List of personalities of the city of Mannheim
The following overview contains people born in Mannheim , listed chronologically according to the year of birth, as well as people who worked in Mannheim. It is irrelevant whether or not the people later had their sphere of activity in Mannheim.
The lists do not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Mannheim
Until 1800
- 1679: Karl Friedrich Gottlieb zu Castell-Remlingen († 1743 in Hamburg), Count von Castell
- 1706: Johann Adam Soherr († 1778 in Lübeck ), court architect
- 1721: Elisabeth Auguste von Pfalz-Sulzbach († 1794 in Weinheim), Electress of the Palatinate and Bavaria
- 1725: Johann Lambert Gregor Reichsfreiherr von Babo († 1799), court official of the Electorate of Bavaria and Bavaria, town clerk in Mannheim and Weinheim
- 1726: Francesco Cetti († 1778 in Sassari), Jesuit
- 1726: Georg Joseph von Knapp († 1802 in Düsseldorf), lawyer, legal historian, administrative officer and judge, Vice Chancellor of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg
- 1726: Ignaz Pfefferkorn († 1798 in Siegburg), Jesuit, missionary and naturalist
- 1727: Joseph Maria Schneidt († 1808 in Würzburg), lawyer, professor at the University of Würzburg and historian
- 1731: Christian Cannabich († 1798 in Frankfurt), composer, conductor
- 1731: Carl von Gontard († 1791 in Breslau), architect
- 1734: Franz Ignaz Beck († 1809 in Bordeaux), composer and musician
- 1735: (approx.) Johann Michael Götz († 1810 in Worms), music publisher and music dealer
- 1736: Christian Brünings († 1805 in The Hague), hydraulic engineer
- 1736: Ferdinand Denis († 1805 in Mannheim), cartographer and engineer officer
- 1736: Ignaz Fränzl († 1811 in Mannheim), composer, violinist, violist and conductor
- 1737: Karl Heinrich Joseph von Sickingen († 1791 in Vienna), diplomat, chemist of platinum
- 1739: Joseph Brulliot († 1827 in Munich), painter
- 1740: Ferdinand Kobell († 1799 in Munich), painter
- 1744: Karl Theodor Freiherr von Dalberg († 1817 in Regensburg), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz and Archbishop of Regensburg 1802-17
- 1745: Carl Stamitz († 1801 in Jena), composer (chamber music etc.)
- 1746: Johann Wilhelm Cramer († 1799 in London), conductor
- 1746: Elisabeth Augusta Wendling († 1786 in Munich), opera singer (soprano)
- 1749: Franz Kobell († 1822 in Munich), painter
- 1750: Anton Stamitz († 1798 in Paris), composer
- 1752: Karl Theodor von Hallberg († 1840 in Munich), lieutenant general
- 1752: Ludwig August Lebrun , († 1790 in Berlin), oboist and composer
- 1752: Elisabeth Augusta Wendling († 1794 in Munich), opera singer (soprano)
- 1752: Georg Friedrich von Zentner († 1835 in Munich), Royal Bavarian State Minister
- 1754: Peter von Winter († 1825 in Munich), composer
- 1755: Joseph von Cloßmann († 1826 in Karlsruhe), Bavarian and Baden officer, most recently with the rank of lieutenant general
- 1756: Philipp von Hertling († 1810 in Aschaffenburg), court director
- 1756: Franziska Lebrun († 1791 in Berlin), soprano
- 1756: Maximilian I († 1825 in Munich), Elector, later King of Bavaria
- 1758: Karl Matthias Ernst († 1830 in Mannheim), painter and graphic artist
- 1758: Heinrich Maria Graf († 1822 in Frankenthal), Roman Catholic clergyman in Frankenthal and member of the Bavarian state parliament
- 1758: Franz Friedrich von Sturmfeder († 1828 in Augsburg), vicar general and diocese administrator of Augsburg
- 1761: Gottschalk Mayer († 1835 in Mannheim), court factor of the Elector Palatinate
- 1762: Adelheid Maria Eichner († 1787 in Potsdam), composer, singer and pianist
- 1763: Franz Danzi († 1826 in Karlsruhe), composer
- 1763: Peter Ritter († 1846 in Mannheim), composer
- 1764: Joseph Heinrich von Beckers zu Westerstetten († 1840 in Buda), imperial count and Austrian field marshal lieutenant
- 1764: Bernhard Anselm Weber († 1821 in Berlin), composer (operas, singspiele etc.)
- 1765: Gabriel Hagspiel († 1815 in Grünstadt), Catholic pastor of Herrnsheim and Grünstadt , friend and confidante of the Prince Educator in the Bavarian royal house, Joseph Anton Sambuga
- 1766: Wilhelm von Kobell († 1853 in Munich), painter
- 1766: Wolf Ladenburg († 1851 in Mannheim), banker, founder of the Ladenburg bank
- 1766: Carlo Ignazio Pozzi († 1842 in Dessau), architect and builder
- 1766: Georg von Tausch († 1836 in Munich), Lieutenant General and Chief of the Bavarian Cadet Corps
- 1767: Claudius Franz Le Bauld de Nans († 1844 in Breslau), Prussian general and fortress engineer
- 1767: Ferdinand Fränzl († in Mannheim), violinist, composer and music director
- 1768: Maria Margarethe Danzi († 1800 in Munich), soprano
- 1769: Franz Arnold Linck († 1838 in Augsburg), high Bavarian administrative officer and son of the Palatinate court sculptor Franz Conrad Linck
- 1770: Friedrich von Flad († 1846 in Munich), royal Bavarian major general and military lawyer
- 1770: Carl Kuntz († 1830 in Karlsruhe), painter
- 1770: Karl August von Malchus († 1840 in Heidelberg), statesman and political science writer
- 1770: Maximilian Joseph Pozzi († 1842 in Mannheim), sculptor from the Pozzi family of artists
- 1771: Johann Baptist Cramer († 1858 in Kensington), musician
- 1771: Ludwig Walrad Medicus († 1850 in Munich), university lecturer for forestry and agriculture
- 1774: Conrad von Heiligenstein († 1849 in Mannheim), court judge in Mannheim and astronomer
- 1774: Balthasar Speth († 1846 in Munich), clergyman, art collector, art writer, miniature painter and lithographer
- 1774: Gabriel Bernhard von Widder († 1831 in Munich), 1819–1831 district president of Upper Bavaria ; Son of the Mannheim-based historian Johann Goswin Widder
- 1775: Franz Albert von Friedrich († 1843 in Karlsruhe), Baden diplomat, envoy and author
- 1775: Georg von Stengel († 1824 in Munich), Bavarian ministerial official
- 1780 (approx.): Ludwig (Louis) Bohne , († February 1821 in Reims), traveling salesman for the Clicquot-Muiron champagne house since 1801 , great success, especially with the introduction of champagne in Russia, later partner (associé) of the Veuve Clicquot house , after his marriage in 1810 to the daughter of the Württemberg legation councilor Karl-Heinrich Rheinwald, lived in Heilbronn am Neckar
- 1780: Josepha Ursula von Herding († 1849 in Mannheim), locally historically significant noblewoman
- 1781: Charlotte Miedke († 1806 in Stuttgart), singer and theater actress
- 1781: Nikolaus von Rudersheim († 1845 in Munich), Bavarian major general
- 1782: Karl von Fischer († 1820 in Munich), architect
- 1785: Isaak Jolly († 1852 in Karlsruhe), politician
- 1786: Ludwig von Deroy († 1864 in Munich), Bavarian major general and chamberlain
- 1786: Christian von Großschedel († 1856 in Bayreuth), Bavarian major general
- 1788: Johann Peter Pixis († 1874 in Baden-Baden), musician
- 1788: Wilhelm von Traitteur († 1859 in Mannheim), master builder
- 1789: Luise Beck († 1857 in Stuttgart), actress, writer
- 1789: Joseph Kellerhoven († 1849 in Speyer), painter, son of the more famous Moritz Kellerhoven
- 1790: Wilhelm Deurer († 1858 in Heidelberg), lawyer and administrative officer
- 1792: Karoline Auguste von Bayern († 1873 in Vienna), Empress of Austria as the wife of Emperor Franz I.
