List of personalities of the city of Nuremberg

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  Small coat of arms of the city of Nuremberg

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  Large coat of arms of the city of Nuremberg

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

Personalities born in Nuremberg

13th to 15th centuries

• Christine Ebner (1277–1356), Dominican and mystic
• Philipp Groß (around 1290 – after 1355), city architect of Nuremberg
• Adelheid Langmann (1306–1375), nun and mystic
• Ulman Stromer (1329–1407), wholesaler, manufacturer and councilor
• Bartholomäus Fröwein (14th century – 1430), abbot of Ebrach monastery, university professor
• Wenceslas (1361–1419), King of Bohemia and Roman-German King
• Friedrich I (1371–1440), Elector of Brandenburg
• Hans Rosenplüt (around 1400–1460), gunsmith and poet
• Niklas III. Muffel (1409 / 10–1469), clergyman, envoy and author
• Conrad Paumann (1409 / 15–1473), organist, composer and lutenist
• Hermann Schedel (1410–1485), city physician in Augsburg and Nuremberg, personal physician to Friedrich III. von Brandenburg, cousin of Hartmann Schedel
• Endres Tucher (1423–1507), master builder for the city of Nuremberg
• Erhard Schürstab († 1461), patrician, councilor, hospital nurse, warlord, mayor and chronicler
• Erasmus Schürstab (1426–1473), patrician, wholesaler and long-distance trader and member of the council
• Michael Wolgemut (1434–1519), painter and master of the woodcut
• Anton Koberger (around 1440–1513), printer, publisher and bookseller
• Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514), physician, humanist and historian
• Adam Kraft (1455 / 60–1509), sculptor and master builder
• Peter Vischer the Elder (around 1455–1529), sculptor
• Lorenz Beheim (around 1457–1521), humanist, astrologer, physician and alchemist
• Anton Tucher (1458–1524), merchant and patron
• Martin Behaim (1459–1507), cloth merchant, initiated the construction of the Behaim globe named after him
• Sixtus Tucher (1459–1507), canon law professor at the University of Ingolstadt and provost in Nuremberg. During his term of office, the plans for the goose book of St. Lorenz fell.
• Sebastian Lindenast (around 1460–?), Coppersmith
• Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1460–1494), painter and wood sculptor
• Veit Hirschvogel (1461–1526), ​​glass painter
• Johann Weyssenburger (around 1465 - around 1535), priest and printer
• Johann Mantel I. (around 1468–1530), theologian and reformer
• Johannes Werner (1468–1522), mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer and cartographer
• Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), painter, graphic artist, mathematician and art theorist
• Agnes Dürer (1475–1539), art dealer
• Peter Henlein (1479 / 80–1532), master locksmith
• Lazarus Spengler (1479–1534), councilor
• Melchior Pfintzing (1481–1535), clergyman
• Christoph Scheurl (1481–1542), lawyer, diplomat and humanist
• Christoph Kreß von Kressenstein (1484–1535), mayor and politician
• Endres Dürer (1484–1555), goldsmith and silversmith
• Johann Apel (1486–1536), lawyer and humanist
• Leonhard Marstaller (1488–1546), Catholic theologian
• Thomas Venatorius (around 1488–1551), theologian and reformer
• Hans Vischer (around 1489–1550), sculptor and ore caster
• Hans Dürer (1490–1534), painter and draftsman
• Konrad Helt (around 1490–1548), Augustinian hermit, temporarily Martin Luther's superior
• Johann Heß (1490–1547), theologian and reformer
• Joseph Klug (around 1490–1552), printer
• Erhard Schön (around 1491–1542), draftsman and wood cutter
• Jörg Herz (1492–1554), goldsmith and jeweler
• Pankraz Labenwolf (1492–1563), ore caster
• Hans Sachs (1494–1576), poet, master singer and playwright
• Sebaldus Münsterer (around 1495–1539), legal scholar
• Hieronymus Lotter (around 1497–1580), merchant
• Johann Neudörffer the Elder (1497–1563), typist and arithmetic master
• Hieronymus Baumgartner (1498–1565), co-designer of the Reformation in Nuremberg
• Andreas Osiander (1498–1552), reformer in Nuremberg
• Hans Sebald Beham (1500–1550), painter and engraver
• Hieronymus Besold (around 1500–1562), Lutheran theologian
• Konrad Mauser (around 1500–1548), legal scholar

16th Century

• Barthel Beham (around 1502–1540), painter and engraver
• Georg Major (1502–1574), Lutheran theologian
• Augustin Hirschvogel (1503–1553), artist, geometer and cartographer
• Lienhard III. Hirschvogel (1504–1549), merchant and long-distance trader, builder of the Hirsvogel Hall
• Bartolomé Blumenthal (1506–1585), trader, adventurer and conquistador
• Veit Dietrich (1506–1549), theologian, writer and reformer
• Hieronymus Köler the Elder (1507–1573), travel writer
• Erasmus Ebner (1511–1577), diplomat, scholar and statesman
• Endres II. Hirschvogel (1513–1550), merchant
• Erasmus Flock (1514–1568), mathematician, astronomer, poet and physician
• Virgil Solis (1514–1562), draftsman and engraver
• Sebaldus Baumann (around 1515–?), Kreuzkantor
• Johann Funck (1518–1566), Protestant theologian
• Johann Sciurus (around 1518–1564), mathematician, philologist and Protestant theologian
• Matthäus Vogel (1519–1591), Protestant theologian
• Melchior Ayrer (1520–1579), city doctor
• Georg Labenwolf (around 1520–1585), ore caster
• Petrus Ketzmann (1521–1570), Lutheran theologian and educator
• Sebastian Ochsenkhun (1521–1574), lutenist and composer
• Conrad Klingenbeck (1526–1567), theologian
• Hans Hoffmann (around 1530–1591 / 92), painter and draftsman
• Paul Buchner (1531–1607), master builder
• Melchior Neusidler (around 1531 – around 1591), lutenist
• Lorenz Dürnhofer (1532–1594), Protestant theologian
• Joachim Camerarius the Younger (1534–1598), doctor, botanist and naturalist
• Lucas Osiander the Elder (1534–1604), Protestant theologian
• Caspar Schleupner (1535–1598), arithmetic master
• Hans Heyden (1536–1613), musical instrument maker and organist
• Georg Mauritius (1539–1610), educator, Latin poet and playwright
• Kaspar Bienemann (1540–1591), theologian and poet
• Jakob Ayrer (around 1544–1605), playwright
• Benedikt Wurzelbauer (1548–1620), sculptor and ore caster
• Lazarus Röting (1549–1614), painter
• Basilius Besler (1561–1629), pharmacist, botanist and publisher
• Johann Christoph Fugger (1561–1612), member of the Fugger merchant family
• Johann Siebmacher (around 1561–1611), coat of arms painter, engraver, etcher and publisher
• Wolf Jacob Stromer (1561–1614), council builder
• Christoph Jamnitzer (1563–1618), goldsmith
• Hans Leo Haßler (1564–1612), composer, organist, clockmaker and maker of music automatons
• Johannes Ofner (around 1569), intellectual and world traveler
• Jakob Haßler (1569–1622), composer
• Franz Prünsterer (1570–1637), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• Ernst Soner (1572–1612), physician and naturopath
• Ludwig Camerarius (1573–1651), statesman and legal scholar
• Ambrosius Metzger (1573–1632), mastersinger and composer
• Johannes Oettinger (1577–1633), geographer, cartographer and geodesist
• Valentin Dretzel (1578–1658), organist and composer
• Jobst Harrich (1579–1617), painter and copyist
• Johann Mannich (1579 - after 1637), Lutheran theologian
• Johann Staden (1581–1634), organist and composer
• Daniel Schwenter (1585–1636), orientalist and mathematician
• Hans Troschel the Younger (1585–1628), compass maker and engraver
• Johann König (1586–1642), painter, miniaturist and draftsman
• Hanns Carl (1587–1665), builder, master craftsman and draftsman
• Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666), composer
• Johannes Vogel (1589–1663), Protestant theologian and poet
• Hans Bien (1591–1632), draftsman and stonemason
• Michael Walther the Elder (1593–1662), Lutheran theologian
• Hans Hautsch (1595–1670), circle blacksmith
• Georg Tobias Schwendendörffer (1597–1681), legal scholar

17th century

• Georg Achatz Heher (1601–1667), lawyer, diplomat and chancellor
• Georg Pfründt (1603–1663), medalist, wax bossier and engraver
• Paul Fürst (1608–1666), publisher, art and bookseller
• Johann Helwig (1609–1674), poet and doctor
• Wolfgang Jacob Dümler (1610–1676), pastor of St. Johannis and author
• Christoph Ritter (1610–1676), goldsmith
• Georg Schweigger (1613–1690), sculptor, sculptor and medalist
• Johann Siegmund Wurffbain (1613–1661), traveler to India
• Andreas Georg Paumgartner (1613–1686), patrician, mayor and war captain of the city of Nuremberg
• Johann Martin Rubert (around 1615–1677), organist and composer
• Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616–1655), composer
• Johann Georg Volkamer (1616–1693), doctor, natural scientist and writer
• Leonhard Ursinus (1618–1664), physician and botanist
• Balthasar Herold (1620–1683), metal caster and sculptor
• Johann Christoph Arnschwanger (1625–1696), hymn poet
• Johann Conrad Dürr (1625–1677), theologian and university professor
• Johann Jacob Saar (1625–1664), navigator, soldier and author
• Paul Hainlein (1626–1686), composer and trumpet maker
• Michael Praun (1626–1696), lawyer and councilor from Baden-Durlach
• Johann Philipp Lemke (1631–?), Painter
• Simon Bornmeister (1632–1688), theologian and hymn poet
• Maria Catharina Stockfleth (1632–1694), poet
• Georg Caspar Wecker (1632–1695), composer and organist
• Andreas Ingolstetter (1633–1711), merchant and hymn poet
• Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633–1705), polyhistor, legal scholar and orientalist
• Johann Ludwig Faber (1635–1678), hymn poet
• Johann Paul Auer (1636–1687), painter
• Barbara Juliane Penzel (1636–1673), poet
• Wolfgang Gundling (1637–1689), preacher, deacon and church writer
• Johannes Saubert the Younger (1638–1688), Lutheran theologian and orientalist
• Johann Trost (1639–1700), architect
• Paul Heigel (1640–1690), mathematician and Protestant theologian
• Christoph Franck (1642–1704), Protestant theologian
• Johann Löhner (1645–1705), composer, organist and singer
• Johann Philipp Pfeiffer (1645–1695), philologist, librarian and theologian
• Michael Wening (1645–1718), engraver
• Magnus Daniel Omeis (1646–1708), poet and philosopher
• Johann Wilhelm Baier (1647–1695), Protestant theologian
• Daniel Eberlin (1647–?), Composer
• Georg Paul Rötenbeck (1648–1710), philosopher and professor
• Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725), composer, organist and conductor
• Jacob Hieronymus Lochner (1649–1700), Protestant pastor, theologian, playwright and poet
• David Nerreter (1649–1726), Lutheran theologian
• Johann Krieger (1652–1735), composer and organist
• Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), composer
• Christoph Adam Negelein (1656–1701), German merchant, composer and poet
• Paul Jacob Marperger (1656-1730), writer
• Susanna Maria von Sandrart (1658–1716), draftsman and engraver
• Wolfgang Christoph Deßler (1660–1722), poet and vice-principal
• Georg Andreas Kraft (around 1660–1726), composer
• Johann Volkamer (1662–1744), physician and botanist
• Albrecht Krieger (1663–1726), medalist and die cutter
• Friedrich Feuerlein (1664–1716), Lutheran theologian
• Johann Daniel Preissler (1666–1737), painter
• Johann Georg von Bemmel (1669–1723), painter
• Johann Jakob Feuerlein (1670–1716), Lutheran theologian
• Johann Heinrich Müller (1671–1731), astronomer
• Magdalena Rosina Funck (1672 – after 1695), flower painter
• Gottlieb Trost (1672–1728), master builder
• Gustav Philipp Mörl (1673–1750), Antistes and librarian
• Johann Christoph Müller (1673–1721), cartographer
• Joachim Negelein (1675–1749), Lutheran theologian
• Paul Decker (1677–1713), engraver
• Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677–1750), astronomer
• Johann Friedrich Riederer (1678–1734), poet
• Johann Georg Puschner (1680–1749), astronomer and copper engraver
• Michael Alberti (1682–1757), medic, physicist and philosopher
• Wolfgang Magnus Gebhard (1683–1755), draftsman, engraver and painter
• Peter Conrad Monath (1683–1747), publisher
• Johann Graf (1684–1750), composer
• Johann Jacob de Neufville (1684–1712), composer and organist
• Georg Jakob Schwindel (1684–1752), Protestant theologian and historian
• Wolfgang Melchior Volland (1684–1756), cantor and composer
• Peter von Bemmel (1685–1753), landscape painter
• Johann Adam Delsenbach (1687–1765), artist and engraver
• Johann Leonhard Rost (1688–1727), writer and astronomer
• Jakob Wilhelm Feuerlein (1689–1766), Lutheran theologian
• Johann Jacob Schübler (1689–1741), baroque master builder, architectural theorist and writer, and mathematician
• Georg Daniel Heumann (1691–1759), draftsman and engraver
• Conrad Friedrich Feuerlein (1694–1742), Lutheran theologian
• Johann Pfeiffer (1697–1761), composer and conductor of the late baroque era

