List of personalities of the city of Regensburg
The following list deals with the personalities of the city of Regensburg .
Personalities born in Regensburg
The following people were born in Regensburg or in today's urban area of Regensburg:
9th to 17th centuries
- Irmgard von Chiemsee (831 / 33–866), daughter of King Ludwig the German
- Efraim ben Isaak (around 1110 to around 1175), scribe
- Heinrich von Ebrantshausen (around 1120 to around 1185), Count of Riedenburg
- Berthold von Regensburg (around 1210–1272), preacher
- Friedrich von Regensburg (after 1250–1329), lay brother of the Augustinian order
- Israel Isserlein (1390–1460), rabbi
- Antonius Margaritha (around 1492–1542), Jewish convert
- Barbara Blomberg (1527–1597), lover of Emperor Charles V.
- Juan de Austria (1547–1578), commander of the Spanish fleet and governor
- Friedrich Thön (1559 – after 1610), Renaissance sculptor
- Gregor Aichinger (1564–1628), composer
- Michael Wolf (1584–1623), mathematician, physicist, logician and metaphysicist
- Gottlieb Amadeus von Windisch-Graetz (1630–1695), politician and diplomat
- Maria Benigna Franziska of Sachsen-Lauenburg (1635–1701), Princess of Sachsen-Lauenburg
- Johann Matthias Testarello della Massa (1636–1693), canon and historian
- Johann Ludwig Prasch (1637–1690), writer and poet
- Georg Christoph Eimmart (1638–1705), mathematician and engraver
- Johann Georg Gichtel (1638–1710), mystic and spiritualist
- Elias Räntz (1649–1732), sculptor
- Eleanor of Austria (1653–1697), Queen of Poland and Duchess of Lorraine
- Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654–1689), Archduchess of Austria
- Georg Philipp (1655–1702), son of Count Georg Reinhard von Ortenburg
- Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1665–1724), landscape painter
- Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738), doctor and botanist
- Johann Peter Schiltenberger (1684–1759), lawyer and university professor
- Johann Baptist Kraus (1700–1762), prince abbot of the St. Emmeram monastery
- Georg von Werthern (1700–1768), nobleman
18th century
- Johann Adam Schöpf (1702–1772), painter
- Otto Gebhard (1703–1773), painter
- Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1708–1779), Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg
- Georg Gottlieb Plato-Wild (1710–1777), numismatist, lawyer and historian
- Georg Friedrich Brander (1713–1783), precision mechanic
- Joseph Stepling (1716–1778), German-Czech scholar
- Felix Johann Albrecht Mylius (1717–1792), lawyer, court and consistorial councilor in Sondershausen
- Friedrich Melchior Grimm (1723–1807), writer and diplomat
- Wolfgang Ferdinand von Dörnberg (1724–1793), Prussian Minister of Justice
- Joseph von Colloredo (1735-1818), Austrian minister and general
- Wolfgang Aigner (1745–1801), Bavarian Benedictine and scholar
- Joseph Jakob von Heckenstaller (1748–1832), Vicar General
- Christian Gottlieb Clostermeier (1752–1829), lawyer, archivist, librarian and historical researcher
- Jacob Christian Gottlieb von Schäffer (1752–1826), doctor
- Johann Ulrich Gottlieb von Schäffer (1753–1829), doctor
- Johann Christoph Kaffka (1754–1815), composer
- Carl Theodor Gemeiner (1756–1823), archivist and historian
- Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg (1767–1822), Princess of Fürstenberg
- Karl Alexander von Thurn and Taxis (1770–1827), Prince of Thurn and Taxis
- Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (1772–1838), inventor and mechanic
- Ludwig Philipp von Bombelles (1780–1843), Austrian diplomat
- Ludwig von Wirschinger (1781–1840), Bavarian Minister of Finance
