List of personalities of the city of Amberg
The following list shows personalities who are closely connected with the city of Amberg .
sons and daughters of the town
The following overview contains important personalities who were born in Amberg. It is irrelevant whether or not the people later had their sphere of activity in Amberg. Many moved away from Amberg after their birth or later and became known elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
- Karl Addicks (* 1950), politician
- Bartholomäus Agricola (around 1560 - 1621), Franciscan preacher, composer
- Johann Georg Agricola (1558–1633), medic
- Ottilie Arndt (* 1951), writer, educational scientist
- Stefan Atzenhofer (* 1972), comic artist, illustrator
- Hans Aumeier (1906–1948), SS leader in a leading position in several concentration camps
- Friedrich Brandl (* 1946), poet, writer
- Erhard Bauer (1888–1962), politician (USPD, SPD), MdL Bavaria
- Martin Joseph Bauer (1775 - after 1823), painter
- Rudolph Bauer (* 1939), social work scientist, author, visual artist
- Georg Baumann (1878–1968), enamel manufacturer
- Hans Baumann (1875–1951), politician (NSDAP)
- Hans Baumann (1914–1988), elementary school teacher, poet, song composer, author of children's and young people's books, Nazi functionary
- Karlheinz Beer (* 1953), painter, stage and costume designer
- Josef Bergmann (1888–1952), church painter
- Karl-Horst Bichler (* 1933), doctor and university professor, author of historical writings
- Wilhelm Birett (1793–1837), bookseller in Augsburg
- Alexander Bugera (* 1978), football player
- Christian II (1599–1656), Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Sara Däbritz (* 1995), German national soccer player (FC Bayern Munich)
- Anselm Desing (1699–1772), Catholic philosopher, historian and educator, abbot of Ensdorf Abbey
- Ulrich von Destouches (1802–1863), journalist, historian and librarian
- Karin Donhauser (* 1956), Professor of the History of the German Language at the Humboldt University in Berlin
- Siegfried Donhauser (* 1927), brewery technologist, professor at the Technical University of Munich
- Toni Donhauser (1921–1990), elementary school teacher, mayor, member of the state parliament
- Wolfgang-Heinrich Ebert (* 1950), composer
- Michl Ehbauer (1899–1964), dialect writer (Bavarian world class)
- Eleonore Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg (1600–1657), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
- Daniel Ernemann (* 1976), football player
- Patrick Erras (* 1995), football player
- Ismail Ertug (* 1975), member of the European Parliament
- Adam von Faßmann (1785–1840), pharmacist and politician
- Heiner Fleischmann (1914–1963), motorcycle racing driver
- Karl Flügel (1915-2004), auxiliary bishop in Regensburg
- Georg Forster (around 1510 - 1568), doctor, composer, editor of song collections
- Joseph von Frank (1773–1824), landowner and politician
- Karl Frey (1866–1950), director and screenwriter
- Friedrich IV. (1574–1610), Elector Palatinate
- Sebastian Fröschel (1497–1570), Lutheran theologian of the Reformation period
- Funtsch , family organ builders in the 18th century
- Mathias Gastritz (around 1535 - 1596), composer
- Christoph Gewold (1556–1621), lawyer and historian
- Georg Grammer (1931–2005), entrepreneur
- Ludwig Graßler (1925–2019), mountain hiker and author
- Heinrich "Heinz" Greiner (1895–1977), general
- Karl Ernst von Grießenbeck (1787–1863), Royal Bavarian Major General and Commander of the Bavarian Cadet Corps
- Hermann Groll (1888–1947), professor of pathology in Würzburg
- Karl Groß (1907–1980), priest, abbot of the Ettal monastery
- Johann Zacharias von Gundling (1745–1794), electoral rent and court chamber councilor in Amberg, owner of the city judge, toll and change office as well as the administration of the Freystadt hospital
