List of personalities of the city of Konstanz

This is a list of the personalities of the city of Konstanz .

sons and daughters of the town

The following personalities were born in Konstanz. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Konstanz is irrelevant.

By 1700

• Bernhard von Konstanz († around 1088), theologian, publicist
• Bernold von Konstanz (around 1050–1100), chronicler, high mediaeval historian
• Johann von Konstanz (14th century), minstrel
• Johann von Konstanz († 1321), Dominican, auxiliary bishop in Cologne
• Heinrich Seuse also Heinrich Suso (1295–1366), Dominican priest, mystic, blessed
• Heinzelin von Konstanz (1st half of the 14th century), poet
• Ulrich von Richental (around 1360–1437), chronicler, historiographer of the Council of Constance (1414–1418)
• Clara Egghart (* before 1426 in Konstanz; † around 1470), Dominican in the Tass Monastery
• Ulrich Molitor , also Ulricus Molitoris (around 1442–1507 / 1508), humanist, lawyer
• Paul Hurus , also Paul Hyrus (*?, † after 1505 Konstanz), printer and publisher
• Rudolf Stahel (* around 1448, † 1528 Konstanz), painter
• Conrad Grünenberg († 1494 Konstanz), Constance citizen and knight
• Ulrich Zasius also Zäsy or Zäsi (1461–1535), humanistic lawyer
• Hieronymus von Croaria (around 1463–1527), law professor in Tübingen and Ingolstadt, Bavarian council, judge of the Swabian Federation
• Franz von Gaisberg (1465–1529), Abbot of St. Gallen
• Johannes Brassicanus , actually Köl, Kohl (around 1470–1514), grammarian, director of the Tübingen Latin School, author of the "Institutiones Grammaticae"
• Heinrich Ehinger (1484–1537), merchant, conquistador in Venezuela
• Benedictus Ducis (around 1492 – late 1544), composer
• Ambrosius Blarer (1492–1564), reformer
• Margarete Blarer (1494–1541), deaconess
• Gerwig Blarer , also Gerwig Blaurer (1495–1567), Benedictine, Abbot of Weingarten
• Johannes Zwick (around 1496–1542), hymn poet
• Thomas Bla (u) rer , also Bartholomäus Blarer (1499–1567), hymn poet, lawyer, Mayor of Constance 1536–1548
• Jakob Ruf , also Ruof, Rueff, Ruef, Rüff, Ruf (f), Ryff (around 1500–1558), Swiss doctor, writer, composer of the Konstanzerlied
• Matthias Schenck (1517–1571), school man and librarian, director of the Konstanz Latin School
• Johann Sebastian Pfauser , also Johann Phauser (1520–1569), Protestant theologian
• Jakob Funkelin (1522–1566), playwright
• Johannes Schreck , also Terrentius, Terenz, Deng Yuhan Hanpo, Deng Zhen Lohan (1576–1630), Jesuit, China missionary, botanist, astronomer
• Johann Anton Tritt von Wilderen (1586–1639), auxiliary bishop in Constance
• Jeronimus Spengler (1589–1635), glass painter
• Johann Jacob Pock , brother of Tobias, (1604–1651) stonemason and sculptor
• Tobias Bock , also Tobias Pockh (1609–1683), painter
• Johann Christoph Storer , also Johann Christoph Storrer (around 1620–1671), painter
• Christoph Raßler (1615–1675), Benedictine, theologian, professor in Salzburg, Abbot of Zwiefalten
• Bernhard Waibel (1617–1699), Benedictine priest
• Christoph Daniel Schenck (1633–1691), sculptor
• Marquard Rudolf Imperial Knight von Rodt zu Bußmannshausen (1644–1703), Prince-Bishop of Constance 1689 to 1704
• Johann Christoph Raßler (1654–1723), also Christoph Rassler, Christophorus Raslerus , Jesuit, moral theologian and dogmatist, professor at the Universities of Dillingen, Ingolstadt, Rome
• Cölestin Frener (1664–1737), 20th Reich Abbot of Ochsenhausen
• Konstantin Miller (1681–1745), Abbot of Salem