- Friedrich August von Gise (1783–1860), nobleman
- Carl Weishaupt (1787–1853), Bavarian officer and minister of war
- Carl von Hügel (1796–1870), Austrian diplomat, traveler, natural scientist and hortologist
- Juliane Katharine Elisabet Barensfeld (* 1796), singer and possible, but not documented, dedicatee of Beethoven's piano piece Für Elise
- Karolina Gerhardinger (1797–1879), religious sister
- Gottlieb August Herrich-Schäffer (1799–1874), physician, district court doctor and entomologist
- Anton Friedrich Ludwig Pelt (1799–1861), Protestant theologian
- Georg Friedrich Mantey von Dittmer (1800–1840), conductor and composer
- Georg Friedrich Ziebland (1800–1873), architect and builder
19th century
1801 to 1820
- Maximilian Karl von Thurn and Taxis (1802–1871), Prince of Thurn and Taxis
- Ferdinand Hessler (1803–1865), Austrian physicist and university professor
- Alexander Braun (1805–1877), botanist and university professor
- Friedrich Burgmüller (1806–1874), composer
- Johann Bernhard von Rechberg (1806–1899), Austrian diplomat and foreign minister
- Carl Friedrich Canstatt (1807–1850), doctor and scientist
- Amalie von Lerchenfeld (1808–1888), noblewoman
- Petrus Schulz (1808–1871), violin maker
- Leonhard Dorst (1809–1851), architect and building officer
- Johann Schiller (1812–1886), Protestant pastor and writer
- Nicholas III Esterházy de Galantha (1817–1894), Majorate Lord
- Friedrich Mergner (1818–1891), Protestant pastor and composer
- Georg von Narciß (1820–1897), Royal Bavarian Major General
1821 to 1840
- Karl Alexander von Burchtorff (1822–1894), District President of Upper Franconia from 1876 to 1893
- Josef Dachs (1825–1896), Austrian pianist and music teacher
- Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908), entomologist and arachnologist
- Maximilian Anton von Thurn and Taxis (1831–1867), designated Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
- Karl von Hoffmann (1832–1903), Bavarian general of the infantry
- Hermann von Reichlin-Meldegg (1832–1914), officer and member of the Reichstag
- Juliane Engelbrecht (1835-1853), Catholic virgin and sufferer
- Ludwig Held (1837–1900), Austrian writer and librettist
- Franz Xaver Leonhard (1839–1913), Catholic clergyman and member of the German Reichstag
- Ludwig Mayer (1839–1878), physician
- Michael Wagmüller (1839–1881), sculptor
- Max Roesler (1840–1922), manufacturer
- Leonhard Tauscher (1840–1914), politician
1841 to 1860
- Sofie von Suppè (1841–1926), wife of Franz von Suppè and, as his estate administrator, museum founder and patroness
- Karl Sigmund Christian von Grießenbeck (1844–1881), landowner, magistrate and member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
- Adolf Oberländer (1845–1923), Bavarian painter and draftsman
- Theophil von Reichlin-Meldegg (1846–1910), Bavarian general
- Carl Lang (1849–1893), meteorologist in Munich
- Maximilian Oberst (1849–1925), doctor
- Max von Preysing-Lichtenegg (1849–1926), landowner and member of the German Reichstag
- Carl Kraus (1851–1918), crop scientist and plant breeder
- Rudolf Maison (1854–1904), sculptor
- Maximilian Freiherr Lochner von Hüttenbach (1859–1942), farmer and forester
- Johann Seehofer (1859–?), Trade union official
- Albrecht Stauffer (1860–1909), historian and university professor
1861 to 1880
- Christine Friedlein (1862–1938), singer
- Julius von Henle (1864–1944), District President in Lower Franconia
- Joseph Schrembs (1866–1945), Catholic priest and bishop
- Hans Meyer (1867–1949), architect
- Albert von Thurn and Taxis (1867–1952), Prince of Thurn and Taxis
