List of personalities of the city of Ravensburg

The following people were born in Ravensburg or worked there. This list does not take into account whether they later had their sphere of activity in Ravensburg.

Honorary citizen

The city of Ravensburg has granted the following persons honorary citizenship (sorted chronologically according to the award):

• 1875: Raimund Heh (1809–1891), secondary school teacher and principal
• 1877: Joseph Ruetz (1802–1879), pastor
• 1884: Karl Stempfle (1817–1885), parish priest and dean
• 1897: Julius Spohn (1841–1919), manufacturer and councilor
• 1905: Joachim Gans Edler Herr zu Putlitz (1860–1922), director of the Stuttgart court theater
• 1934: Georg Spohn (1870–1948), manufacturer
• 1950: Richard Spohn (1880–1959), manufacturer
• 1957: Karl Erb (1877–1958), chamber singer
• 1966: Albert Sauer (1902–1981), Lord Mayor
• 1970: Alfons Dreher (1896–1980), city archivist
• 1970: Karl Spohn (1887–1983), manufacturer
• 1987: Karl Waschle (1922–2014), Lord Mayor
• 2010: Hermann Vogler (* 1944), Lord Mayor
• 2015: Hans Georg Kraus (* 1949), First Mayor

The honorary citizens of the former communities of Eschach and Taldorf are also included in the list of honorary citizens of the city of Ravensburg:

• Gebhard Fugel (1863–1939), painter (Taldorf)
• Otto Timme (1891–1979), pastor (Eschach)
• Josef Strobel (1901–1967), Mayor (Taldorf)
• Bernhard Kessler (1911–1973), master brush maker (Eschach)
• Erwin Munz (1902–2001), Rector (Eschach)

The recipients of the Medal of Honor of the City of Ravensburg are:

• Karl Konradin Lang (1911–2003), chief physician at the Klösterle special hospital in Ravensburg (1998)
• Reinhold Nonnenbroich († 1999), pharmacist and founder of the business forum
• Otto Julius Maier (* 1930), publisher and IHK functionary
• Albrecht Krauss, long-time chairman of the Rod Festival Commission
• Helmut Winter, former director of the vocational academy
• Pinchas Erlanger (1926–2007), activist for German-Israeli friendship
• Prof. Karl Heinz Hänssler, former rector of the dual university
• Barbara Missalek, founder of the Amnesty International branch and volunteer refugee and asylum seeker helper

For the holders of the medal of merit of the village of Taldorf see article Taldorf .