18th century

• Johann Konrad Spörl (1701–1773), Protestant theologian
• Michael Adelbulner (1702–1779), mathematician, physicist and astronomer
• Philipp von Imhoff (1702–1768), Lieutenant General
• Georg Wolfgang Knorr (1705–1761), engraver
• Johann Matthäus Leffloth (1705–1731), composer, organist and clavichordist
• Markus Tuscher (1705–1751), painter and engraver
• Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706–1783), painter and draftsman
• Andreas Vestner (1707–1754), medalist and die cutter
• Christoph Andreas Büttner (1708–1774), educator
• Johann Siegmund Mörl (1710–1791), preacher, librarian and teacher in Nuremberg
• Christoph Friedrich Geiger (1712–1767), lawyer and professor at the University of Marburg
• Georg Paul Nussbiegel (1713–1776), draftsman and engraver, art dealer and publisher
• Nicolaus Schwebel (1713–1773), philologist, poet and educator
• Johann Wendler (1713–1799), bookseller, publisher and benefactor in Leipzig
• Georg Peter Monath (1715–1788), publisher
• Johann Ambrosius Beurer (1716–1754), pharmacist and naturalist
• Johann Augustin Dietelmair (1717–1785), Protestant theologian and professor at the University of Altdorf
• Andreas Würfel (1718–1769), clergyman and historian
• Jonas Haas (1720–1775), engraver
• Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1721–1780), Austrian statesman
• Michael Gröll (around 1722–1798), printer, publisher, bookseller and councilor
• Johann Adam Schweickart (1722–1787), draftsman and engraver
• Christoph Carl Kress von Kressenstein (1723–1791), patrician, lawyer and mayor
• Georg Wilhelm Gruber (1729–1796), composer and violinist
• Christoph Siegmund von Holzschuher (1729–1779), patrician, Libra official and historian
• Johann Ludwig Spörl (1731–1793), Protestant theologian
• Johann Christoph Martini (1732–1804), Protestant clergyman and church historian
• Georg Christoph Schwarz (1732–1792), Catholic clergyman and university professor in Altdorf
• Volkmar Daniel Spörl (1733–1807), Protestant theologian
• Wolfgang Jäger (1734–1795), philologist and historian
• Conrad Sörgel von Sorgenthal (1735–1805), Austrian civil servant and manufactory director
• Konrad Grübel (1736–1809), dialect poet, town flasher and street captain
• Johann Heinrich Häßlein (1737–1796), linguist
• Johann Georg Schrepfer (1738–1774), entrepreneur
• Johann Christoph Jäger (1740–1816), surgeon
• Johann Georg Sturm (1742–1793), engraver
• Georg Ernst Waldau (1745–1817), Protestant theologian and art historian
• Maria Katharina Prestel (1747–1794), painter, engraver and etcher
• Johann Ferdinand Roth (1748–1814), pastor, enlightener and historian
• Heinrich Guttenberg (1749–1818), engraver
• Johann Nussbiegel (1750–1829), draftsman and engraver
• Maria Barbara Wäser (1750–1797), actress and theater director
• Johann Christoph Mainberger (1750–1815), composer
• Johann Christoph Bock (1752–?), Engraver
• Johann Christian Siebenkees (1753–1841), lawyer and university lecturer
• Christoph Wilhelm Bock (1755–1835), painter, draftsman and engraver
• Philippine Engelhard (1756–1831), poet
• Paul Wolfgang Merkel (1756-1820), businessman
• Johann Christoph Vogel (1756–1788), composer
• Johann Carl Bock (1757–1843), engraver and eraser
• Johann Philipp Siebenkees (1759–1796), philologist and philosopher
• Dora Stock (1759–1832), painter, draftsman and copyist
• Anna Margaretha Zwanziger (1760–1811), serial killer
• Johann Karl Sigmund Kiefhaber (1762–1837), civil servant and historian
• Regina Katharina Quarry (around 1762 - 1821), aquatint engraver
• Johann Friedrich Heinrich Panzer (1764–1815), Protestant theologian
• Johann Wolf (1765–1824), educator and ornithologist
• Johann Benjamin Erhard (1766–1827), philosopher and doctor
• Christoph Wilhelm Zuckermandel (1767–1839), tailor and mathematician
• Christoph Wilhelm Friedrich Penzenkuffer (1768–1828), German clergyman, educator and linguist
• Jacob Sturm (1771–1848), engraver and naturalist
• Johann Kaspar Hechtel (1771–1799), businessman, owner of a brass factory, author of non-fiction and games
• Christian Gottfried Lorsch (1773–1830), politician
• Christian Meichelt (1776–?), Engraver and miniature painter
• Rudolf Sigmund von Holzschuher (1777–1861), lawyer and politician
• Gustav Philipp Zwinger (1779–1819), painter, etcher and lithographer
• Georg Zacharias Platner (around 1781–1862), initiator
• Michael Trost (1783–1856), glass, oil and can painter
• Albert Christoph Reindel (1784–1853), engraver, draftsman, professor, restorer, conservator, architect and translator
• Ernst von Braun (1788–1863), administrative officer in Saxony-Altenburg
• Conrad Georg Kuppler (1790–1842), mechanical engineer and professor
• Friedrich Fleischmann (1791–1834), painter, draftsman, engraver
• Johann Christoph Held (1791–1873), classical philologist
• Karl Gustav Bischof (1792–1870), geologist and chemist
• Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875), painter and engraver
• Johann Christoph Erhard (1795–1822), painter and etcher
• Jacob Daniel Burgschmiet (1796–1858), sculptor and ore caster
• Johann Jakob Kirchner (1796–1837), painter, draftsman and etcher
• Johann Andreas Wagner (1797–1861), zoologist
• Georg Christoph Wilder (1797–1855), architectural draftsman and engraver
• Carl Mayer (1798–1868), artist, copper and steel engraver, graphic artist and publisher
• Adolf von Zerzog (1799–1880), landowner and politician
• Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800–1875), religious philosopher and poet
• Erhard Friedrich Leuchs (1800–1837), editor and agricultural writer
• Johann Georg Wagler (1800–1832), zoologist and herpetologist

19th century

1801 to 1820

• Gustav Blumröder (1802-1853), doctor, politician and writer
• Bernhard Molique (1802–1869), composer and violinist
• Christian Friedrich von Mayr (1803-1851), painter
• Christoph Drechsler (1804–1850), orientalist, Lutheran theologian and university professor
• Johannes Franz (1804-1851), philologist
• Karl August Krebs , born as KA Miedke (1804–1880), pianist, composer, conductor and Kapellmeister
• Philipp Mayer (1804–1868), grammar school director and politician
• Hans Ofner (from 1805), officer, military strategist under Ferdinand I.
• Adolf zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1805–1861), civil registrar, third prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
• Johann Heinrich Christian Friedrich Sturm (1805–1862), engraver and ornithologist
• Ernst Freiherr von Bibra (1806–1878) natural scientist and writer
• Adolf Harleß (1806–1879), theologian
• Heinrich von Mayr (1806–1871), painter and etcher
• Karl Friedrich Nägelsbach (1806-1859), classical philologist
• Paulus Roetter (1806–1894), German-American landscape and plant draftsman
• Karl Michahelles (1807–1834), zoologist and doctor
• Jakob Stadler (1808–1873), printer and mayor of Konstanz (1861–1866)
• Johann Wilhelm Sturm (1808–1865), engraver, botanist and ornithologist
• Johann Caspar Beeg (1809–1867), technologist and publicist
• Wilhelm Christian Eberhard Friedrich Löffelholz von Kolberg (1809–1891), Domanialkanzleirat, archivist and heraldist
• Johann von Hofmann (1810–1877), theologian
• Johann Georg Seitz (1810–1870), German-Austrian painter
• Andreas Fleischmann (1811–1878), artist, copper, steel and mezzotint engraver
• Friedrich Kunstmann (1811–1867), theologian
• Adolf von Scheurl (1811–1893), theologian and legal scholar
• Friedrich Bauer (1812–1874), Evangelical Lutheran theologian, educator and Germanist
• Bernhard Gugler (1812–1880), mathematician and musicologist
• Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling (1812–1863), copper and steel engraver
• Bernhard Afinger (1813–1882), sculptor
• Karl von Hegel (1813–1901), historian
• Wilhelm Trost (1813–1901), animal and landscape painter
• Johann Konrad Krausser (1815–1873), sculptor
• Conrad Geyer (1816–1893), artist and copper and steel engraver
• Peter Conrad Schreiber (1816–1894), landscape painter
• Theodor von Cramer-Klett (1817–1884), businessman and industrialist
• Christoph Preisel (1818 – after 1876), engraver, printer and draftsman
• Ferdinand Eduard Trost (1818–1880), German tin painter
• Emil Harleß (1820–1862), physician and physiologist
• Richard Barthelmeß (1820–1884), Nuremberg doctor for the poor, freemason and co-founder of German Catholicism in Nuremberg