- Oskar Freiherr Lochner von Hüttenbach (1868–1920), local historian and writer
- Joseph Renner jun. (1868–1934), organist and composer
- Ludwig Stenglein (1869–1936), Bavarian lawyer
- Simon Oberdorfer (1872–1943), businessman and art cyclist
- Otto Strobel (1872–1940), politician and lawyer
- Carl Laux (1873–1953), landowner and member of the German Reichstag
- Heinrich Vogt (1875–1957), neurologist, psychiatrist, balneologist and rheumatologist
- Eduard Baumer (1876–1939), engineer and politician
- Hans Rauch (1876–1936), politician
- Ludwig Schiedermair (1876–1957), privy councilor and musicologist
- Ludwig Kunstmann (1877–1961), sculptor
- Hugo Obermaier (1877–1946), prehistoric
- Michael Burgau (1878–1949), politician
- Christian Schnabel (1878–1936), designer
- Emil Manz (1880–1945), sculptor
1881 to 1900
- Franz Gürtner (1881–1941), lawyer and Reich Minister of Justice
- Hans Hertlein (1881–1963), architect and university professor
- Johann Baptist Maier , artist name: Hans Ibe (1881–1957), commercial artist and painter
- Joseph Dalman (1882–1944), screenwriter
- Adolf Kunst (1882–1937), painter, graphic artist, etcher and architect; Professor at the building school in Munich
- Franz Aenderl (1883–1951), Bavarian politician
- Wilhelm Aumer (1883–1958), Bavarian administrative officer
- Kurt Graf (1883–1954), writer
- Robert Poeverlein (1883–1968), architect
- Turi Weinmann (1883–1950), sculptor
- Hans Lauerer (1884–1953), Evangelical Lutheran pastor
- Josef Achmann (1885–1958), painter and graphic artist
- Albin Angerer (1885–1979), doctor and student historian
- Herman Sörgel (1885–1952), architect
- Walther Pauer (1887–1971), energy economist and university professor
- Karl Gareis (1889–1921), politician
- Hans Herrmann (1889–1959), politician and mayor of Regensburg
- Johann Josef Demmel (1890–1972), bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany
- Otto Schottenheim (1890–1980), Lord Mayor of Regensburg
- Georg Britting (1891–1964), writer and poet
- Florian Seidl (1893–1972), writer
- Franz Joseph von Thurn and Taxis (1893–1971), Hereditary Prince of the von Thurn and Taxis family
- Wolf Boneder (1894–1977), high jumper
- Rita Clermont (1894–1969), actress
- Franz Ludwig Habbel (1894–1964), activist of the German youth movement, publisher and non-fiction author
- Heinz Schauwecker (1894–1977), doctor and writer
- Heinrich Seywald (1894–1973), major general
- Alfred Kremer (1895–1965), painter
- Karl Zimmet (1895–1969), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Hans Diepolder (1896–1969), classical archaeologist
- Rosl Mayr (1896–1981), Bavarian folk actress
- Max-Josef Pemsel (1897–1985), officer
- Hans Rheinfelder (1898–1971), Romance studies, linguist and literary scholar
- Heinrich Strobel (1898–1970), musicologist
- Michael Barthel (1899–1960), politician
- Fritz Nüßlein (1899–1984), hunting and forest scientist
- Eugen Dollmann (1900–1985), diplomat and member of the SS
- Friedrich Lehner (1900–1979), engineer and traffic planner
- Adalbert Probst (1900–1934), activist and youth leader
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Fritz Ebenböck (1901–1982), politician
- Beda Thum (1901–2000), monk and professor
- Alfred Zacharias (1901–1998), graphic artist and writer
- Father Emmeram (1902–1994), Benedictine
- Willy Frank (1903–1989), SS-Hauptsturmführer and concentration camp dentist
- Rudolf Karl (1903–1964), doctor and Nazi functionary
- Richard Korherr (1903–1989), economist and statistician with the SS
- Elisabeth Helene von Thurn und Taxis (1903–1976), member of the Thurn und Taxis company
