List of personalities of the city of Schweinfurt
This list enumerates people who were born in the city of Schweinfurt as well as those who are connected to Schweinfurt but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Schweinfurt. For the mention here, it is irrelevant whether the people later had their sphere of activity in Schweinfurt or not. Many have become known elsewhere.
To 1900
- Heinrich von Schweinfurt called Hezilo (before 980-1017), Margrave of Schweinfurt
- Judith von Schweinfurt (before 1003-1058), Duchess of Bohemia
- Otto von Schweinfurt († 1057), Duke of Swabia, last male representative of the Counts of Schweinfurt
- Gregor Heimburg (around 1400–1472), lawyer, diplomat
- Johannes Cuspinian (1473–1529), humanist, poet and imperial diplomat
- Jacob Haylmann (1475–1525 in Annaberg), master builder, he completed the St. Anne's Church in Annaberg
- Andreas Grundler (1516–1555), physician and humanist
- Heinrich Salmuth (1522–1576), theologian
- Konrad II. Hartmann († 1551), Abbot of Ebrach Monastery
- Johann Weinmann (1599–1672), Lutheran clergyman and theologian
- Johann Lorenz Bausch (1605–1665), physician, co-founder and first president of today's National Academy of Sciences
- Georg Balthasar Wohlfahrt (1607–1674), physician
- Johann Martin Uhl (* 1618), medic
- Georg Balthasar Metzger (1623–1687), physician
- Johann Philipp Deisler (1634–1665), medic
- Johann Heinrich Schmidt (1660–1723), medic
- Johannes Nicolaus Kuhn (1670–1744), Baroque architect
- Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677–1740), medalist and die cutter
- Johann Hartmann Degner (1687–1756), medic
- Johann Lorenz Bach (1695–1773), composer
- Johann Rudolf Voit (1695–1786), organ builder
- Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755), composer
- Johann Benedict Voit (1713–1795), painter, son of Johann Rudolf Voit
- Johann Andreas Sixt (1742–1810), Protestant theologian and philologist
- Johann Michael Voit (organ builder) (1744–1819), master of the carpenter's guild, organ builder, son of Johann Rudolf Voit
- Johann Kaspar Bundschuh (1753–1814), geographer, educator, Protestant pastor
- Carl Friedrich Voit (1774–1854), organ builder son of Johann Michael Voit
- Johann Volkmar Voit (1772–1806), organ builder, son of Johann Rudolf Voit
- Margarethe Geiger (1783–1809), painter, draftsman, graphic artist
- Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866), orientalist, poet
- Philipp Moritz Fischer (1812–1890), inventor, designer
- Gottfried von Segnitz (1827–1905), botanist and landowner
- Karl von Jan (1836–1899), classical philologist, musicologist
- Friedrich Christian Helreich (1842–1927), German ophthalmologist and medical historian
- Carl Christian Giegler alias Giegler Pascha (1844–1921), telegraph engineer and governor of Sudan
- Friedrich Fischer (1849–1899), entrepreneur and designer of a special ball grinding machine
- Georg Schepss (1852–1897), classical philologist and high school professor
- Alfred Dürbig (1861–1930), judge, president of the Munich I Regional Court and the Augsburg Higher Regional Court
- Theodor Fischer (1862–1938), important architect and town planner
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bock (1872–1924), doctor and politician
- Adolf Rottenberger (1878 - unknown), businessman and political functionary (NSDAP)
- Erich Toenniessen (1883–1958), internist
- Albert Betz (1885–1968), physicist and aircraft manufacturer
- Carl-Siegfried von Georg (1886–1957), naval officer and submarine commander in the First World War; born in the Oberndorf district
- Fritz Schertel (1890–1945), cellist
- Theodor Croneiß (1894–1942), fighter pilot in the First World War and aviation functionary
- Willy Sachs (1896–1958), industrialist
- Georg Schäfer (1896–1975), entrepreneur
- Karl Astel (1898–1945), “racial researcher” and National Socialist racial hygienist
- Marie Luise Weissmann (1899–1929), poet
1901 to 1950
- Theodor Vogel (1901–1977), entrepreneur, writer and leading Freemason
- Otto Koch (1902–1948), Lord Mayor of Weimar in the Third Reich
- Erhart Kästner (1904–1974), writer and librarian
