List of personalities of the city of Landshut
The following list deals with the personalities of the city of Landshut .
Personalities born in Landshut
The following people were born in Landshut or in what is now the urban area of Landshut:
Until 1800
- Elisabeth of Bavaria (* 1227; † 1273), Queen of the Holy Roman Empire
- Konradin (* 1252; † 1268), King of Jerusalem and Sicily
- Ludwig III. (* 1269; † 1296), Duke of Lower Bavaria
- Stephan I (* 1271; † 1310), Duke of Lower Bavaria
- Meinhard III. (* 1344; † 1363), Duke of Upper Bavaria
- Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (* 1383; † 1442), Electress of Brandenburg
- Georg Altdorfer (* 1437; † 1495), Bishop of Chiemsee
- Ulrich Füetrer (* before 1450; † between 1493 and 1502), poet and painter
- Jakob von Landshut (* around 1450; † 1509), master builder
- Kaspar Schatzgeyer (* 1463/64; † 1527), controversial theologian of the Reformation period
- Hans Wertinger (* around 1465/70; † 1533), draftsman, painter and glass painter
- Thomas Brunner (* around 1535; † 1571), author of biblical dramas
- Wilhelm V (* 1548; † 1626), Duke of Bavaria
- Ferdinand of Bavaria (* 1550; † 1608), Prince of Bavaria and general
- Franz Matthias Hiernle (* 1677; † 1732), Baroque sculptor
- Columban Gigl (* 1686; † 1752), Benedictine and abbot
- Gottlieb Ignaz von Ezdorf (* 1743; † 1806), privy councilor, chamberlain and writer
- Kastulus Wohlmuth (* 1748; † 1802), Premonstratensian , abbot of the Neustift monastery near Freising
- Christian Jorhan the Younger (* 1758; † 1844), sculptor
- Andreas Florian Meilinger (* 1763; † 1837), philosopher and Benedictine monk
- Andreas Moser (* 1766; † 1806), writer and educator
- Bernhard von Ernsdorfer (* 1767; † 1836), deaf-mute teacher
- Franz Dionys Reithofer (* 1767; † 1819), theologian and Bavarian local historian
- Johann Nepomuk von Harscher (* 1769; † 1834), Royal Bavarian Major General
- Franz Xaver Krenkl (* 1780; † 1860), racing stable owner and horse dealer
- Johann Leonhard Schrag (* 1783; † 1858), bookseller and publisher
- Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria (* 1784; † 1849), princess in Bavaria
- Pius August in Bavaria (* 1786; † 1837), Duke in Bavaria
- Carl von Theodori (* 1788; † 1857), paleontologist and administrative lawyer
- Wilhelm von Gumppenberg (* 1795; † 1847), landowner
- Moritz Ignaz Weber (* 1795; † 1875), anatomist and university professor
1801 to 1900
- Ludwig Feuerbach (* 1804; † 1872), philosopher
- Friedrich von Pösl (* 1806; † 1876), church historian
- Friedrich Feuerbach (* 1806; † 1880), philologist and philosopher
- Gustav Tiedemann (* 1808; † 1849), career officer
- Friedrich Held (* 1812; † 1872), malacologist and university professor
- Friedrich Medicus (* 1813; † 1893), pomologist
- Karl von Ow (* 1818; † 1898), civil servant and politician
- August von Heckel (* 1824; † 1883), painter
- Sebastian Mutzl (* 1831; † 1917), Catholic priest, art collector and artist
- Isidor Silbernagl (* 1831; † 1904), church historian and canonist
- Carl du Prel (* 1839; † 1899), philosopher, writer and occultist
- Wilhelm Marc (* 1839; † 1907), painter
- Karl von Rambaldi (* 1842; † 1922), historical researcher and writer
- Christian von Tattenbach (* 1846; † 1910), diplomat
- Karl Tanera (* 1849, † 1904), officer in the Bavarian army and writer
- Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz (1850–1922), politician
- Ludwig Bürchner (* 1858; † 1927), ancient historian and high school teacher
- Josef Böhm (* 1865; † 1929), banker and politician
- Hanns von Gumppenberg (* 1866; † 1928), poet, translator, cabaret artist and theater critic
- Max Slevogt (* 1868; † 1932), painter, graphic artist, illustrator and set designer
- Sebastian Killermann (* 1870; † 1956), theologian and mycologist
- Carl Kronacher (* 1871; † 1938), animal breeding and genetic researcher
- Georg Heise (* 1874; † 1945), locomotive designer at the Henschel and Son company in Kassel
- Wilhelm zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen (* 1875; † 1956), chemist and forest scientist, professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- Willi Geiger (* 1878; † 1971), painter and graphic artist
- Otto Zehentbauer (* 1880; † 1961), sculptor
- Konrad Graf von Preysing (* 1880; † 1950), Bishop of Eichstätt and Berlin