- Franz Höhne (1904–1980), politician
- Hermann Kaspar (1904–1986), designer, painter and university professor
- Franz Xaver Lehner (1904–1986), composer and university professor
- Alfons Goppel (1905–1991), politician
- Eduard Hirnschrodt (1906–1990), organ builder
- Bruno Six (1906–1984), politician
- Hubertha von Gumppenberg (1910–1999), social worker and religious educator
- Johann Auer (1910–1989), Catholic theologian
- Leonhard Deininger (1910–2002), politician
- Hans Geistreiter (1910–1996), painter
- Eric Helgar (1910–1992), singer, stage and film actor, television presenter and composer
1911 to 1920
- Philipp Held (1911–1993), lawyer and politician
- Josef Bauer (1912–1978), lawyer and politician
- Paul Heinrich Simon (1912–1978), educator and politician
- Anton Hackl (1915–1984), Air Force officer
- Rudolf Schlichtinger (1915–1994), politician
- Otto Schwab (1915–2015), FC Bayern soccer goalkeeper
- Franz Stigler (1915–2008), Air Force officer
- Fritz Wurmdobler (1915–2008), painter
- Fritz Trenkle (1920–1996), Wehrmacht functionary in World War II
1921 to 1930
- Josef Gradl (1921–2016), politician
- Josef Kandlbinder (1923–2011), football referee
- Friedrich L. Bauer (1924–2015), pioneer of computer science
- Erwin Hartmann (1924–2012), physicist
- Oswald Heimbucher (1924–2016), literary scholar and writer
- Paul Ernst Rattelmüller (1924–2004), home curator, author and radio presenter
- Hubert Ziegler (1924–2009), plant physiologist
- Werner Scharfenberger (1925–2001), composer, conductor and arranger
- Wilhelm Stöckl (1925–2006), politician
- Annelies Dietl (* 1926), religious educator
- Maria Emanuel Margrave of Meißen (1926–2012), head of the old Saxon, formerly royal house of Wettin
- Rudi Weichmann (1926–2013), metal sculptor and artisan
- Walter Hagen (1928–1980), German painter, graphic artist and restorer
- Gerhard Herbst (* 1928), lawyer and President of the Bavarian Supreme Court
- Ludwig Wiedenmann SJ (1928–2020), Roman Catholic religious priest, missiologist and journalist
- Gerhard Schmatz (1929–2005), mountaineer
- Wiltrud Rehlen (1930–1984), economist and politician
- Wilhelm Schoeppe (1930–2009), Professor Dr. med., internist and nephrologist
1931 to 1940
- Hubert Bucher (* 1931), bishop emeritus of Bethlehem
- Willy Harlander (1931–2000), Bavarian folk actor
- Eberhard Kraus (1931–2003), organist, harpsichordist and composer
- Egon Scheubeck (1931–2006), mechanical engineer and manager
- Richard Wiedamann (1932–2011), pianist, composer, music school director
- Ernst Christoph Suttner (* 1933), church historian
- Hans Huber (* 1934), boxer
- Sandra Paretti (1935–1994), writer
- Albert von Schirnding (* 1935), poet, narrator, essayist and literary critic
- Albert Schedl (1936–2009), politician
- Raimund Walter Sterl (1936–2010), organist, composer, archivist and music historian
- Kurt Suttner (* 1936), music teacher and choir director
- Enzi Fuchs (* 1937), Bavarian folk actress
- Hubert Markl (1938–2015), President of the Max Planck Society
- Dieter Blumenwitz (1939–2005), constitutional and international lawyer
- Klaus Fleischer (* 1939), chief physician in the tropical medicine department of the Würzburg Medical Mission Clinic
- Wolfgang Giese (* 1939), historian
- Wilhelm Schlötterer (* 1939), administrative lawyer
- Wolf Peter Schnetz (* 1939), writer and publicist
- Franz Daschner (* 1940), medic
- Klaus Jockers (* 1940), astrophysicist
- Gerhard Merkl (1940–2016), judge, lawyer and politician (CSU)
- Werner Raith (1940–2001), philosopher, educationalist and writer