1821 to 1840

• Albrecht Fürchtegott Schultheiss (1823–1909), etcher and author
• Ludwig Rohbock (1824–1893), landscape and architectural draftsman and steel engraver
• Wilhelm Jegel (1826–1890), quarry owner, mayor and member of the German Reichstag
• Meta Wellmer (1826–1889), writer
• Johann Evangelist von Pruner (1827–1907), Roman Catholic theologian and capitular vicar
• Ambros Trient (1827–1900), civil engineer
• Veit Froer (1828–1900), copper and steel engraver and eraser
• Paul Ritter (1829–1907), painter
• Georg Goldberg (1830–1894), copper and steel engraver
• Edmund Wagner (1830-1859), animal painter
• Julius Cnopf (1832–1906), doctor, headed the Cnopf children's clinic named after him
• Hermann Beckh (1832–1908), politician
• Lorenz Ritter (1832–1921), painter and engraver
• Johann Wilhelm Anton Albrecht Müller (1832–1909), pathologist
• Karl Jäger (1833–1887), etcher, genre, history and portrait painter
• Johann Georg Riegel (1833–1904), architect and draftsman
• Johann Bauschinger (1834-1893), mathematician
• August von Bechmann (1834–1907), professor
• Gottlieb von Merkel (1835–1921), doctor
• Theodor Eyrich (1838–1907), architect
• Ferdinand von Jäger (1839–1916), lawyer
• Friedrich von Langhans (1840–1901), lawyer
• Emil Hecht (1840–1910), engineer, architect and municipal representative
• Johann Sperl (1840–1914), painter

1841 to 1860

• Georg Meisenbach (1841–1912), inventor of the glass engraving grid and the autotype
• Friedrich Beckh (1843–1927), agrarian and politician
• Friedrich Georg Trost (the elder) (1844–1922), painter, illustrator and art teacher
• Eduard Eidam (1845–1901), botanist and mycologist
• Ferdinand Heerdegen (1845–1930), classical philologist
• Karl Hammer (1845–1897), architect and painter
• Friedrich Merkel (1845–1919), physician, anatomist and rector
• Sigmund Schuckert (1846–1895), electrical engineer
• Karl von Birkmeyer (1847–1920), legal scholar
• Max Erdmannsdörfer (1848–1905), conductor and composer
• Johann Froitzheim (1847–1909), teacher and Goethe researcher
• Siegmund Günther (1848–1923), geographer, mathematician and natural scientist
• Friedrich Perlberg (1848–1921), painter
• Philipp Wiemer (1849–1924), politician
• Hans von Pechmann (1850–1902), chemist
• Robert von Pöhlmann (1852–1914), ancient historian
• Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943), Indologist and Iranist
• Hans Blum (1858–1942), painter
• Helene von Forster (1859–1923), women's rights activist and writer
• Paul Ritter the Younger (1859–1888), painter and etcher
• Wilhelm Ritter (1860–1948), painter and etcher
• Max von Stetten (1860–1925), officer

1861 to 1880

• Paul Schad-Rossa (1862–1916), painter, copyist and sculptor
• Friedrich von Braun (1863–1923), politician
• August Ertheiler (1863–1960), food entrepreneur and association official
• Georg Mühlberg (1863–1925), painter, draftsman and illustrator
• Karl von Schoch (1863–1940), officer and politician
• Hans Müller (1864–1951), architect
• Johann Georg Herrmann (1865–1932), civil engineer for steel and bridge construction
• Maximilian Albert (1866–1903), Catholic priest
• Anton Schöner (1866–1930), painter, illustrator, lithographer and art writer
• Wilhelm Merck (1867–1929), politician
• Max Arenz (* 1868), portrait and genre painter
• Fritz Ritter (1868–1888), architectural painter and etcher
• Karl Heilbronner (1869–1914), psychiatrist and neurologist
• Daniel Stücklen (1869–1945), politician and trade unionist
• Julius Diez (1870–1957), painter, graphic artist, draftsman and etcher
• Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (1870–1948), general of the artillery
• Karl Tobias Fischer (1871–1953), physicist
• Georg Neithardt (1871–1941), lawyer
• Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (1871–1952), paleontologist
• Matthäus Pitteroff (1871 – after 1937), musician
• Stephan Walter (1871–1937), sculptor
• August Falcke (1872–1930), painter
• August Trendel (1872–1947), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
• German Bestelmeyer (1874–1942), architect and university professor
• Georg Mattes (1874–1942), sculptor
• Hermann Beckh (1875–1937), orientalist and anthroposophist
• Adolf Bestelmeyer (1875–1957), physicist
• August Engelhardt (1875-1919), sect leader
• Siegfried Guggenheimer (1875–1938), physicist and industrialist
• Rudolf Stich (1875–1960), surgeon
• Else Oppler-Legband (1875–1965), architect, artist and costume designer
• Heinrich Heidner (1876–1974), painter
• Rudolf Koch (1876–1934), typographer, graphic artist and calligrapher
• Felix Mayer-Felice (1876–1929), painter
• Max Süßheim (1876–1933), lawyer
• Hermann Föttinger (1877–1945), electrical engineer, inventor and university professor
• Christian Füchtbauer (1877–1959), physicist and university professor
• Hanna Hellmann (1877–1942), literary scholar
• Alfons Stauder (1878–1937), physician and medical professional
• Karl Süssheim (1878–1947), historian and orientalist
• Friedrich Georg Trost (d. J.) (1878–1959), painter and art teacher
• Friedrich Köhnlein (1879–1916), chess player and composer
• Hermann Leuchs (1879–1945), chemist
• Heinrich Nüßlein (1879–1947), painter, art dealer, antiquarian and writer
• Karl Rosenthal (1879–1970), lawyer
• Ernst Aufseeser (1880–1940), painter, lithographer, xylograph, graphic designer and university professor
• Hugo Gutmann (1880–1962), soldier and entrepreneur
• Otto Mader (1880–1944), author
• Simon Schöffel (1880–1959), Protestant theologian

1881 to 1900

• Carl Frank (1881–1945), orientalist
• Hans Meiser (1881–1956), theologian, Lutheran Bishop of Bavaria
• Hanna Rademacher (1881–1979), writer
• Georg Reif (1881–1932), administrative lawyer and bank manager
• Heinrich Reif (1881–1954), brewery entrepreneur and association official
• Wilhelm Nusselt (1882–1957), physicist
• Fritz Popp (1882–1955), lawyer, police officer and SS leader
• Ulrich Rück (1882–1962), musical instrument collector, chemist and piano dealer
• Julius Rühm (1882–1960), politician
• Carl Wenglein (1882–1935), manufacturer
• Karl Wilhelm Haas (1883–1956), philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and university professor
• Anna Klein (1883–1941), painter and graphic artist
• Georg Stetefeld (1883–1966), politician
• Ludwig Hopf (1884–1939), mathematician
• Hermann Landwehr (1884–1955), lawyer and resistance fighter against National Socialism
• Georg Herzog (1884–1962), pathologist
• Robert Thelen (1884–1968), engineer, pilot and aviation pioneer
• Georg Helgerth (1885–1953), wrestler
• Robert Bergmann (1886–1966), politician and SS leader
• Konrad Bingold (1886–1955), internist
• Otto Sponheimer (1886–1961), infantry general in World War II
• Karl Bröger (1886–1944), poet
• Paul Buchner (1886–1978), zoologist and cell biologist
• Georg Haas (1886–1971), doctor
• Paul Reiner (1886–1932), reform pedagogue
• Hubert Ritter (1886–1967), architect, town planner and construction clerk
• Peter Supf (1886–1961), fighter pilot in World War I, writer
• Erhard Ziegler (1886–1946), Reich judge
• Albert Gorter (1887–1981), President of the Bavarian State Bank
• Georg Friedrich Munkert (1888–1944), social democrat, resistance fighter in the Third Reich
• Werner von Grundherr zu Altenthann und Weiherhaus (1888–1962), diplomat and ambassador
• Ludwig Ankenbrand (1888–1971), free religious clergyman, writer and journalist
• Ludwig Frühauf (1888–1950), politician, member of the Bavarian state parliament
• Agnes Gerlach (1888–1976), women's rights activist and local politician
• Carl Hilpert (1888–1947), army officer
• Josef Kapfhammer (1888–1968), pharmacist, chemist, physician, nutritional physiologist and university professor
• Fritz von Kraußer (1888–1934), officer, politician and SA leader
• Max Stefl (1888–1973), Germanist and librarian
• Heinrich Gärtner (1889–1963), officer
• Georg Gerstacker (1889–1949), wrestler
• Stefan Goldschmidt (1889–1971), chemist and professor
• Margarete Haagen (1889–1966), actress
• Johann Meyer (1889–1950), politician
• Otto Wirsching (1889–1919), painter and graphic artist
• Hedwig von Branca (1890–1985), painter
• Bella Fromm (1890–1972), journalist
• Claire Goll (1890–1977), Franco-German writer and journalist
• Ludwig Dexheimer (1891–1966), engineer and writer
• Georg Hartmann (1891–1972), opera director and artistic director
• Hans Lämmermann (1891–?), School psychologist
• Berta Ottenstein (1891–1956), dermatologist
• Gustav Fehn (1892–1945), officer
• Andreas Gering (1892–1957), painter and graphic artist
• Thomas Ring (1892–1983), painter, poet and astrologer
• Edgar Stelzner (1892–1959), student functionary and lawyer
• Hanns Braun (1893–1966), journalist, editor, theater critic and book author
• Hans Leonhard Hammerbacher (1893–1964), President of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
• Leonhard Held (1893–1967), engineer, President of the Chamber of Crafts for Middle Franconia
• Heinrich Hoffmann (1893–1967), officer
• Wilhelm von Holzschuher (1893–1965), landowner and farmer
• Heiner Kuch (1893–1976), engineer and inventor
• Georg Luber (1893–1961), farmer and politician
• Luitpold Popp (1893–1968), football player
• Friedrich von Röth (1893–1918), fighter pilot in the First World War
• Karl Schiener (1893–1963), bookseller and printmaker
• Georg Thumshirn (1893–1955), motorcycle racing driver
• Heinrich Träger (1893–1976), football player
• Karl Gebhardt (1894 – after 1954), entrepreneur
• Lucie Adelsberger (1895–1971), doctor
• Friedrich Geißelbrecht (1895–1985), politician
• Karl Holz (1895–1945), politician, National Socialist, NSDAP Gauleiter of Franconia and SA group leader
• Artur Kolb (1895–1945), dentist and politician
• Leonhard Seiderer (1895–1940), soccer player and coach
• Ernst Supf (1895–1970), entrepreneur and politician
• Hans Sutor (1895–1976), football player
• Egbert Picker (1895–1960), Lieutenant General in World War II
• Georg Haus (1895–1945), Lieutenant General in World War II
• Friedrich Wertheimer , later Fredric Wertham (1895–1981), German-American psychiatrist and author
• Hans Zöberlein (1895–1964), writer, Nazi politician and war criminal
• Benno Kuhr (1896–1955), politician
• Rudolf Kummer (1896–1987), librarian
• Hanns Porst (1896–1984), entrepreneur
• Albert Roder (1896–1970), designer
• Wolfgang Strobel (1896–1945), football player
• Heinrich Stuhlfauth (1896–1966), football goalkeeper
• Karl Alt (1897–1951), Protestant theologian and author
• Stefan Joseph Bach (1897–1973), biochemist
• Karl Fiedler (1897 – after 1945), politician and SA leader
• Carl Friedrich Funk (1897–1985), dermatologist and university professor
• Georg Hochgesang (1897–1988), football player
• Max Hochrein (1897–1973), internist and university professor
• Siegfried Kiesskalt (1897–1977), process engineer
• Emil Köpplinger (1897–1988), football player
• Karl Küpfmüller (1897–1977), electrical engineer
• Willy Liebel (1897–1945), politician
• Julie Meyer (1897–1970), sociologist and politician
• Karl Theodor Andersen (1898–1974), zoologist
• Georg Bell (1898–1933), engineer and spy
• Otto Ebert (1898 – after 1939), architect
• Konrad Gauckler (1898–1983), natural scientist
• Anton Kugler (1898–1962), football player and coach
• Heinrich Meier (1898–1972), businessman and politician
• Friedrich Bergold (1899–1983), lawyer and local politician
• Justus Bier (1899–1990), art historian
• Alf Depser (1899–1990), chemist, painter, draftsman, wood cutter and graphic artist
• Heinrich Ilgenfritz (1899–1969), painter, designer, graphic artist and engraver
• Hans Kalb (1899–1945), soccer player, trainer and dentist
• Walter Lippart (1899–1962), mechanical engineer and industrialist
• Wilhelm Mensing-Braun (1899–1967), Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian
• Hans Michahelles (1899–1975), naval officer, most recently rear admiral in World War II
• Robert Richter (1899–1972), entrepreneur
• Heinrich Trambauer (1899–1942), Nazi standard bearer
• Hermann Josef Wehrle (1899–1944), Catholic priest and resistance fighter
• Hanns Weidinger (1899–1977), officer
• Albert Bittner (1900–1980), conductor
• Franz Ganninger (1900–?), Politician
• Herta Hammerbacher (1900–1985), landscape architect
• Wilhelm Malter (1900–1993), dialect poet
• Walter Pelletier (1900–1982), entrepreneur
• Otto Reindl (1900–1994), politician
• Philipp Rupprecht (1900–1975), Nazi propagandist
• Ludwig Wieder (1900–1977), football player
• Leonardo Conti (1900–1945), senior Nazi doctor, president of the World Association for Sports Medicine, SS-Obergruppenführer
• Leonhard Holzberger (1900–1987), Lord Mayor and honorary citizen of Marktredwitz

