List of personalities of the city of Trier

This list contains the personalities born in Trier as well as those who had their sphere of activity in Trier without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Trier

Most prominent son of the city worldwide: Karl Marx

Until 1800

• Flavia Iulia Constantia (around 293-330), half-sister of Constantine the Great, wife of the Roman emperor Licinius
• Marcellina (around 327–398), saint, sister of Ambrosius of Milan and satyrus of Milan
• Satyrus of Milan (around 331 - 378), saint, Roman prefect and brother of Ambrose of Milan and Marcellina
• Ambrose of Milan (339–397), saint, Roman politician, bishop of Milan, church father, doctor of the church, brother of the Satyrus of Milan and Marcellina
• Valentinian II. (371–392), Roman emperor
• Germanus von Granfelden (around 612 - 675), saint, first abbot of the Moutier-Grandval monastery
• Rotrude von Trier (690–725), first wife of Karl Martell
• Gregory of Utrecht (700 / 05–770), saint, missionary and abbot
• Karl von Trier (around 1265 - 1324), 16th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1311 to 1324
• Johannes Rode (around 1385 - 1439), Abbot of St. Matthias, monastery reformer
• Dietrich Flade (1534–1589), lawyer, electoral councilor, judge and town councilor
• Caspar Olevian (1536–1587), Calvinist theologian
• Bartholomäus Sarburgh (1590 - after 1637), painter
• Peter Concorz (1605–1658), chamber sculptor, court stone mason, court architect and court building clerk in Vienna
• Damian Hartard von der Leyen (1624–1678), Archbishop and Elector of Mainz
• Johann Christoph Sebastiani (1640–1704), architect and court builder
• Lothar Friedrich Mohr von Wald (1659–1713), canon in the Prince Diocese of Speyer and canon at the Bruchsal Monastery ; Epitaph preserved in the Speyer Cathedral
• Lothar Zumbach von Koesfeld (1661–1727), mathematician, astronomer and musician
• Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701–1790), Catholic auxiliary bishop
• Johann Michael Josef von Pidoll (1734-1819); From 1794 to 1802 auxiliary bishop in Trier , 1802 to 1819 bishop of Le Mans
• Anton Joseph Recking (1743–1817), Lord Mayor of Trier
• David Sinzheim (1745-1812), rabbi
• Franz von Kesselstatt (1753–1841), cathedral capitular and painter
• Franz Donat Werner (1761–1836), dean of the cathedral and vicar general in the diocese of Speyer
• Edmund von Kesselstatt (1765-1840), Roman Catholic clergyman
• Bruno Görgen (1777–1842), doctor and psychiatrist in Vienna
• Christoph Hawich (1782–1848), painter, porcelain painter and lithographer
• Matthias Rosbach (1784–1859), Prussian administrative officer and provisional district administrator for the districts of Prüm and Vulkaneifel
• Johann Georg Wolff (1789–1861), architect and master builder in Trier
• Peter Ludwig Mohr (1790–1872), businessman and politician
• Johann Anton Ramboux (1790–1866), painter and lithographer
• Johann Baptist Grach (1793–1851), wine wholesaler, landlord and member of the Prussian National Assembly
• Carl Kalt (1793–1869), Nassau civil servant and member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Duchy of Nassau
• Thomas Simon (1794–1869), high school teacher and social politician
• Peter Wilhelm Stein (1795–1831), mathematician and teacher
• Johann Matthias Deutsch (1797–1858), pastor and agricultural reformer
• Johann Peter Sprenger (1798–1875), Prussian district administrator for the Bitburg district