- Alfred Zenns (* 1880; † 1960), civil engineer and university professor
- Max Dingler (* 1883; † 1961), zoologist and dialect poet
- Karl Wimmer (* 1889; † 1971), educator and composer
- Albert Auer (* 1891; † 1973), Benedictine and philosopher
- Ottoissenberth (* 1893; † 1919), fighter pilot in the First World War
1901 to 1950
- Hans Hirthammer (1901–1963), writer and editor
- Hermann Erhardt (1903–1958), actor
- Franz Högner (1903–1979), painter and illustrator
- Clemens Weber (1905–2008), architect
- Joseph Mader (1905–1982), painter and graphic artist
- Friedrich Hutter (1905–1993), teacher
- Max Schäfer (1907–1990), football player and coach
- Herbert Hummel (1907–1944), lawyer and SA leader
- Ignatz Wimmer (1908–1999), entrepreneur
- Hugo Högner (1910–1994), painter and goldsmith
- Georg Schwarz (1914–2010), religious priest and university professor
- Marlene Neubauer-Woerner (1918–2010), sculptor
- Heinz Benker (1921–2000), composer and musician
- Theodor Grädler (* 1921), film, theater and television director as well as actor and author
- Marlene Reidel (1923–2014), painter, illustrator and children's book author
- Matthias Pöschl (1924–2007), Catholic priest and poet
- Gertrud Benker (* 1925), writer
- Karl Reidel (1927–2006), sculptor
- Arno Plack (1930–2012), philosopher and book author
- Georg Spitzlberger (* 1931), historian
- Reinhold Lampe (* 1932), actor
- Hermann Martin Goldbrunner (1933–2004), historian
- Roman Herzog (1934–2017), lawyer, politician (CDU), seventh Federal President (1994 to 1999)
- Hans Rockmeier (1934–1999), table tennis player
- Herbert Huber (1935–2016), economist and politician
- Josef Deimer (* 1936), state and local politician (CSU) and Lord Mayor of Landshut (1970-2004)
- Georg Karl (1936–2019), politician (CSU), district administrator and Bavarian senator
- Willy Reitgaßl (1936–1988), football player
- Sepp Schramm (* 1938), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Karl Eyerkaufer (* 1940), politician
- Günther Graup (1940–2006), geologist and impact researcher
- Gisela Fiori (1940–2011), theater and film actress and dance teacher
- Rüdiger Hacker (* 1941), actor, radio play speaker and director
- Dieter Witt (* 1941), economist
- Max Daunderer (1943–2013), internist, clinical toxicologist, environmental medicine specialist and author
- Sylvia Kekulé (* 1944), actress, camerawoman and author
- Peter Röckl (* 1945), conductor and musician
- Reiner Rummel (* 1945), professor for astronomical and physical geodesy
- Walter Glaser (* 1946), ice hockey player
- Stephan Keller (* 1946), diplomat
- Bernhard Schömann (1946–2015), Roman Catholic pastor, provost of St. Martin
- Lisa Endriß (* 1947), visual artist
- Michael von Mossner (* 1947), film producer and screenwriter
- Alois Schloder (* 1947), ice hockey player
- Walter Kugler (* 1948), anthroposophist and educator
- Georg Hack (* 1950), speedway and long track racing driver
- Michael Lange (* 1950), painter
- Manfred Alfred Maria Mayer (* 1950), lawyer
1951 to 1975
- Larry Schuba (* 1951), country musician
- Klaus Auhuber (* 1951), ice hockey player
- Karl Huber (* 1952), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Werner Meier (* 1952), journalist and author
- Florian Rötzer (* 1953), journalist
- Albert Sigl (* 1953), writer
- Karl Baier (* 1954), religious scholar
- Hermann Martlreiter (* 1954), jazz musician
- Christina Zacker (* 1954), journalist and book author
- Klaus Bieberstein (* 1955), Roman Catholic theologian
- Wolfgang Götzer (* 1955), politician
- Norbert Witte (* 1955), showman
- Wolfgang Galow (* 1956), correspondence chess player and photographer
- Markus Riederer (* 1956), botanist
- Gunther Olaf Hofmann (* 1957), surgeon, physicist and university professor
- Bernhard Englbrecht (* 1958), ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
- Erich Pfeffer (* 1958), Army General of the Bundeswehr
- Gerhard Tausche (* 1958), archivist and author
- Gerd Truntschka (* 1958), ice hockey player
- Gisbert Fanselow (* 1959), linguist
- Johannes Herrschmann (* 1959), theater and film actor
- Christoph Krix (* 1959), actor
- Alexandra von Rehlingen (* 1959), PR manager
- Gabi Rothmüller (* 1959), director and actress
- Helmut Steiger (* 1959), ice hockey player
- Peter Felixberger (* 1960), journalist and author
- Gabriele Goderbauer-Marchner (1960–2016), politician
