List of native Speyer
The list of native Speyer residents contains people who were born in Speyer .
Personalities born in Speyer
Years up to 1600
- Samuel ben Qalonymus he-Chasid (after 1096 - unknown), exegete of Torah and Midrash
- Caesarius von Speyer (before 1200 - around 1239), companion of St. Francis , first German provincial of the Franciscan order
- Julian von Speyer (before 1225 - around 1250), medieval choirmaster, composer and poet from the Franciscan order
- Johannes de Spira († 1469/1470), first book printer in Venice
- Wendelinus de Spira (before 1470–1477), printer in Venice
- Gabriel Biel (~ 1415–1495), scholastic philosopher
- Nikolaus Nievergalt (~ 1445 – before 1511), painter and councilor in Worms
- Peter Drach (1455 / 58–1504), printer
- Philipp Adler (1461–1532), merchant
- Matern Hatten (~ 1470–1546), priest, humanist and follower of Lutheran teaching
- Dietrich Gresemund (1477-1512), author
- Georg Hohermuth von Speyer (≈1500–1540), conquistador and governor of Venezuela
- Ludwig Dietz (before 1504 - 1559), printer and publisher
- Wilhelm Eisengrein (1543–1584), lawyer, historian and controversial theologian ; Chronicler of Speyer
- Marcus zum Lamm (1544–1606), lawyer and councilor from the Electoral Palatinate
- Theobald Mansharter (≈1570–1610), dean and auxiliary bishop in Speyer and titular bishop of Daulia
- Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth (1585–1657), councilor of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, imperial councilor and envoy to the Peace of Westphalia
- Alwig von Sulz (1586–1632), Landgrave in Klettgau from 1616 to 1628
- Egon VIII (1588–1635), Imperial Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
- Johannes Fugger (1591–1638), lord of Kirchheim in Swabia and Schmiechen, baron, later count, merchant, secret council of the city of Augsburg and chairman of the older Kirchheim line of the Fugger
- Peter Kircher (1592-1629); Jesuit, preacher and witch chaplain in Bamberg
- Anton Wolff von Todenwarth (1592–1641), Chancellor in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
17th and 18th centuries
- Johann Georg von Merckelbach (~ 1609–1680), councilor
- Johann Joachim Becher (1635–1682), alchemist
- Moritz Georg Weidmann (1658–1693), publisher and bookseller
- Erich Philipp Ploennies (1672–1751), mathematician, builder and cartographer
- Damian Casimir von Dalberg (1675–1717), imperial general sergeant , commander of the high and German master regiment
- Adolf von Dalberg (1678–1737), Prince Abbot of Fulda
- Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann (1709–1760), landscape and history painter and copperplate engraver
- Johann Friedrich Eisenhart (1720–1783), lawyer and university professor
- Franz Conrad Linck (1730–1793), sculptor
- Christoph Lorenz Carame (1737–1809), Catholic priest, dean (head) of the St. Stephan monastery in Bamberg and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Bamberg
- Friedrich Wilhelm Spatz (1738–1803), theological writer, Evangelical Lutheran pastor and one of the last imperial city teachers in Speyer
- Johannes Ruland (1744–1830), painter, draftsman and engraver
- Johann Adam Weiß (1751–1804), butcher, writer and last imperial city mayor of Speyer
- Carl Alexander Holtzmann (1759–1820), businessman, Krappfabrikant, mayor of the city of Speyer and administrative councilor of the Mainz Republic
- Karl Klein (1769–1824), Catholic priest, seminar rain and journalist
- Karl Wilhelm Becker (1772–1830), numismatist and coin forger
- Johann Bernhard Spatz (1782–1840), civil engineer and architect in the service of the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Ludwig Wilhelm Mülberger (1784–1848), cloth manufacturer and politician
- Johann Gerhard Ruland (1785–1854), painter, draftsman and lithographer
- Matthäus Bernatz (1800–1882), hydraulic engineer
19th century
1801 to 1825
- Johann Martin Bernatz (1802–1878), landscape painter
- Friedrich Hetzel (1804–1886), banker
- Georg Friedrich Kolb (1808–1884), publisher, publicist and politician
- Georg Friedrich Blaul (1809–1863), pastor and poet
- Carl Alexander Spatz (1810–1856), lawyer and politician
- Otto Möllinger (1814–1886), natural scientist, canton school teacher, inventor and entrepreneur
- Franziska Möllinger (1817–1880), Swiss photographer and daguerreotypist
- Karl von Horn (1818–1896), Bavarian infantry general
- Benedikt Zenetti (1821–1904), Catholic priest, Benedictine and abbot
- Karl Gayer (1822–1907), forest scientist
- Ludwig Heydenreich (1822–1889), lawyer and member of the Reichstag
- August Mülberger (1822–1905), cloth manufacturer and politician (NLP)
- Karoline Roos b. Alwens (1822–1896), daughter of the Palatinate District President Franz Alwens , murder victim
- Julius von Zenetti (1822–1905), Bavarian administrative officer
- Carl Adler (1823-1896), lawyer and politician ( National Liberal Party )
- Arnold Zenetti (1824–1891), architect, senior building officer and board member of the Munich City Planning Department
1826 to 1850
- Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880), painter
- Friedrich Grohé (1830–1886), physician
- Eduard von Sazenhofen (1831–1917), landowner and member of the Reichstag
- Richard von Neimans (1832–1858), explorer in Africa, lawyer and orientalist
- Carl Jakob Christian Adolf Gerhardt (1833–1902), internist and head of the Charité
- Karl Menzel (1835–1897), historian
- Henry Villard (1835–1900), emigrant and railroad magnate in the USA
- Andreas Scherpf (1837–1898), composer and singing teacher
- Wilhelm Spöhrer (1837–1917), administrative officer
- Hermann von Stengel (1837–1919), Bavarian administrative officer
- Joseph Philipp von Stichaner (1838–1889), administrative officer and district president of Lower Alsace.