- 1794: Maximilian Joseph von Chelius († 1876 in Heidelberg), ophthalmologist and surgeon
- 1795: Karl von Bayern († 1875 in Tegernsee), brother of King Ludwig I (Bavaria) , Field Marshal General
- 1795: Karl Gustav Jung († 1864 in Basel ), Rector ( University of Basel )
- 1798: Valentin Streuber († 1849 in Mannheim), participant in the Baden Revolution 1848/49
- 1799: Anton Arnold von Linck († 1858 at Guttenburg Castle near Mühldorf am Inn), landowner, ministerial official and constitutional lawyer
19th century
1801 to 1850
- 1801: Heinrich von Saint-Julien († 1844 in Karlsruhe), lawyer, Grand Ducal Baden war council, composer and choirmaster
- 1802: Theodor Leopold Weller († 1880 in Mannheim), painter
- 1803: Sophie Müller († 1830 in Hietzing near Vienna), German actress in Vienna
- 1803: Karl Friedrich Schimper († 1867 in Schwetzingen), natural scientist, botanist, geologist and private scholar
- 1804: Anton von Heiligenstein († 1834 in Heidelberg), astronomer and mathematician
- 1806: Ludwig Deurer († 1847 in Mannheim), history painter
- 1806: Alexander von Soiron († 1855 in Heidelberg), liberal politician from Baden
- 1807: Karl Mathy († 1868 in Karlsruhe), liberal Baden politician
- 1807: Franz Jacob Wigard († 1885 in Dresden), liberal politician, German Catholic and stenographer
- 1808: Johann Christoph Döll († 1885 in Karlsruhe), botanist
- 1809: Philipp von Jolly († 1884 in Munich), physicist
- 1809: Leopold Ladenburg († 1889 in Mannheim), lawyer
- 1810: Friedrich Wilhelm Kaibel († 1885 in Lübeck), art and music dealer and publisher
- 1810: Joseph Hoffmann († 1881 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein), master builder and mayor of Ludwigshafen
- 1811: Friedrich Daniel Bassermann († 1855 in Mannheim), entrepreneur and liberal politician
- 1811: Gottfried von Neureuther , († 1887 in Munich), architect ( art academy in Munich )
- 1811: Franz von Stengel , († 1867 in Wertheim), Oberamtmann of Baden
- 1812: Ludwig Achenbach , († 1879), lawyer and politician from Baden, member of the state parliament
- 1813: Franziska Berg († 1893 in Dresden), actress
- 1813: Lorenz Brentano († 1891 in Chicago), lawyer and liberal democratic politician before and during the March Revolution of 1848/49, member of the US House of Representatives
- 1813: Jakob Rosenhain († 1894 in Baden-Baden), pianist
- 1814: Mathias Artaria († 1885 in Mannheim), history and genre painter
- 1814: Louis Coblitz († 1863 in Mannheim), painter
- 1817: Carl Schwaner († 1851 in Borneo), geologist and ethnologist
- 1818: Eduard Rosenhain († 1861 in Frankfurt am Main), pianist
- 1818: Lambert Sachs , († 1903 in Freiburg im Breisgau), painter
- 1821: Anton Bassermann († 1897 in Mannheim), lawyer, president of the Mannheim Regional Court and member of the Baden Assembly of Estates
- 1821: Friedrich Engelhorn († 1902 in Mannheim), entrepreneur and founder of BASF
- 1822: Daniel Cornelius Gesell († 1889 in Konstanz), painter and lithographer
- 1823: Julius Jolly († 1891 in Karlsruhe), Baden Minister of State 1868–76
- 1824: Amalie Struve († 1862 in New York City), suffragette
- 1824: Heinrich Weidt († 1901 in Graz), composer, conductor and choir director
- 1826: Karl Blind († 1907 in London), revolutionary
- 1825: Franz Freiherr von Roggenbach († 1907 in Freiburg im Breisgau), Baden Foreign Minister 1861–65
- 1827: Daniel Krebs († 1901 in Mannheim), politician and revolutionary from Baden
- 1827: Carl Ladenburg († 1909 in Mannheim), banker
- 1827: Alexander Spengler († 1901 in Davos), doctor
- 1829: Moritz Cantor († 1920 in Heidelberg), mathematician
- 1832: Wilhelm Wundt († 1920 in Großbothen), psychologist, honorary citizen
- 1833: August Eisenlohr († 1916 in Karlsruhe), Minister of the Interior of the Grand Duchy of Baden
- 1833: Jean Becker († 1884 in Mannheim), chamber virtuoso of the Grand Duke of Baden
- 1833: Philipp Diffené († 1903 in Mannheim), businessman and politician, member of the German Reichstag, honorary citizen of Mannheim
- 1835: Franz Keller-Leuzinger († 1890 in Munich), engineer, explorer, cartographer, painter, illustrator, craftsman and writer
- 1836: Anna Reiss († 1915 in Mannheim), chamber singer, patron, honorary citizen of Mannheim
- 1837: Ferdinand Scipio († 1905 in Mannheim), politician
- 1838: Wilhelm Reiss († 1908 in Koenitz near Saalfeld), explorer and volcanologist
- 1838: Sigmund Joseph Zimmer († 1914 in Speyer), Jewish convert, cathedral capitular of the diocese of Speyer and member of the Bavarian state parliament
- 1840: Rosalie Braun-Artaria († 1918 in Schlederloh), writer and editor of the gazebo
- 1840: Richard von Krafft-Ebing († 1902 in Graz), forensic doctor and psychiatrist
- 1841: Mathilde Blind († 1896 in London), poet
- 1841: Ludwig Eyrich († 1892), natural scientist, botanist and teacher
- 1841: Ernst Schröder († 1902 in Karlsruhe), mathematician and logician
- 1842: Albert Ladenburg († 1911 in Breslau), natural product chemist, chemical historian
- 1843: Helene Hartmann († 1898 in Vienna), actress
- 1843: Julia Lanz († 1926 in Mannheim), patron, honorary citizen
- 1843: Anna Peters († 1926 in Stuttgart), painter
- 1843: Carl Reiss († 1914 in Mannheim), Consul General
- 1844: Ferdinand Cohen-Blind († 1866 in Berlin), assassin against Bismarck
- 1844: Carl Josef Haas († 1921 in Mannheim), entrepreneur, co-founder of the Waldhof pulp factory
- 1844: Franz Hoffmann († 1920 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein), building contractor, Kgl. Bavarian Council of Commerce
- 1844: Max Noether († 1921), mathematician
- 1845: Wendelin Hoffmann († 1891 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein), master builder, building contractor and mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- 1846: Ludwig Darmstaedter († 1927 in Berlin), chemist, collector, historian and patron