1801 to 1850

• Ferdinand Pelzer (1801–1861), guitarist and music teacher
• Johann Baptist Birck (1804–1869), Prussian administrative clerk, 1848/49 district president in Trier
• Christian Ruben (1805–1875), painter and glass painter
• Nikolaus Druckermüller (1806–1883), mathematics teacher and industrialist
• Joseph Kahn (1809–1875), Chief Rabbi of Trier from 1841 to 1875
• Friedrich Runten (1809–1861), government secretary and district administrator
• Wilhelm Christoph Bochkoltz (1810–1877), chemical engineer, hut director and leisure botanist
• Karl Alexander Schmidt (1811–1865), Catholic clergyman and member of the Prussian House of Representatives
• Anna Weißebach (1811–1841), founder of the Elisabeth Associations
• Friedrich Grach (1812–1854) was a German in the Turkish army
• Friedrich Anton Wyttenbach (1812–1845), genre and animal painter
• Louis Adrien Huart (1813–1865), French publicist, writer and theater director
• Heinrich Rosbach (1814–1879), doctor, biologist and draftsman
• Friedrich Joseph Zell (1814–1881), politician
• Anna Bochkoltz (also Bochkoltz-Falconi) (1815–1879), German soprano and composer
• Matthias Eberhard (1815–1876), Bishop of Trier 1867–76
• Carl Kuntze (1817–1883), composer and musician
• Karl Marx (1818–1883), philosopher, journalist and politician
• Jacob Schneider (1818–1898), senior teacher of physics and mathematics
• Edgar von Westphalen (1819–1890), brother of Jenny Marx
• Wilhelm von Woyna (1819–1896), General
• Georg Schmitt (1821–1900), composer, cathedral organist in Trier, organist in St. Sulpice and Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris
• Emilie Conradi (1822–1888), sister of Karl Marx
• Mathias Joseph Fischer (called Fischers Maathes; 1822–1879), Trier original
• Hans Wachenhusen (1823–1898), writer
• August Brunsig von Brun (1824–1905), major general
• Karl von Hülsen (1824–1888), administrative officer
• Carl Schlickeysen (1824–1909), inventor and businessman
• August Beer (1825–1863), mathematician, chemist and physicist
• Barthold von Ditfurth (1826–1902), Prussian general
• Johann Matthias Watterich (1826–1904), theologian and historian
• Gustav Theodor Friedrich Derscheid (1827–1890), Reich judge
• Heinrich Milz (1830–1909), high school professor, philologist and principal
• Julius Bellinger (1831–?), Politician
• Philipp Schmitt (1833–1848), pastor and archaeologist
• Friedrich Anton Schröder (1833–1899), German-American industrialist and politician
• Julius Emmerich (1834–1917), architect
• Franz Perrot (1835–1891), editor and member of the German Reichstag
• Leo Gräff (1836–1889), engineer and entrepreneur
• Viktor von Weltzien (1836–1927), architect
• Eduard Jost (1837–1902), author
• Jakob Thanisch (1837–1894), clergyman, rector and member of the Reichstag
• Leopold Tobias (1837–1894), civil servant and politician
• Franz Xaver Kraus (1840–1901), church historian
• Hieronymus Jaegen (1841–1919), banker, parliamentarian and mystic
• Max von Bock and Polach (1842–1915), Field Marshal General
• Nikolaus Koch (1847–1918), publisher
• Josefine Schalk (1850–1919), painter