20th century

1901 to 1910

• Franz Bauer (1901–1969), dialect author and teacher
• Lilly Becher (1901–1978), writer and publicist
• Karl Bechert (1901–1981), physicist and politician
• Otto J. Brendel (1901–1973), German-American classical archaeologist
• Alfred Byrd Graf (1901–2001), German-American botanist
• Hanns Linhardt (1901–1989), politician
• Siegmund Nörr (1901–1976), lawyer
• Gerhard von Rad (1901–1971), Protestant theologian
• Franz Reichel (1901–1965), architect
• Adolf Stählin (1901–1992), agricultural scientist
• Karl Theisinger (1901-1949), professor
• Wilhelm Raimund Beyer (1902–1990), lawyer, legal philosopher and Hegel researcher
• Michael Erlenbach (1902–1962), chemist
• Oskar Grether (1902–1949), Protestant theologian and university professor in Erlangen
• Georg Grosch (1902–1974), church musician
• Hans Hieronymus (1902–?), Motorcycle racing driver
• Leo Katzmeier (1902–1979), painter and home curator
• Otto Martini (1902–1979), cameraman, film director, screenwriter and film producer
• Alexander Fischer (1903–1981), sculptor
• Martin Götz (1903 – after 1963), German-British economist and journalist
• Friedrich Hagen (1903–1979), poet
• Carl Hinrichs (1903–1990), painter
• Friedrich Kreppel (1903–1992), educator and university lecturer
• Ludwig Leinberger (1903–1943), football player
• Kurt Leucht (1903–1974), wrestler
• Otto Ley (1903–1977), motorcycle racing driver
• Walther von Loewenich (1903–1992), Evangelical Lutheran church historian
• Wolfgang Trillhaas (1903–1995), full professor
• Hermann Zeltner (1903–1975), philosopher
• Johannes Blank (1904–1983), water polo player
• Kurt Karl Doberer (1904–1993), engineer, journalist, writer and philatelist
• Sigmund Durst (1904–1974), sports journalist
• Elisabeth Fürst (1904–1989), elementary school teacher and author
• Hanns König (1904–1939), SA Oberführer, Adjutant and member of the Reichstag
• Trude Kolman (1904–1969), actress, cabaret artist, director and theater director
• Heinrich Meyer (1904–1977), German-American literary historian and writer
• Karl Scherm (1904–1977), football player
• Hans Schumann (1904–1968), motorcycle racing driver
• Ignacio Burk (1905–1984), missionary and Roman Catholic religious priest
• Hans Geiger (1905–1974), football player
• Karl Borromäus Glock (1905–1985), publisher, writer and castle owner.
• August Haußleiter (1905–1989), politician and journalist
• Florian Heller (1905–1978), paleontologist
• Henriette Klink-Schneider (1905–1997), concert and oratorio singer and university lecturer
• Otto Kraus (1905–1984), mineralogist and nature conservationist
• Paul Nerreter (1905–1981), lawyer and politician
• Carl Roesch (1905–1984), politician
• Heinz Schmeißner (1905–1997), architect and construction officer
• Ernst Schmidt (1905–1993), designer
• Alfred Seitz , (1905–1982), biologist, director of the Nuremberg zoo
• Eugen Skasa-Weiß (1905–1977), writer and journalist
• Wolfgang Bargmann (anatomist) (1906–1978), university professor, rector of the University of Kiel
• Hans Dotzler (1906–?), Politician
• Erich Eyermann (1906–1998), lawyer
• Herbert Kubica (1906–1972), sculptor
• Karl Sigmund Mayr (1906–1978), economist and politician
• Erhard Müller (1906–1969), politician and SS leader
• Josef Schneider (1906–1998), Roman Catholic Archbishop
• Josef Seuß (1906–1946), Nazi functionary
• Hans Troßmann (1906–1993), politician
• Hans Zimmermann (1906–1984), politician
• Hermann Aldinger (1907–1993), officer
• Walter Höchstädter (1907–1994), pastor, representative of the Confessing Church
• Georg Kiessel (1907–1950), lawyer, Gestapo officer and SS leader
• Richard Dehm (1907–1996), paleontologist
• Karl Diehl (1907–2008), entrepreneur
• Hans Kern (1907–1997), architect, construction clerk and visual artist
• Ludwig Rödl (1907–1970), chess master
• Martin Scherber (1907–1974), composer
• Georg Stiller (1907–1992), politician
• Käte Strobel (1907–1996), politician
• Kurt Triest (1907–1985), German-Israeli photographer
• Ludwig Winter (1907–1982), politician
• Heinrich Weiß (1907–1993), stonemason
• Alfons Abel (1908–1994), glass painter
• Otto Bärnreuther (1908–1957) politician (SPD), mayor
• Hugo Distler (1908–1942), composer and Protestant church musician
• Johann Georg Ernst Engelhard (1908–1984), physicist
• Alfred Finsterer (1908–1996), painter, graphic artist and typographer
• Erich Gans (1908–1934), worker
• Max Grundig (1908–1989), founder of Grundig AG
• Rudolf Gugel (1908–1945), politician
• Fritz Wilhelm Hörauf (1908–1991), politician
• Otto Josef Kraus (1908–2001), trade unionist and politician
• Dore Meyer-Vax (1908–1980), painter
• Andreas Munkert (1908–1982), football player
• Kurt Neumann (1908–1958), German-American film director
• Otto Rohlederer (1908–1971), orthopedist and university professor
• Audomar Scheuermann (1908–2000), lawyer and professor
• Wilhelm Sperber (1908–1987), film producer
• Fred Adlmüller (1909–1989), German-Austrian fashion designer
• Richard Bing (1909-2010), German-American cardiologist
• Richard Oehm (1909–1975), football player
• Albert Oeckl (1909–2001), communication scientist
• Heinz Raether (1909–1986), physicist
• Josef Schneeberger (1909–1982), politician
• Friedrich Seegy (1909–1990), architect and construction clerk
• Georg Köhl (1910–1944), football player
• Wolfgang Preiss (1910–2002), actor and voice actor
• Willy Spilling (1909–1965), composer and musicologist
• Hans Nüsslein (1910–1991), tennis player
• Herbert Rosenfeld (1910–1986), psychiatrist

1911 to 1920

• Wilhelm Karl Arnold (1911–1983), psychologist
• Willi Billmann (1911–2001), football player
• Ernst Häublein (1911–1971), composer and music teacher
• Konrad Lechner (1911–1989), composer, conductor, cellist, gambist and recorder player
• Franz Reizenstein (1911–1968), composer and pianist
• Karl Rührschneck (1911–1997), motorcycle racing driver
• Matthes Ziegler (1911–1992), theologian and a leading employee in the Rosenberg office under National Socialism
• Herbert Agricola (1912–1998), painter, graphic artist and poster artist
• Georg Josephthal (1912–1962), politician
• Friedrich Kaulbach (1912–1992), philosopher
• Georg Klaus (1912–1974), philosopher, chess player and chess official
• Georg Luber (1912–1980), football player
• Ludwig Männer (1912–2003), football player
• Martha Mödl (1912–2001), singer
• Rudolf Ortner (1912–1997), architect, construction clerk, university lecturer, painter and photographer
• Georg Umbenhauer (1912–1970), racing cyclist
• Karl Ewald Böhm (1913–1977), writer
• Gerd Burkhardt (1913–1969), physicist
• Georg Friedel (1913–1987), football player
• Georg Kennemann (1913–1987), football player
• Leonhard Lutz (1913–1975), industrial manager and State Secretary in Hesse
• Lotte Strauss (1913–1985), pathologist
• Oscar Benl (1914–1986), Japanologist
• Hans Berthel (1914–2003), fighter pilot and film architect
• Rudolf Eberhard (1914–1998), politician and economist
• Hellmut Grashey (1914–1990), Major General of the Army in the Bundeswehr
• Alfred Heubeck (1914–1987), classical philologist
• Heinrich Lades (1914–1990), politician
• Hans Mehl (1914–1998), author and dialect poet
• Georg Rückert (1914–1988), Protestant pastor
• Elvira Bauer (1915–?), Kindergarten teacher, writer and illustrator
• Walter von Forster (1915–2002), composer
• Hermann Böhm (1916–1983), motorcycle racing driver
• Joe Heydecker (1916–1997), photographer, journalist and author
• Hans Hopf (1916–1993), hero tenor
• Rudolf Dumont du Voitel (1916–2011), journalist
• Heinz Gollwitzer (1917–1999), historian
• Theo Schöller (1917–2004), entrepreneur
• Werner Braun (1918–2018), Israeli photojournalist
• Eugen Brütting (1918–1991), shoemaker and sports shoe manufacturer
• William Craig (1918–2016), professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley
• Johanna Decker (1918–1977), doctor
• Ernst Gröschel (1918–2000), pianist
• Manfred Lindner (1918–2007), archaeologist
• Hermann Zapf (1918–2015), typographer, calligrapher, author and teacher
• Irmgard Höß (1919–2009), historian
• Andreas Urschlechter (1919–2011), lawyer and politician
• Georg Voggenreiter (1919–1986), racing cyclist
• Ingeborg Bausenwein (1920–2008), teacher, doctor and sports medicine specialist
• Wilhelm Feuerlein (1920–2015), psychiatrist and addiction researcher
• Erich Helmensdorfer (1920–2017), journalist and television presenter
• Karl Kittsteiner (1920–2011), racing cyclist
• Annemarie Seybold (1920–2010), sports scientist
• Wolfgang Strobl (1920–1993), university professor

