List of personalities of the city of Fürth
This list includes personalities born in Fürth as well as those who had their sphere of activity in Fürth without being born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Fürth
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Until 1850
- Johann Heinrich Arnold (1697–1770), master builder in Baden
- Georg Moritz Lowitz (1722–1774), astronomer and geographer
- Elkan Henle (1761–1833), businessman
- Wolf Hamburg (1770–1850), rabbi
- Philipp Herrlein (1794–1850), stone draftsman and lithographer
- Conrad Gebhardt (1791–1864), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Joseph Otto Entres (1804–1870), sculptor
- Johann Jacob Mezler (1804–1839), painter and drawing teacher in Munich
- Wolfgang Mack (1808–1883), surgeon, obstetrician and benefactor
- Wilhelm Löhe (1808–1872), Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- Jakob Henle (1809–1885), anatomist, pathologist and doctor
- Wilhelm Königswarter (1809–1887), founder and honorary citizen of Fürth
- Peter Conrad Schreiber (1816–1894), landscape painter
- Wilhelm Ihne (1821–1902), classical philologist and historian
- Gabriel Löwenstein (1825–1911), politician
- Leopold Ullstein (1826–1899), publisher
- Heinrich Berolzheimer (1836–1906), entrepreneur
- Heinrich Kraußold (1836–1914), Counselor, member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
- Ernst Aub (1837–1900), politician
- Emilie Lehmus (1841–1932), medical student and doctor
- Eduard Ley (1841–1925), entrepreneur
- Kaufmann Kohler (1843–1926), Rabbi
- Otto Mayer (1846–1924), lawyer, administrative law scholar and canon lawyer
- Georg von Schuh (1846–1918), teacher and lawyer
- Georg Schildknecht (1850–1939), genre and portrait painter
1851 to 1900
- Hugo Barbeck (1851–1907), bookseller and member of the German Reichstag
- Martin Segitz (1853–1927), union leader and politician
- Max Bernstein (1854–1925), art and theater critic
- Ferdinand Ritter von Miltner (1856–1920), lawyer and politician
- Julius Bauschinger (1860–1934), astronomer
- Fritz Walter (1860–1912), architect
- Hermann Beeg (1861–1932), lieutenant general in the Bavarian Army in the First World War
- Georg Kuch (1862–1928), architect
- August Sperl (1862–1926), archivist, historian and writer
- Gustav Ortenau (1864–1950), doctor
- Johannes Götz (1865–1934), sculptor
- Alfred Nathan (1870–1922), lawyer and philanthropist
- Julius Mössel (1871–1957), decorative and art painter
- Friedrich Kitzinger (1872–1943), German university professor for criminal law
- Benno Strauss (1873–1944), metallurgist and physicist
- Jakob Wassermann (1873–1934), writer
- Fritz Ullmann (1875–1939), chemist
- Albert Uffenheimer (1876–1941), doctor
- Siegfried Schopflocher (1877–1953), German-Canadian Bahai
- Bernhard Kellermann (1879–1951), writer
- Friedrich Zucker (1881–1973), classical philologist and papyrologist
- Benno Berneis (1883–1916), painter
- Hermann Boehm (1884-1962), eugenicists , doctor, professor of " racial hygiene " and SA-sanitary group leader in the era of National Socialism
- Siegfried Walter Loewe (1884–1963), pharmacologist, endocrinologist and clinical chemist
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1885–1957), photographer (Hitler's photographer)
- Max Bergmann (1886–1944), German-American scientist
- Lily Hildebrandt (1887–1974), painter, graphic artist, artisan and glass painter
- Arthur Rosenthal (1887–1959), mathematician
- Heinrich Sperber (1887–1971), professor, mayor in Neustadt an der Aisch and district administrator in the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district
- Otto Herzog (1888–1964), extreme climber and mountaineer
- Hans Wießmann (1888–1935), agricultural chemist and soil scientist
- Christian Arnold (1889–1960), painter
- Paul Hartmann (1889–1977), actor
- Albert Rosenfelder (1892–1933 / 1934?), Lawyer
- August Schmidt (1892–1972), officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
- Robert Frank-Krauss (also Frank-Krauss ; 1893–1950), painter
- Hans Schmidt (1893–1971), soccer player and coach
- Georg Wellhöfer (1893–1968), football player
- Georg Wunderlich (1893–1963), soccer player and coach
- Hans Hagen (1894–1957), soccer player and coach
- Friedrich Krauss (1894 – after 1941), staff leader of the SA group in Berlin
- Rudolph Arbesmann (1895–1982), American classical philologist