- Lorenz Hagen (1885–1965), trade unionist, politician (SPD)
- Hans Hammer (* 1931), Catholic clergyman
- Johannes Hartmann (1568–1631), universal scholar, first German chemistry professor
- Eckhard Henscheid (* 1941), writer
- Michael Helmerich (1885–1974), trade unionist, member of parliament, minister of state
- Wilhelm Hepp (1764–1832), organ builder, workshop successor to Funtsch
- Johannes Herrmann (1918–1987), lawyer and university professor
- Fritz Hilpert (* 1956), musician and sound engineer (Kraftwerk)
- Oswald Hirmer (1930–2011), missionary and Roman Catholic bishop of Umtat
- Michael Huber (1841–1911), Roman Catholic priest and member of the German Reichstag
- Hans Kastner († 1102), patrician of Amberg
- Bernhard Keil (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Stefan Kellner (* 1962), handball goalkeeper
- Paul Kestel (* 1931), high school teacher, member of the state parliament
- Alfons Klein (1929–2015), Jesuit and author
- Dieter M. Kolb (1942–2011), physicist, electrochemist, professor and institute director at Ulm University
- Sabine Koller (* 1971), Slavist and university professor
- Georg König (1590–1654), Lutheran theologian, professor of theology in Altdorf
- Franz Kraus (* 1947), electrical engineer and manager
- Rudolf Kraus (1941–2018), businessman, member of the Bundestag
- Franz Krug (* 1935), 1978–2002 District Administrator of the Erlangen-Höchstadt district
- Theodor Kutzer (1864–1948), politician
- Tobias Lettl (* 1968), lawyer and university professor
- Hans Lufft (1495–1584), printer of the Reformation period (uncertain)
- Maria Maier (* 1954), painter, photographer, concept artist
- Margarethe of Bavaria (1456–1501), Electress of the Palatinate
- Claudia Märtl (* 1954), historian
- Barbara Meier (* 1986), photo model and mannequin, winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2007
- Günther Merl (* 1946), head of the bank rescue fund, board member of the Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
- Michael Müller (1975-2009), right-wing extremist songwriter, politician (NPD)
- Jörg Müllner (* 1967), documentator, director
- Georg Nagler (* 1959), founding president of the Hof University of Applied Sciences
- Karl-Heinz Nätscher (* 1936), senior government councilor, member of the state parliament
- Stefan Oster SDB (* 1965), theologian and university professor for dogmatics, 85th Bishop of Passau
- Caspar Othmayr (1515–1553), Protestant clergyman and composer
- Notburga Ott (* 1954), b. Nuss, Professor of Social Policy and Institutional Economics at the Ruhr University Bochum
- Ottheinrich (1502–1559), Elector Palatinate
- Franz Seraph von Pfistermeister (1820–1912), court secretary, councilor of state
- Konrad Balthasar Pichtel (1605–1656), lawyer and court official
- Philipp von Podewils (1809–1885), inventor of the Podewils rifle
- Michael Mathias Prechtl (1926–2003), painter, illustrator and caricaturist
- Bonifaz Rauch (1873–1949), Benedictine, professor, writer
- Albert Reichenbach (* 1944), painter
- Friedrich Renner (1910–1985), engineer and politician
- Helmut Rix (1926–2004), Indo-Europeanist and Etruscanologist
- Franz Wilhelm Rösch (1914–1994), violin teacher, violinist (Rösch Quartet), conductor (Amberg Chamber Orchestra)
- Waldemar Franz Rösch (* 1948), painter, draftsman and object artist
- Hans Rubenbauer (1885–1963), classical philologist
- Werner Rügemer (* 1941), publicist, non-fiction author
- Ruprecht (1352–1410), Roman-German King and Elector of the Palatinate
- Ruprecht II (1325–1398), Elector Palatinate
- Franz Anton Rußwurm (1831–1881), member of the Reichstag and the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
- Gabrielle Scharnitzky (* 1956), actress
- Josef Schatz (1905–1993), lawyer, member of parliament
- Anja Scherl (* 1986), German middle and long distance runner
- Uwe Scherr (* 1966), soccer player
