List of personalities of the city of Heppenheim
This is a list of personalities from the city of Heppenheim .
Honorary citizen
- Otto Ferrari, Medical Council (certificate: February 20, 1947)
- Ferdinand Feuerbach, American. Generous donation to his hometown in times of greatest need in 1948, namesake of the Ferdinand Feuerbach facility named after him (certificate: August 25, 1955)
- Elise Fillauer, on her 100th birthday (certificate: September 7, 1954)
- Ludwig Oberndorf, editor-in-chief from 1947 to 1961 of the New Yorker Staatszeitung and Herold (certificate: June 17, 1963)
- Wilhelm Metzendorf, Mayor from 1954 to 1973
- Judith Buber-Agassi, granddaughter of the Jewish religious philosopher Martin Buber (certificate 2004)
- Sebastian Vettel , automobile racing driver (certificate 2010)
- Ferdinand Koob, local researcher / founder and 1st chairman of the Heppenheim History Association (certificate: December 3, 1971)
sons and daughters of the town
- Anton Joseph Dorsch (1758–1819), university professor, enlightener and revolutionary
- Marianne Cope (1838–1918), nun and saint
- Heinrich Metzendorf (1866–1923), architect
- Joseph Maria Schül (1873–1960), member of the state parliament (center)
- Georg Metzendorf (1874–1934), architect
- Wilhelm Adam Lulay (1901–1974), politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag
- Katharina Katzenmaier , religious name Sister Theodolinde (1918–2000), Benedictine and Nazi victim
- Günther Metzger (1933–2013), German lawyer and politician (SPD)
- Horst Antes (* 1936), painter
- Jürgen W. Falter (* 1944), political scientist
- Franz Lambert (* 1948), musician, composer and organist
- Jürgen Tautz (* 1949), behavioral scientist, sociobiologist and bee expert
- Esther Dischereit (* 1952), writer
- Max Eipp (* 1955), actor, author and director
- Wolfgang Busch (* 1955), film director
- Jürgen Groh (* 1956), soccer player
- Karin Hartmann (* 1959), politician, member of the Hessian state parliament
- Erwin Schwab (* 1964), discoverer of numerous small planets
- Thomas Berbner (* 1965), television journalist
- Thomas Zipp (* 1966), painter, plastic artist and musician
- Thomas Franck (* 1971), football player
- Mathias Lenz (* 1985), handball goalkeeper
- Michael Allendorf (* 1986), handball player
- Stefan Schönegg (* 1986), jazz and improvisation musician
- Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim (* 1987), chemist and edutainer
- Sebastian Vettel (* 1987), automobile racing driver
- Karla Borger (* 1988), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Laura Wilde (* 1989), singer
- Fabian Broghammer (* 1990), football player
- Marius Müller (* 1993), football player
Other known citizens
- Johannes Adam , reformed pastor around 1613, took a stand against witch trials and torture
- Hans Baumgartner , winner of the silver medal in the long jump at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich
- Margaretha Berg , maternal grandmother of the former US actress Grace Kelly and later Princess Gracia Patricia von Monaco, born in Heppenheim in 1870
- Martin Buber , Jewish religious philosopher, lived in Heppenheim from 1916 to 1938
- Heinrich Herrmann , b. 1894, died 1980 in Heppenheim, teacher and painter, 1946 founder and long-time director of the cultural community and adult education center in Heppenheim, initiator of the Heppenheim observatory, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Hansjörg Holzamer (1939–2019), former national trainer for athletics (long jump), who trained Hans Baumgartner and Florian Schwarthoff , among others , author of the book "Der Flug der Libelle"
- Hans-Ulrich Karalus (1923–2009), East Prussia and Wahlheppenheimer
- Ewald Könemann (1899–1976), central figure in natural farming ( life reform movement)
- Vala Lamberger, artist, born in Mainz in 1877, died in Heppenheim in 1953
- Karl Menninger , mathematician and author of mathematical non-fiction books
- Hans Richter , actor, founder of the Heppenheim Festival
- Ulrich W. Sahm , journalist, Abitur 1968
- Bernhard Trares , soccer player and coach
- Heinrich Winter (1898–1964), local history researcher
- Justus von Liebig , chemist, 10-month apprenticeship in Heppenheim (1818/19)
- Katja Poensgen , born 1976 in Mindelheim (Unterallgäu) German racing driver, grew up in Heppenheim from 1984 to 2000.
- Hans Kohl , painter and graphic artist, b. 1897 in Mainz, died in 1990 in Heppenheim
- Takashi Ochi , mandolinist and instrumental teacher, died in Heppenheim in 2010