1701 to 1800

• Johann Baptist von Thurn and Taxis (1706–1762), Bishop of Lavant
• Romuald Weltin (1723–1805), 26th Imperial Abbot of Ochsenhausen
• Joseph Konrad von Schroffenberg-Mös (1743–1803), Prince-Bishop of Freising and Regensburg, Prince Provost of Berchtesgaden
• Johann Leonhard Hug , also: Thomas Hugson (pseud.) (1765–1846), Catholic theologian
• Nikolaus Hug (1771–1852), painter, engraver and etcher. Pictures of the flood in 1817 and the sea ​​frost in 1830
• Johann Nepomuk Isfordink Edler von Kostnitz (1776–1841), military doctor, Imperial Court Councilor, director of the Josephinum in Vienna
• Johann Georg Schedler , also Johann Georg Schaedler (1777–1845), painter and etcher
• Guillaume-Henri Dufour (1787–1875), Swiss humanist, general, politician, cartographer and engineer, one of the founding fathers of modern Switzerland
• Marie Ellenrieder (1791–1863), painter
• Karl Julius Perleb (1794–1845), professor and director of the Botanical Garden in Freiburg
• Leopold Moosbrugger , also Leopold von Moosbrugger (1796–1864), lawyer and mathematician
• Karl Fromherz (1797–1854), physician, chemist, mineralogist, geologist

1801 to 1900

• August Moosbrugger (1802–1858), architect, building inspector
• Friedrich Moosbrugger (1804–1830), painter
• Johann Marmor (1804–1879), doctor, archivist and historian
• Joseph Fickler (1808–1865), politician and publicist
• Thomas Sättele (1808–1880), teacher, mayor of Wollmatingen and freedom fighter in the context of the Baden Revolution of 1848
• Karl Alois Fickler (1809–1871), educator and historian
• Josef Moosbrugger (1810–1869), painter
• Friedrich Pecht (1814–1903), painter, art writer
• Moritz Macaire (1815-1867), entrepreneur and banker
• Johann Romano vonringen (1818–1882), kuk senior building officer and court architect in Vienna
• Hubert von Luschka (1820–1875), anatomist
• Ernst Stizenberger (1827–1895), doctor in Constance and botanist
• Franz Xaver Edler von Riedmüller (1829–1901), painter
• Franz Xaver Lender (1830–1913), Cath. Theologian, politician
• Theodor Lachmann (1835–1918), doctor, folklorist, local history researcher
• Adolf Poinsignon (1836–1900), officer, historian and archivist
• Frédéric Bettex (1837–1915), teacher, apologetic writer
• Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917), pioneer of airship construction
• Karl Speigler (1838–1889), opera singer
• Theodor Martin (1839–1906), monsignor, princely Fürstenberg court chaplain and historian
• Theodor Rauber (1841–1897), music teacher and conductor
• Count Eberhard von Zeppelin (1842–1906), hotelier, naturalist, historian
• Max Honsell (1843–1910), Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, Baden Minister of Finance from 1906
• August Wilhelm Julius Graf von Bismarck (1849–1920), officer and horse breeder
• Franz Weber (1850–1916), Lord Mayor of Konstanz from 1888 to 1914
• Elise Brunner (1851–1932), painter and graphic artist
• Berta Dietsche (1851–1917), painter and graphic artist
• Ludwig Stromeyer (1852–1931), textile entrepreneur and politician
• Heinrich Schmidt-Pecht (1854–1945), painter and lithographer
• Otto Lehmann (1855–1922), physicist and “father” of liquid crystal research
• Otto Leiner (1856–1931), pharmacist, museum director and city archivist (1893–1905)
• Karl Müller (1865–1934), civil servant, association functionary
• Karl Rauber (1866–1909), painter
• Ernst Sachs (1867–1932), manufacturer, inventor, co-founder of Fichtel & Sachs AG
• Fritz Hirsch (1871–1938), building historian and pioneer of state preservation of monuments in Baden
• Emil Stadelhofer (1872–1961), sculptor
• Carl Anton Baumstark (1872–1948), orientalist and Semitist, is considered the founder of the science of the Christian Orient and comparative liturgical science
• Lilly Braumann-Honsell (1876–1954), writer with reference to Lake Constance and the Alemannic culture
• Peter Browe (1876–1949), Jesuit and moral theologian
• Gustav Adolf Gerhard (1878–1918), classical philologist
• Siegfried Haenicke (1878–1946), General of the Infantry
• Albert Amann (1879–1965), Baden politician, member of the state parliament
• Max Übelhör (1881–1963), writer, journalist
• Maria Beyerle (1882–1968), educator and politician, member of the state parliament
• Karl Amersbach (1884-1952), physician and university teacher
• Adolf Flügler (1884–1960), economic functionary
• Franz Beyerle (1885–1977), lawyer, legal historian, professor in Basel, Greifswald, Frankfurt / M., Leipzig, Freiburg
• Karl Gruber (1885–1966), architect, town planner, monument conservator and architectural historian
• Siegfried Handloser (1885–1954), 1942–1945 head of the Wehrmacht medical services, convicted in the Nuremberg medical process
• Bruno Leiner (1890–1954), pharmacist, museum director and local politician
• Paul Motz (1891–1977), architect and preservationist
• Albert Boeckler (1892–1957), art historian
• Emil Kraus (1893–1972), Lord Mayor of the cities of Mainz and Frankenthal (Palatinate)
• Franz Böhm (1895–1977), politician (CDU), lawyer and economist, Member of the Bundestag (1953–1965)
• Hermann Schneider (1896–1980), politician, member of the state parliament
• Erich Bloch (1897–1994), writer, founder of the Dr.-Erich-Bloch-und-Lebenheim library of the Israelite community of Konstanz, named after him
• Fritz Mühlenweg (1898–1961), painter and writer
• Margarita Schwarz-Gagg (1899–1989), Swiss national economist, politician
• Willy Keller (1900–1979), theater director, journalist and translator

