List of personalities from the city of Bressanone

The following list contains the personalities born and temporarily living in the city of Brixen ( South Tyrol ), listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen

Benedict XVI.
(* 1927)

• 1882: Simon Aichner (1816–1910), Prince-Bishop of Brixen
• 1905: Ignaz Mitterer (1850–1924), Austrian composer and church musician
• 1987: Karl Wolfsgruber (1917–2009), Roman Catholic clergyman, monument conservator and university professor
• 2008: Benedict XVI. (* 1927), Pope emeritus

sons and daughters of the town

1401-1800

Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer
(1790–1861)

• Marx Reichlich (around 1460 - 1520), South Tyrolean painter
• Oswald Bär (1482–1567), physician, university professor and city doctor
• Zacharias Geizkofler von Gailenbach and Haunsheim (1560–1617), Reichspfennigmeister of the Holy Roman Empire
• Christoph Sätzl (1592 / 93–1655), Austrian composer
• Hans Jacob Greiter (before 1605 - after 1634), painter
• Gabriel Kessler (1648–1719), painter
• Maria Hueber (1653–1705), founder of the Catholic order
• Matteo Goffriller (1659–1742), violin maker
• Johann Georg Dominikus Grasmair (1691–1751), Austrian painter
• Anton Pichler (1697–1779), gem cutter
• Ferdinand Julius von Troyer (1698–1758), Roman Catholic bishop
• Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790–1861), orientalist

1801-1900

Aemilian Schöpfer
(1858–1936)

• Josef Erler (1802–1844), Austrian landscape painter
• Josef Plaseller (1812–1877), Austrian physician and stenographer
• Florian Blaas (1828–1906), Austrian lawyer, politician and painter
• Atanas von Guggenberg (1846–1920), Austrian politician, member of the House of Representatives and the Provisional National Assembly
• Otto von Guggenberg (1848–1914), politician and doctor
• Paula Kravogl (1856–1916), Austrian writer
• Aemilian Schöpfer (1858–1936), Austrian Roman Catholic priest
• Josef Murr (1864–1932), Austrian teacher and botanist
• Sigismund Waitz (1864–1941), Austrian Roman Catholic bishop
• Eduard Thöny (1866–1950), Austrian draftsman, caricaturist and painter
• Anton Eder (1868–1952), Austrian lawyer, mayor of Innsbruck
• Emil Kugler (1868–1941), Austrian physician, writer and art patron
• Josef Kugler (1871–1940), Austrian Roman Catholic priest
• Peter Valentin (1877–1962), sculptor
• Ignazio Canazei (1883-1946), Roman Catholic bishop
• Anton von Mörl zu Pfalzen and Sichelburg (1883–1958), Austrian lawyer and councilor
• Louis Rainer (1885–1963), actor
• Raimund von Klebelsberg (1886–1967), Austrian geologist and high mountain researcher
• Otto von Guggenberg (1887–1971), South Tyrolean lawyer and politician
• Max Ladner (1889–1963), founder of the Zurich Buddhist community
• Arthur March (1891–1957), Austrian physicist
• Otto Wacek (1893–1983), Austrian composer
• Leo Sebastian Humer (1896–1965), Austrian painter
• Fritz Tarbuk (1896–1976), Austrian entrepreneur
• Hans Georg Bilgeri (1898–1949), Austrian lawyer and SS leader

1901-1950

Eddy von Ferrari Kellerhof
(1923-2000)

Reinhold Messner
(* 1944)

• Josef Schwammberger (1912-2004), German SS Oberscharführer, ghetto and camp commandant
• Hans Fink (1912–2003), writer
• Alois Lugger (1912–2005), Innsbruck politician
• Josef Prader (1915-2006), Roman Catholic priest
• Viktoria Stadlmayer (1917–2004), civil servant and historian
• Josef Sullmann (1922–2012), doctor and benefactor
• Eddy von Ferrari Kellerhof (1923–2000), painter
• Josef Hermann Pitscheider (1923–2019), painter and sculptor
• Mary de Rachewiltz (* 1925), writer
• Johannes Mühlsteiger (* 1926), Roman Catholic theologian
• Othmar Barth (1927-2010), architect
• Josef Fischnaller (1927–2006), Austrian painter and sculptor
• Manfred Freyberger (1930–1980), Austrian actor
• Marco Toniolli (* 1932), politician
• Klaus Peter Heiss (1941–2010), space expert
• Peter Mitterrutzner (* 1942), actor
• Karl Gruber (* 1943), Roman Catholic priest and art historian
• Reinhold Messner (* 1944), mountaineer
• Günther Messner (1946–1970), mountaineer
• Maurizio Bettini (* 1947), classical philologist
• Norbert Conrad Kaser (1947–1978), writer
• Siegfried Messner (* 1947), politician
• Hans Widmann (* 1948), politician
• Gottfried Solderer (* 1949), journalist and publisher
• Heinz Winkler (* 1949), three-star chef

1951-1970

Sabina Kasslatter Mur
(* 1963)

Hubert Egger (* 1964)

Konrad Huber
(* 1967)