1921 to 1930

• Chaya Arbel (1921-2006), Israeli composer
• Werner Gebhard (1921–1997), civil servant and trade unionist
• Susanne Levy (1921–2009), Swiss painter, graphic artist, draftsman, sculptor and photographer
• Leonhard Mahlein (1921–1985), chairman of the IG Druck und Papier
• Hans Pöschl (1921–1999), football player
• Theo Reubel-Ciani (1921–2005), editor and writer
• Werner Ries (1921–2007), internist and gerontologist
• Julius R. Blum (1922–1982), American mathematical statistician and university professor
• Dieter Brüll (1922–1996), social scientist and anthroposophist
• Werner Eisenhut (1922–2011), classical philologist
• Hanns Hubert Hofmann (1922–1978), historian and university professor
• Heinz Jakobi (1922–2014), racing cyclist
• Elmar Maria Kredel (1922–2008), Catholic theologian and archbishop
• Hans-Reinhard Müller (1922–1989), general manager, director, theater and television actor
• Hans Pfaffenberger (1922–2012), psychologist and social work scientist
• Hannsheinz Porst (1922–2010), entrepreneur
• Fritz Riess (1922–1991), racing car driver
• Walter L. Strauss (1922–1988), German-American art historian, entrepreneur and publisher
• Hubert Abreß (1923–2009), administrative officer
• Gerhard Boß (1923–2012), Roman Catholic theologian, honorary prelate and author
• Walter Feuchtenberg (* 1923), actor
• Arno Hamburger (1923–2013), first chairman of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde (IKG) in Nuremberg and city council
• Werner Heubeck (1923–2009), German-British transport specialist
• Robert Kahn (1923–1970), German-American Germanist and poet
• Rudolf Kaiser (1923–1986), physicist
• Ursula Ludwig (1923–1999), actress
• Dominikus Madlener (1923–2013), Dept.
• Karl Otto Mühl (1923–2020), writer
• Josef Ulsamer (1923–2008), musician
• Heinz Bernard (1923-1994), British theater man
• Ebbe Weiss-Weingart (1923–2019), goldsmith and jewelry designer
• August Angerer (1924–2008), lawyer
• Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer (* 1924), German-American mathematician
• Karl-Heinz Günther (1924–2005), writer
• Ernst Heinsen (1924–2013), lawyer and politician
• Sofie Keeser (1924–1999), actress
• Paul Meyer (1924–2005), full professor
• Christine Oesterlein (1924–2017), actress
• Herbert Fleischmann (1925–1984), actor and voice actor
• Claude Frank (1925–2014), American pianist
• Erika Herbst (* 1925), medical journalist and esotericist
• Wolfgang Kaiser (* 1925), physicist
• Henry Mayer (1925–1998), pop composer
• Max Morlock (1925–1994), football player
• Hertha Sturm (1925–1998), radio journalist, communication psychologist and media educator
• Heinz Kiessling (1926–2003), musician, orchestra conductor, composer and music producer
• Gerhard Kleining (* 1926), sociologist
• Gustav Metzger (1926–2017), artist
• Georg Nees (1926–2016), pioneer of computer art and generative graphics
• Erich Rügheimer (1926–2007), doctor
• Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt (1926–2014), entrepreneur and patron
• Meier Schwarz (* 1926), Israeli hydrobiologist
• Irmgard Edle von Traitteur (* 1926), politician
• Hans Batz (1927–1986), politician
• Sigmund Benker (1927–2018), art historian and Roman Catholic priest
• Herbert Hisel (1927-1982), humorist
• Helmut Kraft (1927-2010), veterinarian
• Gertrude Neumark (1927–2010), American physicist and pioneer in the development of LEDs
• Gerard Salton (1927-1995), professor
• Heinz Bauer (1928–2002), mathematician
• Toni Burghart (1928–2008), artist
• Werner Drexler (* 1928), pianist, composer and orchestra leader
• Wolfgang Fikentscher (1928–2015), lawyer and legal anthropologist
• Hanns Fischer (1928–1968), medievalist
• Wolfdietrich Fischer (1928–2013), Arabist
• Helmut Geiger (1928–2020), economist and politician
• Hermann Glaser (1928–2018), publicist
• Walter Haas (1928–2005), building researcher and preservationist
• Kurt Heimbucher (1928–1988), Protestant theologian
• Georg Holzbauer (1928–1991), politician
• Ruth Stahl (* 1928), artist
• Wolf Wirth (1928–2005), cameraman
• Erwin Zachmeier (1928–1991), musician, folk song collector, folk song and folk dance mediator
• Hans Weidinger (1929–2016), gynecologist in Bayreuth
• Hans R. Beierlein (* 1929), journalist, media manager and music publisher
• Werner Burger (* 1929), lawyer
• Gerhard von Loewenich (1929–2017), State Secretary
• Erich Mulzer (1929-2005), professor
• Dieter Oberndörfer (* 1929), political scientist
• Heinz Schillinger (1929–2008), graphic artist
• Anneliese Seonbuchner (* 1929), athlete
• Kurt Adelmann (1930–1978), politician
• Alois Brem (1930–2016), Catholic clergyman
• Armin Gutowski (1930–1987), economist
• Willy Prölß (1930–2014), politician
• Hans S. Rupprecht (1930–2010), physicist
• Werner Schreyer (1930–2006), geoscientist and mineralogist
• Erich Schumann (1930–2007), publisher
• Karl Seidel (* 1930), psychologist, psychotherapist and neurologist as well as SED functionary
• Erwin Stein (1930–2009), politician
• Hans Peter Willberg (1930–2003), typographer, illustrator, book designer, university lecturer and specialist author

1931 to 1940

• Christian Enzensberger (1931–2009), English studies, translator and writer
• Ernst-Joachim Hickl (1931–2010), gynecologist and obstetrician
• Norbert Hilschmann (1931–2012), immunologist and biochemist
• Wolfgang Kraus (* 1931), chemist, university professor
• Hermann von Loewenich (1931–2008), regional bishop
• Irene Reif (1931–2000), writer
• Karl Schicker (1931–2013), flautist, conductor and composer
• Eberhard Schnepf (1931–2016), biologist
• Harald Hofmann (* 1932), lawyer, federal manager of the FDP and diplomat
• Heinz Leschanowsky (1932–1992), politician
• Hans Eberhard Mayer (* 1932), historian, diplomat and university professor
• Gregor Schirmer (* 1932), international lawyer and politician
• Klaus Stern (* 1932), legal scholar
• Erwin Wohlfahrt (1932–1968), tenor
• Hermann Ammon (* 1933), professor
• Rudy Horn (1933-2018), juggler
• Egert Pöhlmann (* 1933), classical philologist
• Georg Sperber (* 1933), forester and forest scientist
• Joseph Renker (1933–2018), theologian, religious educator and Catholic clergyman
• Manfred Rühl (* 1933), social scientist
• Hans Deinzer (1934–2020), clarinetist and music teacher
• Wolf Euba (1934–2013), reciter, actor, director and author
• Hans Lippl (1934-2010), enduro athlete
• Hans Merkel (* 1934), lawyer and politician
• Karl Josef Rauber (* 1934), Archbishop and Cardinal
• Friedrich Steinbauer (1934–2003), Lutheran missionary, religious scholar and anthropologist
• Frank Bechhofer (1935–2018), British sociologist
• Gottlieb Göller (1935–2004), engineer, soccer player and coach
• Klaus Hartmann (1935–1995), lawyer and politician
• Werner Löw (* 1935), racing cyclist
• Gerhard Schricker (* 1935), legal scholar
• Maria Sturm (1935–2019), track and field athlete
• Frank Baum (1936–2018), guitarist
• Hans G. Danielmeyer (* 1936), physicist
• Luc Jochimsen (* 1936), sociologist, television journalist and politician
• Werner Knaupp (* 1936), painter and sculptor
• Heinz Mertel (* 1936), marksman
• Gerhard Binder (* 1937), classical philologist
• Jürgen Dohme (* 1937), film producer
• Günter Dollhopf (1937–2018), painter, graphic artist and university professor
• Gisela Elsner (1937–1992), writer
• Helmut Engelmann (* 1937), classical philologist and epigraphist
• Gerhard Goos (1937–2020), computer scientist
• Karl-Heinz Hoffmann (* 1937), right-wing extremist
• Helmut Hubert (* 1937), entrepreneur
• Brigitte Pfaffenberger (* 1937), artist
• Karl Schlemmer (1937–2013), Roman Catholic theologian
• Helmut Simon (1937–2004), mountaineer
• Dietrich Stollberg (1937–2014), theologian, pastoral psychologist and university professor
• Wolfgang Bible (* 1938), computer scientist
• Berthold Fellmann (1938–2014), classical archaeologist
• Karl Horst Hödicke (* 1938), painter
• Manfred Maussner (1938–2008), painter
• Klaus Meister (* 1938), ancient historian
• Werner Radlayers (1938–2018), auxiliary bishop in Bamberg
• Ursel Scheffler (* 1938), children's book author
• Manfred Scholz (* 1938), politician
• Ute Blaich (1939–2004), editor, publisher and author
• Werner Eck (* 1939), ancient historian and epigraphist
• Gerd Fleischmann (* 1939), typographer
• Hans Friedrich (* 1939), painter and graphic artist
• Diederich Hinrichsen (* 1939), mathematician
• Rolf Langenberger (* 1939), politician
• Caesar W. Radetzky (* 1939), painter
• Hanns Ruder (1939–2015), astrophysicist
• Klaus Schneewind (* 1939), psychologist and professor
• Peter Schönlein (1939–2016), educator and politician
• Heiko Uecker (1939–2019), mediaevalist
• Gustav Flachenecker (* 1940), football player
• Martin Forstner (* 1940), orientalist
• Gunter Halm (* 1940), politician
• Peter Hürner (1940–1991), politician
• Karl Kneidl (* 1940), stage designer, theater director and opera director
• Alfred Kornprobst (1940–1991), weightlifter
• Reinhard Kreckel (* 1940), sociologist
• Wolfgang Kühlwein (* 1940), English studies specialist, linguist and university professor
• Horst Prem (1940–2019), aircraft designer
• Alfred Pühler (* 1940), microbiologist, geneticist and biotechnologist
• Horst Schmidbauer (* 1940), politician
• Joachim Track (* 1940), professor
• Rüdiger Wehner (* 1940), neuro, sensory and behavioral biologist