1851 to 1900

• Hubert Ludwig (1852–1913), zoologist
• Viktorine Endler (1853–1932), writer
• Nicolas Engel (1854 - after 1918), mine director and member of the state parliament
• Carl Rüdell (1855–1939), architect and watercolor painter
• Maria Krug (1855–1929), writer
• Johann Baptist Keune (1858–1937), teacher, museum director, librarian and archaeologist
• Peter Lambert (1859–1939), rose breeder
• Clara Viebig (1860–1952), writer
• Franz Weißebach (1860–1925), Trier rogue and founder of the palace gardens
• Wilhelm Rautenstrauch (1862–1947), politician
• Hans am Ende (1864–1918), painter, graphic artist, sculptor
• Theodor von Hassel (1868–1935), officer and farmer
• Karl Schoenfeld (1868–1951), civil servant and member of parliament
• Peter Marx (1871–1958), architect
• Matthias Eberhard (1871–1944), District Administrator
• Josef Seiler (1872–1941) “Jupp Seiler”, ferryman and fisherman, 49-time lifesaver
• Nikolaus Irsch (1872–1956), Catholic clergyman and art historian
• Friedrich Kutzbach (1873–1942), city curator
• Hermann Isay (1873–1938), lawyer
• Karl Kutzbach (1875–1942), mechanical engineer, professor
• August Biebricher (1878–1932), architect
• August Korreng (1878–1945), police officer, SS brigade leader and National Socialist
• Roland Brauweiler (1879–1935), lawyer
• Ernst Isay (1880–1943), lawyer
• Ludwig Kaas (1881–1952), Center Party politician
• Bernhard Gauer (1882–1955), painter and mosaic artist
• Theodor Groppe (1882–1973), officer in World War II, known as "The Black General"
• Matthias Laros (1882–1965), Catholic theologian and publicist
• Rudolf Mainzer (1882–1977), politician
• Adolf Matthias (1882–1961), professor of electrical engineering
• Hans Müller (1884–1961), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
• Werner Pünder (1885–1973), lawyer
• Rudolf Isay (1886–1956), lawyer
• Franz Faßbinder (1886–1960), literary scholar, educator and writer
• Hermann Pünder (1888–1976), politician
• Peter Maria Roßmann (1888–1957), local mayor and district administrator
• Wilhelm Buddenberg (1890–1967), painter
• Klara Marie Faßbinder (1890–1974), activist of the German women's and peace movement
• Oswald von Nell-Breuning (1890–1991), Nestor of Catholic social teaching
• Erich Boltze (1891–1981), diplomat, Minister of the FRG in New Zealand 1953–57
• Mathias Thesen (1891–1944), trade unionist, politician (KPD) and resistance fighter
• Karl Hansen (1893–1962), internist, allergist and neurologist
• Edgar Ehses (1894–1964), painter
• Josef Berthold (1895–1986), politician (SPD)
• Eugen König (1896–1985), officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II.
• Gerty Spies (1897-1997), writer
• Friedrich Otto Boltze (1898–1983), lawyer, officer and chief executive
• Martha Brach (1899–1990), politician
• Karl Busch (1899–1942), journalist and writer
• Walter Fritsch (1899–1987), lecturer
• Harald Momm (1899–1979), show jumper
• Andreas Hoevel (1900–1942), resistance fighter
• Hanns Maria Lux (1900–1967), writer and educator, author of the Saar song

1901 to 1920

• Hans Eiden (1901–1950), politician and resistance fighter
• Friedrich von Lorentz (1902–1968), classical archaeologist and art historian
• August Wacker (1902–1963), politician
• René Bayer (1904 – after 1982), journalist
• Reinhard Heß (1904–1998), painter and glass painter
• Gabriele Strecker (1904–1983), doctor, journalist and women's politician
• Peter Jacobs (1906–1967), journalist and politician
• Gerhard Troost (1906–1999), scientist
• Gustav Wellenstein (1906–1997), forest scientist
• Wolf Graf Baudissin (1907–1993), General
• Peter Thullen (1907–1996), German-Ecuadorian mathematician
• Fritz Hoffmann (1908–2000), politician, member of the Saarland Landtag
• Nikolaus Koch Jr. (1908–1982), publisher
• Helmut Opschruf (1909–1992), weightlifter, world record holder and Olympic participant
• Paul Schuh (1910–1969), church musician
• Albert Urmes (1910–1985), politician (NSDAP) and journalist
• Franz-Leo Andries (1912–1979), composer, music producer and songwriter
• Norbert Brinkmann (1912–1997), politician
• Michael Harden (1912–1979), composer (e.g. "Red roses, red lips, red wine")
• Günther Smend (1912–1944), officer and resistance fighter
• Emil Zenz (1912–1994), historian and politician
• Bruno Weber (1915–1956), physician and bacteriologist and SS-Hauptsturmführer
• Ze'ev Steinberg (1918–2011), violinist, composer and university professor, former member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
• Arthur Binder (1919–1976), actor and radio play speaker
• Willi Laschet (1920–2010), painter, graphic artist and visual artist