• Hans Heiss (* 1952), historian
• Helene Flöss (* 1954), writer
• Albert Pürgstaller (* 1954), politician and mayor of Brixen
• Christoph Hartung von Hartungen (1955–2013), historian
• Markus Klammer (* 1955), art critic and curator
• Karl Mittermaier (* 1956), author, journalist and musician
• Willy Verginer (* 1957), wood sculptor
• Karl Baumgartner (* 1958), cook
• Konrad Bergmeister (* 1959), engineer and university professor
• Hansjörg Rigger (* 1959), Roman Catholic theologian
• Christine Roilo (* 1959), archivist and head of the South Tyrolean Provincial Archives
• Bruno Walpoth (* 1959), sculptor
• Hanspeter Munter (* 1960), politician
• Maurizio Vezzali (* 1961), politician
• Sabina Kasslatter Mur (* 1963), politician
• Erika Kustatscher (* 1963), historian
• Hubert Egger (* 1964), medical technician, professor for bionic limb prosthetics
• Walter Obwexer (* 1965), legal scholar
• Michael Rieper (* 1965), Austrian architect and graphic designer
• Konrad Huber (* 1967), opera singer
• Werner Perathoner (* 1967), ski racer
• Gabriela Kompatscher-Gufler (* 1968), classical philologist
• Heidi Leitner (* 1968), sculptor
• Peter Runggaldier (* 1968), ski racer
• Herbert Dorfmann (* 1969), politician
• Helmut Tauber (* 1969), hotelier and politician
• Margareth Obexer (* 1970), writer

1971-1990

Denise Karbon
(* 1980)

Daniel Alfreider
(* 1981)

Peter Fill
(* 1982)

Johanna Schnarf
(* 1984)

• Anton Blasbichler (* 1972), natural toboggan runner
• Martin Thaler (* 1974), actor
• Martin Gruber (* 1975), natural track tobogganist
• Sonja Steinacher (* 1975), natural track tobogganist
• Evelyn Kustatscher (* 1976), paleobotanist
• Günther Oberhollenzer (* 1976), art historian, author and curator
• Christa Gietl (* 1977), natural track tobogganist
• Reinhard Gruber (* 1977), natural track tobogganist
• Peter Schorn (* 1978), actor
• Romina Demetz (* 1980), biathlete
• Roland Fischnaller (* 1980), snowboarder
• Denise Karbon (* 1980), ski racer
• Manuela Kerer (* 1980), composer
• Christian Obrist (* 1980), athlete
• Daniel Alfreider (* 1981), Ladin politician of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)
• Philipp Burger (* 1981), singer
• Mark Demetz (* 1981), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Hannes Lang (* 1981), film director, cameraman and film producer
• Martin Obermarzoner (* 1981), cook
• Peter Fill (* 1982), ski racer
• Renate Gietl (* 1982), natural track tobogganist
• Tamara Oberhofer (* 1982), politician
• Jeffrey Frisch (* 1984), ski racer
• Andreas Gruber (* 1984), natural track tobogganist
• Johanna Schnarf (* 1984), ski racer
• Philipp Achammer (* 1985), politician
• Simon Manzoni (* 1985), soccer goalkeeper
• Max von Milland (* 1985), singer
• Karin Oberhofer (* 1985), biathlete
• Stefan Gruber (* 1985), natural track tobogganist
• Silvia Bertagna (* 1986), freestyle skier
• Aaron March (* 1986), snowboarder
• Christa Perathoner (* 1987), biathlete
• Daniel Taschler (* 1987), biathlete
• Hannes Zingerle (* 1987), politician
• Laura Letrari (* 1989), swimmer
• Lukas Tauber (* 1990), ice hockey player

1991-2010

Kevin Fischnaller
(* 1993)

Evelyn Insam
(* 1994)

Andrea Vötter
(* 1995)

• Debora Agreiter (* 1991), cross-country skier
• Gerhard Kerschbaumer (* 1991), mountain biker
• Alexia Runggaldier (* 1991), biathlete
• Diego Kostner (* 1992), ice hockey player
• Nadine Kostner (* 1992), ski jumper
• Manuel Maierhofer (* 1992), Nordic combined athlete
• Anika Niederwieser (* 1992), handball player
• Alex Zingerle (* 1992), ski racer
• Dominik Fischnaller (* 1993), luge rider
• Kevin Fischnaller (* 1993), luge rider
• Alexandra Obrist (* 1993), natural track tobogganist
• Evelyn Insam (* 1994), ski jumper
• Alex Hofer (* 1994), ski racer
• Lukas Huber (* 1994), slackline world champion
• Andrea Vötter (* 1995), luge rider
• Alex Lambacher (* 1996), ice hockey player
• Nicol Delago (* 1996), ski racer
• Nadia Delago (* 1997), ski racer
• Alex Insam (* 1997), ski jumper
• Daniela Dejori (* 2002), Nordic combined athlete

People with a relationship to the city

• Oswald von Wolkenstein (around 1377 - 1445), poet, composer and singer
• Michael Gaismair (1490–1532), peasant leader
• Sebastian Pollinger († 1590), auxiliary bishop and university rector, died on the return journey from Rome in Brixen
• Hans Reichle (≈1565 / 1570–1642), sculptor
• Martin Theophil Polak (around 1570–1639), painter
• Adam Baldauf (1580–1631), sculptor
• Stephan Kessler (1622–1700), painter
• Paulinus Mayr (1628–1685), Prince-Bishop
• Joseph Anton Hofer (1742–1820), theologian, professor, canon and canon in Brixen
• Bernhard Galura (1764-1856), Prince-Bishop
• Joseph Ambrosius Stapf (1785–1844), theologian, professor and canon in Brixen
• Joseph Vincenz Hofmann (1800–1863), theologian, professor and canon in Brixen
• Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821–1856), writer and politician
• Johann Kravogl (1823–1889), inventor
• Alfons Quellacasa (1843–1913), clergyman and 35 years professor of natural history at the "KK Gymnasium" in Brixen
• Sebastian Rieger (1867–1953), Roman Catholic priest and writer (Reimmichl)
• Vinzenz Goller (1873–1953), composer
• Hans Egarter (1909–1966), anti-fascist resistance fighter
• Karl Wolfsgruber (1917–2009), Roman Catholic priest
• Anton Gostner (1920–1962), South Tyrol activist, member of the South Tyrol Liberation Committee