List of personalities of the city of Rosenheim
This list shows the personalities with reference to the city of Rosenheim .
sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Adlzreiter von Tettenweis (1596–1662), court chancellor, Elector Maximilian I.
- Casimir (Caspar) Schweizelsperg (1668 – after 1722), composer
- Georg Westermayer (1836–1893), historian, poet and Roman Catholic clergyman
- Josef Brix (1859–1943), urban planner and university professor at the Technical University of Berlin
- Sebastian Finsterwalder (1862–1951), surveyor and mathematician
- Johann Klepper (1868–1949), founder of the Klepperwerke, 1948 honorary citizen of the city of Rosenheim
- Josef Enzensperger (1873–1903), mountaineer, natural scientist, meteorologist
- Josef Riggauer (1879–1952), politician (NSDAP)
- Franz Seraph Henseler (1883–1918), expressionist artist and graphic artist
- Hermann Göring (1893–1946), Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force in the Third Reich, major war criminal
- Hans Ritter von Lex (1893–1970), State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, President of the German Red Cross
- Willy Rösner (1893–1966), actor
- Franz Maierhofer (1897–1943), Gauleiter of the NSDAP for Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate
- Hans Degen (1899–1971), Lieutenant General in World War II
- Robert Schindlbeck (1911–1999), doctor
- Georg Schubert (painter) (1911–2005), graphic artist
- Fritz Fend (1920–2000), automobile designer
- Hans Huber (1929–2014), ice hockey player and coach
- Sebastian Obermaier (1934-2016), Roman Catholic missionary in Bolivia ("Padre Sebastian")
- Volkert Haas (1936–2019), ancient orientalist and university professor
- Bernhard Müller-Hülsebusch (1937–2020), journalist and author
- Jörg-Dieter Haas (1938–2012), dramaturge, theater director and theater director
- Erwin Koppe (* 1938), apparatus gymnast
- Siegfried Fischbacher (* 1939), magicians Siegfried and Roy
- Günther Maria Halmer (* 1943), actor
- George Dzundza (* 1945), American actor
- Elisabeth Plant (* 1946), pseudonym Sarah Camp , actress, cabaret artist and author
- Sylvia Nasar (* 1947), journalist, university lecturer and author
- Werner Preißing (* 1947), management consultant
- Johannes Riedel (* 1949), judge
- Ludwig Baumann (* 1950), bass-baritone
- Anton Kathrein junior (1951–2012), entrepreneur in antenna technology
- Barbara Becker-Jákli (* 1952), German historian
- Gottfried Brem (* 1953), veterinarian, university lecturer in Munich and Vienna
- Clemens Eich (1954–1998), theater actor and writer
- Wolfgang Binder (* 1957), presenter at Bayerischer Rundfunk, formerly a bobsleigh driver and athlete
- Ernst Palmberger (* 1957), entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Angelika Lex (1958–2015), lawyer and local politician
- Georg Huber (* 1961), painter, airbrush artist, author, lecturer and publisher
- Michael Neugebauer (* 1962), decathlete
- Georg Zeitblom (* 1962), musician and performance artist
- Franz Abraham (* 1964), event manager and producer
- Tatjana Mittermayer (* 1964), freestyle skier
- Lothar Pellkofer (* 1964), basketball player
- Raimond Hilger (* 1965), ice hockey player
- Thomas Helbig (* 1967), painter
- Thomas Müller (* 1967), entrepreneur, investor and author
- Peter Baumann (instrument maker) (* 1968), master brass instrument maker
- Alexander Klaus Stecher (* 1968), actor, talk show host, presenter, author, pop singer and TV producer
- Manfred Stecher (* 1968), singer, actor and pianist
- Mark Benecke (* 1970), criminal biologist
- Maximilian Erbacher (* 1970), artist
- Wolfgang Kummer (* 1970), ice hockey player
- Florian Slotawa (* 1972), concept artist
- Katharina Offel (* 1976), show jumper
- Bastian Obermayer (* 1977), journalist
- Benedikt Schiefer (* 1978), composer
- Robert Müller (1980–2009), ice hockey player
- Rupert Wagner (* 1980), canoeist
- Martin Tomczyk (* 1981), racing driver
- Andrea Diewald (* 1981), figure skater
- Bumillo , actually Christian Bumeder (* 1981), poetry slammer
- Leonhard Haas (* 1982), soccer player
- Florian Heller (* 1982), soccer player
- Tobias Schweinsteiger (* 1982), soccer player
- Andreas Winhart (* 1983), politician (AfD), MdL
- Patrick Ehelechner (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Emanuel Reiter (* 1984), musician
- Cr7z alias Christoph Hess (* 1984), rapper
- Benjamin Edmüller (* 1987), racing cyclist
- Josef Mayer (* 1988), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Lars Bender (* 1989), soccer player
- Sven Bender (* 1989), soccer player
- Katharina Leonore Goebel (* 1989), actress
- Tom Wörndl (* 1989), jazz and theater musician
- Marco Baldauf (* 1990), chess player
- Thomas Leberfinger (* 1990), soccer player
- Leo Betzl (* 1991), jazz musician
- Philipp Grubauer (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Max Renner (* 1992), ice hockey player
Personalities associated with Rosenheim
- Johann Rieder (1633–1715), first court master and body ship master of the Electorate of Bavaria, lived in Rosenheim for a long time.