1921 to 1940

• Oswald Junkes (1921–1993), weightlifter
• Kurt Matthias Linicus (1921–2018), local politician
• Anita Büttner (* 1924), classical archaeologist
• Werner Persy (1924–2017), painter and graphic artist
• Karl Josef Denzer (1925–2011), former President of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Friedrich Eiden (1925–2017), chemist and professor of pharmacy and food chemistry
• Hans Günter König (1925–2007), art didactician and painter
• Gitta Lind (1925–1974), singer (e.g. "White Elder")
• Peter Roth-Ehrang (1925–1966), opera singer and actor
• Josef Sudbrack (1925–2010), theologian, member of the Jesuit order and mystic researcher
• Reinhold Bartel (1926–1996), tenor, father of Elmar Bartel
• Rudolf M. Kloos (1926–1982), historian and archivist
• Ferdinand Stark (1926–2001), lawyer and politician
• Günther Wollscheid (1926–2006), politician (CDU)
• Ernst Huberty (* 1927), sports reporter ("Mister Sportschau")
• Günther Steines (1928–1982), track and field athlete
• Heinz Cüppers (1929–2005), archaeologist and director of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
• Bert Steines (1929–1998), track and field athlete
• Erich Kraemer (1930–1994), artist, university professor and founder of the European Art Academy in Trier
• Joachim Krause-Wichmann (1930-2000), rower
• Gisela Engelin-Hommes (1931–2017), sculptor
• Helmut Gestrich (1931–2009), politician
• Herbert Holzing (1931-2000), illustrator
• Paul Trappe (1931–2005), sociologist
• Ernst Haag (1932–2017), theologian
• Heinz Heckmann (* 1932), composer
• Reinhold Otto (* 1932), politician
• Klaus Trouet (1932–2012), lawyer and treasurer
• Hans-Günther Heinz (* 1933), entrepreneur and politician
• Reinhard Helbing (1933–2013), Salesian of Don Bosco
• Rudolf Weber-Fas (* 1933), legal scholar, federal judge and university lecturer
• Guinter Kahn (1934-2014), medic
• Hans-Peter Mehling (* 1934), boxer
• Ernst Kasper (1935–2008), architect and university professor
• Alfred Fögen (* 1936), Lord Mayor of Ditzingen
• Jürgen Lambert (* 1936), Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken
• Wilfried Reinehr (* 1936), writer and publisher
• Gerhard Schwetje (1936–2020), politician (CDU) and Roman Catholic priest
• Franz Grundträger (* 1937), chamber singer of the Hamburg and Vienna State Operas
• Heinz Martin Lonquich (1937–2014), composer, father of Alexander Lonquich
• Günter Geiermann (1938–2013), actor ("Herr Kaiser")
• Dagmar von Gersdorff (* 1938), author
• Hartmut Müller (* 1938), historian, archivist, researcher, author and editor
• Hans Scherer (1938–1998), journalist and writer
• Günter Herrmann (* 1939), football player
• David D. Lauer (1939-2014), sculptor
• Roswitha Matwin-Buschmann (* 1939), translator
• Hansgeorg Molitor (* 1939), historian

1941 to 1950

• Wolfgang Decker (1941–2020), sports historian and Egyptologist, university professor
• Kuno Füssel (* 1941), mathematician, Catholic theologian, teacher and book author
• Ulrich Güntzer (* 1941), computer scientist and mathematician
• Manfred Steffny (* 1941), long-distance runner
• Johann Hahlen (* 1942), administrative lawyer
• Peter Krämer (* 1942), professor of canon law at the Trier Theological Faculty and diocesan judge in the Trier diocese
• Winfried Göpfert (* 1943), journalist and media scientist
• Klaus Gotto (1943–2017), historian
• Diethelm Klippel (* 1943), full professor
• Otmar Seul (* 1943), lawyer, professor
• Edmund Spohr (* 1943), architect, urban planner, monument conservator and author
• Franz Peter Basten (* 1944), politician
• Heinz-Peter Baecker (1945–2015), photographer, cameraman, journalist, screenwriter, director and writer
• Ursula Krechel (* 1947), writer
• Karlheinz Schüffler (* 1947), mathematician and organist
• Helga Zepp-LaRouche (* 1948), journalist and politician
• Herbert Jullien (* 1949), politician
• Walter Liederschmitt (1949–2013), author, songwriter, high school teacher and singer
• Joachim Mertes (1949–2017), politician (SPD) and President of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament
• Jo Reichertz (* 1949), sociologist and communication scientist
• Regina Görner (* 1950), trade unionist and politician
• Manfred Hammes (* 1950), journalist and writer
• Manfred Nink (* 1950), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate and member of the German Bundestag
• Albert Reinig (* 1950), journalist and author

