List of personalities of the city of Memmingen

Coat of arms of the city of Memmingen

This list contains personalities born in Memmingen as well as those who worked in Memmingen but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Memmingen

Until 1800

• Bernhard Walther (1430–1504), astronomer, humanist and businessman
• Ivo Strigel , painter and sculptor
• Michael Strigel (around 1445 - around 1519), painter
• Hans Strigel the Younger (1450–1479), painter
• Bernhard Strigel (around 1460 - 1528), painter
• Bartholomäus V. Welser (1484–1561), Augsburg patrician and merchant
• Hans Ehinger (1487–1546), politician
• Johannes Hommel (1518–1562), Protestant theologian, mathematician and astronomer
• Ludwig Rabus (1523–1592), Lutheran theologian and confessionalist
• Noe Meurer (1525 / 28–1583), legal scholar
• Oswald Gabelkover (1539–1616), doctor, heraldist and historian
• Ludwig Bair (1558–?), Draftsman
• Hans Jacob Bachmann (around 1574 - 1651), goldsmith
• Johann Christoph Hurter (around 1576 - around 1640), cartographer and city architect in Memmingen
• Matthias Koch (1581–1633), merchant
• Tobias Sichelbein (1607–1651), painter
• Christoph Schorer (1618–1671), physician, poet and astrologer of the baroque period
• Sibylla Schuster (1639–1685), writer and poet
• Johann Heiss (1640–1704), baroque painter
• Johann Friedrich Sichelbein (1648–1719), painter
• Elias Christoph Heiß (1660–1731), engraver
• Balthasar Hermann (1665–1729), painter
• Johann Andreas Hommel (1677–1751), painter
• Benedict von Herman (1689–1782), long-distance trader
• Johann Georg Schelhorn (1694–1773), theologian, clergyman and church historian, superintendent in Memmingen
• Jakob Küner (1697–1764), entrepreneur
• Jacob von Staehlin (1709–1785), German-Russian state councilor and polymath
• Sebastian Haupt (around 1710–1760), Austrian altar builder, architect, carpenter, Kistler, cabinet maker and craftsman
• Johann Jakob Adam (around 1720 - 1791), silver worker, artisan, silversmith and goldsmith
• Johann Georg Buder (1727–1759), painter
• Christoph Städele (1744–1811), hat maker and poet
• Christoph Rheineck (1748–1797), composer
• Johann Gerhard Hofmann (1757–1822), merchant and politician of the free imperial city of Frankfurt
• Friedrich von Lupine (1771–1845), office director of the free imperial city of Memmingen
• Johannes Leeb (1790–1863), sculptor and stonemason
• Christoph Ludwig Köberlin (1794–1862), Protestant Reformed pastor and botanist

1801 to 1900

• Ludwig Hohenegger (1807–1864), geologist
• Sophie Pilgram (1808–1870), miniature painter
• Karl Vorhölzer (1810–1887), painter, fresco artist and wall painter
• Constantin von Höfler (1811–1897), historian
• Hugo von Lupine (1829–1902), born in Illerfeld, Württemberg Lieutenant General
• Robert Friedrich Metzeler (1833–1910), entrepreneur
• Otto Hierl-Deronco (1859–1935), painter
• Wilhelm Freiherr von Pechmann (1859–1948), director of the Bayerische Handelsbank
• Karl Ritter von Riedl (1862–1919), Lieutenant General in the First World War
• Heinrich Stadelmann (1865–1948), psychiatrist and writer
• Paul von Köberle (1866–1948), Bavarian lieutenant general
• Ludwig Bopp (1869–1930), architect
• Karl Kohl (1869–1935), Counselor, member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
• Justus Köberle (1871–1908), Protestant theologian and professor at the University of Rostock
• Wilhelm Caspari (1876–1947), Protestant theologian
• Gustav Adolf Daumiller (1876 / 78–1962), sculptor and medalist
• Daniel Schwarz (1880–1969), accountant, conservationist and geologist
• Josef Madlener (1881–1967), poet and painter
• August Schwingenstein (1881–1968), journalist, publisher and politician
• Oscar Daumiller (1882–1970), Protestant pastor
• Friedrich Ebert (1882–1971), high school teacher, archaeologist and local history researcher
• Georg Fey (1882–1959), Mayor of Memmingen
• Ludwig Hermann (1882–1938), chemist and entrepreneur
• Robert Vorhoelzer (1884–1954), architect
• Wilhelm Zorn (1884–1968), agricultural, animal breeding and grassland scientist
• Max Unold (1885–1964), painter, graphic artist and writer
• Julius Guggenheimer (1885–1943), businessman and photographer
• Karl Bäßler (1888–1973), architect
• Max Unglehrt (1892–1953), architect
• Oscar Besemfelder (1893–1965), lutenist and singer
• Wendelin Überzwerch (1893–1962), writer
• Gertrud Otto (1895–1970), art historian
• Roberta Gropper (1897–1993), politician