1941 to 1950

• Matthias Claus Angermeyer (* 1941), physician
• Renate Blank (* 1941), politician
• Herbert Christ (* 1941), politician
• Willi Fuggerer (1941–2015), racing cyclist
• Gerd Haeffner (1941–2016), philosopher
• Bernd Klötzer (* 1941), artist
• Hans Lauter (1941–2007), archaeologist
• Günther Meier (* 1941), boxer
• Peter Oberender (1941–2015), economist
• Bernhard Schmaltz (* 1941), classical archaeologist
• Horst R. Schmidt (* 1941), football official
• Hilarios Ungerer (* 1941), bishop
• Heinrich Zankl (* 1941), human biologist
• Rainer Bonhorst (* 1942), journalist and author
• Günter Gabsteiger (* 1942), politician
• Rudolf Gleißner (* 1942), cellist
• Kurt Haseneder (* 1942), soccer player
• Rudolf Hickel (* 1942), economist
• Johann Heinz Kopp (* 1942), diplomat
• Klaus Schamberger (* 1942), journalist, writer and humorist
• Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast (* 1942), politician
• Günter Blümlein (1943–2001), head of several watch manufacturers
• Hans Karl Busch (* 1943), sculptor
• Robert Kurz (1943–2012), publicist and journalist
• Herbert Neubauer (* 1943), table tennis player
• Horst Neißer (* 1943), writer, publisher and librarian
• Madeleine Schickedanz (* 1943), shareholder
• Toni Schimpl (1943–2020), politician
• Peter Bayerlein (* 1944), prehistoric archaeologist and historian
• Karl-Heinz Ferschl (* 1944), football player
• Fitzgerald Kusz (* 1944), writer
• Peter Löwer (* 1944), football player
• Klaus Miebach (* 1944), lawyer
• Thomas Scheuerle (1944–2010), businessman
• Günter Stössel (* 1944), writer, dialect poet, cabaret artist and songwriter
• Lukas Weichenrieder (* 1944), Dept.
• Gerhard Wöhrl (* 1944), entrepreneur
• Dieter Wolst (* 1944), lawyer
• Marga Beckstein (* 1945), teacher
• Dieter Durst (* 1946), racing cyclist
• Friedemann Greiner (* 1946), theologian
• Rosemarie Heinikel (* 1946), actress, singer and author
• Walter Kuhn (* 1946), urban geographer and action artist
• Rudolf Reuter ( border victim) (1946–1964), victim on the inner-German border
• Matthias Schultheiss (* 1946), comic book artist and author
• Dieter Schuster (* 1946), retired Brigadier General D. of the army of the Bundeswehr
• Rolf Gröschner (* 1947), lawyer
• Peter Hofmann (1947–2015), chemist
• Peter Lenk (* 1947), sculptor
• Lisl Ponger (* 1947), Austrian photographer and filmmaker
• Johann Rüttinger (* 1947), graphic designer, game designer and entrepreneur
• Hans Rudolf Wöhrl (* 1947), entrepreneur
• Hanns Zischler (* 1947), film actor, dramaturge, radio play speaker, photographer, translator and essayist
• Rudolf Egg (* 1948), criminologist
• Waldemar Hartmann (* 1948), journalist, presenter and sports reporter
• Alexander Karmann (* 1948), economist
• Ingrid Kremling (* 1948), singer
• Franz Metzger (* 1948), historian and publicist
• Walter Popp (* 1948), author and lawyer
• Gerhard Rupprecht (1948–2014), Chairman of Allianz AG in Germany
• Peter Engl (* 1949), artist
• Bernd Feuchtner (* 1949), publicist, opera director and dramaturge
• Joachim Helbig (* 1949), historian and philatelist
• George Meyer-Goll (* 1949), actor and musician
• Herbert Schlögel (* 1949), theologian
• Walter Fleischmann-Bisten (* 1950), Protestant theologian
• Horst Förther (1950–2016), entrepreneur and politician (SPD); from 2002 to 2014 second mayor of the city of Nuremberg
• Günter Gloser (* 1950), politician
• Christian Kabitz (* 1950), conductor, choir director and musician
• Lutz Sikorski (1950–2011), politician
• Wolfgang Vogel (1950–2017), politician
• Wilhelm Wenning (* 1950), politician

1951 to 1960

• Dietmar Bruckner (* 1951), editor at Nürnberger Nachrichten, book author, photographer and teacher
• Hans-Ulrich Cain (* 1951), classical archaeologist
• Sigmund Gottlieb (* 1951), journalist
• Harry Graeber (* 1951), writer
• Paul Hesselbach (* 1951), soccer player and coach
• Horst Münch (* 1951), painter, sculptor, photographer, author and video artist
• Manfred Niekisch (* 1951), biologist, from 2008 to 2017 director of the Frankfurt Zoo
• Bernd Vollmar (* 1951), art historian and monument conservator
• Christoph Dreher (* 1952), author, filmmaker and musician
• Ingrid Schölderle (* 1952), actress
• Margarete Countess von Schwerin (* 1952), lawyer and president of the Cologne Higher Regional Court
• Reiner Sörries (* 1952), Protestant theologian, art historian and archaeologist
• Peter Strieder (* 1952), politician
• Susanne Twardawa (1952–2008), bookseller, author and publisher
• Siegfried Balleis (* 1953), politician
• Brigitte Falkenburg (* 1953), professor of philosophy
• Wolfgang Fietz (* 1953), climber
• Thomas Handel (* 1953), politician and trade unionist
• Thomas Eberhard Heise (* 1953), physician, sinologist and researcher
• Hermann Imhof (* 1953), politician
• Johannes Gottfried Mayer (1953–2019), medical historian and literary scholar
• Michael Sailer (* 1953), chemist
• Kurt Albert (1954–2010), climber, mountaineer, photographer and teacher
• Wolf-Christian Dullo (* 1954), marine geologist
• Christian Grethlein (* 1954), Protestant theologian, author and university professor
• Gunnar Och (* 1954), Germanist
• Klaus Ottmann (* 1954), freelance curator, writer and editor
• Rainer Pusch (* 1954), saxophonist
• Klaus Raschzok (* 1954), professor
• Kiki Smith (* 1954), American artist
• Dagmar Wöhrl (* 1954), politician ( CSU ) and Miss Germany 1977
• Gerhard Wolf (* 1954), old Germanist
• Peter Fleischmann (* 1955), historian
• Karin Halbig (* 1955), politician
• Christoph Hamann (* 1955), social scientist
• Ingrid Hamm (* 1955), communication and social scientist, economist and manager
• Susanne Klein (1955–2013), visual artist
• Gisela Kleinlein (* 1955), artist
• Herbert Koller (* 1955), sculptor and installation artist
• Friedrich von Loeffelholz (1955–2017), racing cyclist and university professor
• Terrie E. Moffitt (* 1955), British psychologist and criminologist
• Susanne Päch (* 1955), author, editor and media expert
• Rainer Bucher (* 1956), Roman Catholic pastoral theologian
• Gabriela Büssemaker (* 1956), politician
• Christian Franke (* 1956), pop singer and producer
• Hartmut Gaßner (* 1956), lawyer
• Bernd Händel (* 1956), hand-made speaker, voice imitator, moderator and entertainer
• Thomas Königs (1956–2019), classical guitarist and university professor
• Christoph Michael März (1956–2006), Old Germanist
• Stephan Meder (* 1956), lawyer and university professor
• Ulrich Schultheiss (* 1956), composer and university professor
• Bernhard Strauss (* 1956), psychologist, psychoanalyst, group analyst and university professor
• Dieter Warnecke (1956–2019), Brigadier General of the German Army
• Thomas Bauer (* 1957), administrative officer
• Peter Lokk (* 1957), media educator and journalist
• Hannelore Roedel (* 1957), politician
• Thomas Schadt (* 1957), film director, cameraman and photographer
• Bernhard Schneider (* 1957), lawyer
• Christine Stahl (* 1957), politician
• Kim Strübind (* 1957), theologian and publicist
• Alexander Trunk (* 1957), legal scholar
• Franz Weber (* 1957), football player
• Jürgen Baier (* 1958), soccer player and coach
• Gabriela Dauerer (* 1958), painter
• Hajo Dietz (* 1958), aerial photographer
• Helmut Flachenecker (* 1958), historian
• Christian Haas (* 1958), athlete
• Sandra Kellein (* 1958), writer
• Frank Leidenberger (* 1958), Brigadier General of the German Army
• Friederike Pöhlmann-Grießinger (* 1958), director and theater manager
• Horst P. Popp (* 1958), founder and CEO of Umweltbank AG
• Markus Rost (* 1958), mathematician
• Gerhard Scheller (* 1958), racing cyclist
• Joachim Schmiedl (* 1958), Roman Catholic theologian
• Wolfgang Zdral (* 1958), journalist and writer
• Roland Eugen Beiküfner (* 1959), actor and artist
• Heinz Antor (* 1959), English studies
• Richard Bartsch (* 1959), politician
• Michael Betz (* 1959), radio presenter and speaker
• Tine Plesch (1959–2004), music journalist and feminist author
• Stefan Schuster (* 1959), politician
• Ursula Staudinger (* 1959), psychologist, aging researcher and professor
• Dieter J. Weiß (* 1959), historian
• Peter Bäuerlein (* 1960), cyclist
• Gerald Eckert (* 1960), composer, cellist and painter
• Dieter Fensel (* 1960), computer scientist
• Claus Föttinger (* 1960), artist
• Armin Fuchs (* 1960), composer and pianist
• Pierre Leich (* 1960), astronomy historian
• Günter Leykam (* 1960), baritone
• Ulrich Maly (* 1960), politician, Lord Mayor of Nuremberg
• Ralf Ollert (* 1960), politician
• Christiane Pape (* 1960), table tennis player
• Peter Pfälzner (* 1960), archaeologist
• Stefan Pürner (* 1960), writer and lawyer
• Norbert Schramm (* 1960), figure skater
• Pascal Weitmann (* 1960), classical archaeologist