Personalities born in Ravensburg

Surname	Year of birth	Year of death	description
Gregor Amann	1962		Member of the Bundestag (SPD), constituency Frankfurt am Main I (2005–2009)
Kofi Ansuhenne	1973		Boy group singer ("Bed & Breakfast")
Claus Arnold	1965		Catholic theologian and church historian
Johannes Atrocianus	around 1500	16th century	Humanist, active in Basel
Bernhard Bauknecht	1900	1985	Politician and peasant functionary
Wilhelm Sophonias Bäumer	1829	1895	Architect and professor
Franz Joachim Beich	1665	1748	Bavarian court painter
Patrick Billian	1972		Cyclist
Gerhard Birkhofer	1947		Sculptor, painter and designer
Patrick from flower	1969		Actors, musicians and singers
Rainer Bohm	1977		Jazz musician
Johann David Börner	1762	1829	French general at the time of the Napoleonic Wars
Albert Bouley	1949	2013	cook
Volkmar Braun	1938		Microbiologist and molecular biologist
Wilhelm Braun	1887	1971	Mayor of Weingarten, Member of the Advisory State Assembly of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Jürgen Bretzinger	1954		Film and television director
Emanuel Buchmann	1992		Cyclist
Hans Buchner	1483	1538	Organist and composer
Angelica Buck	1950		European champion in ice dancing
Johannes Bumüller	1873	1936	Catholic priest, village pastor and anthropologist
Kai Diekmann	1964		Editor-in-chief and former publisher of the Bild newspaper
Alexander Dietrich	1983		Engineer and Robotics
Stefanie Dimmeler	1967		Biologist, Leibniz Prize Winner
Draginja Dorpat	1931		Writer
Alfons Dreher	1896	1980	City archivist
Carl Theodor Eben	1836	1909	Editor, translator and writer based in the USA
Johann Georg Eben	1795	1838	Official and archivist
Rainer Eberle	1954		Economist and diplomat
Joachim Egellius	around 1495	around 1545	Doctor in Ravensburg; also Eckolt, Egel u. a.
Anselm Erb	1688	1767	Abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Ottobeuren
Karl Erb	1877	1958	Opera singer (tenor)
Karl Ludwig Erb	1893	1978	geologist
Pinchas Erlanger	1926	2007	Persecuted under National Socialism, activist for German-Israeli friendship
Stefan Fellner	1986		Ice hockey player
Susanne Fellner	1985		Ice hockey national player
Wolfram Frommlet	1945		Author, journalist and dramaturge
Gebhard Fugel	1863	1939	painter
Arthur Gate	1940	1990	Serial killer
Konrad Ferdinand Geist von Wildegg	1662	1722	Auxiliary Bishop Diocese of Constance
Elisabeth Gerdts-Rupp	1888	1972	Ethnologist and writer
Andreas Gestrich	1952		Historian and head of the German Historical Institute in London
Christof Gestrich	1940	2018	Protestant systematic theologian
Hermann Gögler	1887	1964	Administrative lawyer, State Secretary
Stephanie Gossger	1975		actress
Johann Jakob Gradmann	1750	1817	Clergyman, theologian and educator
Friedemann Grieshaber	1968		Sculptor and draftsman
Stefan Groh	1964		archaeologist
Ní Gudix (actually Gudrun Rupp )	1975		Freelance literary translator, author and literary critic
Karolin Hägele	1963		painter
Bonaventure Hager	1873	1954	Postcard painter and Ravensburger original
Emil Haussmann	1910	1947	SS-Sturmbannführer and war criminal
Günter Heine	1952	2011	Lawyer and university professor
Henry the Lion	1129/30 or 1133/35	1195	Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, supposedly born on the Ravensburg
Simon Henzler	1976		Soccer player
Manfred Hepperle	1931	2012	Dialect poet, draftsman and cabaret artist
Julius Herburger	1900	1973	painter
Hugo Herrmann	1896	1967	Musician and composer
Felix von Himpel	1821	1890	Catholic theologian, rector of the University of Tübingen
Jürgen Hohl	1944		Local historian and restorer
Edeltraud Hollay	1946		Politician (SPD), member of the state parliament 2005-2006
Sebastian Hölz	1972		Actor (Metropolitan Area)
Gabriel Hummelberger	1489	1544	Humanist, medic
Michael Hummelberger	1487	1527	Humanist, lawyer
Raimund Jehle	1966		Agricultural economist, employed at the United Nations
Hermann Kah	1904	1990	Lord Mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Administrative Court Director in Stuttgart
Jochem Kahl	1961		Egyptologist
Rainer chapels	1963		Mayor of Laupheim
Matthäus Karrer	1968		Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Wolfgang Kessler	1953		journalist
Michael Kirn	1939		Professor of constitutional law and anthroposophist