- Jakob Haselhuber (* 1960), diplomat
- Wolfgang Oswald (* 1960), ice hockey player
- Thomas Schmid (* 1960), writer
- Christian Strecker (* 1960), professor and pastor
- Michael Betz (* 1962), ice hockey player
- Richard Dübell (* 1962), writer and graphic artist
- Bernhard Graf (* 1962), art historian, historian, Germanist, lecturer and director
- Gerald Huber (* 1962), journalist, historian and writer
- Sandra White (* 1962; † 1989), popular actress
- Thomas Wünsch (* 1962), historian
- Stephan Freund (* 1963), historian
- Peter Michalzik (* 1963), journalist and theater critic
- Klaus Holetschek (* 1964), politician
- Jens Kreuter (* 1965), theologian and lawyer
- Rupert Meister (* 1965), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Bernd Truntschka (* 1965), ice hockey player
- Claudia Bauer (* 1966), director
- Martin Bayerstorfer (* 1966), politician
- Renate Ettl (* 1966), textbook author
- Christian Baumann (* 1967), actor and speaker
- Christine Hartmann (* 1968), director and screenwriter
- Alex Holzwarth (* 1968), drummer
- Markus Brunnermeier (* 1969), economist
- Marcus Mittermeier (* 1969), actor and director
- Hubert Nettinger (* 1969), song, concert and oratorio singer
- Günter Oswald (* 1969), ice hockey player and coach
- Thomas Schinko (* 1969), ice hockey player
- Wolfgang Stark (* 1969), FIFA referee
- Tobias Abstreiter (* 1970), ice hockey player
- Michael Altinger (* 1970), cabaret artist and author
- Stefan Betz (* 1970), director, screenwriter and actor
- Hans Koller (* 1970), jazz pianist and composer
- Henriette Wich (* 1970), writer
- Thomas Daffner (* 1971), ice hockey player
- Thomas Küffner (* 1971), Professor of Tax Law
- Christian Künast (* 1971), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Sabrina White (* 1972), comedian, television and folk actress
- Andreas Bindhammer (* 1973), competitive climber
- Evi Goldbrunner (* 1975), author, dramaturge and director
- Franz Xaver Hintermaier (* 1975), songwriter and cabaret artist
- Alexander Serikow (* 1975), ice hockey player
From 1976
- Gernot Bauer (* 1976), sports journalist
- Bastian Yotta (* 1976), entrepreneur, book author and reality TV participant
- Angela Ascher (* 1977), actress
- Thomas Vogl (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Manuel Baum (* 1979), soccer player and coach
- Markus Eberl (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Andreas Geipel (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Peter Abstreiter (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Simone Ascher (* 1980), actress
- Kirstin Fischer (* 1980), stage actress
- Markus Hundhammer (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Tobias Kratzer (* 1980), opera and drama director
- Dominik Hammer (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Stefan Reisinger (* 1981), soccer player
- Daniel Koslow (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Annette Dytrt (* 1983), figure skater
- Andreas Attenberger (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Tobias Haupt (* 1984), economist, university professor and football official
- Maximilian Seyller (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Matthias Wittmann (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Alexander Feistl (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Patrick Koslow (* 1985), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Sebastian Vogl (* 1986), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Thomas Wilhelm (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Maximilian Brandl (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Sebastian Gumplinger (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Jessica Hammerl (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Sophie Kratzer (1989–2020), ice hockey player
- Florian Müller (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Maximilian Forster (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Maximilian Hofbauer (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Martin Stosch (* 1990), pop singer
- Fritz Berghammer (* 1991), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Thomas Brandl (* 1991), ice hockey player
- David Elsner (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Nicolas Krämmer (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Tom Kühnhackl (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Sebastian Maier (* 1993), soccer player