1951 to 1960

• Gaby Dietzen (* 1951), journalist and television presenter
• Sybille Krämer (* 1951), professor of theoretical philosophy
• Helmut Leiendecker (* 1952), musician, amateur actor
• Peter Arnold (* 1952), horn player
• Stefan Krätke (* 1952), Professor of Economic and Social Geography
• Roland Schwänzl (1952–2004), mathematician
• Maria Unger (* 1952), Mayor of Gütersloh
• Klaus-Eckhard Walker (* 1952), Lord Mayor of Rastatt from 1991 to 2007
• Bertrand Adams (* 1953), politician
• Elmar Bartel (* 1953), news anchor, entertainer, author and audio book producer, son of Reinhold Bartel
• Chris Beier (* 1953), university professor
• Lothar Leiendecker (* 1953), soccer player
• Udo Samel (* 1953), actor
• Herbert Steffny (* 1953), former long-distance runner and running coach
• Robert Zimmer (* 1953), philosopher, essayist and literary scholar
• Ernst Ulrich Deuker (* 1954), musician
• Rainer Keller (* 1954), Brigadier General of the Air Force
• Helga Maria Niessen (* 1954), Mayor of Kellinghusen and author
• Arnold Schmitt (* 1954), politician
• Barbara Schneider-Kempf (* 1954), librarian
• Peter Suska-Zerbes , born Zimmer (* 1954), writer and educator
• Brigitte Bastgen (* 1955), journalist and news anchor
• Michael Billen (* 1955), politician
• Tad DeLorm (born 1955), American football player
• Harald Klein (* 1955), diplomat, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Guatemala and Belize
• Manfred Moßmann (* 1955), teacher and writer
• Michael Jacques Lieb (* 1956), actor, acting teacher, storyteller and hospital clown
• Paul Linz (* 1956), soccer player and coach
• Dieter Manderscheid (* 1956), jazz bassist
• Mischa Martini (actually Michael Weyand; * 1956), author
• Ingeborg Sahler-Fesel (* 1956), politician
• Wolfgang Scherf (* 1956), economist
• Stephan Weth (* 1956), legal scholar
• Karl-Heinz Frieden (* 1957), politician
• Bernhard Kaster (* 1957), politician
• Irene Krämer (* 1957), pharmacist and university professor
• Sebastian Lentz (* 1957), geographer
• Nikolaus Roth (1957–2017), politician (SPD), 2000–17 Mayor of Neuwied
• Jürgen Gnauck (* 1958), lawyer and politician
• Annette Haller (1958–2017), Judaist
• Bernhard Henter (* 1958), politician
• Walter Jakoby (* 1958), automation technician
• Rudolf Maus (* 1958), General in the Bundeswehr
• Reimund Dietzen (* 1959), racing cyclist
• Bernd Frick (* 1959), economist and university professor
• Elisabeth Hau (* 1959), singer and actress
• Herbert Herres (* 1959), soccer player and coach
• Elfriede Sauerwein-Braksiek (* 1959), road construction manager
• Ludwig Ring-Eifel (* 1960), editor-in-chief of the Catholic news agency
• Alexander Lonquich (* 1960), pianist, son of Heinz Martin Lonquich

1961 to 1970

• Fred Konrad (* 1961), doctor and politician
• Reinhold Rapp (* 1961), author, consultant and visiting professor for relationship management
• Karl-Heinz Steffens (* 1961), conductor and clarinetist
• Patrick Wagner (* 1961), historian
• Peter Feil (1962–2018), jazz musician
• Johannes Hoff (* 1962), German-English Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and university professor
• Thomas Kiessling (* 1962), singer
• Harald Kohr (* 1962), soccer player and coach
• Guido Gin Koster (* 1962), writer
• Uwe Maibaum (* 1962), church musician
• Michael Probst (* 1962), soccer player
• Guildo Horn (actually Horst Köhler; * 1963), pop singer
• Christian Jost (* 1963), composer and conductor
• Jeanette Kohl (* 1963), art historian and university professor
• Georg Joachim Schmitt (* 1963), artist and author
• Karsten Thorn (* 1963), legal scholar
• Doris Ahnen (* 1964), politician (SPD)
• Ulrike Gote (* 1965), politician (B90 / Greens)
• Eric Jelen (* 1965), tennis player
• Michael Kernbach (* 1965), musician, author and composer
• Cristin König (* 1965), actress
• Michael Begasse (* 1966), journalist, moderator and speaker
• Martin Cüppers (* 1966), historian
• Stephan Peitz (* 1966), architect and master of martial arts
• Heidi Stengelhofen (* 1966), lawyer and judge at the Federal Administrative Court
• Lars Michael Stransky (* 1966), horn player
• Frank Jöricke (* 1967), author, poetry slamer and copywriter
• Michael Schmidt-Salomon (* 1967), philosopher
• Wolfgang Becker (* 1968), cook
• Christian Bermes (* 1968), professor of philosophy
• Guido Steinberg (* 1968), Islamic scholar and terrorism expert
• Rudi Thömmes (* 1968), football player
• Louis Klein (* 1969), economist, social scientist and systems theorist
• Dany Schwickerath (* 1969), jazz guitarist
• James Marsh (born 1970), basketball player