- Maximilian von Schlägel (1788–1863), Bavarian major general
- Max Schlosser (1835–1916), tenor / baritone, opera singer
- Josef Leonhard Schmid (1822–1912), founder of the Munich Marionette Theater
- Josef Friedrich Schmidt (1871–1948), inventor of the game “ Don't get angry”
- Alexandra Schmied (* 1990), folk musician
- Franz Xaver von Schönwerth (1810–1886), folklorist
- Helmut Schütz (* 1956), Lieutenant General in the Air Force
- Helmut Schwämmlein (1944–2003), school musician, musicologist, director of the Musica Antiqua Ambergensis Regensburg
- Karl Schwämmlein (1917–2009), Rector, did fundamental research on the music history of Amberg
- Belle Shafir (* 1953), object artist, sculpture artist
- Daniel Siegert (* 1991), singer, won Star Search on the Sat.1 casting show
- Thomas Sigmund (* 1966), journalist and non-fiction author
- Friedrich Specht (1808–1865), organ builder, workshop successor to Wilhelm Hepp
- Daniel Stadler (1705–1764), Jesuit, historian, confessor and confidante of Elector Maximilian III. Joseph of Bavaria
- Kaspar von Steinsdorf (1797–1879), Mayor of Munich
- Eberhard Stolz (* 1946), painter, graphic artist and photographer
- Hermann Strasser (1881–1950), politician (DDP, CDU), Lord Mayor of Frankenthal (Palatinate)
- Kathrine Switzer (* 1947), marathon runner, non-fiction author
- Thumhart , violin-making family in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Johannes Tröster (? –1485), humanist
- Arthur von Vincenti ( Imperial Knight of Vincenti; 1878–1941), librarian ( Magdeburg City Library )
- Sebastian Virdung (1465? –1st half of the 16th century), composer, music theorist
- Carl von Voit (1831–1908), physiologist
- René Vollath (* 1990), soccer player
- HE Erwin Walther (1920–1995), composer and music teacher
- Ignaz Weise (1864–1932), organ builder
- Adolf Ziebland (1863–1934), architect, building contractor and city councilor in Munich
- Stephan Zippe (* 1972), church musician, professor of Gregorian chant and German liturgical singing
- Georg Zitzler (1903–1986), politician (CSU), member of the state parliament, Lord Mayor of Regensburg
- Anton Benno Zottmayr (1795–1865), painter
Other personalities associated with the city
- Heinrich Aigner (1924–1988), politician (CSU), European politician
- Otmar Alt (* 1940), painter, graphic artist, designer, sculptor
- Veit Arnpeck (around 1440–1496), Bavarian historian
- Jacob Balde (1604–1668), Jesuit, neo-Latin poet
- Jakob von Bauer (1787–1854), Mayor of Munich
- Eduard von Bomhard (1809–1886), Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Bernhard Buchholz (1870–1954), politician
- Matthäus Carl (around 1550–1609), goldsmith
- Peter Carl (1541–1617), master builder, carpenter, at the electoral palace in 1603
- Giovanni Battista Carlone (1640 / 42–1718 / 21), Baroque plasterer
- Christian I (1568–1630), governor of the Upper Palatinate in Amberg
- Harry Christlieb (1886–1967), sculptor
- Johanna Decker (1918–1977), missionary doctor in Rhodesia
- Jacques Dedelley (1694–1757), Jesuit, theologian, philosopher
- Wolfgang Dientzenhofer (1648–1706), Baroque builder
- Manfred G. Dinnes (1950–2012), painter, sculptor, author, director, gallery owner, online journalist
- Günter Dollhopf (1937–2018), painter, graphic artist and university professor
- Akos Doma (* 1963), writer, Hungarian translator
- Eduard Dostler (1892–1917), officer in the air force
- Herbert Falk (1929–1994), member of the state parliament
- Friedrich V (1596–1632), Elector Palatinate, the "Winter King"
- Heike Funk (* 1968), triathlete
- Claudia Gesell (* 1977), middle-distance runner
- Johann Georg von Gleißenthal (around 1507–1580), abbot of Speinshart Abbey during the Reformation, leader of the prelate bank in the Upper Palatinate and vicarage of the Upper Palatinate
- Franz Gleißner (1761–1818), composer, court musician, singer, author of a Mozart index, co-inventor of lithographic sheet music printing