Konrad Kleinknecht	1940		physicist
Andreas Knitz	1963		Architect and artist
Raimund Kolb	1945		Teacher and writer
Rudolf-Dieter Kraemer	1945		Music pedagogue
Lisa Kränzler	1983		Writer
Götz Kubitschek	1970		New Right publicist
Franz Josef Kuhnle	1926		Theologian and auxiliary bishop
Michael Kupfer-Radecky	1972		opera singer
Wilhelm Rudolf cutter	1818	1888	Hydraulic engineer
Otto Lanz	1867	1929	Forester and numismatist
Marie Lautenschlager	1859	1941	painter
Alexander Leinsle	1976		Ice hockey player
Sabine Liebig	1964		Historian
Philipp Loehle	1978		playwright
Martin Lutz	1943		Diplomat and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Australia from 2005 to 2008
Otto Robert Maier	1852	1925	Founder of the publishing house
Guido Mangold	1934		Photographer and photojournalist
Christof Mannschreck	1966		Screenwriter, songwriter and editor
Matthias Mansen	1958		Printmaker
Josef Marshal	1887	1917	Postcard painter
Vincent Marshal	1889	1959	Painter and illustrator
Harald Maus	1954		Film composer
Hans Mayer	1931	2001	Puppeteer known as "Kasperles-Mayer"
Johannes Merkel	1798	1879	Textile manufacturer and company founder in Esslingen
Christoph Meschenmoser	1983		Cyclist
Martin Michler	1901	1988	Benedictine in Beuron, abbot in Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
Daniel Mijic	1969		Artist
Konrad Miller	1844	1933	Clergyman, natural scientist and cartography historian
Karl Otto Müller	1884	1960	Archivist and legal historian
August Natterer	1868	1933	Art Brut artist
Michael T. Otto	1969		Trumpeter and Composer
Oscar Pauli	1938	2005	Politician (SPD), member of the state parliament
Emmy Rebstein Butcher	1898	1967	Lawyer
Wolfram Rehfeldt	1945		Church musician
Dotschy Reinhardt	1975		Jazz musician, author and human rights activist
Cornelia Reusch	1980		Singer, known as "Conny Bader"
Charlotte Rezbach	1995		Singer-songwriter known as "Lotte"
Linus Roth	1977		Violinist and university professor
Gustav von Rümelin	1815	1889	Politicians, social scientists and statisticians
Otto Rundel	1927	2010	jurist
Christiane Sadlo	1954		Screenwriter, dramaturge and journalist (also under the pseudonym "Inga Lindström")
Albert Sauer	1902	1981	Member of Parliament, Minister of State and Lord Mayor
Hans Dietmar Sauer	1941		Bank manager and president of the VÖB
Robert Schad	1953		sculptor
Moriz butcher	1852	1931	Sculptor and altar builder
Thekla Schneider	1854	1936	Writer
Theodor Schnell the Younger	1870	1938	Sculptor and church decorator
August Schuler	1957		Politician
Christof Schuler	1965		Ancient historian and epigraphist
Klaus Schwab	1938		Economist, founder of the World Economic Forum
Michael Black	1945	1984	Journalist, editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Theo Seiler	1949		Ophthalmologist and physicist
Sigrid Siegele	1951	2017	sculptor
Rahman Soyudogru	1989		National football player (U19 / U20)
Julius Spohn	1841	1919	Textile and cement entrepreneurs and patrons
Richard Spohn	1880	1959	Entrepreneurs and patrons
Walter Stahlecker	1889	1970	Ministerial Director in the Ministry of Economic Affairs
Felix Strasser	1976	2017	Director and theater educator
Uwe Strübing	1956		composer
Ladislaus Sunthaym	around 1440	1512/13	Historian and geographer
Jacob Suter	around 1540	around 1610	Physicians and representatives of anti-Trinitarianism
Ömer Toprak	1989		National football player (Turkey / Germany U19)
Manuela Uhl	1966		Opera singer
Richard Ulmer	1871	1962	publisher
Daniel Unger	1978		Triathlete, ITU Triathlon World Champion 2007
Rolf publisher	1951		Neurophysiologist and functionary in the Central Council of Jews in Germany
Heribert Wahl	1945		Theologian and psychologist, university professor
Hermann Waibel	1925		Artist
Erich Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg	1962		Entrepreneur, head of the Waldburg-Zeil house
Raphael Waltz	1888	1966	Benedictine and Archabbot of the Archabbey of Beuron
Rudolf Waltz	1889	1970	Engineer, Lord Mayor of Ravensburg from 1932 to 1945
Rolf Wicker	1965		sculptor
Sylvia Wieland	1963		singer and actress
Wolfram Wilss	1925	2012	Linguist
Ernst Wirth	1820	1878	Member of the German Reichstag
Irene Zimmermann	1955		Author of children's books
Viktor Zoller	1912	1947	SS-Hauptsturmführer and adjutant in Mauthausen concentration camp