1971 to 1980

• Patrick Bebelaar (* 1971), musician and composer
• Frank Findeiß (* 1971), poet
• Thomas Kremer (* 1971), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
• Markus Koster (* 1972), soccer player
• Sandra Ost (* 1973), author
• Nils Schmid (* 1973), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg
• Stephan Weichert (* 1973), media and communication scientist
• Anja Kaesmacher (* 1974), soprano, opera singer and singing teacher
• Sascha Becker (* 1975), television presenter and journalist
• Michael Brettner (* 1975), guitarist, sound designer, composer and producer
• Olli Briesch (* 1975), radio and television presenter
• Stefan Ambrosius (* 1976), musician
• Alexander König (* 1976), painter
• Andreas Krebs (* 1976), Old Catholic theologian
• Marcus Dahm (* 1977), composer, church musician & musicologist
• Kristina Magdalena Henn (* 1977), author
• Simone Henn (* 1977), actress
• Jan Sievers (* 1977), singer-songwriter
• Yonga Sun (* 1977), drummer
• Marius R. Busemeyer (* 1978), political scientist
• Marco Toppmöller (* 1978), soccer player
• Frank Christian Marx (* 1978), actor
• Sebastian Pelzer (* 1980), soccer player

From 1981

• Michael Fleck (* 1981), soccer player
• Phat Crispy (* 1981), music producer
• Johannes Maria Schmit (* 1981), theater maker
• Heiko Schumacher (* 1982), baseball player
• Martina Weber (* 1982), basketball player
• Sebastian Zimmer (* 1982), soccer player
• Christian Dieck (* 1982), composer and poet
• Vincent Lee (* 1983), songwriter, music producer and film composer
• Isabell Bachor (* 1983), soccer player
• Sebastian Junk (* 1983), disabled judoka athlete
• Alexander Adrian (* 1984), football player
• Sebastian Becker (* 1985), soccer player
• Jordan Carver (* 1986), photo model
• Jakob Dallevedove (* 1987), football player
• Jan Hochscheidt (* 1987), soccer player
• Georg Meier (* 1987), chess player
• Richard Schmidt (* 1987), oarsman
• Noureddine Bettahar (* 1994), ice hockey player
• Dominik Kohr (* 1994), soccer player
• Maike Hausberger (* 1995), disabled athlete
• Miguel Heidemann (* 1998), racing cyclist