- 1848: Emil Mayer († 1910 in Mannheim), manufacturer
- 1849: Otto Lenel († 1935 in Freiburg im Breisgau), legal historian of Roman law
1851 to 1900
- 1853: Gustav Mayer-Dinkel († 1937 in Mannheim), businessman and local politician
- 1854: Konrad Clemm († 1930 in Lahr), administrative lawyer, state commissioner in Baden
- 1854: Emil Engelhard († 1920 in Mannheim), industrialist
- 1854: Ernst Ladenburg († 1921 in Frankfurt am Main), Privy Councilor of Commerce, banker
- 1855: Adelbert Düringer († 1924 in Berlin), lawyer, member of the Reichstag
- 1856: Henry Morgenthau senior († 1946 in New York), US politician and businessman
- 1857: Nathan Stein († 1927 in Mannheim), President of the Regional Court
- 1857: Fritz Noetling († 1928 in India), geologist and paleontologist
- 1857: John Gustav Weiss († 1943 in Eberbach), politician, member of the Baden state parliament
- 1859: Willy Hess († 1939 in Berlin), violin virtuoso
- 1860: Max Hachenburg († 1951 in Berkeley), lawyer and legal journalist, honorary citizen of Mannheim
- 1860: Carl Neumann († 1934 in Frankfurt am Main), art historian
- 1862: Karl Ludwig Werner († 1902 in Freiburg im Breisgau), organist and composer
- 1863: Hans Bussard († 1946 in Möckmühl), theater actor and opera singer
- 1864: Wilhelm Karl , born in Seckenheim († 1938 in Teningen), pastor and member of the state parliament
- 1865: Gottholdlusser († 1940 in Sulzburg), Protestant pastor
- 1865: Robert Kahn († 1951 in Biddenden, Kent), composer and music teacher
- 1866: Otto Albert Koch († 1920 in Heidelberg), painter
- 1867: Albert Bassermann († 1952 in Zurich), actor (various stages in Berlin and others), holder of the Iffland-Ring
- 1867: Fritz Held († 1938 in Baiersbronn), entrepreneur and automobile racing driver
- 1868: Ludwig Landmann († 1945 in Voorburg), liberal politician, Mayor of Frankfurt 1924–1933 and victim of National Socialism
- 1868: Karl Bornhäuser († 1947 in Marburg), Protestant theologian
- 1869: Karl Heinsheimer († 1929 in Heidelberg), lawyer
- 1869: Moritz Mayer-Mahr († 1947 in Gothenburg), pianist and music teacher
- 1869: Rudolf Sillib († 1946 in Badenweiler), librarian and regional historian from Baden
- 1870: Friedrich Koch († 1938 in Heidelberg), politician
- 1871: Philipp Klein († 1907 in Gundelsheim am Neckar), painter
- 1871: Anton Lindeck († 1956 in Bad Dürkheim), lawyer
- 1871: Adalbert Wahl († 1957 in Tübingen), historian and university professor
- 1873: Karl Boehm († 1958 in Kressbronn am Bodensee), mathematician
- 1873: Karl Lanz († 1921 in Mannheim), industrialist and promoter of aviation
- 1875: Julius Döpfner († 1936), lawyer and bailiff in the Baden civil service
- 1875: Fritz Erle († 1957 in Mannheim), engineer and racing car driver
- 1875: Max Ernst Mayer († 1923 in Frankfurt am Main), lawyer, legal philosopher and university professor
- 1876: Hans Hecht († 1946 in Berlin), linguist (English studies) and university lecturer
- 1876: Karl Imhoff († 1965 in Essen), engineer and pioneer of wastewater technology
- 1876: Albert Mayer-Reinach († 1954 in Örebro), musicologist, music teacher and conductor
- 1876: Hermann Müller († 1931 in Berlin), politician (SPD), MdR , Reich Chancellor 1920 and 1928–1930, Reich Foreign Minister 1919–20
- 1877: Johanna Geissmar († 1942 in Auschwitz), Jewish doctor
- 1878: Adolf Kistner († 1940 in Heidelberg), high school teacher, cultural historian
- 1878: Erich Carl Mayer († 1942), cigar manufacturer
- 1879: Wilhelm Schindele († 1963 in Kork or Oppenau), Oberamtmann and district administrator in Baden
- 1880: Theodor Becker († 1952 in Coppenbrügge), actor
- 1880: Erich Ebler († 1922 in Munich), chemist and university professor
- 1881: Werner Hegemann († 1936 in New York, NY), urban planner, architecture critic and political writer
- 1881: Hans Dieter († 1968 in Meersburg), painter of landscapes, especially from Lake Constance
- 1881: Albert Gayer († 1930 in Hamburg), rear admiral
- 1882: Herbert Engelhard († 1945 in Heidelberg), legal scholar and university graduate
- 1882: Franz Mayer († 1975 in Mexico), art collector
- 1882: Fritz Reuther († 1967 in Hausham), industrialist (Bopp & Reuther) and military manager
- 1883: Ludwig Arnold Mohler († 1943 in Freiburg im Breisgau), church historian
- 1883: Henriette Wagner († 1943 in Stuttgart), resistance fighter against the Nazi state
- 1884: Georg Kenzler († 1959 in Berlin), communist politician, MdR 1924–1928
- 1884: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler († 1979 in Paris), German-French gallery owner and art dealer, pioneer of Cubism
- 1885: Alfred Kuhn († 1940 in Kappel (Freiburg im Breisgau)), art historian, curator and author
- 1886: Florian Waldeck († 1960 in Mannheim), lawyer and politician, member of the state parliament, honorary citizen
- 1886: Emmy Wehlen († 1977), actress
- 1887: Franz Klebusch († 1951 in Dresden), actor
- 1887: Franz Schnabel († 1966 in Munich), historian, honorary citizen
- 1887: Daniel Seizinger , († September 15, 1942 in Stuttgart), resistance fighter against the Nazi state
- 1888: Hans-Martin Pippart († 1918 at Noyon), fighter pilot and aircraft designer
- 1888: Wilhelm Trautmann († 1969), football player
- 1889: Fritz Cahn-Garnier († 1949 in Mannheim), lawyer and politician (SPD), member of the state parliament, mayor
- 1889: Theodor Humpert († 1968 in Konstanz), teacher and historian
- 1889: Fritz Wenneis († 1969 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen), composer
- 1890: Rudolf Ahorn († 1914 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges), football player
