List of Pirmasens personalities
The following overview contains important personalities related to Pirmasens , sorted according to honorary citizens, people who were born in the city or who worked in Pirmasens. The list does not claim to be complete.
Honorary citizen
- Gustav Rheinberger (1889–1968), shoe manufacturer, appointed in 1957
- Josef Becker (1905–1996), politician (CDU), appointed 1995
- Sieghild Mueller (1917–2017), senior teacher, appointed in 2007
sons and daughters of the town
Years up to 1800
- Johann Michael Petzinger (1763–1833), soldier and court painter from Hesse-Darmstadt
- Christian Gottlieb Bruch (1771–1836), first Lutheran clergyman in Cologne
- Ludwig Keller (1773-1853), politician
- Ludwig von Lyncker (1780–1844), Grand Ducal Major General of Hesse, Quartermaster General and Chief of the General Staff
- Georg Reuling (1785–1857), Hessian tax council and politician
- Johann Friedrich Bruch (1792–1874), theologian
- Wilhelm Maurer (1798–1876), President of the Darmstadt Administrative Court and Member of Parliament
19th century
1801 to 1880
- Heinrich Bürkel (1802–1869), Biedermeier painter
- Rosa Achenbach (1815– ~ 1870), landscape and portrait painter
- Friedrich Miller (1832–1892), machine manufacturer
- Gottfried Weitzel (1835–1884), Major General of the Union Army in the American Civil War
- Ludwig Munzinger (1849–1897), administrative and ministerial clerk
- Louis Leinenweber (1850–1914), politician (NLP)
- August Brehm (1854-1931), Monsignor; Cathedral Capitular, Cathedral Dean and Provost of the Diocese of Speyer
- Eduard Rheinberger (1856–1918), entrepreneur, founder of the Rheinberger shoe factory
- Karl Lützel (1859–1929), politician (NLP)
- Ludwig Diehl (1866–1947), author
- Theodor Bickes (1868–1933), politician (DVP)
- Heinrich Schroth (1871–1945), theater and film actor
- Theodor Fahr (1877–1945), German pathologist
1881 to 1900
- Karl Jung (1883–1965), politician (NSDAP)
- Johann Gaberdan (1885–1968), politician (BVP)
- Hugo Ball (1886–1927), German writer and co-founder of Dadaism
- Benno Mergenthaler (1886–1983), administrative lawyer and head of the Gladbeck police office
- Ludwig Liebel (1887–1962), politician (NSDAP)
- Roland Betsch (1888–1945), man of letters, member of Bamberg's circle of poets, honorary citizen of Ettlingen
- Gustav Rheinberger (1889–1968), shoe manufacturer
- Fritz Blättner (1891–1981), educator
- Richard Dippold (1891–1963), politician (CDU)
- Hermann Breith (1892–1964), officer
- Heinrich Eisenhöfer (1892–1947), SS-Obersturmführer, head of the prisoner property administration and deputy head of administration in Mauthausen concentration camp
- Adolf Ludwig (1892–1962), politician (SPD) and trade unionist
- Hermann Raab (1893–1969), engineer and designer
- Karl Höltermann (1894–1955), politician (SPD) and journalist
- August Krakow (1894–1975), Lieutenant General in World War II
- Ludwig Kieffer (1894–1967) poet, writer, journalist, painter and draftsman, head of the tourist office
- Albert Buchmann (1894–1975), politician (KPD)
- Karin Huppertz (1894–1978), nurse
- Alois Konrath (1895–1967), priest
- Adolf Betz (1897–1970), politician (KPD)
- Friedrich Georg Berni (1900–1946), politician (NSDAP)
- Erneste Fuhrmann-Stone (1900–1982), German writer
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Christoph Dörr (1901–1972), politician (FDP)
- Daniel Theysohn (1904–1980), shoe manufacturer, founder of the Daniel Theysohn Foundation
- Heinrich Hergert (1904–1949), football player
- Eugen Ludwig Rapp (1904–1977), Protestant theologian, orientalist and Africanist
- Arthur Schweitzer (1905–2004), American sociologist and economist
- Roland Seffrin (1905–1985), educator and politician (ZENTRUM, CDU)
- Ludwig Merz (1905–1992), measurement and control engineer as well as full professor and director of the Institute for Measurement and Control Engineering at the Technical University of Munich
