List of personalities of the city of Cheb
The list of personalities of the city of Cheb contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the city of Cheb (German: Eger ). These are personalities who were born here or who worked here.
sons and daughters of the town
- Kaspar Schlick (≈1396–1449), chancellor of three kings and imperial chancellor under Emperor Sigismund
- Heinrich II. Schlick (≈1400 – ≈1448), Prince-Bishop of Freising (1443–48)
- Johannes Widmann (around 1460 - after 1498), mathematician
- Johannes Sylvius Egranus (Johannes Wildenauer) (≈1480–1553), theologian, humanist and reformer, friends with Martin Luther
- Michael Heuffner (1483–1511), sculptor and painter
- Balthasar Brusch (1512–1589), bookbinder and bookseller, author of a city and a family chronicle
- Johann Habermann (1516–1590), Lutheran theologian
- Hieronymus Tilesius (1529–1566), Lutheran theologian and reformer from Eger
- Johann Ludwig Betulius (1587–1647), Lutheran theologian and pastor
- Wolf Adam Pachelbel von Gehag (1599–1649), mayor
- Johann Adam Schertzer (1628–1683), Protestant theologian
- Otto de la Bourde (1630–1708), as Otto II Prince-Bishop of Gurk
- Pablo Clain (1652–1717), Jesuit, missionary, pharmacist, botanist and author
- Johann Brusch von Neiberg (1666–1742), Roman Catholic lawyer and syndic of the city of Eger
- Hieronymus Besnecker (1678–1749), Cistercian Abbot of Ossegg
- Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), Baroque builder
- Bernhard Grassoldt (1695–1754), Jesuit
- Bernhard Adler (1753–1810), doctor and founder of the spa town of Franzensbad near Eger
- Joseph Sebastian Grüner (1780–1864), police advisor and local researcher of the Egerland
- Nikolaus von Urbanstadt (1801–1873), municipal official and local historian of the Egerland
- Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal (1802–1866), writer
- Lorenz Johann Adam Köstler von Stromberg (1807–1888), well doctor and honorary citizen of Franzensbad and Eger
- Adam Wolf (1822-1883), historian
- Ambros Alfred Clementso (1831–1900), Premonstratensian and from 1887 to 1900 the 48th abbot of the Teplá Monastery
- Heinrich Gradl (1842–1895), historian, city archivist of Eger
- Joseph Ulbrich (1843–1910), constitutional lawyer
- Rudolf Krzyzanowski (1859–1911), conductor and composer
- Karl Marek (1860–1923), administrative lawyer and finance minister
- Karl Iro (1861–1934), politician of the German National Party
- Karl Hermann Wolf (1862–1941), journalist and politician
- Hans Stanka (1864–1936), lawyer, President of the German Fire Brigade in Bohemia, honorary citizen of the city of Eger
- Heinrich Wolf (1868–?), Architect
- Albin Dötsch (1872–1922), politician (SDAP)
- Adam Fahrner (1873–?), Politician of the German National Party
- Franz Strunz (1875–1953), historian of science
- Ernst Bach (1876–1929), playwright and actor
- Josef Mayer (1877–1938), German-Bohemian and German-Austrian politician
- Karl Wilfert (born February 17, 1879; † January 17, 1932 in Eger), sculptor
- Hugo Zuckermann (1881–1914), Bohemian-Austrian lawyer, German-speaking writer and Zionist
- Adolf Mayerl (1884–1954), sculptor and ceramic artist
- Anton Kohl (1886–1967), theater director and director
- Hans Hermann Adler (1891–1956), newspaper scientist, professor (University of Heidelberg)
- Hannes Schmucker (1899–1965), painter
- Rudolf Heckl (1900–1967), architect, folklorist and university professor
- Rudolf Serkin (1903–1991), American pianist of Russian-Jewish origin
- Karl Schubert (1905–1986), politician (CSU)
- Adolf Scherbaum (1909–2000), trumpeter
- Wilhelm Jobst (1912–1947) medic and SS-Hauptsturmführer
- Josef Weidl (1915–1972), sculptor
- Lorenz Knorr (1921–2018), socialist politician and peace activist
- Herbert Fleissner (1928–2016), lawyer and publisher
- Walther R. Schuster (1930–1992), organist and composer
- Erich Riedl (1933–2018), CSU politician, Member of the Bundestag
- Gerd Wolf (* 1933), physicist
- Kurt Sieber (* 1936), FDP politician
- Peter Glotz (1939–2005), SPD politician, journalist and media scientist, Member of the Bundestag
- Otmar Seidl (* 1944), internist, psychoanalyst and sociologist
- Werner W. Wittmann (* 1944), psychologist, evaluation researcher and research methodologist
- Daniela Kolářová (* 1946), actress
- Zdenka Becker (* 1951), Slovak-Austrian writer
- Pavel Nedvěd (* 1972), national soccer player
- Antonín Gavlas (* 1985), table tennis player
- Martin Fenin (* 1987), national soccer player
People related to the city
- Rüdiger von Sparneck (≈1300–1364 / 68), Burgrave of Eger
- Nikolaus Medler (1502–1551), theologian, reformer and mathematician
- Kaspar Brusch (1518–1559), humanist, Count Palatine, crowned poet and historical researcher; went to school in Eger
- Wallenstein (1583–1634), Bohemian general and politician; was murdered in Eger
- Johann Georg Franz Braun (before 1630 - 1678), cantor to St. Nikolaus, composer, author of Ave Maria tender
- Abraham Leuthner (≈1639–1701), bricklayer and builder, rebuilt the Dominican church and monastery in Eger
- Johann Franz Loew von Erlsfeld (1648–1725), doctor and lawyer, rector of the Charles University in Prague, went to school in Eger
- Karl Huss (1761–1836), executioner, healer and collector
- Adolf Stanka (1828–1907), imperial councilor, merchant, mayor of the city of Eger
- Andreas Buberl (1832–1907), military doctor, spa doctor, folklore researcher, honorary citizen of Eger and Franzensbad
- Michael Müller (1849–1914), doctor and local historian
- Karl Siegl (1851–1943), historian, city archivist and museum director
- Emil Janka (1894–1952), mayor from 1941 to 1945
- Mira Mladějovská (1899–1969), museum and archive director
- Heribert Sturm (1904–1981), city archivist and museum director
- Vojtěch Cach (1914–1980), writer and playwright
- Adolf Fischer (1925–1995), family and local history researcher; went to school in Eger