- 1890: Karl Helfenstein , († 1958 in Mannheim), politician (FDP), member of the state parliament
- 1890, Wilhelm Wendelin Hoffmann († 1969), architect and architectural historian
- 1891: Ernst-Christoph Brühler († 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau), politician (German party), Member of the Bundestag, parliamentary group leader of the DP in the German Bundestag 1955–1957
- 1891: Hedwig Wachenheim († 1969 in Hanover), social worker, politician (SPD), co-founder of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, author
- 1892: Berta Geissmar († 1949 in London), musicologist and author, private secretary to Wilhelm Furtwängler
- 1893: Wilhelm Wahre († 1971 in Stuttgart), politician (NSDAP) and member of the Hessian state parliament
- 1894: Richard Dietrich († 1945 in the NKVD special camp Fünfeichen near Neubrandenburg), aircraft designer and entrepreneur
- 1894: Paul Nikolaus , bourgeois Paul Nikolaus Steiner († 1933 in Zurich), poet, playwright, cabaret artist and emcee
- 1894: Albert Schmitt († 1970 in Neckarsulm), Benedictine in Beuron, Abbot of Grüssau / Silesia and Grüssau / Wimpfen
- 1895: Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner († 1954 in Karlsruhe), SS group leader and lieutenant general of the police in World War II
- 1895: Walter Loeb († 1948 in London), banker and politician (SPD)
- 1896: Stefan Heymann († 1967 in East Berlin), communist politician, editor, concentration camp prisoner, cultural functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), ambassador of the GDR in Hungary and Poland, university professor
- 1896: Alois Schnorr († 1962 in Karlsruhe), banker and politician (BCSV, CDU), member of the state parliament, Baden finance minister
- 1896: Hildegardis Wulff († 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau), prioress and founder of the women's order of the Benedictine Sisters OSB of St. Lioba
- 1896: Rupert Gießler († 1980 in Freiburg im Breisgau), journalist
- 1896: Robert Schmoll († 1942 in Stuttgart) executed communist resistance fighter against the Nazi state
- 1897: Max Hansen († 1961 in Copenhagen), Danish cabaret artist, film actor and singer
- 1897: Josef 'Sepp' Herberger († 1977 in Mannheim), soccer player and coach
- 1897: Hans Kissel († 1975 in Aglasterhausen), major general
- 1897: Wilhelm Knevels († 1978 in Berlin), theologian and university professor of the German Christians
- 1897: Willy Oeser († 1966 in Heidelberg), church painter and glass artist
- 1897: Max Silberstein († 1966 in Mannheim), lawyer
- 1898: Alfred Au († 1986), football player
- 1898: Wilhelm Fuchs († 1947 in Belgrade), SS-Oberführer and colonel in the police
- 1898: Franz Xaver Fuhr († 1973 in Regensburg), painter
- 1898: Arthur Hebel († after 1974), athlete
- 1898: August Hirt († 1945 in Schönenbach), anatomist
- 1899: Kurt Bader († 1959 in Müllheim (Baden)), lawyer
- 1899: Ludwig Moldrzyk , († September 15, 1942 in Stuttgart), resistance fighter against the Nazi state
- 1899: Sybill Morel († after 1930), actress
- 1899: Franziska Schmidt († 1979 in Heilbronn), journalist and politician (SPD), member of the state parliament
- 1899: Lou Seitz († 1985 in Berlin), actress
- 1900: Paula Doell († 1983 in Heidelberg), opera singer and politician (CDU), MdL
20th century
1901 to 1920
- 1901: Georg Friedrich Alexan († 1995 in Dornum), journalist and editor-in-chief of the GDR newspaper USA in words and pictures
- 1901: Annemarie Marks-Rocke († 2004 in Hamburg-Eppendorf), actress, acting teacher and radio play speaker
- 1901: Friedrich Maurer († 1980 in Munich), actor
- 1902: Bernhard Greulich († 1995 in Mannheim), track and field athlete and lawn athlete
- 1902: Elisabeth Heimpel († 1972 in Falkau), educator, social worker, author and editor
- 1902: Fritz Klemm († 1990 in Karlsruhe), painter
- 1902: Else Kocher († July 29, 1994 in Mannheim), Baden's first female pilot, first German master in skill flying
- 1902: August Locherer († 1998 in Mannheim), longstanding Mannheim municipal councilor (KPD, DKP) and trade unionist
- 1902: Maria Scherer († 1981 in Mannheim), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament
- 1902: Erik Tuxen († 1957 in Copenhagen), Danish conductor and jazz musician
- 1902: Max Winterhalter († 1942 in Stuttgart), executed communist resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- 1903: Erwin Gaber († 1986 in Berlin), lawyer and president of the Federal Insurance Institute for Salaried Employees
- 1903: Otto Weissert († 1969 in Zurich), theater director
- 1904: Walter Elsasser († 1991 in Baltimore), physicist
- 1904: Karl Friedrich Hormuth († 1992 in Neibsheim), archaeologist, finder of the tools of Homo heidelbergensis
- 1904: Franz Illner († 1988), District Administrator of the Überlingen district
- 1905: Theodor Emil Schmidt († 1982), engineer and university professor
- 1905: Albert Speer Sr. († 1981 in London), architect, National Socialist general building inspector for the Reich capital, armaments minister and convicted war criminal
- 1905: Paul Wandel († 1995 in Berlin), first minister for popular education and youth in the GDR
- 1906: Hermann Eyer († 1997 in Munich), hygienist, microbiologist and university professor
- 1906: Julius Hatry († 2000 in Mannheim), aviation and rocket pioneer, filmmaker
- 1906: Richard Jatzek († 1943 in Stuttgart), executed communist resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- 1906: August Marx († 1990 in Mannheim), economist
- 1906: Gustav Seitz († 1969 in Hamburg), sculptor
- 1906: Arpad Wigand († 1983 in Mannheim), SS-Oberführer
- 1907: Alfred Delp († 1945 (executed) in Berlin-Plötzensee), Catholic theologian, philosopher and resistance fighter