1901 to 1950

• Werner Berger (1901–1964), SS Oberscharführer and member of Command 99 in the Buchenwald concentration camp
• Bernhard Möking (1901-1988), German studies, 1939-1967 Head of the Public Library
• Hellmut Georg Isele (1902–1987), lawyer
• Karl August Fink (1904–1983), Catholic theologian, church historian
• Eugen Fink (1905–1975), philosopher
• Walter Schäfer (1906–2001), administrative lawyer and district administrator
• Anton Stingl (1908–2000), guitar interpreter and teacher
• Gerda Bormann (1909–1946), wife of the NSDAP politician Martin Bormann , the private secretary of Adolf Hitler , and initiator of the " Volksnotehe "
• Columban Spahr (1909–2000), Cistercian monk and church historian
• Wolfgang Kimmig (1910–2001), prehistoric professor at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
• Julius Federer (1911–1984), lawyer
• François Stahly (1911–2006), French sculptor
• Gebhard Spahr (1913–1986), Benedictine monk and art historian
• Karl Schiess (1914–1999), lawyer, politician (CDU), minister and lawyer
• Wolfram Müller-Freienfels (1916–2007), legal scholar
• Wolfgang Schall (1916–1997), Brigadier General, Member of the European Parliament
• Egon Mayer (1917–1944), Air Force officer and squadron commodore
• Hermann Viellieber (1917–1993), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament
• Werner Maihofer (1918–2009), politician (FDP) and university professor, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of the Interior (1974–1978)
• Sigrid von Blanckenhagen (1918–2005), art historian, director of the Rosgarten Museum (1955–1983)
• Erich August Keller (1919–2010), painter, sculptor and graphic artist
• Hans Maria Wingler (1920–1984), art historian and founder of the Bauhaus Archive
• Ulrich Leiner (pharmacist) (1921–1994), pharmacist, local politician and editor
• Hubert Lehn (1922–2012), limnologist
• Wolfgang Trautwein (1922–2011), physician and physiologist
• Erich Hofmann (1924–2016), graphic artist
• Rosemarie Banholzer (* 1925), writer in Lake Constance dialect
• Hermann Dürr (1925–2003), lawyer and politician
• Berthold Keller (1927–2012), trade unionist
• Hans-Joachim Nimtz (1928–2010), journalist and author
• Gerhard Römer (1928–2015), director of the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe
• Klaus Hierholzer (1929–2007), doctor and physiologist
• Martin Gotthard Schneider (1930–2017), church musician, church music director and regional cantor
• Elmar Bund (1930–2008), legal historian
• Theo Sommer (* 1930), journalist, editor-in-chief of ZEIT (1973–1992)
• Heinrich Frommknecht (1932–2018), insurance manager
• Martin Elsässer (* 1933), diplomat
• Rolf Böhme (1934–2019), State Secretary (1978–1982), Lord Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau (1982–2002)
• Franz Braun (1935–2019), politician, member of the Berlin House of Representatives
• Achim Stocker (1935–2009), football official
• Paul Zanker (* 1937), archaeologist
• Rainer Klug (* 1938), auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Freiburg
• Corinna Genest (* 1938), actress
• Fritz-Joachim Gnädinger (1938–2019), politician (SPD)
• Peter Ellegast (* 1939), economic manager, board member at Woolworth and Peek & Cloppenburg
• Konrad Ellegast (* 1940), economic manager, board member at Phoenix AG, AR Basler
• Hanskarl Rotzinger (1940–2017), karate teacher, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit and the sports letter of honor from the city of Constance
• Florian Beigel (1941–2018), German-British architect and university professor
• Johannes Dörflinger (* 1941), painter, graphic artist and object artist
• Wolfgang Trattner (1941–1999), jazz trumpeter and printer
• Karl Born (* 1943), tourism manager, university lecturer
• Godehard Schramm (* 1943), writer, storyteller and radio editor
• Gabriele Kuby (* 1944), publicist and writer
• Michael Haller (* 1945), Professor of Journalism at the University of Leipzig
• Hermann Vogler (* 1944), Lord Mayor of the City of Ravensburg (1987-2010)
• Michael de la Fontaine (* 1945), member of the Christopher & Michael duo , later head of the Goethe-Institut Oslo
• Hans-Peter Repnik (* 1947), politician ( CDU ) MP a. D., State Secretary (1989–1994), CEO of Duales System Deutschland AG (2002–2005)
• Peter Derschka (* 1948), entrepreneur, business journalist and painter
• Gebhard Kirchgässner (1948–2017), economist
• Roland Lowinger (* 1948), karateka and sports official
• Peter Berger (* 1949), rower
• Eduard Giray (1949-2014), wrestler
• Friedhelm Repnik (* 1949), pharmacist, Minister of Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg (1998-2004)
• Herbert Jäckle (* 1949), geneticist and biophysicist
• Horst Frank (* 1949), lawyer, Lord Mayor of the City of Konstanz 1996–2012
• Christian von Faber-Castell (* 1950), Swiss journalist and author