1901 to 1950

• Karl Schlierf (1902–1990), lithographer, graphic artist and painter
• Wilhelm Schwarz (1902–1975), politician
• Wilhelm von Ammon (1903–1992), Nazi lawyer and convicted war criminal
• Otto Pöppel (1904–2000), painter and graphic artist
• Karl Michael Knittel senior (1904–1972), advertising specialist
• Wilhelm Angele (1905–1996), German-American engineer
• Max Pöppel (1909–1989), painter and sculptor
• Max Ziegelbauer (1923–2016), theologian and auxiliary bishop
• Franzjosef Maier (1925–2014), violinist, conductor and university professor
• Erwin Otto Maier (1927–2016), textile merchant and association president
• Martin Eberle (1931–1991), weightlifter
• Hedwig Bilgram (* 1933), organist and harpsichordist
• Helmut Ackermann (1936–2017), graphic artist and painter
• Gert Zang (* 1941), historian
• Josef Wehrle (* 1943), wood sculptor
• Herbert Müller (* 1944), politician
• Hubert Mulzer (* 1944), actor
• Franz Roth (* 1946), football player
• Isolde Liebherr (* 1949), entrepreneur
• Monika Sprüth (* 1949), gallery owner
• Hubert Liebherr (* 1950), entrepreneur and engineer
• Jürgen Liminski (* 1950), journalist, publicist and book author

1951 to 1975

• Dorothee Eberhardt (* 1952), composer and music teacher
• Gabriela Schimmer-Göresz (* 1952), politician
• Kitty Winter (* 1952), jazz singer
• Robert Schlosser (* 1953), artist
• Wilhelm Bronner (1954–2016), painter
• Jürgen Seefelder (* 1954), jazz musician
• Jutta Geß (* 1955), ceramist and artisan
• Dieter Rehm (* 1955), photo artist
• Claus-Erich Boetzkes (* 1956), TV presenter and journalist
• Michael Hanns Heise (* 1956), economist, author and chief economist of large companies
• Thomas Faist (* 1957), jazz musician
• Helge Klaus Rieder (* 1957), university professor for business informatics
• Manfred Schilder (* 1958), Lord Mayor
• Christoph Strohm (* 1958), church historian
• Hans-Joachim Weirather (* 1959), politician
• Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (* 1960), Evangelical Lutheran systematic theologian, Bavarian regional bishop, Chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany
• Rolf Theodor Schuster (* 1960), diplomat
• Brigitte Vollmar (* 1961), German physician
• Jürgen Batscheider (* 1962), painter and sculptor
• Sabine Hartmann-Müller (* 1962), member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament (CDU)
• Reinhold Mathy (* 1962), soccer player
• Jürgen Knoblich (* 1963), molecular biologist
• Christine Wassermann (* 1964), artist
• Markus Harzenetter (* 1965), art historian
• Siegfried Langer (* 1966), writer
• Iris Plotzitzka (* 1966), shot put
• Berthold Schick (* 1966), musician, music teacher, composer and arranger
• Friedrich Zeller (* 1966), politician
• Robert Barth (* 1968), speedway motorcycle racer
• Christian Buder (* 1968), writer
• Eva Grünbauer (* 1968), television presenter
• Frank Kramer (* 1972), soccer player and coach