- Ernst Voit (1838–1921), physicist and university professor
- Martin Greif (1839–1911), poet
- Joseph Wolff (1841–1903), lyric tenor, concert and opera singer
- Wilhelm Meyer (1845–1917), classical philologist, medievalist and librarian
1851 to 1875
- Jakob Rebmann (1851–1935), priest
- Matthäus Haid (1853–1919), geodesist and geophysicist
- Philipp Lichtenberger (1855–1918), tobacco manufacturer, mayor, MdR
- Albert Schuchardt (1855–1928), Bavarian lieutenant general
- Carl Sick (1856–1929), surgeon in Hamburg
- Otto Pfülf (1856–1946), Jesuit, Spiritual at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome and author of several large-scale biographies
- Karl Bindel (1857–1909), mountaineer and active member of the German Alpine Club
- Wilhelm Ritter von Borscht (1857–1943), central Bavarian politician
- Christian Eberhardt (1857–1939), board member of the food company Knorr
- Georg Friedrich Schmitt (1859–1938), entrepreneur
- Sigmund Haller von Hallerstein (1861–1936), doctor and member of the Bavarian state parliament
- Georg Lohr (1861–1945), architect and senior building officer
- Lina Sommer (1862–1932), dialect poet
- Karl Friedrich Speck (1862–1939), Bavarian State Minister, MdR
- Franz Stützel (1862–1934), 2nd mayor of the city of Speyer (1924–1933, deposed by the NSDAP), namesake of Franz-Stützel-Strasse, brother of Karl Stützel
- Felix Herzfelder (1863–1944), lawyer and legal specialist author
- Alfons David (1866–1954), Reich judge
- Theodor Pfülf (1866–1953), Bavarian administrative officer and lawyer
- Wilhelm Kaufmann , (1872–19 ??), artistic gymnast
- Wilhelm Matt (1872–1936), Lord Mayor of Aschaffenburg
- Karl Stützel (1872–1944), politician ( BVP )
- Friedrich Voelcker (1872–1955), surgeon
- Hermann Walther (1874–1941), manager
1876 to 1900
- Theodor Harster (1876–1914), lawyer and police officer
- Karl Purrmann (1877–1966), painter
- Eugen Bandel (1879–1948), banker
- Albert Becker (1879–1957), historian and folklorist
- Karl Becker (1879–1940), artillery general, ballistic scientist and military scientist
- Georg Valentin Wambsganß (1879–1942), Protestant pastor and social democratic politician
- Hans Purrmann (1880–1966), painter, graphic artist, art writer and collector
- Georg Lang (1884-1944); Draftsman and poet and tax officer
- Ludwig Hartmann (1881–1967), dialect poet
- Hermann Detzner (1882–1970), captain of the German protection force in German New Guinea
- Georg Lang (1884–1944), tax officer, poet and draftsman
- Franz Josef Walz (1885–1945), officer
- Alexander Kreuter (1886–1977), business lawyer
- Rudolf Reeber (1887 – after 1960), municipal official
- Hermann Wintz (1887–1947), gynecologist, obstetrician, radiologist and university professor
- Jakob Schultheis (1891–1945), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891–1985), army officer
- Fritz Schönhöfer (1892–1965), chemist
- Hermann Langlotz (1895–1964), politician (SPD)
- Peter Pfeiffer (1895–1978), diplomat
- Georg Waldbott (1898–1982), physician and researcher
- Rudolf Trampler (1898–1974), politician (NSDAP)
- Luise Eildermann (1899–1986), politician (KPD) and women's rights activist
- Heinrich Rettig (1900–1974), architect and university professor
20th century
1901 to 1920
- Franz Bögler (1902–1976), politician ( SPD )
- Hans Theodor David (1902–1967), musicologist
- Ludwig Kern (1902–1942), sculptor
- George John Dasch (1903-1992), agent who landed on American soil during World War II (Operation Pastorius)
- Hans-Joachim von Reichert (1903–1991), ambassador
- Karl Fischer (1904–1976), politician (BVP, CSU)
- Jakob Brendel (1907–1964), wrestler
- Werner Gürtner (1907–1991), sculptor
- Wilhelm Kaufmann (1872 – after 1908), artistic gymnast