- Sigmund Gottlieb (* 1951), journalist, honorary professor at the Amberg-Weiden University of Applied Sciences
- Gottfried Bernhard Göz (1708–1774), Rococo painter
- Josef Habbel (1846–1916), Catholic newspaper and book publisher
- Hans von Amberg (before 1470 - around 1509), stonemason
- Gottfried Hertzka (1913–1997), doctor, founder of Hildegard medicine
- Heiner Hopfner (1941–2014), opera singer
- Johann Hörmann (1651–1699), cabinet maker, Jesuit
- Alois Karl (* 1950), member of the Bundestag
- Rainer Kilbert (* 1964), organ builder. Graduated from Max-Reger-Gymnasium in 1983
- Ernst Kutzer (1918–2008), composer, music teacher
- Anton Landes (1712–1764), Rococo plasterer
- Franz Xaver Lerno (1849–1920), politician (center)
- Peter Lippert (1879–1936), Catholic theologian, Jesuit
- Johannes Matthaeus (1526–1588), Protestant theologian
- Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905–1944), officer and resistance fighter
- Martin Merz (around 1425–1501), mathematician, gunner-master
- Arnold von Möhl (1867–1944), General of the Infantry, barracks named after him in Amberg
- Albert Oeckl (1909–2001), communication scientist
- Eugen Oker real name Fritz Gebhardt (1919–2006), "game critic" in ZEIT, Frankfurter Rundschau, Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Friedrich Pfannmüller (1490–1562), citizen of Amberg from 1549, organ builder
- Philipp (1448–1508), Elector Palatinate
- Urban Pierius (1546–1616), Protestant theologian
- Andreas Raselius (around 1563–1602), humanist, composer, court conductor
- Rainer Rauffmann (* 1967), football player in Cyprus, formerly FC Amberg
- Manfred Raumberger (1931–2003), sculptor, bronze caster, painter
- Karl Reidel (1927–2006), sculptor of the Nepomuk statue on the Kurfürstenbrücke
- Johannes Reitmeier (* 1962), author, director, director
- Anselm Rixner (1766–1838), professor of philosophy at the Amberg Lyzeum
- Johann Salmuth (1552–1622), Protestant theologian
- Martin Schalling the Younger (1532–1608), Protestant theologian, hymn poet, reformer, court preacher in Amberg from 1559–67
- Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514), physician, humanist and historian
- Mildred Scheel (1931–1985), founder of the German Cancer Aid, grew up in Amberg
- Maurus von Schenkl (1749–1816), Benedictine priest, theologian and librarian; went to school in Amberg, where he became a professor and librarian
- Andreas Schillinger (* 1983), professional cyclist
- Johannes Schoch (around 1550–1631), Renaissance master builder
- Kaspar von der Sitt (16th century), stone etcher
- Kaspar Gottfried Schlör (1888–1964), lawyer, member of the Parliamentary Council
- Sebastian von Schrenck (1774–1848), President of the Court of Appeal in Amberg, Minister of Justice in the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Wolfgang Sieler (1930–2001), member of the Bundestag
- Erwin Stein (1930–2009), tax advisor, member of the state parliament
- Valentin Stephan Still (1750–1795), brother Barnabas, master brewer of the Paulaner in Munich
- Heribert Sturm (1904–1981), city archivist in Eger (Bohemia), archive director in Amberg
- Eugen Taucher (1863–1933), Counselor
- Stephan Thomas (* 1957), Brigadier General
- Franz Troglauer (1754–1801), robber captain, executed in Amberg am Galgenberg in 1801
- Johann Conrad Vogel (1656–1721), organ builder from Upper Palatinate, predecessor of Funtsch
- Wilhelm Volkert (* 1928), historian
- Maximilian Weigel (1869–1947), Protestant pastor and church historian
- Johann Heinrich Werner (1684–1752), city dean, orphanage founder, potato growing promoter
- Helmut Wilhelm (* 1946), judge, member of the Bundestag
- Wilhelm Wirth (1876–1952), psychologist
- Anton Wurzer (1893–1955) Upper Palatinate dialect and local poet
- Hans Zehetmair (* 1936) former Minister of Culture D., Amberger Citizen Medal