Personalities who worked in Trier

Born until 1800

• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (Agrippa), (63–12 BC), Roman general, politician, close confidante and son-in-law of Augustus, ancestor of the emperors Caligula and Nero
• Postumus (Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus) (reign: 260–269), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum
• Laelianus ((Gaius?) Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus) (reign: 269), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum, counter-emperor in Upper Germany
• Marius (Marcus Aurelius Marius) (reign: 269), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum
• Victorinus (Marcus Piav (v) onius Victorinus) (reign: 269–271), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum
• Domitianus (reign: 271?), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum
• Tetricus I (Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus) (reign: 271–274), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum
• Tetricus II. (Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus) (reign: 272 / 73-274), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum (sub-emperor of his father Tetricus I)
• Faustinus (reign: 273/74), Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum, usurper in Northern Gaul
• Eucharius (3rd cent.), Saint, 1st Bishop of Trier
• Valerius of Trier († around 320), saint, 2nd Bishop of Trier
• Maternus († around 328), saint, 3rd Bishop of Trier
• Lactantius (Lucius Caecilius Firmianus) (around 250-320), saint, church father
• Agritius (also: Agricius) (* around 260; † around 329, according to other sources around 330 to 332), saint, 4th Bishop of Trier
• Maximin von Trier , also: Maximinus von Trier (* 3rd century; † 346), saint, 5th bishop of Trier, opponent of Arianism, friend and colleague of Athanasius'
• Helena (Flavia Iulia Helena) (* 248/50; † probably around 330), saint, mother of Constantine the Great, Roman empress, concubine Constantius I.
• Constantius I (Flavius ​​Valerius Constantius) (Constantius Chlorus) (≈250–306), Roman emperor, father of Constantine the Great
• Constantine the Great (270 / 88–337), Roman emperor, saint of the Orthodox Church
• Fausta (Flavia Maxima Fausta) (289 / 98–326), Roman Empress, wife of Constantine the Great
• Athanasius the Great (298–373), saint, Bishop of Alexandria, church father, doctor of the church, opponent of Arianism
• Paulinus of Trier (around 300–358), saint, 6th Bishop of Trier
• Ausonius (≈310–393 / 94), Roman civil servant and poet
• Constantine II (316–340), Roman emperor
• Martin of Tours (≈316 / 17–397 / 420), saint
• Valentinian I (321–375), Roman emperor
• Magnus Maximus (335–388), Roman emperor
• Priscillian (Eng. Also Priscillian) of Ávila (≈340–385), theologian, first heretic of Christianity, who was executed for heresy
• Hieronymus (347-420), saint, church father, church doctor
• Gratian (359–383), Roman emperor
• Arbogast the Younger (* 5th century), Roman governor
• Modesta von Oeren († after 659), saint, first abbess of the monastery of St. Irminen - Oeren
• Irmina von Oeren , also Irmina von Trier, († 704/10), saint, one of the ancestors of Charlemagne, co-founder of the Echternach monastery
• Adela von Pfalzel , also Adolana or Adula, (around 660–735), saint, founder of the Pfalzel monastery
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179), saint, Benedictine, first German mystic of the Middle Ages, founder of Rupertsberg Monastery
• Wilhelm von Arras (around 1310 - after 1353), Cathedral Chapter in Trier
• Winand Bock of Pomerania (1329–1415), canon and canon in Trier
• Johann von Clotten (≈1351–1383), canon and canon in Trier
• Johann von Forst (≈1405–1452), Benedictine and abbot of the abbeys of St. Matthias and St. Maximin in Trier
• Matthias Coelner de Vanckel (also Matthias Fanckel), (≈1450–1506), clergyman, Dominican, prior and inquisitor
• Johann Schenen (≈1470–1544), abbot in the St. Marien monastery in Trier
• John III Rails from Zell (≈1474–1548), abbot in the Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier
• Johann Schenck von Würzburg (also Johann Schenk), surgeon in Trier and Würzburg as well as war surgeon in Styria, author of a German-language "Cyrurgia" (1482)
• Nicolaus Schienen (≈1490–1556) Vicar General, Titular Bishop of Azot and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier
• Lukas Sehl (≈1515–1586), abbot at St. Marien monastery in Trier
• Helias Heimanns , also Helias Heimanns von Senheim, (1532–1604), Dean, Siegler and University Rector in Trier
• Martin Feiden (≈1600–1675), abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias in Trier
• Ananias Clotten (≈1630–1699), Capuchin, novice master in Trier and writer
• Anton Oehmbs (1735–1809), Catholic theologian, university professor and canon in Trier
• Peter Josef Weber (1750–1821), Catholic clergyman, moral theologian and canon, canon and university professor in Trier
• Johann Wilhelm Josef Castello (1758–1830), German priest, cathedral dean, steward and professor
• Engelbert Schue (1772–1847), Catholic clergyman and university professor
• Viktor Joseph Dewora (1774–1837), cathedral capitular, cathedral preacher and bishop's council in Trier
• Peter Alois Gratz (1769–1849), councilor in Trier (1828–1839), Catholic biblical scholar
• Ludwig von Westphalen (1770–1842), councilor in Trier (1816–1842), father of Jenny Marx
• Heinrich Marx (1777–1838), lawyer, father of Karl Marx
• Johann Abraham Küpper (1779–1850), Protestant theologian and educator
• Vitus Loers (1792–1862), classical philologist and director of the Trier grammar school
• Johann Joseph Rosenbaum (1798–1867), Catholic theologian and university professor at the Episcopal Priestly Seminary in Trier