- 1907: Bernhard Fritz († 1980 in Karlsruhe), civil engineer, university professor and orchestra founder
- 1907: Ernst C. Stiefel († 1997 in Baden-Baden), German-American lawyer
- 1907: Hugo Strauss († 1941 in Golodajewa), rower
- 1908: Gerta Blaschka († 1999 in Bad Neustadt an der Saale), historian and geodesist
- 1908: Herbert Haag († 1977 in Heidelberg), National Socialist cultural functionary, organist and church musician
- 1908: Wolfgang Klein († 1944 in Focșani, Romania), actor
- 1908: Emil Schmetzer († 1988), football referee
- 1908: Fritz Spengler († 2003 in Saarbrücken), field handball player
- 1909: Erwin Neter († 1983 in Buffalo, NY), microbiologist in Buffalo
- 1909: Waldemar Ernst († 2002 in Heidelberg), lawyer and administrative officer
- 1909: Kurt Heiss († 1976 in East Berlin), communist functionary and journalist
- 1909: Eugen Keidel († 1991 in Freiburg), politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau from 1962 to 1982
- 1909: Hans Maier († 1943 on the Mareth Line in Tunisia), rower and Olympic champion
- 1909: Wilhelm Müller († 1984), field handball player
- 1909: Franz Six († 1975 in Bolzano), SS brigade leader, Nazi functionary, convicted as a war criminal and employee of the Gehlen organization and the Federal Intelligence Service
- 1909: Franz Schömbs († 1976 in Munich), painter
- 1910: Rudi Baerwind († 1982 in Mannheim), painter
- 1910: Ludwig Günderoth († 1994), football player
- 1910: Heinz Hoffmann († 1985 in Strausberg), SED functionary and defense minister of the GDR
- 1910: Gustav Kramer († 1959 in Castrovillari, Italy), zoologist and ornithologist
- 1911: Hans Eppstein († 2008 in Danderyd near Stockholm), German-Swedish musicologist, music teacher and pianist
- 1911: Gertrude Goldhaber b. Scharff († 1998 in Patchogue), nuclear physicist
- 1911: Karl Haager († 2008), lawyer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1911: Peter Hamel († 1979 in Munich), director
- 1911: Kurt Maier († 1952 in Heilbronn), Air Force officer
- 1911: Karl Neckermann († 1984 in Mannheim), athlete
- 1912: Fritz Haber II († 1998 in Westport, CT), aircraft and turbine designer
- 1912: Peter Mosbacher († 1977 in Kempfenhausen), actor
- 1912: Oskar Rohr , († 1988), football player and coach
- 1912: Carl Raddatz († 2004 in Berlin), actor
- 1912: Otto Siffling († 1939), national soccer player
- 1912: Gustav Weinkötz († 1986 in Grasellenbach), athlete
- 1913: Ludwig Acker († 1998), chemist and food chemist
- 1913: Walter Braun († 1989), businessman and senior member of various associations
- 1913: Hans Filbinger († 2007 in Freiburg im Breisgau), Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg (CDU) 1966–1978
- 1913: Siegfried Franz († 1998 in Hamburg), composer
- 1913: Heinz Haber († 1990 in Hamburg), physicist, publicist
- 1913: Ingo Herzog († 1980 in Kirchheim unter Teck), journalist
- 1913: Oskar Steinbach († 1937 in Mannheim), motorcycle racing driver
- 1913: Trude Stolp-Seitz († 2004 in Mannheim), painter
- 1914: Otto Diringer († 1992 in Mannheim), football player
- 1914: Heinrich Herrwerth († 2008), athlete
- 1914: Hans Mayer († 1974 in Mannheim), football player
- 1915: Geno Hartlaub , actually Genoveva Hartlaub, pseudonym Muriel Castorp († 2007 in Hamburg), writer
- 1915: Ernst Hartmann († 1992 in Waldkatzenbach), doctor
- 1915: Kurt Angstmann († 1978 in Heidelberg), politician of the SPD and finance minister of Baden-Württemberg
- 1915: Helmut Wick († 1940 over the English Channel), fighter pilot
- 1916: Walter Schmitthenner († 1997 in Freiburg im Breisgau), ancient historian, university professor and editor
- 1917: Karl Gass († 2009 in Kleinmachnow), documentary film director, film official and author
- 1917: Philipp Henninger († 1986 in Mannheim), football player
- 1917: Eugen Rößling († 1965), football player
- 1918: Herbert Kessler († 2002), lawyer, philosopher and writer
- 1918: Philipp Rohr († 2007 in Mannheim), soccer player and coach
- 1919: Werner Gerich († 2003 in Mannheim), engineer
- 1919: Karl Ziegler († 2019 in Mannheim), cycling coach
- 1920: Willi Preschle († 1989 in Mannheim), football player
1921 to 1940
- 1921: Inge Borkh († 2018 in Stuttgart), German-Swiss singer
- 1921: Gerhard Kander († 2008 in Jamaica), Canadian violinist
- 1921: Albert Neckenauer († 1998), local politician, district administrator
- 1921: Gottfried Sälzler († 1968 in Offenburg), football player and sports official
- 1922: Curtis W. Casewit († 2002 in Denver), German-American writer
- 1922: Walter Danner († 1992 in Heidelberg), football player
- 1922: Julius Lehlbach († 2001 in Mainz), trade unionist and politician (SPD)
- 1923: Elsbeth Janda († 2005 in Heidelberg), conférencière, cabaret artist, actress, author and editor
- 1923: Willi Menz († 2020 in Mannheim), police chief of Mannheim 1971–88
- 1923: Walter Pahl († 2011), business economist, politician (SPD) and president of the European building cooperatives in Brussels
- 1923: Karl Theodor Uhrig († 2000 in Lahr), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament
- 1924: Ernst Helmstädter († 2018 in Münster), economist
- 1924: Hans Bernhard Meyer († 2002 in Innsbruck), Catholic theologian
- 1924: Anneliese Rothenberger († 2010 in Münsterlingen, Switzerland), opera singer
- 1924: Dieter Spiess († 2017 in Battenberg), entrepreneur and honorary consul of Burkina Faso
- 1924: Kurt Wilhelm (1924–2013), Bütten speaker, " de Groiner "
- 1925: Arnold Feil († 2019 in Tübingen), musicologist and university professor
- 1925: Gerlach Fiedler († 2010 in Hamburg), actor, director, writer and voice actor
- 1925: Herbert Kirschner († 2010 in Mannheim), canoeist, Olympic participant
- 1925: Giselher Klebe († 2009 in Detmold), composer (orchestral works, ballets, etc.)