- Eugen Gürster (1895–1980), dramaturge, literary scholar, writer and diplomat
- Gustav Schickedanz (1895–1977), manufacturer and entrepreneur
- Hermann Glockner (1896–1979), philosopher and professor
- Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), politician and 2nd Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Leo Fiederer (1897–1946), football player
- Andreas Franz (1897–1970), football player
- Richard Krautheimer (1897–1994), German-American art historian
- Leonhard Wolf (1897–1983), CEO of Bayernwerk AG
- Johann Segitz (1898–1963), politician
- Mary S. Rosenberg (1900–1992), American publicist and publisher
- Jakob Schönberg (1900–1956), German composer and musicologist
1901 to 1920
- Karl Schlumprecht (1901–1970), Nazi functionary and Lord Mayor of Bayreuth
- Willy Ascherl (1902–1929), football player
- Albert Forster (1902–1952), Gauleiter of the NSDAP and Reich Governor in Danzig
- Hans Schiller (1902–1991), garden technician, garden architect and city garden director
- Fritz Bräun (1903–1982), wrestler
- Hans Krauss (1903–1981), soccer player and coach
- Willy Fischer (1904–1951), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Konrad Krauss (1904–1978), football player
- Walter Frank (1905–1945), historian
- Karl Dörrfuß (1906–1984), painter and sculptor
- Heinz Hohner (1907–1967), politician
- Georg Wurzer (1907–1982), 1947–1960 football coach at VfB Stuttgart
- Wilhelm Lettenbauer (1907–1984), Slavist
- Georg Frank (1907–1944), football player
- Rudolf Feistmann (1908–1950), journalist
- Leonhard Birkofer (1911–2015), chemist
- Jean Mandel (1911–1974), founder of the regional association of Jewish religious communities in Bavaria
- Hans Weibrecht (1911–1945), SS leader
- Grete Schickedanz (1911–1994), entrepreneur
- Alfred Schwarzmann (1912–2000), artistic gymnast
- Gottfried Schwarz (1913–1944), SS Untersturmführer
- Ernst Bauer (1914–1988), naval officer
- Karl Rothammel (1914–1987), non-fiction author and radio amateur
- Alfred Zwiebel (1914–2005), German-American painter
- Heinrich Berlin (1915–1988), historian, anthropologist and archaeologist
- Ludwig Schweickert (1915–1943), wrestler
- Ludwig Janda (1919–1981), soccer player and coach
- Rudolf Kreitlein (1919–2012), football referee
- Otto Heinrich Treumann (1919–2001), German-Dutch graphic artist
- Hans Fiederer (1920–1980), soccer player and sports journalist
- Kurt Scherzer (1920–2006), politician
1921 to 1940
- Corona (Irmgard) Bamberg (1921–2018), Benedictine and author
- Karl Lennert (1921-2012), pathologist
- Marianne Regensburger (1921–2002), journalist and publicist
- Liselotte Bühler (1922–2003), politician
- Ralph Hirschmann (1922–2009), American chemist
- Hubert Rumpel (1922–2010), historian
- Henry Kissinger (* 1923), American political scientist and politician
- Roberto Schopflocher (1923–2016), writer
- Ruth Weiss (* 1924), writer
- Andreas Rett (1924–1997), Austrian neuropediatrist and author
- Heinz Burghart (1925–2009), journalist and book author
- Helmut Herbolsheimer (* 1925), soccer player
- Emil Waldmann (1925–2012), painter and graphic artist
- Max Appis (1926–2003), football player
- Richard Gottinger (1926–2008), football player
- Eric Schopler (1927-2006), psychologist
- Erich Walter (1927–1983), dancer, choreographer and ballet director
- Karl Mai (1928–1993), football player and coach
- Ernst A. Bettag (1929–2003), toy manufacturer and inventor of the bobby car
- Konrad Carl (* 1930), trade unionist
- Herbert Erhardt (1930–2010), football player
- Werner Heider (* 1930), composer, pianist and conductor
- Wilhelm Manfred Raumberger (1931–2003), sculptor, bronze caster and painter
- Hans Ebersberger (1932–2010), football official
- Karl Ringel (* 1932), football player
- Hannelore Glaser-Franke (* 1933), ski racer
- Richard Klein (1934–2006), ancient historian
- Leo Schuster (* 1937), economist
- Karin Lorenz-Lindemann (* 1938), literary scholar and freelance author
- Siegfried Kett (* 1939), educator and cultural politician
- Gerhard Köbler (* 1939), legal scholar
- Rolf Saalfrank (* 1940), professor of organic chemistry
1941 to 1960
- Günther Deschner (* 1941), historian, publicist and documentary film
- Joachim Hagenauer (* 1941), communications engineer and university professor
- Wolfgang Wildgen (* 1944), linguist
- Natascha Wodin (* 1945), writer and translator
- Winfried Krauss (1946-2004), politician (NPD)
