (born 1993), professional footballer
• Alexandros Kartalis (born 1995), professional footballer
• Manfred Kastl (born 1965), professional footballer
• Georg Köhl (born 1995), professional footballer
• Michael Krämer (born 1985), footballer
• Frans Krätzig (born 2003), professional footballer
• Willi Kund (1908–1967), footballer
• Nastassja Lein (born 2001), professional footballer
• Ludwig Leinberger (1903–1943), footballer who was part of Germany's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Horst Leupold (born 1942), professional footballer
• Jamie Leweling (born 2001), professional footballer
• Julian Löschner (born 1996), professional footballer
• Alberto Méndez (born 1974), professional footballer
• Max Morlock (1925–1994), professional footballer
• Andreas Munkert (1908–1982), footballer
• Marc Oechler (born 1968), professional footballer
• Richard Oehm (1909–1975), professional footballer
• Adnan Osmanović (born 1997), professional footballer
• Chhunly Pagenburg (born 1986), professional footballer
• Christiane Pape (born 1960), para table tennis player who won seven medals in world championships
• Peter Perchtold (born 1984), professional footballer and coach
• Nils Piwernetz (born 2000), professional footballer
• Fritz Popp (born 1940), professional footballer
• Luitpold Popp (1893–1968), professional footballer
• Marco Rapp (born 1991), professional footballer
• David Raum (born 1998), professional footballer
• Sercan Sararer (born 1989), professional footballer
• Josef Schmitt (1908–1980), professional footballer and member of Germany's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Patrick Schönfeld (born 1989), professional footballer
• Leonhard Seiderer (1895–1940), professional footballer
• Wolfgang Strobel (1896–1945), professional footballer
• Heinrich Stuhlfauth (1896–1966), footballer and member of Germany's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Hans Sutor (1895–1976), professional footballer
• Sebastian Szikal (born 1986), professional footballer
• Malik Tillman (born 2002), professional footballer
• Timothy Tillman (born 1999), professional soccer player
• Heinrich Träg (1893–1976), professional footballer
• Frank Türr (born 1970), professional footballer
• Enrico Valentini (born 1989), professional footballer
• Daniel Wagner (born 1987), professional footballer
• Ferdinand Wenauer (1939–1992), professional footballer
• Marcel Wenig (born 2004), professional footballer
• Julian Wießmeier (born 1992), professional footballer
• Tasso Wild (born 1940), professional footballer
• Mike Windischmann (born 1965), professional footballer
• Aycan Yanaç (born 1988), professional footballer

Ice Hockey

• Gerrit Fauser (born 1989), professional ice hockey player
• Bernd Herzig (born 1941), ice hockey player who competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics
• Marius Möchel (born 1991), professional ice hockey player
• Lukas Reichel (born 2002), professional ice hockey player
• Niklas Treutle (born 1991), professional ice hockey player
• Sven Ziegler (born 1994), professional ice hockey player

Swimming and diving

• Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Daniela Götz (born 1987), swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Suse Heinze (1920–2018), diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Olga Jensch-Jordan (1913–2000), springboard diver
• Amina Kajtaz (born 1996), swimmer who competed in the women's 100-metre butterfly at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Hermann Lotter (1940–2013), swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Teresa Rohmann (born 1987), medley swimmer who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Hannah Stockbauer (born 1982), swimmer and bronze medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Tennis

• Johannes Härteis (born 1996), professional tennis player
• Robin Kern (born 1993), professional tennis player
• Maximilian Marterer (born 1995), professional tennis player
• Hans Nüsslein (1910–1991), tennis player and coach
• Wiltrud Probst (born 1969), professional tennis player
• Jurij Rodionov (born 1999), professional tennis player
• Nicole Vaidišová (born 1989), professional tennis player
• Nina Zander (born 1990), professional tennis player

Track and field

• Inge Bausenwein (1920–2008), competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Christian Haas (born 1958), sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres
• Hugo Leistner (1902–2002), hurdler who won the NCAA championship in the 120 yd hurdles in 1925

Wrestling

• Absolute Andy (born 1983), professional wrestler
• Georg Gerstäcker (1889–1949), wrestler who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Kurt Leucht (1903–1974), Greco-Roman wrestler won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Tim Schleicher (born 1988), freestyle wrestler who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Alex Wright (born 1975), professional wrestler

Other

• Leonhard Mahlein (1921–1985), trade union leader

See also

• Burgraviate of Nuremberg
• List of mayors of Nuremberg

Notes and References

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2. Krafft,_Adam. 15. x.
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4. Dürer,_Albrecht. 08. x.
5. Miller, John (1715?-1790?). Miller, John. 37. 412–414. x.
6. Ritter,_Paul. x.
7. Stoss,_Veit. 25. x.
8. Vischer. 28. x.
9. Wohlgemuth,_Michael. 28. x.
10. Behaim, Martin. 3. Beazley. Charles Raymond. Charles Raymond Beazley. 653–654. 1.
11. Web site: 23 October 2011 . OBITUARIES: Heinz Bernard . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170806182309/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-heinz-bernard-1568974.html . 6 August 2017 . 12 January 2015 . The Independent.
12. Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp. 13. 29–30. 1.
13. Web site: Peter Owen dies – The Bookseller . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160630011132/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/peter-owen-dies-330731 . 30 June 2016 . 17 June 2016 . www.thebookseller.com.
14. Camerarius,_Joachim_(botanist). 05. x.
15. Web site: Chaya Arbel . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123075133/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/arbel-chaya . 23 January 2022 . 12 January 2015 . Jwa.org.
16. Molique, Wilhelm Bernhardt. 18. 668. 1.
17. Pachelbel,_Johann. x.
18. Sachs,_Hans. 08. x.
19. Frederick I., Elector of Brandenburg. 11. 58. 1.
20. Sigismund. 25. x.
21. Wenceslaus. 28. x.
22. Web site: Caritas Pirckheimer . https://web.archive.org/web/20130403181123/http://home.infionline.net/~ddisse/pirckhei.html . 3 April 2013 . 12 January 2015 . Home.infionline.net.
23. Harless,_Gottlieb_Christoph_Adolf_von. 12. x.
24. Walther, Bernhard. 28. 299. 1.