- 1927: Addi Feuerstein , jazz musician
- 1927: Renee Harmon († 2006 in Visalia, USA), actress
- 1927: Ernst Kolb († 1993 in Mannheim), Art Brut artist and Mannheim original
- 1927: Fritz Rößling († 2011), football player
- 1928: Samuel Adler , composer and instrumentation teacher in the USA ( Eastman School of Music )
- 1928: Wolfgang Kirchgässner († 2014 in Freiburg), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1928: Arnd Morkel († 2020), political scientist
- 1928: Walter Proebster , electrical engineer, computer scientist and university professor
- 1928: Karl Schmucker , architect
- 1928: Hermann Weber († 2014 in Mannheim), historian
- 1929: Hans Mark , American physicist, engineer and science manager
- 1929: Herbert Mies († 2017 in Mannheim), politician and 1973–1990 chairman of the German Communist Party
- 1929: Walter Stallwitz , painter
- 1929: Oliver Storz († 2011 in Egling), director
- 1930: Edgar Basel († 1977), professional boxer, silver medal in Helsinki in 1952
- 1930: Niels Clausnitzer († 2014 in Munich), actor, voice actor and psychotherapist
- 1931: Helga Erny , track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
- 1931: Hermann Fünfgeld († 2018), publicist and director of the SDR
- 1931: Herbert Kesel († 2011), rower
- 1931: Hans Rudolf Zöbeley († 2007 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen), composer, choir conductor and church musician
- 1932: Peter Dreher , painter
- 1932: Hansjörg Probst († 2016 in Mannheim), historian, politician and educator
- 1933: Hans Bichelmeier († 2016), rower and trainer, entrepreneur and patron
- 1933: Reinhold Johannes Buhl , musician
- 1933: Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder († 2015 in Stuttgart), President of the German Football Association and Minister in Baden-Württemberg (CDU)
- 1933: Horst Seidelmann († 2019 in Mannheim), jazz musician
- 1934: Henner Graeff († 2011), doctor and university lecturer
- 1934: Gertrud Häfner († 2008 in Heidelberg), author of poetry and prose (Electoral Palatinate and High German)
- 1934: Pit Krüger († 2003 in Frankfurt am Main), actor
- 1934: Werner Nagel († 1993 in Mannheim), politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
- 1934: Klaus Offerhaus († 2019 in Munich), President of the Federal Fiscal Court
- 1934: Arno Reinfrank († 2001 in London), writer, publicist and translator
- 1935: Willi Altig , racing cyclist
- 1935: Irmela Brender († 2017 in Sindelfingen), writer and translator
- 1935: Fred Reibold († 2013 in Mannheim), musician and entertainer (Der Jäger from Kurpfalz)
- 1935: Claus Wellenreuther , German entrepreneur and co-founder of SAP AG
- 1936: Inge Brück , singer (Anouschka), German participant in the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson 1967
- 1936: Claus A. Froh , author and designer
- 1936, Roland "Rolles" Hoffmann , baseball player, coach and catcher
- 1936: Albert Huser , weightlifter
- 1936: Margarethe Krieger († 2010 in Heidelberg), art historian, graphic artist and illustrator
- 1937: Hans Jürgen Schäfer , chemist and university professor in Münster
- 1937: Erwin Vetter , politician (CDU) and 1987–98 state minister (including environment and social affairs) in Baden-Württemberg
- 1937: Adolf J. Schwab , engineer and professor emeritus at the Institute for Electrical Energy Systems and High Voltage Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- 1937: Rudi Altig († 2016 in Remagen), cyclist, world champion 1966
- 1937: Klaus Oettinger , Germanist and literary historian
- 1938: Lutz Backes (Bubec), internationally recognized caricaturist and author
- 1938: Peter Graf († 2013 in Mannheim), tennis manager and father of Steffi Graf
- 1938: Karl-Otto Jung , painter and university professor
- 1938: Karl Kirsch , gravitational physiologist and university professor
- 1938: Falk von Maltzahn , former judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1938: Brinna Otto , Classical Archaeologist
- 1938: Winfried Scheuermann , politician (CDU) and member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg
- 1939: Wilhelm Bungert , tennis player (Wimbledon final 1967, 43 Davis Cup games)
- 1939: Klaus Dürr († 1997 in Berlin), politician
- 1939: Klaus May († 2004 in Mannheim), track cyclist and world champion
- 1939: Christiane Schmidtmer († 2003 in Heidelberg), Hollywood actress, mannequin and model
- 1940: Hans-Dieter Betz , experimental physicist and university professor
- 1940: Edgar Gutbub († 2017 in Wuppertal), sculptor, installation artist and graphic artist
- 1940: Wolfgang Huber , internist, nephrologist and environmental doctor
- 1940: Gerd Kohlhepp , economic geographer and Brazilian researcher
- 1940: Gunther Morche († 2012), musician, musicologist and university professor
- 1940: Ulla Norden († 2018 in Bad Neuenahr), pop singer (vacation, take vacation; I'm in love with my own husband)
- 1940: Gerhard Widder , politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Mannheim 1983–2007
1941 to 1960
- 1942: Rudi Keller , linguist and university professor
- 1942: Bernd Lütz-Binder , lawyer and author
- 1942: Hans-Peter Schönsiegel, modern pentathlete MWM bronze 1960
- 1943: Hans Peter Duerr , ethnologist, cultural historian and university professor
- 1943: Wilhelm Genazino († 2018 in Frankfurt am Main), writer, Georg Büchner Prize 2004
- 1944: Gerhard W. Back , General and Inspector of the Air Force
- 1944: Lothar Schähfer († 2015 in Mannheim), pop singer of the duo Nina & Mike
- 1946: Fred Breinersdorfer , screenwriter and lawyer
- 1947, Peter von Becker , cultural journalist, author and dramaturge
- 1947: Gerd Biegel , historian
- 1947: Peter Diringer , football player
- 1947: Bernhard Heinze , doctor in Würzburg, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Somalia
- 1947: Erhard Jöst , cabaret artist and author
- 1947: Uschi Keszler , figure skater and internationally successful choreographer and trainer
- 1947: Hugo Müller-Vogg , journalist, book author and publicist
- 1947: Eberhard Rausch , figure skater
- 1947: Jürgen Tschan , professional cyclist
- 1947: Rainer Welz , sociologist, publisher's founder and author
- 1948: Karl Johannes Aymanns , pharmacist and manager
- 1948: Joseph Huber , economist, social scientist and university professor