- Herbert Mederer (* 1946), manufacturer
- Herbert Renner (* 1946), soccer player
- Joachim Sartorius (* 1946), lawyer, diplomat, theater director, poet and translator
- Dieter E. Appelt (1947–2016), politician (SPD)
- Helmut Giegler (1947–2017), sociologist
- Friedrich Ach (* 1948), author
- Klaus S. Freyberger (* 1948), classical archaeologist
- Karl-Heinz Kohl (* 1948), ethnologist
- Silvan Koopmann (* 1948), trombonist
- Folker Reichert (* 1949), historian
- Gerd Scherm (* 1950), writer and visual artist
- Hermann Schoenauer (* 1950), rector and chairman of the Diakonie Neuendettelsau
- Manfred Drexler (1951–2017), football player
- Ingo Patschke (* 1952), doctor and medical officer
- Dieter End (* 1953), photographer
- Bernhard Prinz (* 1953), visual artist
- Dieter Lieberwirth (* 1954), soccer player
- Holmer Becker (* 1955), composer
- Rainer Erdel (* 1955), politician
- Evi Kurz (* 1955), television journalist, presenter and film producer
- Martin Bärenz (* 1956), cellist, double bass player, composer and arranger
- Alexander Trunk (* 1957), legal scholar
- Thomas Iftner (* 1958), virologist
- Peter Sebastian (* 1958), singer, lyricist, producer and radio presenter
- Wolfgang Hirschmann (* 1960), musicologist, President of the Georg Friedrich Händel Society
- Dieter Hofmann (* 1960), system designer, product designer and rector of the Halle-Giebichenstein University of Art
- Alexander Kähler (* 1960), editor and television presenter
- Alexander Mayer (* 1960), historian, publicist, photographer and musician
- Michael Plattig (* 1960), Roman Catholic theologian
- Ulrich Schmitzer (* 1960), classical philologist
From 1961
- Thomas Jung (* 1961), Lord Mayor of Fürth
- Thomas Beyer (* 1963), lawyer and politician
- Dietmar Beiersdorfer (* 1963), soccer player and sports director
- Elke Goez (* 1963), historian
- Klaus Stiegler (* 1963), regional bishop in Regensburg
- Bernd Heusinger (* 1964), journalist and advertiser
- Jens Becker (* 1965), bassist
- Mark Lorenz (* 1965), pop singer
- Willi Wild , actually Andreas Martin Wild (* 1966), journalist and author
- Rainer Müller-Hörner (* 1967), triathlete
- Martin Rassau (* 1967), actor and comedian
- Volker Heissmann (* 1969), comedian, actor, singer and theater director
- Matthias Dießl (* 1975), politician
- Jörg Jaksche (* 1976), racing cyclist
- Steffen Weinhold (* 1986), handball player
- Daniel Adlung (* 1987), football player
- Alexander Eberlein (* 1988), football player
- Stefan Kleineheismann (* 1988), soccer player
- Isabella Soric (* 1988), actress and presenter
- Marco Wittmann (* 1989), racing car driver
- Julia Simic (* 1989), soccer player
- Raphael Kandra (* 1990), squash player
- Nicole Hise (* 1992), voice actress
- Jonathan Hofmeister (* 1992), jazz musician
- Kelly MissesVlog (* 1993), web video producer and vlogger
Personalities who have worked in Fürth
- Michael Ludwig Wellmer (1783-1859), non-fiction author and writer, until 1849 headed the Fürth city commissioner
- Johann Geismann (1859–1910), owner of the Geismann brewery and builder of the Geismannsaal
- Hans Böckler (1875–1951), politician and trade union activist
- Hans Vogel (1881–1945), politician and chairman of the SPD
- David Spiro (1901–1970), co-founder of the Jewish community of Fürth after the Second World War
- Frieda Fronmüller (1901–1992), church musician at the Stadtkirche St. Michael 1923–1964, composer
- Max Grundig (1908–1989), entrepreneur
- Kraft-Alexander Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1925–2006), actor, director, director of the city theater (1972–1990)
- Walter Mayer (1926–2015), radio pioneer
- Ortwin Michl (* 1942), painter and art professor
- Frank Kleinfeld (* 1942), chief physician and entomologist
- Hans-Peter Miksch (* 1954), curator and author
- Jutta Czurda (* 1955), choreographer and singer
- Uwe Strübing (* 1956), composer
- Werner Müller (* 1957), director, general manager of the Stadttheater (since 1990)
- Bernhard Purin (* 1963), head of the Jewish Museum Franconia (1995–2003)
- Thomas Adler (* 1965), football player
- Ewald Arenz (* 1965), writer
- Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck (* 1965), church music director, organist, pianist
- Christiane Altzweig (* 1971), artist
- Ronny Philp (* 1989), soccer player
- Edgar Prib (* 1989), soccer player
- Lena Dobler (* 1990), musician