- Hannelore Schmatz (1940–1979), mountaineer
1941 to 1950
- Renate Christin (* 1941), visual artist
- Benno Hurt (* 1941), writer, photographer and lawyer
- Christa Meier (* 1941), Lord Mayor of Regensburg
- Willi Weber (* 1942), entrepreneur, manager and racing car driver
- Heinrich Glas (* 1942), sculptor and draftsman
- Gerd E. Schäfer (* 1942), educator and university professor
- Gerhard Aigner (* 1943), football official
- Johannes Müller (* 1943), sociologist
- Eva Demski (* 1944), writer
- Otto Ebnet (* 1944), politician
- Heinz Hofmann (* 1944), classical philologist
- Armin Vidal (* 1944), ornithologist
- Günther Behrle (* 1945), composer and lyricist
- Brigitte Groneberg (* 1945), ancient orientalist
- Eberhard Irlinger (* 1945), politician
- Rainer Schuwirth (* 1945), retired General D. of the army of the Bundeswehr
- Udo Thomer (1945–2006), Bavarian folk actor
- Walter Bongartz (* 1946), hypnosis researcher and therapist
- Rainer Greger (1946–2007), kidney and transport physiologist
- Ulrich Schubert (* 1946), Austrian chemist
- Helmut Wilhelm (* 1946), politician
- Karlheinz Dietz (* 1947), ancient historian
- Walter Röhrl (* 1947), rally and racing driver
- Maria Ammon (* 1948) psychologist and psychotherapy scientist
- Reinhold Misselbeck (1948–2001), art historian
- Bernhard Heitzer (* 1949), economist and government official
- Bernhard Mrohs (* 1949), painter
- Bernhard Suttner (* 1949), politician
- Norbert Wolf (* 1949), art historian
- Heinz Decker (1950–2018), biophysicist and university professor
- Christian Feldmann (* 1950), journalist and book author
- Manfred G. Dinnes (1950–2012), painter, sculptor, author and director
1951 to 1960
- Thea Einöder (* 1951), rower
- Peter Wittmann (* 1951), painter and horticultural artist
- Lothar Bily (* 1952), theologian and university professor
- Klaus Eichhammer (* 1952), cameraman
- Annette Lucks (* 1952), artist
- Erhard Dietl (* 1953), author, graphic artist and songwriter
- Peter Jeremy Ettl (* 1954), writer and editor
- Joachim Koch (1954–2008), social philosopher, author and editor
- Hans Hauner (* 1955), nutritionist
- Martin Heimbucher (* 1955), Reformed theologian and President of the Evangelical Reformed Church
- Gerhard Lagleder (* 1955), Benedictine monk
- Klaus Müller (* 1955), Roman Catholic priest and professor
- Dieter Maihold (* 1955), lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Stefan May (* 1956), economist
- Gerhard Waldherr (* 1956), ancient historian
- Clemens Prokop (* 1957), athlete
- Wolfgang Brunner (* 1958), musician
- Florian Hinterberger (* 1958), soccer player and coach
- Christian Schmidt-Timmermann (* 1958), singer and music teacher
- Manfred Bründl (* 1959), politician
- Franz Rieger (* 1959), politician
- Johanna Brade (* 1960), art historian
- Alexander Koller (* 1960), historian
- Thomas Mergel (* 1960), historian and professor
- Hans Schanderl (* 1960), composer
1961 to 1970
- Armin Wolf (* 1961), sports journalist and reporter
- Thomas Schubert (* 1961), composer, pianist and musicologist
- Kerstin Radler (* 1961), member of the Bavarian State Parliament
- Günter Brandl (* 1962), football coach
- Jürgen Herrlein (* 1962), lawyer and student historian
- Andrea Maria Schenkel (* 1962), writer
- Samuel J. Fleiner (* 1963), concept artist and composer
- Thomas Kristl (* 1963), soccer player and coach
- Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (* 1963), composer
- Elisabeth Merk (* 1963), architect and urban planner
- Alexandra Schreiber (* 1963), judoka
- Edith Sitzmann (* 1963), politician
- Sylvia Stierstorfer (* 1963), politician