From 1951

• Tabea Blumenschein (1952–2020), actress and author
• Dieter Krüger (* 1953), historian and archivist
• Volker Mosbrugger (* 1953), biologist and Leibniz Prize winner
• Werner Wölfle (* 1953), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Ernst Mohr (* 1955), economist and university professor
• Matthias Sauerbruch (* 1955), architect, Sauerbruch Hutton office
• Bernhard Zimmermann (* 1955), classical philologist
• Klaus Draeger (* 1956), engineer and manager
• Andreas Schreitmüller (* 1956), editor-in-chief at ARTE and honorary professor for media studies
• Theodor Sproll (* 1957), health economist and rector of the DHBW-Lörrach
• Douglas Wolfsperger (* 1957), film director
• Reinalt Johannes Klein (* 1958), organ builder
• Barbara Auer (* 1959), actress
• Stefan Rahmstorf (* 1960), oceanographer and climate researcher, a. a. Lead author of the fourth IPCC report 2007
• Tobias Engelsing (* 1960), director of the municipal museums in Konstanz (Rosgartenmuseum, Hus-Museum Konstanz, Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie), book author and journalist
• Jürgen Gauß (* 1960), chemist, Leibniz Prize winner 2005
• Wolfgang Zimmermann (* 1960), historian and archivist
• Antonia Becherer (* 1963), ice dancer
• Rüdiger Bierhorst (* 1963), musician
• Gesine Weinmiller (* 1963), architect
• Ferdinand Becherer (* 1963), ice dancer
• Anja Kroll (* 1963), paraglider pilot and two-time winner of the overall World Cup
• Günter Reiner (* 1963), lawyer and professor
• Klaus Mühlhahn (* 1963), German sinologist, social and cultural scientist
• Wolfgang Gottfried Buchmüller (* 1964), monk and theologian
• Gerhard Mayr (* 1965), adventurer and extreme athlete
• Jürgen Seeberger (* 1965), soccer coach
• Joachim Drevs (* 1966), doctor and university professor
• Eva Blum (* 1967), actress and playwright
• Oliver Maurmann (1967–2020), Swiss singer and songwriter (GUZ, Olifr M. Guz)
• Matthias Schellenberg (* 1967), cameraman and director
• Boris Petrovsky (* 1967), visual artist
• Harald Derschka (* 1969), historian
• Felix Blum (* 1970), film and television producer
• René Harder (* 1971), director, author, actor and professor of acting
• Stephan Moebius (* 1973), sociologist and cultural scientist
• Ian Murdock (1973–2015), American computer scientist, founder of the Debian project
• Anna Schudt (* 1974), actress
• Notker Baumann (* 1975), Roman Catholic theologian and church historian
• Miriam Lenk (* 1975), sculptor
• Oliver Wnuk (* 1976), actor
• Tanit Koch (* 1977), journalist, managing director of n-tv, editor-in-chief of Mediengruppe RTL
• Rebekka Schmitt-Illert (* 1977), politician (CDU)
• Zeno Danner (* 1978), politician
• Benjamin Baier (* 1986), pool player
• Max Stadtfeld (* 1993), jazz musician
• Amy Thyndal (* 1996), writer
• Alina Kenzel (* 1997), track and field athlete