1961 to 1970

• Thomas Bauer (* 1961), Arabist and Islamic scholar
• Patricia Flor (* 1961), diplomat
• Klemens Gsell (* 1961), third mayor of the city of Nuremberg
• Rainer Mertens (* 1961), historian
• Jürgen Pichler (* 1961), chess player
• Ralf P. Thomas (* 1961), industry manager
• Birgit Ulher (* 1961), musician
• Sabine Weigand (* 1961), writer and historian
• Petra Guttenberger (* 1962), politician
• Dierk Prawdzik (* 1962), actor, singer and voice actor
• Birgit Ramsauer (* 1962), artist
• Peter Sadlo (1962-2016), drummer
• Christian Schebitz (* 1962), entrepreneur
• Axel Becker (1963–2015), pop singer
• Harald Blüchel (* 1963), music producer
• Gerhard Brunner (* 1963), comic artist and illustrator
• Inge Gutbrod (* 1963), artist
• Oliver Tissot (* 1963), cabaret artist
• Bernd Dennemarck (* 1964), Roman Catholic theologian, professor and diocesan judge
• Christian Diener (* 1964), jazz musician
• Michael Frieser (* 1964), politician
• Ralf Nestmeyer (* 1964), author
• Gerhard Petschel-Held (1964–2005), climate researcher
• Wolfgang Schlenker (1964–2011), author
• Thomas Straßner (* 1964), chemist
• Ewald Arenz (* 1965), writer and teacher
• Oliver Bottini (* 1965), writer and journalist
• Friedrich Forssman (* 1965), book designer, typographer, commercial artist and specialist author
• Wilfried Happel (* 1965), writer and theater director
• Susanne Kleinhenz (* 1965), trainer, coach, speaker and specialist author
• Markus Othmer (* 1965), moderator
• Alexander Pruss (* 1965), Near Eastern archaeologist
• Michael Raum (* 1965), entrepreneur
• Dieter Rebitzer (* 1965), professor
• Ulrich Schlie (* 1965), historian
• Armin Störzenhofecker (* 1965), soccer player
• Peter Schreiner (* 1965), chemist and university professor
• Mike Windischmann (* 1965), American football player
• Johannes Züll (* 1965), manager
• Matthias Michael Beckmann (* 1966), cellist
• Jörg Deisinger (* 1966), bassist
• Andreas Fischer (* 1966), politician
• Hans-Peter Haferkamp (* 1966), lawyer and university professor
• Stefan Hippe (* 1966), composer and accordionist
• Rudi Mahall (* 1966), clarinetist
• Marusha (* 1966), German-Greek DJ
• Frank Möbus (* 1966), guitarist
• Peter Seeberger (* 1966), chemist
• Dennis Solomon (* 1966), German-American legal scholar
• Gerd Berghofer (* 1967), author
• Markus A. Denzel (* 1967), economic historian
• Uli Hanisch (* 1967), production designer
• Andreas Hofmann (* 1967), climber
• Florian Huber (* 1967), historian and television editor
• Ulf Poschardt (* 1967), journalist and book author
• Bernhard Rieger (* 1967), wrestler
• Chris Rupp (* 1967), computer scientist
• Harald Seubert (* 1967), philosopher and university professor
• Markus Söder (* 1967), politician
• Martin Stegner (* 1967), violist
• Timur Vermes (* 1967), journalist, author and translator
• Jürgen Heimüller (* 1967), actor, musician and filmmaker
• Michael Butrej (* 1968), football player
• Michael Griener (* 1968), drummer
• Rolf Koch (* 1968), basketball player
• Marc Oechler (* 1968), soccer player
• Michaela Pfadenhauer (* 1968), sociologist
• Michael Warm (* 1968), volleyball player
• Birgit von Bentzel (* 1969), TV presenter
• Matthias Egersdörfer (* 1969) cabaret artist, comedian and actor
• Peter Klein (* 1969), author and organizational consultant
• Reiner Koch (* 1969), basketball player
• Rebecca Maurer (* 1969), harpsichordist and fortepianist
• Wiltrud Probst (* 1969), tennis player
• Charlotte Richter-Peill (* 1969), writer
• Edgar Wunder (* 1969), social scientist and politician
• Thomas Ziemer (* 1969), soccer player
• Michael Flügel (* 1970), jazz musician
• Michael Fuchs (* 1970), soccer player and goalkeeping coach
• Stefan Meixner (* 1970), radio presenter
• Deva Premal (* 1970), singer
• Frank Türr (* 1970), soccer player

1971 to 1980

• Sebastian Brehm (* 1971), politician, member of the German Bundestag
• Martin Löhnig (* 1971), legal scholar
• Marc Luy (* 1971), population scientist
• Christian Nitsche (* 1971), journalist
• Ingo Nommsen (* 1971), journalist and television presenter
• Nadja Schubert (* 1971), musician
• Lutz Häfner (* 1972), jazz musician
• Katja Hessel (* 1972), politician
• Henning Höppe (* 1972), chemist
• Uwe Michael Lang (* 1972), Roman Catholic priest
• Sebastian Ratjen (1972–2018), politician and dentist
• Markus Schieferdecker (* 1972), jazz musician
• Matthias Grünert (* 1973), cantor
• Ralf Herms (* 1973), designer and author
• Paul Höchstädter (* 1973), jazz musician
• Julius Popp (* 1973), media artist
• Marc Pschebizin (* 1973), triathlete and adventure athlete
• Guido Seibelt (* 1973), radio presenter
• Matthias S. Fifka (* 1974), economist and social scientist
• Martin Kastler (* 1974), politician
• Matthias Knoop (* 1974), jazz musician
• Alberto Méndez (* 1974), German-Spanish soccer player
• Christine Silberhorn (* 1974), physicist
• Manuel Westphal (* 1974), politician (CSU)
• Yurdagül Zopf (* 1974), doctor, professor of nutritional medicine
• Christoph Kuch (* 1975), mentalist
• Armin Sengenberger (* 1975), actor
• Oliver Steidle (* 1975), jazz drummer and band leader
• Alex Wright (born 1975), wrestler
• Jonas Schreyögg (* 1976), economist
• Christoph Baumann (* 1976), producer, director and actor
• Susanne Buckenlei (* 1976), triathlete
• Christina Gerstberger (* 1976), soprano
• Claudia Lüftenegger (* 1976), actress
• Melanie Oßwald (* 1976), politician
• Nina Gnädig (* 1977), actress
• Marcel-André Casasola Merkle (* 1977), game designer and illustrator
• Florian Tuercke (* 1977), artist
• Tobias Weidinger (* 1977), trumpeter
• Sigrun Arenz (* 1978), writer
• Deniz Aytekin (* 1978), football referee
• Tom Beck (* 1978), actor and singer
• Thimon von Berlepsch (* 1978), magician
• Arno Friedrich (* 1978), actor
• Daniela Vogt (* 1978), handball player
• Bettina Kerl (* 1979), theater actress
• Matthias Kessler (* 1979), racing cyclist
• Jessica Schmidt (* 1979), lawyer and university professor
• Geeno Smith (* 1979), DJ, singer and music producer
• Marco Christ (* 1980), football player
• Angela Finger-Erben (* 1980), TV presenter and journalist
• Christoph Giesa (* 1980), columnist, publicist and strategy consultant
• Evelin Gremmel (* 1980), singer, dancer, stage and musical actress
• Marcus König (* 1980), politician (CSU), Lord Mayor of Nuremberg
• Verena Mörtel (* 1980), actress
• Victoria B. Robinson (* 1980), journalist, presenter and author
• Martin Sichert (* 1980), businessman and politician

1981 to 1990

• Helwig Arenz (* 1981), actor
• Dagmar Bittner (* 1981), actress, dubbing actress, advertising, radio play and audio book speaker
• Maike Hilbig (* 1981), jazz musician
• Roberta Valentini (* 1981), Italian musical actress
• Michael Wolfschmidt (* 1981), singer-songwriter, musician, composer, lyricist, presenter and actor
• Lena Dörrie (* 1982), actress
• Daniela Domröse (* 1982), beauty queen
• Peter Engelhardt (* 1982), wrestler and soldier
• Florian Just (* 1982), figure skater
• Jonathan Moore (* 1982), German-American basketball player
• Hannah Stockbauer (* 1982), swimmer
• Fabian Quoss (* 1982), poker player
• Johannes Felscher (* 1983), jazz musician
• Benjamin Fuchs (* 1983), Austrian-German soccer player
• Sascha Madl (* 1983), marksman
• Tobias Rosen (* 1983), actor
• Jennifer Schrems (* 1983), radio presenter
• Alexandra Stegmann (* 1983), soccer player
• Christian Dausel (* 1984), soccer player
• Anna Kaminski (* 1984), actress
• Peter Perchtold (* 1984), soccer player
• Daniela Bräuer (* 1984), soccer player
• Franziska Beck (* 1985), handball player
• Michael Krämer (* 1985), soccer player
• Mirjam Novak (* 1985), actress and screenwriter
• Eva Roob (* 1985), soccer player and erotic actress
• Samil Cinaz (* 1986), football player
• Andreas Güldner (* 1986), extreme diver
• Stefan Horneber (* 1986), German-Austrian ice hockey goalkeeper
• Susanne Kruse (* 1986), journalist, speaker and moderator
• Michael Lane (* 1986), singer
• Giuliana Marino (* 1986), German-Italian model
• Jürgen Müller (* 1986), handball goalkeeper
• Chhunly Pagenburg (* 1986), football player
• Sandra Rieß (* 1986), radio and television presenter and theater actress
• Sebastian Szikal (* 1986), football player
• Madeleine Giske (* 1987), Norwegian soccer player
• Michael Görlitz (* 1987), soccer player
• Daniela Götz (* 1987), swimmer
• Maximilian Müller (* 1987), hockey player
• Teresa Rohmann (* 1987), swimmer
• Sajmen Hauer (* 1988), basketball player
• Hannah Krüger (* 1988), hockey player
• Tim Schleicher (* 1988), wrestler
• Gerrit Fauser (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Sümeyye Manz (* 1989), Taekwondo fighter
• Sercan Sararer (* 1989), Spanish football player
• Patrick Schönfeld (* 1989), soccer player
• Julia Simic (* 1989), soccer player
• Nicole Vaidišová (* 1989), Czech tennis player
• Enrico Valentini (* 1989), Italian-German soccer player

Since 1990

• Marius Möchel (* 1991), ice hockey player
• Marco Rapp (* 1991), soccer player
• Niklas Treutle (* 1991), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Maurice Müller (* 1992), soccer player
• Julian Wießmeier (* 1992), soccer player
• Jann George (* 1992), soccer player
• Valentina Maceri (* 1993), soccer player
• Viktoria Seeber (* 1997), volleyball and beach volleyball player
• Isabella Hartig (* 1997), soccer player
• Noah Kamdem (* 1998), basketball player
• Jurij Rodionov (* 1999), Austrian tennis player
• Lukas Reichel (* 2002), ice hockey player

Well-known residents of Nuremberg

Until 1600

Grave of Willibald Pirckheimer at the Johannisfriedhof in Nuremberg (2005)

• Peter Stromer (around 1315–1388), Nuremberg patrician, entrepreneur, inventor of afforestation
• Johannes Sensenschmid (around 1422 / 32– around 1491), first book printer in Nuremberg
• Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1427–1502), goldsmith; Father of Albrecht Dürer
• Albert Glockendon the Elder Ä. (around 1432–?), engraver
• Regiomontanus (1436–1476), mathematician, astronomer and publisher
• Veit Stoss (1447–1533), wood carver
• Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532), abbess
• Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530), humanist
• Johann Cochlaeus (1479–1552), humanist, theologian, one of the bitterest opponents of Martin Luther
• Hans von Kulmbach (1480–1522), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
• Georg Hartmann (1489–1564), mathematician and instrument maker
• Nikolaus Glockendon (1490 / 95–1533 / 34), illuminator and miniature painter
• Peter Flötner (1490–1546), graphic artist, medalist and picture carver
• Johannes Petreius (1497–1550), wood carver, printer and publisher
• Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), reformer, philologist, philosopher, humanist, theologian, textbook author
• Andreas Osiander (1498–1552), theologian, reformer
• Albrecht Glockendon the Elder (before 1500–1545), form cutter, illuminist, and letter and book painter
• Georg Pencz (around 1500–1550), painter, draftsman and engraver
• Wenzel Jamnitzer (1507–1585), goldsmith and copper engraver
• Georg Forster (1510–1568), doctor and composer
• Franciscus Gundling (around 1530–1567), Protestant preacher at St. Lorenz in Nuremberg and companion of Andreas Osiander
• Johann Richter (1537–1616), mathematician, instrument maker and astronomer
• Bartholomäus Viatis (1538–1624), Nuremberg merchant
• Jost Amman (1539–1591), draftsman, engraver
• Jakob Wolff the Elder (1546–1612), master builder
• Johannes Busereuth (1548–1610), legal scholar and physician, counselor in Nuremberg
• Benedikt Wurzelbauer (1548–1620), sculptor, ore caster
• Paul Pfinzing (1554–1599), Nuremberg patrician, cartographer, inventor of the pedometer
• Franz Schmidt (around 1555–1634), executioner
• Martin Peller von Schoppershof (1559–1629), Nuremberg merchant
• Georg Endter (1562–1630), entrepreneur, printer, bookbinder and dealer, paper manufacture
• Elisabeth Krauss (1569–1639), philanthropist, set up a study foundation
• Jakob Wolff the Younger (1571–1620), master builder
• Ludwig Jungermann (1572–1653), botanist and doctor
• Georg Gärtner the Younger (1575 / 77–1654), painter
• Paul Juvenell the Elder (1579–1643), painter
• Leonhard Kern (1588–1662), sculptor
• Wolfgang Endter the Elder (1593–1659), printer and dealer, publisher, paper manufacturer and dealer, type founder

