List of personalities of the city of Schweinfurt

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Coat of arms 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.

Family grave of the Sachs family

To 1900

1901 to 1950

From 1951

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

See also

→ List of the mayors and lords of Schweinfurt