Honorary citizen of the city of Constance

• 1832: Ignaz Heinrich Karl Freiherr von Wessenberg (1774–1860), Catholic theologian
• 1832: Johann Nepomuk von Roll zu Bernau (1761–1832), Cathedral Chapter
• 1888: Otto Winterer (1846–1915), Lord Mayor of Konstanz from 1877 to 1888
• 1889: Ludwig Leiner (1830–1901), pharmacist, city councilor, founder of the Rosgarten Museum
• 1895: Otto Fürst von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor from 1871 to 1890
• 1908: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917), general of the cavalry and airship designer
• 1914: Franz Weber (1850–1916), Lord Mayor of Konstanz from 1888 to 1914
• 1925: Hella Countess von Brandenstein-Zeppelin (1879–1967), only daughter of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
• 1932: Conrad Gröber (1872–1948), Archbishop of Freiburg (revoked in 2019)
• 1932: Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), President of the Weimar Republic (revoked in 2019)
• 1952: William Graf (1879–1959), patron
• 1957: Franz Knapp (1880–1973), Lord Mayor of Konstanz from 1946 to 1957 (revoked in 2019)
• 1958: Manfred Stromeyer (1888–1983), canvas manufacturer
• 1975: Paul Séramy (1921–1992), Mayor of the French twin town of Fontainebleau
• 1976: Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988), Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and promoter of the founding of the University of Konstanz
• 1980: Bruno Helmle (1911–1996), Lord Mayor of Konstanz from 1959 to 1980 (revoked in 2012)
• 1999: Lennart Bernadotte, Graf af Wisborg (1909–2004), entrepreneur

Winner of the Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Constance

The Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Konstanz has been awarded to deserving citizens since 1974:

• 1974: Karl Leo Nägele (1897–1991), President of the Konstanz Chamber of Crafts, Honorary President of the ZVEH
• 1975: Franz Göpfrich, architect and city councilor
• 1975: Klara Leonhardt, city councilor
• 1975: Erich Löhle
• 1977: Hilde Sturm
• 1985: Erwin Reisacher
• 1986: Fritz Weißhaupt
• 1987: Rudolf Santo
• 1990: Hans Sauerbruch (1910–1996), painter
• 1991: Horst Sund (* 1926), Rector of the University of Konstanz from 1976 to 1991
• 1991: Ulrich Leiner, pharmacist and city councilor
• 1994: Karl Brachat
• 1994: Klaus Keller-Uhl
• 1994: Rudolf Gerspacher
• 1994: Josef Mack (* 1924), city councilor
• 1996: Kurt Wels
• 1996: Hermine Preisendanz
• 1997: Wolfgang Müller-Fehrenbach
• 1999: Count Lennart Bernadotte (1909–2004), entrepreneur
• 1999: Christoph Heiss
• 1999: Helga Jauss-Meyer, city councilor
• 1999: Ute Pietrzak
• 1999: Willi Scheideck
• 2002: Pietro (Peo) Cremonesi (1931–2017), politician from the twin town Lodi
• 2003: Georges Ferber (posthumous)
• 2003: Helmut Gloger, City Councilor
• 2004: Karel Bican
• 2004: Ilse Ritzmann
• 2004: Ulrich Blum, master painter and city councilor in Constance
• 2004: Ulf Göpfrich (* 1939), teacher at Heinrich-Suso-Gymnasium, city councilor in Constance from 1980 to 2004, member of the Constance dolphin district
• 2004: Ottomar Neuss (1927–2017), doctor, city councilor in Konstanz from 1975 to 2004
• 2004: Konrad Schatz (* 1938), Konstanzer Münstermesner and Fasnachter
• 2004: Roland Schöner, City Councilor and Board Member for the Local Workers Welfare Association Constance
• 2006: Olaf Harder , Rector of the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Business and Design
• 2007: Josef Bieri (* 1943), Mayor of Kreuzlingen from 1989 to 2007
• 2009: Ingeborg Egler (* 1930), city councilor from 1989 to 2004
• 2009: Helmut Späth (* 1935), City Councilor from 1984 to 1989 and 1994 to 2004
• 2009: Gerhart von Graevenitz (1944–2016), Rector of the University of Konstanz from 2000 to 2009
• 2019: Frank Hämmerle (* 1952), District Administrator of the district of Konstanz from 1997 to 2019