From 1976

• Martin Mair (* 1976), journalist and radio presenter
• Sandra Weiss (* 1976), singer
• Frank Wiblishauser (* 1977), soccer player
• Christian Baur (1977), cook
• Michael Mutzel (* 1979), soccer player
• Christian Brader (* 1980), triathlon professional
• Bernd Kirschner (* 1980), painter
• Heiko Jung (* 1982), fusion musician
• Bernd Hiemer (* 1983), motorcycle racing driver
• Martin Dausch (* 1986), soccer player
• Jutta Keeß (* 1987), musician
• Stephan Vogt (* 1987), ice hockey player
• Holger Badstuber (* 1989), soccer player
• Timo Gebhart (* 1989), soccer player
• Lenka Dürr (* 1990), volleyball player
• Fabian Götze (* 1990), soccer player
• Jimmy Hertel (* 1992), ice hockey player
• Mario Götze (* 1992), soccer player
• Alexander Hack (* 1993), football player
• Markus Mendler (* 1993), soccer player
• Ahmet Arslan (* 1994), football player
• Sarah Romert (* 1994), soccer player

Well-known residents of Memmingen

• Albrecht Kunne (around 1435–?), Incunabula printer
• Ludwig Vogelmann (1478–1531), town clerk
• Gervasius Schuler (around 1495 - 1563), Swiss Protestant theologian and reformer
• Jacob Schenck (around 1508 - 1554), Protestant theologian and reformer
• Caspar Sichelbein the Elder (around 1550 - 1605), painter
• Georg Ludwig Stäbenhaber (1640–1708), city commander 1675 to 1708
• Balthasar Ehrhart (1700–1756), botanist, city doctor, pharmacist, paleontologist
• Franz Jelačić von Bužim (1746–1810), Croatian nobleman and Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
• Julius von Roeck (1818–1884), owner of an art mill
• Albrecht Gerstle (1842–1921), banker
• Walter Caspari (1847–1923), clergyman, theologian and university professor, was city pastor from 1873 to 1883
• Julius Miedel (1863–1940), teacher, city archivist and historian
• Lorenz Riedmiller (1880–1960), politician
• Josef Eichheim (1888–1945), theater and film actor
• Franz Holczak (1893–?), Lawyer and politician
• Walter Braun (1905–1977), headmaster, local politician and home nurse
• Janne Furch (1915–1992), screenwriter, actress, writer and translator
• Hans August Lücker (1915–2007), politician
• Wolfgang Bächler (1925–2007), poet and prose writer
• Adalbert Meier (* 1926), Catholic church musician
• Josef Miller (* 1947), politician
• Adi Hirschal (* 1948), Austrian actor, cabaret artist and artistic director
• Ivo Holzinger (* 1948), Lord Mayor of the City of Memmingen
• Hanspeter Faas (* 1954), expert in the development, organization and administration of garden shows
• Fritz Kuhn (* 1955), politician
• Claudia Roth (* 1955), politician
• Winfried Bönig (* 1959), organist and university professor
• Hans-Eberhard Roß (* 1962), church music director and cantor of the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Memmingen
• Khaled al-Masri (* 1963), CIA victim
• Marco Sonnleitner (* 1965), writer and high school teacher
• Volker Klüpfel (* 1971), crime writer
• Maxi Blaha (* 1972), Austrian actress and singer
• Michael Kobr (* 1973), crime writer

See also

• List of honorary citizens of Memmingen
• List of pastors of the parish of our women (Memmingen)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Freivogel: Yvo Strigel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 8, 2017 , accessed February 18, 2020 .