- 1948: Günter Sebert , honorary captain and record player of SV Waldhof Mannheim
- 1948: Timo Zahnleiter , soccer player
- 1949: Franziska Becker , cartoonist
- 1949: Günter Blum († 1997), photographer, graphic designer and photo designer
- 1949: Sebastian Knauer , journalist and writer
- 1949: Max Nagel , politician (SPD), member of the state parliament
- 1949: Axel Wermke , educator and synod president in Baden
- 1950: Dietmar Danner , national soccer player
- 1950: Hans Fassnacht , swimmer
- 1950: Helen Heberer , politician (SPD), member of the state parliament
- 1950: Joachim Schäfer , composer, musician
- 1951: Andreas Köbner , composer
- 1951: Gabriele Schnaut , opera singer
- 1951: Charles "Charly" Graf , boxer, German champion 1985
- 1952: Nora Noé , writer
- 1952: Michael Karst , track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- 1953: Reinhard Bütikofer , politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- 1953: Jörg Etz , ice hockey player
- 1953: Jutta Fischer , politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Lutherstadt Eisleben
- 1953: Wolfgang Pföhler , politician (CDU), mayor and manager
- 1953: Gernot Rohr , soccer player and coach
- 1954: Peter Boudgoust , director of the SWR
- 1954: Karlheinz Weisenseel , track and field athlete
- 1954: Thomas Wörtche , literary critic
- 1955: Marion Caspers-Merk , member of the Bundestag and parliamentary state secretary (SPD)
- 1955: Hubertus Drobner , Catholic theologian
- 1955: Hans Freudenberg , politician (FDP), member of the state parliament
- 1955: Reiner Hollich , football coach
- 1955: Jochen Kruse , journalist and local politician in Hesse
- 1955: Stefan Lippe († 2020), German-Swiss insurance manager
- 1955: Richy Müller , actor
- 1955: Eberhard Pelke , civil engineer
- 1955: Jürgen Seidelmann , marksman, multiple German champion
- 1955: Reiner Hollich , soccer player and coach
- 1956: Jutta Allmendinger , sociologist and university professor
- 1956: Walter Bayer , lawyer and university professor
- 1956: Marcus Kuhl , ice hockey player, manager of Adler Mannheim
- 1957: Hans-Jürgen Boysen , soccer player and coach
- 1957: Karin Lambert-Butenschön , journalist and presenter
- 1957: Juliane Lorenz , film editor, director, producer and author
- 1957: Wolfgang Raufelder († 2016), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), member of the state parliament
- 1957: Jan Schütte , director
- 1958: Martin Brauß , pianist and university professor
- 1958: Horst Hamann , photographer
- 1958: Ralf Bartenschlager , professor
- 1959: Matthias Ank , church musician
- 1959: Sabine Grebe , classical philologist
- 1959: Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich , classical philologist and university professor
- 1959: Ferdinand Mack , 5-time kickboxing world champion
- 1959: Ingrid Pfendtner , author
- 1959: Birgit Reinemund , politician (FDP)
- 1959: Andreas Rizzi , athlete
- 1960: Matthias Dörsam , jazz and studio musician
- 1960: Andreas Fuchs , ancient orientalist
- 1960: Jeanette Hofmann , political scientist
- 1960: Peter Obresa , national ice hockey player
- 1960: Folke Paulsen , actor
- 1960: Fritz Walter , record scorer at SV Waldhof Mannheim
1961 to 1980
- 1961: Jürgen Adams , ice hockey player
- 1961: Dietmar Brixy , painter and sculptor
- 1961: Rudolf Grimm , physicist
- 1961: Martin Helmig , baseball player and coach
- 1961: Peter Kapp , baker and confectioner, author and lecturer
- 1961: Angelika Krebs , philosopher
- 1961: Helmut Puff , Germanist and historian
- 1961: Matthias Rohnacher , first German-speaking world poker champion
- 1961: Thomas Schaaf , soccer player and coach
- 1961: Monika Schnitzer , economist
- 1962: Christian Habekost , comedian, cabaret artist and calypso singer
- 1962: Peter Kurz , lawyer and politician (SPD), Lord Mayor
- 1962: Ulf Quaisser , football player
- 1962: Uwe Rahn , national soccer player
- 1962: Christine Reinle , historian, university lecturer
- 1962: Markus Weise , hockey coach
- 1963: Jochen Zeitz , CEO of Puma AG
- 1964: Christoph Binninger , priest and theologian
- 1964: Richard Brox , author
- 1964: Konstantin Groß , journalist
- 1964: Johannes M. Herrmann , cell biologist, biochemist and university professor
- 1964: Arno Köster , journalist, author and moderator
- 1964: Frank Mentrup , politician (SPD), member of the state parliament, Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe
- 1964: Hans Nieswandt , DJ, music producer and book author (lives in Cologne)
- 1964: Peter Schlör , photographer and visual artist
- 1965: Christine Lambrecht , politician (SPD) and Member of the Bundestag
- 1965: Jochen Stay , environmental activist and publicist
- 1966: Thomas Gimbel , actor and theater director
- 1966: Bernd Gramminger , soccer player
- 1966: Franz Jung , Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Würzburg
- 1966: Thomas Martin , chef with two stars in the Michelin guide awarded
- 1966: Paloma Varga Weisz , sculptor and draftsman
- 1966: Jürgen Weitz , surgeon
- 1967: Joachim Burkard , Catholic clergyman and theologian
- 1967: Felix Finster , mathematician and university professor
- 1967: Georg Sans , philosopher
- 1967: Peter Simon , politician (SPD)
- 1967: Hillard von Thiessen , early modern historian
- 1967: Reiner Witzel , jazz musician
- 1968: Kai Adomeit , pianist
- 1968: Marco Pezzaiuoli , football coach
- 1968: Nicole Simon , photographer
- 1968: Björn Sinnhuber , athlete
- 1968: Anna Franziska Srna , Austrian actress
- 1969: Andreas Clauss , soccer player and coach SV Waldhof Mannheim
- 1969: Steffi Graf , tennis player
- 1969: Susanne Lepsius , legal historian
- 1969: Markus Freiherr von Rotberg , soccer player
- 1969: Alexander Schilling , theater director
- 1970: Tabea Heynig , actress
- 1970: Hans-Werner Klohe , choreographer
- 1971: Heiko Herrlich , soccer player and coach
- 1971: Myriam Holme , artist
- 1971: Nina Kunzendorf , actress
- 1971: Xavier Naidoo , soul and R&B singer
- 1971: Christian Titz , soccer player and coach
- 1972: Götz Diergarten , photographer
- 1972: Norbert Hofmann , soccer player
- 1972: Peter Rosenberger , politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Horb since 2009
- 1972: Christian Wörns , national soccer player
- 1973: Ümit Davala , Turkish soccer player and coach