Holder of the badge of honor of the city of Constance

The city of Konstanz's badge of honor has been awarded to deserving citizens since 1998:

• 1998: Franz Schwörer, pastor of Sankt Gebhard from 1980 to 1998
• 2000: Harald Jacoby, managing director of the Bodensee-Stiftung, honorary director of the nature conservation center Wollmatinger Ried
• 2002: Gernot Mahlbacher
• 2002: Brigitte Bergmann
• 2004: Lothar Burchardt , historian at the University of Konstanz
• 2004: Konrad Philipp Schuba (* 1929), Münster organist
• 2004: Norbert Schäffauer (* 1937), minister pastor and canon of honor
• 2004: Helmut Faßnacht, humorist of the Original Konstanzer Frichtle
• 2007: Rosemarie Müller-Sanneh, Children's Aid in Africa
• 2009: Zdeněk Dvořák, fire brigade commander and driving force behind the town twinning Constance-Tábor
• 2014: Peter Bauer
• 2014: Jiri Fiser
• 2014: Lenka Horejsková
• 2015: Rosemarie Banholzer , poet in written German and seafaring

Executed in Constance

• Jan Hus (around 1370-1415), Bohemian Christian theologian, preacher and reformer
• Jerome of Prague (around 1379-1416), Bohemian scholar and reformer
• Ludwig Hätzer (before 1500-1529), Anabaptist theologian and Bible translator from Bischofszell

Other personalities

The following personalities are or were in some outstanding way connected with Constancy. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth.

• List of the bishops of Constance

Until 1600

• Heinrich Truchsess von Diessenhofen (around 1300–1376), chronicler
• Marquard von Lindau , also Marcus von Lindau († August 13, 1392 Konstanz), Franciscan, song writer
• Andreas Walsperger , (around 1415-?), He made the world map from 1448 in Constance
• Vinzenz Ensinger (1422 / 1423–1493), also Vincenz Einsinger , master builder
• Heinrich Gundelfingen , also Heinrich Gundelfinger (1445–1490), humanist
• Heinrich Yselin (around 1450–1513), picture carver, died in Constance
• Hieronymus von Croaria (around 1460–1527), lawyer
• Hans Menlishofer (around 1490 –1546/47), city doctor in Überlingen and Konstanz
• Gregor Mangolt (1498–1577 / 1578 or 1584), Chronicler Konstanz '
• Felix Grimmel (* Kempten (?), † 1557 Konstanz), trading and publishing entrepreneur
• Homer Herpol , also Herpoll, Herpolitanus, Herbipoldus, Herpoldus (around 1510–1573), composer
• Hans Morinck , also Morin, Möringer, Morennd (1555–1616), sculptor
• Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (1561–1612), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
• Ernst Egon Graf von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1588–1635), Bavarian general field master
• Hans Konrad Asper (around 1588–1666), sculptor, master builder
• Georges Gobat (1600–1679), Jesuit, theologian