- Arthur Höltermann (1906–1981), politician (SPD)
- Albert Meier (1906–1974), German business economist
- Betty Amann (1907–1990), actress
- Fritz Volkemer (1907–1974), trade unionist and politician (SPD)
1911 to 1920
- Anton Schlögel (1911–1999), lawyer and general secretary of the German Red Cross from 1958 to 1976
- Willi Mai (1912–1945), folklorist during the National Socialist era
- Fritz Schäfer (1912–1973), wrestler
- Marta Hoepffner (1912–2000), photographer
- Ruth Bachrodt (1913–1997), wife of Daniel Theysohn, 1931 first wine queen from the Palatinate
- Heinrich Kimmle (1914–2000), pastor in St. Elisabeth, founder of the Heinrich Kimmle Foundation (facilities for people with disabilities)
- Friedrich Kurtz (1915–1993), First Lieutenant in the Wehrmacht
- Elfriede Dallmann (1917–2005), politician (NDPD)
- Katharina Dassler b. Martz (1917–1984), wife of Adolf Dassler , head of Adidas after his death
- Erika Sandt (1918–2010), music teacher
- Edwin Hügel (1919–1988), politician (FDP)
1921 to 1930
- Immo Krumrey (1923–2013), industrial designer
- Karl Thorwirth (1923-2003), trade unionist and politician (SPD)
- Wolfgang Unzicker (1925–2006), German chess grandmaster
- Anneliese Fischer (1925-2020), politician (CSU)
- Gertrud Herrbruck , later Gertrud Bergoint (* 1926), swimmer and Olympic participant
- Gerda Kratz (1926–2011), sculptor
- Werner Ludwig (1926-2020), politician (SPD)
- Hein & Oss Kröher (1927–2016 and 1927–2019), folk singer
- Edgar Blum (1928–2019), painter, graphic artist, illustrator, author and filmmaker
- Fritz Burger (* 1929), historian
1931 to 1940
- Karl Walter Müller (1931–2016), politician (SPD)
- Frank Arlig (1932–2018), writer, journalist and publisher
- Emil Wolfgang Keller (1932–2017), economist, entrepreneur and politician (CDU)
- Emil Zimmermann (1933–2019), ethnomedicist
- Siegbert Gölzer (1934–1986), designer and artist
- Oswald Ring (* 1935), lawyer and media manager
- Günter Mayer (1936–2004), theologian
- Wolfgang Rumpf (1936–2006), forester and politician (FDP)
- Heinrich Soffel (* 1936), geophysicist
- Peter Hoch (* 1937), music teacher and composer
- Karl Marchetti (* 1937), politician (CDU)
- Markwart Schmidt (1937–1980), politician (SPD)
- Dieter Hugo Thomas (1937-2013), pilot
- Kurt Scherer (* 1938), Methodist theologian, radio editor, pastor and author of Christian literature
- Elmar Wadle (* 1938), legal scholar and legal historian
- Jakob Seibert (* 1939), ancient historian
- Kurt Witterstätter (* 1939), social scientist
1941 to 1950
- Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter (* 1943), Lutheran theologian and Bishop of Lübeck
- Dieter Weinkauff (1947–2008), German football player
- Norbert Stretz (* 1947), politician (SPD)
- Walter Bockmayer (1948–2014), author and director
- Josef Stabel (* 1948), soccer player
- Hermann Stümpert (1949–2005), journalist
- Wolfgang König (* 1949), historian
- Harry Letzelter (* 1949), athletics trainer
- Safy Boutella (* 1950), Algerian actor and composer
- Johannes Riedl (1950–2010), football player
- Fred Theobald (* 1950), wrestler
1951 to 1960
- Georg Pazderski (* 1951), politician (AfD)
- Bernd Greiner (* 1952), historian, political scientist and Americanist
- Ulrike Kahl-Jordan (* 1952), lawyer and women's rights activist
- Katerina Timm (* 1952), psychologist
- Bernd Jähne (* 1953), physicist, computer scientist and university professor
- Klaus Groh (* 1954); Weightlifter
- Peter Hornung (* 1954), director
- Richard P. Baum (* 1954), nuclear medicine specialist
- Alexandra Schatz (* 1955), director, producer
- Stefan Herzberg (* 1956), diplomat
- Michael Kröher (* 1956), non-fiction author and journalist with a focus on science, automobiles and business, previously also popular music and medicine
- Jürgen Morhard (* 1956), diplomat
- Peter R. Adam (* 1957), German film editor, "German Film Prize" for "Comedian Harmonists" and "Good bye, Lenin!"