- Roswitha Wildgans (* 1963), writer
- Florian Faust (* 1964), legal scholar
- Andreas Haas (* 1964), Lord Mayor of Germering
- Andreas Knorr (* 1964), holder of the Chair of Economics in Speyer
- Jürgen P. Lang (* 1964), political scientist
- Manfred Paula (* 1964), soccer official and coach
- Hans Dorfner (* 1965), football player
- Brigitte Maria Mayer (* 1965), photographer
- Lukas Roth (* 1965), photographer
- Lilly Forgách (* 1966), actress
- Thomas Ertl (* 1968), marathon runner
- Alexander Liebreich (* 1968), conductor
- Michael JG Gleissner (* 1969), businessman, film producer and photographer
- Markus Janka (* 1969), classical philologist
- Matthias Kneip (* 1969), writer and publicist
- Thomas Scheibel (* 1969), biochemist
- Wolfgang Uchatius (* 1970), journalist
- Bernhard Kotsch (* before 1970), civil servant
- Jens Meyer (* 1970), politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate
1971 to 1980
- Günther Brenner (* 1971), actor
- Dorothee Hartinger (* 1971), actress
- Elke Kratzer (* 1971), film producer, author and director
- Sigrid Pawelke (* 1971), curator and doctor of performance and art historian
- Joachim Wolbergs (* 1971), politician and Lord Mayor of Regensburg
- Horst Meierhofer (* 1972), politician
- Nicola Raab (* 1972), director
- Christoph Stumpf (* 1972), lawyer
- Notburga Karl (* 1973), artist
- Sebastian Mayer (* 1973), rower, vice world champion
- Cornelius von der Heyden (* 1974), musical performer, actor and singer
- Tobias Lehner (* 1974), artist
- Wolfgang Nöth (* 1974), tenor
- Ulrike von Luxburg (* 1975), computer scientist
- Peter Aumer (* 1976), business economist and politician
- Beate Teresa Hanika (* 1976), photographer and writer
- Katharina Maria Karl (* 1976), Catholic theologian
- Martin Prinz (* 1976), criminal
- Holger Matthias Wilhelm (* 1976), actor
- Tobias Gotthardt (* 1977), Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
- Tanja Schweiger (* 1978), politician
- Markus Giesecke (* 1979), futsal player
- Oliver Beer (* 1979), soccer player
- Leopold Hurt (* 1979), composer and zither player
- Maria Theresia von Thurn und Taxis (* 1980), forest and large landowner
1981 to 1990
- Annika Blendl (* 1981), actress
- Markus Güntner (* 1981), DJ and musician
- Benjamin Appl (* 1982), opera and concert singer (baritone)
- Amélie Grözinger (* 1982), artist
- Konstantin Küspert (* 1982), writer
- Matthias Schindler (* 1982), paracycler
- Anna Maria Sturm (* 1982), actress
- Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (* 1982), journalist and author
- Sascha Lippe (* 1983), snooker player and trainer
- Tobias Meinhart (* 1983), jazz musician
- David Romminger (* 1983), soccer player
- Albert Fürst von Thurn und Taxis (* 1983), entrepreneur, racing driver and billionaire
- Alexander Dotzler (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Christian Huber (* 1984), author, composer, music producer and podcaster
- Tobias Schlauderer (* 1984), soccer player
- Andreas Brysch (* 1986), soccer player
- Nils Kreutinger (* 1986), actor
- Simone Laudehr (* 1986), soccer player
- Florian Tausendpfund (* 1987), football player
- Andreas Güntner (* 1988), soccer player
From 1991
- Corinna Harrer (* 1991), track and field athlete
- Maximilian Mayer (* 1991), singer
- Julius Forster (* 1993), actor
- Max Rädlinger (* 1993), church musician
- Anna Schaffelhuber (* 1993), monoskier
- Kevin Hoffmann (* 1995), soccer player
- Benedikt Kirsch (* 1996), soccer player
- Julian Lautenschlager (* 1996), ice hockey player
- Clara Bernklau (* 1997), actress
- Yannick Drews (born 1997), ice hockey player