Born from 1801

• Josef Erasmus Graeff (1803–1877), lawyer, district judge and member of the Prussian National Assembly 1848/49
• Jakob Marx (1803–1876), church historian, professor, cathedral capitular and member of parliament in Trier, founder of the Catholic citizens' association
• Heinrich Mittweg (1804–1871), lawyer, judiciary and member of parliament
• Johann August Messerich (1806–1876), lawyer, member of the Prussian National Assembly in 1848
• Stephan Lück (1806–1883), theologian, professor at the seminary and cathedral music director in Trier, editor
• Ludwig Josef Bleser (1810–1878), Trier doctor and revolutionary 1848/49
• Johann Theodor Regnier (1810–1859), respected Trier attorney-at-law
• Franziska Riotte (1845–1922), painter and writer, lived and died in Trier
• Karl Skomal (1863–1915), artist, teacher and director of the newly established craft and applied arts school in Trier
• Gottfried Kentenich (1873–1939), headed the Trier City Library from 1903 to 1934
• Adolf Altmann (1879–1944), chief rabbi of Trier and victim of the Nazi regime
• Philipp Loosen (1880–1962), Trier: Director of the employment office and mayor
• Richard Wernecke (1881–1934), social democratic party and workers' sports functionary
• Blandine Merten (1883–1918), Ursuline and teacher in Trier, beatification by Pope John Paul II in 1987
• Paul Trappen (1887–1957), weightlifter (German champion 1913)
• Heinrich Kemper (1888–1962), Lord Mayor of Trier 1946–1949
• Heinrich Hamm (1889–1968), sculptor
• Robert Scheuer (1893–1984), writer
• Alois Thomas (1896–1993), priest, theologian and diocese curator in the Diocese of Trier
• Friedrich Breitbach (1897–1991), Lord Mayor of Trier 1945–1946
• Heinrich Otto Vogel (1898–1994), architect
• Fritz Grieshaber (1899–1968), administrative clerk and local politician (KPD)
• Heinrich Raskin (1902–1990), Lord Mayor of Trier 1949–1963
• Peter Greif (1902–1933), politician and resistance fighter
• Amely Goebel (1903–1982), politician, economist and social worker
• Adolf Hägin (1904–1974), Trier businessman and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit , electoral consul
• Wilhelm Reusch (1908–1995), archaeologist, deputy director of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
• Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), SS-Hauptsturmführer and convicted war criminal
• Josef Harnisch (1914–1982), Lord Mayor of Trier 1964–1976
• Werner Schuhn (1925–1989), teacher and local writer
• Josef Endres (1927–1998), trade unionist and politician (SPD)
• Carl Ludwig Wagner (1930–2012), Lord Mayor of Trier 1976–1979 and Prime Minister of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate 1988–1991
• Felix Zimmermann (1933–2014), Lord Mayor of Trier 1980–1989
• Helmut Schröer (* 1942), Lord Mayor of Trier 1989–2007
• Alfred Müller-Kranich (* 1955), cantor and organist of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias since 1988
• Martin Bambauer (* 1970), since 1999 cantor and organist of the Konstantinbasilika
• Stephan Rommelspacher (* 1959), from 2000 to 2013 cathedral music director at Trier Cathedral
• Sven Teuber (* 1982), politician ( SPD ), member of the state parliament for the city of Trier in the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2016

See also

• List of honorary citizens of Trier
• List of the bishops of Trier
• List of auxiliary bishops in Trier

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Trier, rock path and Jupp-Seiler-Weg between Pallien and Biewer. In: geo.hlipp.de. Retrieved June 12, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Christian Joericke, Marcus Stoelb: secret Trier-Nord - 16 BEFORE. (No longer available online.) In: 16 VOR. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016 ; accessed on June 12, 2016 . 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.  
4. ^ City of Trier - Trier diary. In: www.trier.de. Retrieved June 12, 2016 .