- Ludwig Voit (1906–2001), pedagogue, classical philologist and rector of the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich
- Giselher Wirsing (1907–1975), journalist
- Albin Kitzinger (1912–1970), national soccer player
- Andreas "Ander" Kupfer (1914–2001), national soccer player
- Michael Gehring (1918–1969), doctor, social medicine specialist and health politician (SED)
- Karl Treutwein (1921–1985), local history researcher and author
- Wilhelm Baumann (1925–2015), politician (CSU)
- Albert Meyer (* 1926), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
- G. Hubert Neidhart (1928–1999), painter, graphic artist and art teacher
- Karl Haus (1928–2018), musicologist and composer
- Hubert Glaser (1928–2019), historian
- Herbert Müller (1929–2001), mayor
- Walter Habdank (1930–2001), painter and graphic artist
- Edi Ziegler (1930–2020), racing cyclist
- Gerhard Wehr (1931–2015), Protestant theologian, mystic researcher, publicist and writer
- Dieter Frankenberger (1933–1997), professor, graduate industrial engineer
- Heinz Altschäffel (* 1934), painter
- Walter Keller (* 1934), administrative lawyer, politician (CSU) and district administrator
- Michael Stein (1935–2009), Dutch journalist
- Willibald Folz (1936–2017), economist and tax officer
- Hans Glaab (1936-2015), bodybuilder
- Kurt Petzold (* 1936), Lord Mayor, honorary citizen
- Paul Maar (* 1937), children's book author
- Günter Traub (* 1939), roller skater and speed skater, Olympic participant
- Ursula Strätz (1940–2011), actress
- Gisela Notz (* 1942) historian and social scientist
- Jürgen Traub (* 1943), roller skater and speed skater, Olympic participant
- Gerlinde Bretzigheimer (* 1943), classical philologist, literary scholar and teacher
- Heide Simon (* 1947), actress
- Frank Hofmann (* 1949), politician, Member of the Bundestag
- Sylvia Renz (* 1949), writer
- Claude Robert Ellner (* 1949), diplomat
- Bernie Paul (born 1950), singer
- Werner Neugebauer (* 1950), union official
From 1951
- Astrid van Nahl (* 1951), Scandinavian mediaevalist, journalist and translator
- Siegfried Kaidel (* 1951), Chairman of the German Rowing Association
- Anton Schilhahn (* 1952), priest and Roman Catholic theologian
- Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg (* 1953), actor, director, publicist and book author
- Gerd Geyer (* 1956), associate professor for palaeontology at the University of Würzburg
- Wolfgang Heyder (* 1956), basketball director, politician (SPD) in the Bamberg district assembly
- Michael Tröster (* 1956), guitarist
- Jürgen Meixensberger (* 1956), neurosurgeon and clinic director
- Werner Müller (* 1957), theater director
- Burkhard Müller (* 1959), literary critic and author
- Ernst Reuss (* 1962), lawyer and author
- Sabine Carbon (* 1963), documentary filmmaker and writer
- Brigitte Haas-Gebhard (* 1963), archaeologist
- Ivo Welch (* 1963), economist and university lecturer
- Christoph Brech (* 1964), artist
- Stefan Marquard (* 1964), top chef
- Claudia Wiener (* 1964), classical philologist
- Remig Stumpf (1966–2019), racing cyclist
- Katja Grübel (* 1967), screenwriter
- Martin Schneider (* 1968), soccer player
- Barbara Becker (* 1969), politician (CSU)
- Tommy Jaud (* 1970), screenwriter and writer
- Mukadder Seyhan Yücel (* 1971), university professor for German studies
- Isabel Hessel (* 1973), translator
- Matthias Keller (* 1974), soccer player
- Daniel Föst (* 1976), politician (FDP)
- Michael Wollny (* 1978), jazz pianist
- Max Kidd (born 1982), actor
- Steven Heelein (* 1984), composer and church musician
- Sebastian König (* 1984), actor and presenter
- Christine Neder (* 1985), author
- Sebastian Böhlen (* 1986), jazz musician
- Stephan Schröck (* 1986), soccer player
- Fabian Sagstetter (* 1990), fistball and volleyball player
- Thomas Meißner (* 1991), soccer player
- Timo Pitter (* 1992), soccer player
- Johannes Geis (* 1993), soccer player
- Sabina Ossyra (* 1995), track cyclist
People connected to the city
Famous personalities are listed here who have worked or are still working in Schweinfurt for part of their lives.