- 1974: Lexi Alexander , film and television director
- 1974: Catherine Bode , German actress
- 1974: Selahattin Özbir , Turkish national soccer player
- 1974: Roland Schmaltz , chess player
- 1974: Henning Wiechers , handball goalkeeper
- 1975: Matthias Görlich , graphic designer and professor of communication design
- 1976: Bülent Ceylan , comedian
- 1976: Melek Diehl († 2008 in Berlin), actress
- 1976: Eric Linhart , political scientist
- 1977: Jochen Hecht , national ice hockey player
- 1977: Dominic Jeske , cook
- 1978: Christian Haas , soccer player
- 1978: Pal One , rapper
- 1980: Carolin Callies , poet
- 1980: Mark Etz , ice hockey player
- 1980: Fanny Rinne , field hockey player, gold medal 2004 Olympics
- 1980: Massimo Sinató , professional dancer, dance sport trainer and choreographer
- 1980: Mario Stojić , basketball player
1981 to 2000
- 1981: Christian Fickert , soccer player
- 1982: Sven Bopp , soccer player
- 1982: Eike Etz , ice hockey player
- 1982: Michael Spatz , handball player
- 1983: Ken Asaeda , soccer player
- 1983: Gideon Böss , writer and columnist
- 1983: Nadine Dubois , actress
- 1984: Markus B. Altmeyer , screenwriter
- 1984: Benjamin Gorka , soccer player
- 1984: Dominik Höpfner , baseball player
- 1984: Thorsten Reiss , soccer player
- 1985: Tim Bauer , soccer player
- 1985: Steffen Bühler , handball player
- 1985: Svenja Huber , handball player
- 1985: Stefan Kehrer , freestyle wrestler
- 1985: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller , opera and concert singer, soprano
- 1986: Uwe Gensheimer , national handball player
- 1986: Katharina Häcker , figure skater, German champion 2001
- 1986: Markus Kuhn , American football player, first German player with a touchdown in the NFL
- 1986: Sergio Peter , football player
- 1988: Christopher Gäng , football goalkeeper
- 1988: Daniel Halfar , football player
- 1988: Susanne Hartel , soccer player
- 1988: Denise Zimmermann , figure skater
- 1989: Julian David , pop singer, musical actor, entertainer and actor
- 1989: Julian Howard , athlete
- 1990: Mandy Capristo , singer in the band Monrose
- 1990: Giulia Enders , non-fiction author
- 1990: Tony Mamodaly , soccer player
- 1991: Alexander Becker , handball player
- 1991: Pascal Groß , soccer player
- 1991: Manuel Gulde , soccer player
- 1991: Philip Heintz , swimmer
- 1991: Mandy Marquardt , track cyclist
- 1991: Sabine Stoller , soccer player
- 1991: Robin Szarka , football player
- 1991: Marco Terrazzino , football player
- 1992: Sina Haas , tennis player
- 1993: Alexander Ackermann , ice hockey player
- 1993: Julia Behnke , handball player
- 1993: Shanice Craft , athlete
- 1993: Patrick Domogala , athlete
- 1993: Bilal Gülden , soccer player
- 1993: Sarah Hecken , figure skater, German champion 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013
- 1993: Maurice Hirsch , soccer player
- 1994: Hakan Çalhanoğlu , football player
- 1994: Kevin Maginot , ice hockey player
- 1994: Mirko Schuster , soccer player
- 1994: Marcel Seegert , soccer player
- 1995: Kevin Broll , soccer goalkeeper
- 1995: Muhammed Çalhanoğlu , football player
- 1995: Janina Fautz , actress
- 1995: Marc Michaelis , ice hockey player
- 1997: Leon Jensen , soccer player
- 1997: Nils Seufert , soccer player
- 1998: Miriam Dattke , athlete
- 1998: Jana Münster , actress
- 1998: Sophia Münster , actress
- 1998: Meris Skenderović , Montenegrin-German football player
- 2000: Florian Flick , soccer player
- 2000: Frédéric Loboda , pianist
- 2000: Niclas Stierlin , soccer player
2001 to 2020
- 2002: Dirk Geiger , motorcycle racer
Personalities who have worked in the city
- Theodor Timmermann (1627–1700) pharmacist, mayor of Mannheim and mayor of the Palatinate colony of Magdeburg
- Franz Fortunat von Isselbach (1663–1734), General Feldzeugmeister, chief of the Electoral Palatinate Army, from 1717 governor of Mannheim, where he also died in 1734
- Johann Sigismund Weiss (after 1690-1737), lutenist and composer
- Adam Huth (1696–1771), Jesuit, theologian and canon lawyer, rector of the college in Mannheim
- Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), composer, conductor and violinist, founder of the Mannheim School
- Alexander Keck (1724-1804), Jesuit; from 1756 head of the "Seminarium musicum" and music director at the Jesuit Church
- Christian Friedrich Schwan (1733–1815), publisher, bookseller, center of Mannheim's intellectual life at the time
- Johann Valentin Metz (1745–1829), Catholic priest, first cathedral provost and vicar general of the newly established diocese of Speyer in 1818; 1772 to 1786 high school professor and city chaplain in Mannheim
- Ludwig Wilhelm Alexander von Hövel (1746–1829), Baden Minister of State
- Anton von Klein (1746–1810), poet, linguist and publisher as well as professor in Mannheim, secret secretary of the elector
- Constanze Weber (1762–1842), soprano, pianist, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Karl Theodor von Traitteur (1756–1830), Palatinate-Bavarian court librarian, court historiographer, author and poet
- Karl von Drais (1785–1851), baron, forest clerk in Baden and important inventor, including the steerable balance bike, the forerunner of the bicycle
- Carl Benz (1844–1929), inventor of the first practical motor vehicle, founder of Benz & Cie. Rheinische gas engine factory in Mannheim
- Helene Hecht (1854–1940), salonier and patron of the arts, victim of National Socialism
- Alice Bensheimer (1864–1935), women's rights activist
- Georg Segler (1906–1978), agricultural scientist, engineer, author and inventor
- Herbert Meyer (1908–1992), Germanist, librarian, director of the Mannheim City Library and the Reiss Museum
- Fritz Esser (1914–1978), politician
- Wolf Magin (1927–2009), graphic artist and painter
- Carl Weissner (1940–2012), literary translator of almost all of the novels and poems by the US writer Charles Bukowski into German
- Jochen Meißner (* 1943), rower at the Mannheim club "Amicitia", silver medalist (Olympic Games 1968)
- GReeeN (* 1989), singer, rap, battlerap and reggae artist
literature
- Hans-Erhard Lessing: Mannheim pioneers . Wellhöfer-Verlag, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-939540-13-7 .
See also
- List of honorary citizens of Mannheim
- Bloomaulorden - Mannheim's highest civic honor