- Tobias Rieder (* 1993), ice hockey player
- Marin Pongračić (* 1997) football player
- Jonas Sagstetter (* 1999), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Benedikt Sagstetter (* 2000), volleyball and beach volleyball player
Well-known residents of Landshut
- Ludmilla of Bohemia (≈1170–1240), Bohemian princess and duchess of Bavaria
- Ludwig the Kelheimer (1173–1231), Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine
- Otto II the Illustrious (1206–1253), Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine near the Rhine
- Katharina von Habsburg (≈1256–1282), wife of Duke Otto III. from Lower Bavaria
- Agnes von Glogau (1293 / 96–1361), Duchess of Glogau and Lower Bavaria, Countess von Hals
- Stephan mit der Hafte (1319–1375), Duke of Bavaria
- Johann I (1329–1340), Duke of Lower Bavaria
- Otto V (1346–1379), Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg
- Hans von Burghausen (1350 / 60–1432), master builder
- Hans Krumenauer (1350 / 60–1410), master builder
- Hans Stethaimer (≈1400–1460 / 61), architect, stonemason and painter
- Henry XVI. the Empire of Bavaria (1386–1450), Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
- Louis IX der Reiche (1417–1479), Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
- Martin Mair (≈1420–1481), humanist and statesman
- Veit Arnpeck (≈1440–1496), historian
- George the Rich (1455–1503), Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
- Hans Leinberger (1470/80 – ≈1531), late Gothic sculptor
- Götz von Berlichingen (1480–1562), Frankish imperial knight
- Ruprecht von der Pfalz (1481–1504), Count Palatine
- Ludwig X. (1495–1545), Duke of Bavaria
- Renata of Lorraine (1544–1602), Duchess of Bavaria
- Johann Graf von Aldringen (1588–1634), general
- Christian Jorhan the Elder (1727–1804), sculptor
- Candid Huber (1747–1813), Benedictine monk and forest botanist
- Franz von Paula Wardrobe (1747–1835), botanist
- Johann Michael Sailer (1751–1832), Catholic theologian and Bishop of Regensburg
- Johann Baptist von Schiber (1764–1829), President of the Court of Appeal for the Isar District
- Johann Georg Feßmaier (1775–1828), legal scholar, member of the Landshut War Commission and professor at the university
- Karl Sigmund Lorber (1792–1845), Mayor of Landshut
- Johann Baptist Bernlochner (1799–1869), master builder and theater entrepreneur
- Leonhard Schmidtner (1800–1873), architect
- Johann Ehrlich (1819–1860), organ builder
- Franz Xaver Witt (1834–1888), church musician, composer, reformer, founder of the general German Cäcilienvereines
- Max Freiherr von Oppenheim (1860–1946), diplomat, orientalist and archaeologist
- Ludwig Thoma (1867–1921), writer
- Hans Carossa (1878–1956), doctor, known as a poet and short story writer
- Max Maurer (1891–1972), police officer, Righteous Among the Nations, saved 13 Jews from death in 1945
- Gregor Strasser (1892–1934), National Socialist politician
- Callista Brenzing (1896–1975), Cistercian and teacher
- Karl Vielweib (1896–1944), National Socialist Lord Mayor
- Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945), National Socialist politician
- Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim (1905–1944), murdered resistance fighter from July 20, 1944, officer candidate in the Landshut training battalion of the 19th infantry regiment
- Columba Baumgartner (1912–2007), abbess of the Seligenthal monastery
- Johann Hahn (1916–1998), bell founder
- Marlene Neubauer-Woerner (1918–2010), sculptor
- Fritz Koenig (1924–2017), sculptor
- Assumpta Schenkl (1924–2009), Abbess of the Seligenthal Monastery
- Immolata Kronpaß (1925-2010), prioress in La Paz
- Hugo Resch (1925–1994), Zimbern researcher
- Rosaria Golsch (1926–2003), Abbess of Marienkron Monastery
- Alfred Jahn (* 1937), pediatric surgeon
- Dieter Wieland (* 1937), documentary filmmaker and author
- Martin Sperr (1944–2002), playwright and actor
- Heinz Winbeck (1946–2019), composer
- Klaus Aichinger (1947–2017), dentist and professional politician
- Petra Articus (* 1948), abbess of the Seligenthal monastery
- Thomas Gambke (* 1949), politician
- Erich Kühnhackl (* 1950), ice hockey player
- Herbert Hainer (* 1954), manager
- Franz Kober (* 1956), engineer
- Rita Falk (* 1964), author