1601 to 1700

• Leonhard Pappus von Tratzberg (1607–1677), dean of the cathedral of Constance and canon of Augsburg, imperial resident at the papal court, vicar general of the imperial army, administrator of the Feldkirch rule
• Adam Burghaber (1608–1687), Jesuit priest and theologian, lived and died in Constance
• Constantin Steingaden (around 1618–1675), Franciscan and church musician
• Laurentius von Schnüffis (1633–1702), also Laurentius von Schnifis , origin. Johannes Martin , pseud. Mirtill, Mirant , Capuchin, poet, actor, composer
• Johann Michael Feuchtmayer , also Johann Michael Faichtmayr , (baptized 1666–1713), painter, engraver
• Paul Laymann (1575–1635), also Paul Layman , Paul Leymann , Jesuit and theologian
• Peter Thumb (1681-1766), builder of the Rococo (Birnau, Abbey Library of St. Gallen), 1725 Constance citizens and 1737 Member of the Great Council
• Franz Joseph Spiegler (1691–1757), painter

1701 to 1800

• Franz Ludwig Hermann (1723-1791), painter
• Franz Joseph Sigismund Johann Baptist von Roggenbach (1726–1794), Prince-Bishop of Basel 1782–1794
• Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), doctor, attended the Jesuit college (1746–1750) and lived in Konstanz (1812–1814)
• Jacques Louis Macaire de L'or (1740–1824), Geneva banker and merchant, moved to Constance in 1785
• Johann Melchior Aepli (1744–1813), medic
• Johann Anton Sulzer (1752–1828), educator, composer
• Joseph Albrecht von Ittner (1754–1825), also Joseph Albert von Ittner , civil servant, writer
• Karl Freiherr Müller von Friedberg (1755–1836), Swiss politician
• Ignaz Heinrich Freiherr von Wessenberg , pseud. Heinrich von Ampringen (1774–1860), Catholic theologian, statesman
• Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Bismarck (1783–1860 in Konstanz), lieutenant general, diplomat and military writer

1801 to 1850

• Johann Marmor (1804–1879), doctor, archivist, historian and local researcher
• Basil Ferdinand Curti (1804–1888), Swiss statesman
• Napoleon III (1808–1873), actually Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , French President and second and last Emperor of the French.
• Martin Braun (1808-1892) was a German organ builder.
• Ludwig von Edelsheim (1823–1872), statesman, Baden minister
• Eduard Graf (1829–1895), medic
• Johann Martin Schleyer , pseud. Hilarius Frohsang (1831-1912), cath. Theologian, writer, linguist and inventor of the planned language Volapük
• Adolf von Scholz (1833–1924), politician, founding director of the Reich Treasury 1880–1882
• Julius Ruthardt (1841–1909), musician, composer
• Philipp Ruppert (1842–1900), teacher, historian, 1886–1893 professor at grammar school
• Robert Dohme (1845–1893), art historian, librarian
• Otto Winterer (1846–1915), Lord Mayor from 1877 to 1888, in 1888 honorary citizen of Constance
• Wilhelm Kajetan Schirmer (1847–1923), Catholic, then Old Catholic theologian, writer
• Benno Walter (1847–1901), musician
• Emanuel Rothschild (1849–1912), politician and entrepreneur, the first Jewish city councilor in Constance and founder of the first cigar factory in the Constance district
• Fritz Mauthner (1849–1923), Bohemian-Austrian. Writer, philosopher

1851 to 1900

• Richard (Ernst Julius) Ewald (1855–1921), physiologist
• Cella Thoma (1858–1901), painter, wife of the painter Hans Thoma
• Arthur Hanau (1858–1900), pathologist
• Hans Keller (1865–1942), opera singer
• Josef Albert Amann junior (1866–1919), gynecologist
• Heinrich Ernst Kromer (1866–1948), painter, sculptor, writer
• Wilhelm Stiegeler (1871–1939), businessman and entrepreneur (M. Stromeyer Lagerhausgesellschaft)
• Konrad Beyerle (1872–1933), legal scholar, historian and politician
• Conrad Gröber (1872–1948), priest and archbishop, teacher and pastor in Constance
• Wilhelm von Scholz (1874–1969), writer and dramaturge
• Paul Jordan (architect) (1876–1966), architect and town planner, chief building officer in Constance
• Walter Julius Viktor Schoeller (1880–1965), chemist, general representative and head of research at Schering AG, friend of Otto Hahn and Wilhelm Traube
• Otto Marquard (1881–1969), painter
• Friedrich Flick (1883–1972), entrepreneur
• Jacob Picard , origin. Jacob Pickard , pseud. JP Wangen (1883–1967), writer
• Michaela von Neipperg (1885–1957), countess and Benedictine, religious superior at the municipal gynecological clinic in Konstanz
• Melanie Risch (1887–1944), victim of National Socialism
• Friedrich Schürr (1888–1980), Romanist
• Theodor Humpert (1889–1968), teacher at Heinrich-Suso-Gymnasium, historian
• Hermann Matzke (1890–1976), musicologist
• Hans Constantin Paulssen (1892–1984), industrialist and President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), co-founder of the University of Konstanz
• Hermann Ramsperger (1892–1986), police chief
• Dietrich Gerhard (1896–1985), historian, university professor
• Erich Knickmann (1898–1976), agricultural scientist
• Ludwig Emanuel Reindl (1899–1983), journalist, writer,
• Gerhard Naeser (1900–1895), chemist, metallurgist, inventor, university professor