- Johann Lindemann (1488–1554), teacher and Protestant theologian, died in Schweinfurt
- Johann Sutel (around 1504–1575), Protestant theologian and reformer, in 1543 he wrote the church ordinance of an honorable council of St. Imperial city of Schweinfurt in Franconia
- Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526–1555), writer, humanist, she lived in Schweinfurt
- Balthasar Rüffer (1534–1599), Lord Mayor of Würzburg, emigrated to the imperial city of Schweinfurt in 1588 for reasons of faith, where he also died
- Johann Michael Fehr (1610–1688), doctor, he died in Schweinfurt
- Johann Wolfgang Friedrich Bönneken (1706–1769), doctor, he died in Schweinfurt
- Conrad Geiger (1751–1808), painter, he died in Schweinfurt
- Wilhelm Sattler (1784–1859), art collector, was an entrepreneur a. a. in Schweinfurt
- Heinrich Christian Beck (1805–1866), pastor, local researcher and naturalist, he was royal pastor in Schweinfurt (Johanniskirche)
- Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815–1872), one of the most famous Canadian painters of the 19th century, trained in Schweinfurt
- Carl von Schultes (1824–1896), politician, 1851–1896 mayor of the city of Schweinfurt
- Wilhelm Höpflinger (1853–1928), ball bearing manufacturer and inventor, died in Schweinfurt
- Ernst Sachs (1867–1932), industrialist, inventor of the torpedo freewheel hub , he died in Schweinfurt
- Fritz Soldmann (1878–1945), USPD and SPD politician, Bavarian. Minister of the Interior, Member of Parliament in Land and Reich, he was the municipal representative in Schweinfurt
- Josef Alois Reinhart (1899 – unknown), politician, co-founder of the NSDAP and the SA in Schweinfurt
- Ignaz Schön, Lord Mayor of Schweinfurt between 1946 and 1956
- Ludwig Krug, Mayor of Schweinfurt between 1946 and 1952
- Franz Op den Orth (1902–1970), SPD member of the state parliament, he was employed as a foreman at the general agency of Krupp AG in Schweinfurt
- Heinrich Söller (1903–1997), sculptor, his main sphere of activity and residence for decades was Schweinfurt
- Georg Wichtermann (1909–1997), Lord Mayor, honorary citizen
- Otto Schäfer (1912–2000), industrialist and art collector
- Hans Appold (1919–1999), longtime CSU parliamentary leader and honorary president of the TG Schweinfurt
- Walter Rudolf Trux (1928–2018), industrial manager, IBM, general director of the board of F&S Schweinfurt
- Ernst Wilhelm Sachs (1929–1977), industrialist, worked in Schweinfurt
- Harry Gelbfarb (1930-2005), founder of the first German bodybuilding studio, was stationed in the army in Schweinfurt
- Erich Kronauer (* 1930), manager and founder, lives in Schweinfurt
- Gunter Sachs (1932–2011), Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Sachs Group, industrial heir, well-known playboy, art collector and photographer, born in Mainberg near Schweinfurt
- Gustav Gunsenheimer (* 1934), composer and choirmaster, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit , he worked as a cantor at St. Lukas Church in Schweinfurt
- Otto Wirth, Mayor from 1996 to 2002
- Max-Rainer Uhrig (* 1944), publicist, editor and private scholar, Rückert researcher, he passed his Abitur in 1964 at the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium Schweinfurt
- Hanns Peter Zwißler (* 1946), teacher and writer, has lived in Schweinfurt since 1977
- Gudrun Grieser (* 1947 in Würzburg), Lord Mayor, honorary citizen, she worked as a grammar school teacher from 1973 to 1992 at the Olympia-Morata-Gymnasium in Schweinfurt
- Klaus Ernst (* 1954), union official, politician (Die Linke), in 1995 he was elected IG Metall representative in Schweinfurt
- Klaus Rehberger, politician (CSU), mayor
- Sebastian Remelé (* 1969), Lord Mayor
- Sarah Kreuz (* 1989), singer, went to school in Schweinfurt
- Herbert Trimbach (* 1954), presiding judge at the higher regional court, ministerial director, local politician, longtime judge at the regional court in Schweinfurt