- Ernst von Gagern (1807–1865), worked as a chaplain in Rosenheim in the 1830s.
- Julius Mayr (1855–1935), doctor, writer and Alpine Club official, friend and biographer of Wilhelm Leibl , vehement critic of National Socialism, practice and residence in Rosenheim, buried in the Rosenheim cemetery
- Georg Zahler (1879–1957) local politician of the NSDAP, from 1935 to 1938 Lord Mayor of Rosenheim
- Michael Schmaus (1897–1993), Catholic dogmatist, graduated from high school in Rosenheim
- Alois Hundhammer (1900–1974), politician, 1945–1948 chairman of the CSU, 1946–1950 Minister of State for Education and Culture, 1946–1970 MdL for the Rosenheim constituency
- Waldemar von Knoeringen (1906–1971), politician (SPD), 1946–1971 MdL, 1949–1951 MdB, 1958–1962 Deputy. Chairman of the SPD in Bavaria, lived in Rosenheim (Aisingerwies)
- Horst Herold (1923–2018), President of the Federal Criminal Police Office; lived in Rosenheim from his retirement until shortly before his death
- Otfried Preußler (1923–2013), children's book author (main works: Räuber Hotzenplotz, Die kleine Hexe, Krabat), former rector of the Stephanskirchen elementary school (Ldk. Rosenheim), lived in Haidholzen (Gde. Stephanskirchen)
- Gertruda Grubrová − Goepfertová (also Gertrude Gruber-Goepfert) (1924–2014), Czech painter, illustrator and poet, lived and died in Rosenheim for 50 years
- Franz Neubauer (politician, 1930) (1930–2015), politician, 1977–1978 State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and 1978–1984 in the Ministry of the Interior, 1970–1986 MdL for Rosenheim, 1984–1987 Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, 1982–2000 spokesman for Sudeten German Landsmannschaft, came to Rosenheim in 1946 as a displaced person
- Ray Manzarek (1939–2013), American musician ( The Doors ) and writer, died in Rosenheim
- Horst Rankl (* 1940), writer, Rosenheim is his hometown
- Edmund Stoiber (* 1941), former Prime Minister of Bavaria, attended the Ignaz-Günther-Gymnasium in Rosenheim
- Franz Xaver Gernstl (* 1951), documentary filmmaker, lived in Rosenheim until the mid-1970s and gained his first experience in the Lokschuppen film club
- Eisi Gulp alias Werner Eisenrieder (* 1955), Bavarian actor, cabaret artist, TV presenter and reporter and comedy star; has lived in Rosenheim for some time
- Armin Kratzert (* 1957), writer and journalist, grew up in Stephanskirchen and attended the Finsterwalder-Gymnasium Rosenheim up to the Abitur
- Rudolf "Rudy" Ratzinger (* 1966 ), composer and creative mind behind the pseudonym " Wumpscut "
- Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (* 1971), politician, grew up in Neubeuert and attended the Ignaz-Günther-Gymnasium Rosenheim up to the Abitur
- Nick McCarthy (* 1974), guitarist, backing singer, keyboard player and songwriter for the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand, worked as a musician in Rosenheim for a long time
- Herbert Schuch (* 1979), pianist, went to school in Rosenheim and was awarded a scholarship from the city
- Airen (* 1981), writer, grew up in Rosenheim from 1987 and attended the Finsterwalder-Gymnasium up to the Abitur
- Bastian Schweinsteiger (* 1984), national soccer player, played for TSV 1860 Rosenheim from 1992 to 1998