- Alexander Weidinger (* 1997), soccer player
- Lisa Schöppl (* 2000), soccer player
Well-known residents of Regensburg
- David von Augsburg (around 1200–1272), mystical writer
- Lorenz Hochwart (around 1493–1570), theologian, clergyman, lawyer and historian, cathedral preacher and canon in Regensburg
- Georg Achatz Heher (1601–1667), lawyer, diplomat and chancellor, vice chancellor and director of the war chancellery in Regensburg, later envoy to the Reichstag
- Balthasar Balduin (1605–1652), superintendent in Regensburg from 1648 to 1652
- Rudolf Wilhelm von Stubenberg (1643–1677), member of the Fruit Bringing Society
- Joachim Ludwig von Schwartzenau (1713–1787), envoy to the Perpetual Reichstag, burial place / epitaph in the envoy cemetery near the Trinity Church
- Johann Gottlieb Schäffer (1720–1795), doctor and natural scientist, city physician of Regensburg
- Johann Eustach von Görtz (1737–1821), diplomat and 1st honorary citizen of Regensburg (1820)
- Karl Theodor von Dalberg (1744–1817), archbishop. After 1803 ruling prince in the Principality of Aschaffenburg and death in the Principality of Regensburg
- Caroline von Görtz, b. von Uechtritz (1749–1809), nobleman
- Georg Nikolaus Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and writer
- Adalbert Müller (1802–1879), writer and regional historian
- Johann Georg Mettenleiter (1812–1858), church musician, choir regent and organist at the collegiate church of the old chapel
- Dominicus Mettenleiter (1822–1868), clergyman, church musician and music writer, worked at the collegiate church of the old chapel
- Willibald Apollinar Maier (1823–1874), Catholic theologian and publicist, Bishop's Secretary in Regensburg
- Eugen von Baumgarten (1865–1919), painter and caricaturist
- Hermann Bäuerle (1869–1936), Catholic theologian and church musician, 1899–1909 court chaplain to Prince von Thurn and Taxis, 1901–1908 teacher at the church music school in Regensburg
- Paul Reiss (1883–1958), director of the Karthaus-Prüll sanatorium and nursing home in Regensburg as well as psychiatrist and euthanasia participant
- Hans Dachs (1886–1966), historian
- Hans-Henning von Voigt (1887–1969), artist
- Theobald Beer (1902–2000), Catholic priest and Luther researcher
- Erika Eisenblätter-Laskowski (1908–2003), German painter and sculptor
- Willi Ulfig (1910–1983), artist
- Karl Männer (1911–1980), home nurse
- Rudolf Pikola (1916–1970), politician and writer
- Klaus Gamber (1919–1989), priest and liturgical historian
- Michael Dirrigl (1923–2002), author, historian and educator
- Gertrud Benker (* 1925), writer
- Lore Schretzenmayr (1925–2014), genealogist and founder of the Sudetendeutsche Genealogische Archiv (SGA) in Regensburg
- Ruth Seutter von Loetzen (1926–2012), actress
- Ferdinand Ulrich (1931–2020), philosopher
- Dietrich Birnbaum (1942–2017), cardiac surgeon
- Peter Gottwald (* 1944), lawyer
- Elfi Hartenstein (* 1946), writer
- Peter Welnhofer (* 1948), politician
- Matthias Schlueter (* 1952), visual artist
- Ernst-Wilhelm Händler (* 1953), entrepreneur and writer
- Ilona Haslbauer (* 1956), main character in a controversial German judicial affair concerning forced placement in forensic psychiatry
- Barbara Krohn (* 1957), writer and translator
- Klaus Schäfer (* 1958), Catholic pastor in the university hospital
- Jörg Schemmann (* 1959), painter and draftsman
- Anja Utler (* 1973), writer
- Birgit Muggenthaler (* 1974), folk musician
- Stefan Ulrich (* 1976), water diver
- Lucy Scherer (* 1981), musical artist and actress
- Anton Schynder (* 1987), soccer player