- Thomas Weiner (* 1957), politician (CDU)
- Michael Herl (* 1959), journalist, author, television presenter, director and actor
- Gerry Jochum (* 1960), actor, director, author and musician
1961 to 1970
- Christof Heringer (* 1961), jazz musician, pianist, teacher and composer
- Michael Diener (* 1962), Protestant theologian
- Angelika Glöckner (* 1962), politician (SPD)
- Regine Keller (* 1962), landscape architect, university lecturer
- Anna Eunike Röhrig (* 1962), writer and librarian
- Peter Schappert (* 1962), Catholic priest, functionary in the Diocese of Speyer
- Michael Hartmann (* 1963), politician (SPD)
- Markus Guthmann (* 1964), journalist and writer
- Manuela Schwartz (* 1964), musicologist
- Andi Rogenhagen (* 1965), director
- Michael Pfahler (* 1965), soccer player
- Ekkehard Rumpf (* 1965), politician (FDP)
- Tobias Erhardt (* 1966), therapy scientist
- Andreas Keller (* 1967), musician with a focus on percussion and drums
- Steffen Wink (* 1967), German actor
- Bernd Ernst (* 1969), German writer (poetry)
1971 to 2000
- Ralf Appel (* 1971), German chess grandmaster
- Tanja Wild , later Wild-Berger (* 1973), Miss Germany 1994
- Danai Anesiadou (* 1973/77), performance artist
- Sven Walter (* 1974), university professor (philosophy)
- Dominik Rigoll (* 1975), historian
- Dieter Janecek (* 1976), politician (GREEN)
- Myriam Keil (* 1978), writer
- Carmen Roth (* 1979), soccer player
- Jean-Philippe Wadle (* 1980), jazz musician
- Michael J. Müller (* 1981), actor
- Massiv (* 1982, Wasiem Taha ), rapper of Palestinian origin
- Julian Steckel (* 1982), musician
- Laura Kloos (* 1990), singer-songwriter
- Laurean Wagner (* 1990), actor
- Denis Linsmayer (* 1991), soccer player
- Erik Durm (* 1992), soccer player, 2014 world champion
- Ashton Götz (* 1993), soccer player
People who worked on site
- Walter Brand , paramedic, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Herbert Dietzsch , senior government school councilor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Hannelore Glöckner , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rita Endres-Grimm , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Emil Hemmer , insurance salesman, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Marta Hollinger , teacher, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Bernd D. Hummel , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Heike Jochum (* 1968), professor at the University of Osnabrück, director of the Institute for Finance and Tax Law
- Karl Kamper , authorized signatory, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Mathilde Auguste Hedwig Kömmerling (1896–1993), historian, wife of the Pirmasens factory owner Karl Kömmerling
- Joseph Krekeler (1935–2007), politician (CDU), Mayor of the city from 1999 to 2003
- Heinz Kubsch (1930–1993), goalkeeper of FK Pirmasens and world champion 1954
- Bernhard Matheis (* 1955), Lord Mayor of the city from 2003 to 2019
- Klaus Motsch , roller shutter and blind builder, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Paul Josef Nardini (1821–1862), Catholic priest, worked in Pirmasens from 1851; Founder of the Mallersdorfer Sisters' order; Beatification 2006
- Rudolf Ramm (1887–1945), doctor and politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of the city from 1934 to 1937
- Horst Resch , managing director, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Heinrich Rumetsch , postal secretary, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Johann Michael Schang (1757–1842), Catholic priest, active in Pirmasens from 1807; has been called "Apostles of Pirmasens" and Palatine Cure of Ars referred
- Heinz Scherer , master baker, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Jakob Schunk (1902–1976), politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of the city from 1945 to 1967
- Franz Seffrin , Oberamtsrat, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Zehire Sevilir , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Otto Strobel (1872–1940), Mayor and Lord Mayor of the city from 1905 to 1934
- Jakob Weis (1879–1948), prison curate in Zweibrücken, division pastor in World War I, author, pastor of Pirmasens (1921–1925)
- Jack White (* 1940, bourgeois Horst Nussbaum), music producer and former professional footballer, including the FK Pirmasens
- Steven Wink (* 1984), politician (FDP)