1601 to 1700

• Andreas Goldmayer (1602–1665), mathematician, astronomer and calendar maker , was an urban mathematician and calendar maker
• Joachim von Sandrart (1606–1688), painter, engraver, art historian and translator
• Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607–1655), organist, composer, town piper, painter and poet
• Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658), poet, writer and scientist, co-founder of the Pegnese Flower Order
• David Schedlich (1607–1687), organist and baroque composer
• Johann Klaj (1616–1656), poet, co-founder of the Pegnese Order of Flowers
• Johann Andreas Endter (1625–1670), Nuremberg bookseller and printer owner
• Sigmund von Birken (1626–1681), poet and writer
• Erasmus Finx (1627–1694), polyhistor, author and hymn poet
• Joachim Nutzel (1629–1671), councilor, co-founder of the Nuremberg Academy of Painting (today the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg )
• Konrad Feuerlein (1629–1704), hymn composer
• Stephan Farfler (1633–1689), watchmaker, inventor of the mechanical wheelchair
• Georg Christoph Eimmart (1638–1705), astronomer, mathematician, engraver. Founder of the first Nuremberg observatory
• Heinrich Schwanhardt (1640–1676), glass cutter, inventor of glass etching
• Johann Christoph Volkamer (1644–1720), merchant, manufacturer and botanist
• Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), naturalist and artist
• Christoph Weigel the Elder Ä. (1654–1725), famous engraver, art dealer and publisher
• Johann Christoph Denner (1655–1707), instrument maker, entrepreneur, inventor of the clarinet
• Josef Schaitberger (1658–1733), Protestant religious fighter and miner
• Christoph VII. Prince of Haimendorf auf Wolkersdorf (1663–1732), imperial councilor, councilor of the city of Nuremberg and poet
• Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724), cartographer, publisher, engraver manufacturer of globes
• Johann Jacob Gundling (1666–1712), painter
• Johann Daniel Preissler (1666–1737), painter
• Johann Ludwig Andreae (1667–1725), German Protestant pastor, cartographer, globe maker and author
• Johann Heinrich Müller (1671–1731) astronomer
• Maria Clara Eimmart (1676–1707), astronomer
• Leonhard Maussiell (1685–1760), lute and violin maker
• Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687–1744), polymath, professor, pioneer of photography
• Adam Rudolf Solger (1693–1770), Antistes, librarian and book collector
• Christoph Jacob Trew (1695–1769), doctor and botanist, collector of letters and natural objects
• Lazarus Carl von Wölckern (1695–1761), lawyer, historian, diplomat and chief councilor of the city of Nuremberg
• Johann Philipp Andreae (1700–1762), German mathematician, mechanic, sundial and compass maker and editor

1701 to 1800

• Johan Joachim Agrell (1701–1765), composer, conductor and director of the Nuremberg Council Music
• August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (1705–1759), naturalist, miniature painter and engraver
• Leopold Widhalm (1722–1776), lute and violin maker
• Georg Friedrich Kordenbusch von Buschenau (1731–1802), city physician and director of the observatory
• Christoph Gottlieb von Murr (1733–1811), lawyer, customs officer and universal scholar
• Benedict Christian Vogel (1745–1825), physician, botanist and university professor
• Johann Conrad Gütle (1747–1827), instrument maker, writer
• Johann Friedrich Frauenholz (1758–1822), art collector, art dealer and publisher
• Johann Philipp Siebenkees (1759–1796), philologist
• Johann Philipp Palm (1766–1806), bookseller
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), philosopher
• Christian Wurm (1771–1835), Royal Bavarian Police Director
• Johann Friedrich Klett (1778–1847), technician, entrepreneur
• Johannes Scharrer (1785–1844), entrepreneur
• Johann Wilhelm Spaeth (1786–1854), inventor and technician
• Jakob Friedrich Binder (1787–1856), first mayor of Nuremberg from 1821 to 1853
• Johann Jakob Weidenkeller (1789–1851), veterinarian and agricultural scientist, founder of the industrial and cultural association in Nuremberg , initiator of the district agricultural and trade school, as well as other social institutions
• Johann Sebastian Staedtler (1800–1872), pencil manufacturer, inventor of the colored pencil , founder of the STAEDTLER company

1801 to 1900

• Hans von und zu Aufseß (1801–1872), founder of the Germanic National Museum
• Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804–1872), philosopher, anthropologist and critic of religion
• Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Gustav Krafft (1805–1864), politician, Nuremberg's representative at the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Johann Ludwig Werder (1808–1885), designer, inventor and director of the Cramer-Klett machine factory in Nuremberg
• Maximilian von Wächter (1811–1884), from 1854 to 1867 First Mayor of Nuremberg
• Bernhard Solger (1812–1889), architect and municipal building officer
• Kaspar Hauser (1812–1833), foundling
• Christoph Weiß (1813–1883), art turner and writer, member of the Pegnese Order of Flowers
• Georg Karl Frommann (1814–1887), Germanist and linguist
• August von Kreling (1819–1876), painter and sculptor
• Emil Weller (1823–1886), bibliographer, publisher and socialist. Co-founder of the Nuremberg SPD in 1869
• Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880), painter
• August Essenwein (1831–1892), architect and second director of the Germanic National Museum
• Johannes Strebel (1832–1909), organ builder
• Gustav Adam Schwanhäußer (1840–1908), pencil manufacturer, founder of the Schwan-Stabilo company
• Ignaz Bing (1840-1918), entrepreneur, founded the company Bing (engine parts and toys) with his brother Adolf (1842-1915 )
• Gottlob Glafey (1845–1899), founder and owner of the lighting company of the same name
• Sigmund Schuckert (1846–1895), electrical engineer and founder of Schuckert & Co.
• Karl Grillenberger (1848–1897), labor leader, social democrat
• Constance Wilde (1858–1898), children's author and wife of Oscar Wilde
• Max Neubert (1863–1948), inventor
• Richard Kandt (1867–1918), doctor and Africa explorer
• Peter Behrens (1868–1940), architect, painter, designer and typographer, inventor of corporate design, gave master classes at the State Trade Organization of Bavaria
• Leo Katzenberger (1873–1942), entrepreneur
• Hermann Luppe (1874–1945), politician
• Ernst Schneppenhorst (1881–1945), politician, resistance fighter
• Julius Streicher (1885–1946), National Socialist politician and founder, owner and editor of the anti-Semitic propaganda paper Der Stürmer
• Hans Abraham (1886–1963), world and European champion in weightlifting
• Gustav Bark (1889–?), Football player
• Georg Gerstacker (1889–1949), Olympic silver medalist in 1912 wrestling
• Karl Döppel (1890–1952), Nuremberg wrestling idol of the 1920s, European wrestling champion in 1924
• Josef Altstötter (1892–1979), SS-Oberführer and Ministerialdirektor in the Reich Ministry of Justice and after the end of the war lawyer in Nuremberg
• Franz Reitmeier (1892–1957), wrestling world champion in 1920
• Hans Schmidt (1893–1971), soccer player and coach
• Hermann Kesten (1900–1996), writer

From 1901

• Richard Lindner (1901–1978), painter
• Kurt Leucht (1903–1974), Olympic champion in wrestling in 1928
• Jakob Brendel (1907–1964), Olympic champion in 1932 and European champion in 1937 in wrestling
• Karl Pschigode (1907–1971), actor and theater director
• Martin Scherber (1907–1974), music teacher and composer
• Lala Aufsberg (1907–1976), art photographer
• Kurt Hornfischer (1910–1958), Olympic bronze medalist in 1936 and four-time European wrestling champion
• Rudolf Wöhrl (1913–2010), entrepreneur
• Klaus Hashagen (1924–1998), composer, 1966–89 head of music department at Studio Franken
• Bruno Schnell (1929–2018), editor and publisher of Nürnberger Nachrichten and Nürnberger Zeitung
• Jörg Triebfürst (1929–2015), judge at the Federal Labor Court
• Michael Mathias Prechtl (1926–2003), painter
• Dani Karavan (* 1930), sculptor
• Anneli Granget (1935–1971), actress
• Peter Horst Neumann (1936–2009), writer
• Hildegund Holzheid (* 1936), former President of the Bavarian Constitutional Court
• Werner Jacob (1938–2006), organist and composer
• Tilo Prückner (1940–2020), actor
• Hans-Günther Schramm (* 1941), Green politician and peace activist
• Hans Meyer (* 1942), football coach
• Udo Kaller (* 1943), artist
• Godehard Schramm (* 1943), writer
• Günther Beckstein (* 1943), CSU politician, 2007-08 Bavarian Prime Minister
• Karl Friedrich Sinner (1946-2017), forester
• Hortense von Gelmini (* 1947), musician, painter and writer, was the first woman to conduct the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
• Vivienne Olive (* 1950), composer
• Volker Blumenthaler (* 1951), composer
• Heinrich Hartl (* 1953), composer and pianist
• Dagmar Wöhrl (* 1954), politician (CSU) and Miss Germany 1977
• Bernd Regenauer (* 1956), cabaret artist and author
• Matthias Ank (* 1959), church musician, cantor of the Lorenz Church
• Rainer Mertens (* 1961), technology historian
• Andreas Köpke (* 1962), soccer player
• Markus Gramer (* 1963), painter and graphic artist
• Sandra Bullock (* 1964), American-German actress
• Jürgen Brand (* 1965), politician (CSU)
• Birgit Jahn (* 1966), Miss Germany 1986
• Marusha (* 1966), DJane
• Markus Söder (* 1967), from Nuremberg-Schweinau , Bavarian Prime Minister
• Sylvia Leifheit (* 1975), actress, entrepreneur and author
• Karola Obermüller (* 1977), composer
• Alexander Shelley (* 1979), chief conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
• Michael Wolfschmidt (* 1981), singer-songwriter, musician, composer, lyricist, presenter and actor
• Daniel Küblböck (* 1985), singer
• Pascal Köpke (* 1995), soccer player
• Timothy Tillman (* 1999), soccer player

See also

• List of honorary citizens of Nuremberg
• List of the Lord Mayors of Nuremberg
• List of the bearers of the citizen medal of the city of Nuremberg
• Category: Noble families resident in Nuremberg
• List of well-known personalities of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• List of Classical Archaeologists at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
• List of Classical Philologists at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
• 1. FC Nürnberg: personalities
• List of players of 1. FC Nürnberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Drama about Söder's parents . In: Munich evening newspaper . October 22, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2018.