Other personalities

• Heinrich the Black (1075–1126), Duke of Bavaria, died in Ravensburg
• Ulrich von Schmalegg-Winterstetten (13th century), minstrel from Schmalegg
• Jörg Amann (around 1450 - after 1521), city doctor and author of a little plague book
• Heinrich Kramer (around 1430–1505), author of the witch's hammer, conducted his first witch trial in Ravensburg
• Jakob Russ (before 1482 - after 1506), sculptor, citizen of Ravensburg
• Johannes Susenbrot (1484/85 - probably 1542), Latin teacher in Ravensburg and renowned textbook author throughout Europe
• Johann Caspar Bagnato (1696–1757), master builder, married Maria Anna Walser from Ravensburg in 1729 and acquired civil rights
• Eberhard August Georgii (1700–1742), lawyer, from 1723 syndic of Ravensburg
• Johannes Bumüller (1811–1890), high school professor and writer
• Adolf Walter (1829–1870), member of the state parliament and legal adviser, died in Ravensburg
• Tobias Hafner (1833–1921), teacher, writer and local historian, lived and died in Ravensburg
• Friedrich Krauss (1835–1921), manufacturer and natural scientist
• Theodor Schnell d. Ä. (1836–1909), sculptor and church decorator, founder and director of a “Atelier for Christian Art” in Ravensburg
• Friedrich Bumüller (1842–1914), city doctor and medical councilor
• Siegfried Straub (1894–1915), poet, grew up in Ravensburg
• Karl Müller (1897–1982), politician (SPD), city councilor, MdL, MdB, lived in Ravensburg
• Willi Burth (1904–2001), cinema owner and awarded the “Oscar” for the invention of the “Burth'schen Teller”, lived in Ravensburg from 1934 onwards
• Jost Metzler (1909–1975), submarine commander, lived and died in Ravensburg
• Josef W. Janker (1922–2010), writer, lived and died in Ravensburg
• Willi Papert (1924–1980), arranger, conductor, composer and musician, lived in Oberzell
• Otto Julius Maier (* 1930), entrepreneur and IHK functionary
• Karl Nuber (1932–2008), managing director of the Omira dairy
• Peter Eitel (* 1938), historian and city archivist
• Nortrud Boge-Erli (* 1943), children's book author, grew up in Ravensburg
• Wolfgang Volz (* 1948), photographer, grew up in Ravensburg
• Erich Buck (* 1949), European champion in ice dancing, grew up in Ravensburg
• Franz Schwarzbauer (* 1953), literary scholar and cultural manager, 2003–2019 head of the Ravensburg Cultural Office
• Oswald Metzger (* 1954), politician (CDU), former Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag, candidate for Lord Mayor of Ravensburg, lives in Ravensburg
• Andreas Schockenhoff (1957–2014), member of the CDU Bundestag for the constituency of Ravensburg and deputy CDU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, lived in Ravensburg
• Bertram Kaes (* 1958), game inventor and organizer of the event "Ravensburg plays"
• Christoph Theinert (* 1959), cellist and composer
• Daniel F. Pinnow (* 1962), management expert and book author, lives in Ravensburg
• Alfred Lutz (* 1963), historian
• Markus Theinert (* 1964), tuba player and conductor
• Andreas Schmauder (* 1966), historian and city archivist
• Cornelius Claudio Kreusch (* 1968), jazz pianist, producer, entrepreneur
• Nicole Fritz (* 1969), art scholar, first director of the Ravensburg Art Museum
• Michael Helming (* 1972), writer, lives in Ravensburg
• Kay One (* 1984), rapper, grew up in Ravensburg
• Anna-Maria Wagner (* 1996), judoka, German champion 2017 and 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Eitel: Ravensburg in the 19th and 20th centuries: Politics, economy, population, church, culture, everyday life . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-0138-X , p. 399.
2. ↑ Ravensburg says goodbye to its new honorary citizen ( memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Hans Georg Kraus retired | City of Ravensburg. Retrieved August 7, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Source: Information board in Ravensburg town hall
5. ^ Andreas Mettenleiter : Personal reports, memories, diaries and letters from German-speaking doctors. Supplements and supplements III (I – Z). In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 22, 2003, pp. 269-305, here: p. 275.
6. ↑ City awards medal and badge of honor . In: RV NEWS . March 13, 2015 ( rv-news.de [accessed August 7, 2018]).
7. ↑ LEO-BW
8. ↑ LEO-BW
9. ↑ We have very little precise information about the time and place of the birth of Henry the Lion. He himself said that he was born in Swabia ('se de Suevia oriundum'), but whether on the Ravensburg remains uncertain. In: Joachim Ehlers : Heinrich the Lion. Biography. Siedler, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-88680-787-1 . ( Review) (standard work), p. 47