1901 to 1950

• Kurt Müller (1903–1990), politician (KPD)
• Georg Elser (1903–1945), cabinet maker, Hitler assassin on November 8, 1939, lived in Konstanz for several years, where he was arrested while on the run
• Hermann Venedey (1904–1980), educator
• Hans-Herloff Inhoffen (1906–1992), chemist
• Gerhard Hess (1907–1983), Romance scholar, philologist and science politician, university professor, founding rector of the University of Konstanz 1966–1972
• Hans-Joachim Elster (1908-2001), zoologist
• Count Lennart Bernadotte (1909–2004), Swedish nobleman and owner of the island of Mainau
• Hans Wagner (1910-1985), chemist
• Else Levi-Mühsam (1910–2004), niece of Erich Mühsam, from 1982 to 1995 director of the Dr.-Erich-Bloch-und-Lebenheim library of the Israelite community of Konstanz
• Peter Körber (1911–2013), painter and singer
• Heinz Finke (1915–2007), photographer and photo reporter
• Gerhard Weng (1916–1988), lawyer, politician
• Hans Robert Jauß (1921–1997), Romance studies and literary scholar
• Richard Doležal (1921–2005), engineer and process technician, university professor
• Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009), Professor of Sociology, Member of the Bundestag (FDP), Parliamentary State Secretary in the Foreign Office and member of the European Commission, co-founder of the University of Konstanz, member of the British House of Lords
• Albrecht Wellmer (1933–2018), philosopher (1974–1990 in Konstanz)
• Helmut Maurer (1936-2018), historian, 1966-2001 city archivist
• Heidi Tübinger , (* 1936) artist
• Hubert Markl (1938–2015), biology professor a. a. in Konstanz, Vice President of the German Research Foundation, President of the Max Planck Society
• Wulf von Schimmelmann (* 1947), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG
• Bernd Konrad (* 1948), saxophonist, composer, university professor
• Georg Schramm (* 1949), cabaret artist, began his career in Konstanz

From 1951

• Zoran Djindjić (1952–2003), Serbian politician and writer, 1979 PhD student in philosophy at the University of Konstanz
• Jürgen Waidele (* 1953), soul singer and keyboard player
• Christoph Nix (* 1954), German legal scholar and theater director
• Patrick Brauns (* 1955), Lake Constance author and journalist
• Gerhard Zahner (* 1957), German lawyer, author and theater critic
• Stefan Rahmstorf (* 1960), climatologist and university professor
• Surendran Reddy (1962–2010), pianist, composer and music teacher
• Jürgen Klöckler (* 1965), historian, city archivist since 2001
• Stephan Geiger (* 1968), art historian, curator, gallery owner and author
• Patrick Manzecchi (* 1969), jazz drummer
• Mechthild Bach (* 1963 or 1970), singer, lives in Konstanz
• Bettina von Schimmelmann (* 1974), presenter at Tele 5
• Davide Martello (* 1981 in Lörrach), pianist, composer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carola Dudzik: In search of traces with Nikolaus Hug . In: Südkurier of March 30, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Current local council - City of Konstanz. Accessed January 30, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Michael Lünsroth: Bruno Helmle is no longer an honorary citizen , Südkurier, May 4, 2012, accessed on May 6, 2012
4. ↑ City of Konstanz: Golden Ring of Honor , accessed on July 20, 2012
5. ^ Obituary by the city of Konstanz: Pietro (Peo) Cremonesi , Südkurier, January 2, 2018
6. ↑ Golden Badge of Honor of the City of Konstanz ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Andreas Schuler: In Konstanz he discovered the stage for himself. In: Südkurier April 29, 2019, p. 24