- Hans Keller (1908–1970), international lawyer
- Josef Weber (1908–1985), Colonel in the German Wehrmacht
- Eberhard von Künsberg (1909–1945), National Socialist, lawyer and diplomat
- Theo Fehn (1910–1984), pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate and bell expert and appraiser
- Karl Haas (1913–2005), well-known American radio presenter
- Josef Doerr (1914–1999), painter and organist
- Hans-Christian Sarrazin (1914–2013), doctor and writer
- Karl Firsching (1915–1989), lawyer, university professor and legal specialist author
- Raimund Hergt (1916–1997), lawyer and diplomat
- Helmut Matheis (* 1917), calligrapher and graphic artist
- Luise Herklotz (1918–2009), politician (SPD)
- Dieter Janz (1920–2016), neurologist, epileptologist and university professor
1921 to 1940
- Helmut Bantz (1921-2004), Turner
- Alfred Cahn (1922–2016), composer and organist
- Waldemar Leibmann (1923–2004), administrative lawyer and ministerial official
- Hermann P. Reiser (* 1923), politician (SPD)
- Ludwig Doerr (1925–2015), organist
- Alexander Sand (1928–2013), New Testament scholar
- Ruth Zutt (1928–1987), economist and politician (SPD)
- Bertram Hartard junior (1929–1992), politician (CDU)
- Gabriel Kney (1929), organ builder
- Richard Christ (1931–2013), writer and publicist
- Karl Hochreither (1933–2018), organist, conductor and author
- Paul-Michael Weinspach (1935–2015), engineering scientist
- Karl-Heinz Bender (1936–2017), Romanist
- Doris Bischof-Köhler (* 1936), psychologist and social scientist
- Paul Wieandt (1936–2007), bank manager
- Hartmut Schneider (* 1937), Professor of Psychotherapeutic Medicine
- Hans H. Reich (1939–2019), Germanist
- Gerhart Aichert (* 1940), basketball official
- Jürgen Brecht (* 1940), fencer
- Wolf Frobenius (1940–2011), musicologist and university professor
- Wolf Spitzer (* 1940), sculptor
- Manuel Thomas (* 1940), writer and painter
1941 to 1950
- Hans Dennhardt (* 1941), architect, town planner and university professor
- Klaus Jung (1942–2018), doctor and university professor for sports medicine
- Eberhard Cherdron (* 1943), Protestant theologian
- Gerhard Vollmer (* 1943), physicist and philosopher
- Irmela Broniecki (* 1944), foil fencer
- Jürgen Creutzmann (* 1945), politician ( FDP )
- Helmut Erb (* 1945), trumpeter and university professor
- Bernhard Schneeberger (1945–2015), musicologist, businessman and founder of Agenda Verlag
- Norbert Müller (* 1946), sports historian and professor at the University of Mainz
- Arnold Wühl (* 1946), artist
- Karl Hermann Bolldorf (* 1948), politician (AfD)
- Bernhard J. Deubig (1948–2018), politician (CDU)
- Michael Hettinger (* 1948), legal scholar
- Werner Schineller (* 1948), politician (CDU)
- Bernd Kastenholz (* 1949), painter and graphic artist
- Angelika Oehms (1949–1986), artist
- Hans-Joachim Ritter (* 1949), graduate in administration and politician ( ÖDP )
- Elmar Worgull (* 1949), visual artist, art historian and art educator.
- Kurt Andermann (* 1950), historian and archivist
- Thomas Duttenhoefer (* 1950), sculptor
- Friederike Ebli (* 1950), politician (SPD)
- Charlotte Kerner (* 1950), writer and journalist
- Claus Kretz (1950–2007), lawyer, university professor and politician ( CDU )
1951 to 1960
- Bruno Brommer (* 1951), diplomat
- Dieter Gummer (* 1951), Lord Mayor of Hockenheim
- Hans-Joachim Lang (* 1951), journalist, Germanist, historian and honorary professor
- Axel Schimpf (* 1952), Vice Admiral of the German Navy
- Jens-Paul Wollenberg (* 1952), singer, poet and lecturer
- Klaus Fresenius (* 1952), singer and artist
- Johannes Barthelmes (* 1953), jazz musician and photographer
- Eberhard Bosslet (* 1953), artist
- Jean-Claude Capèle (1953–2017), author and translator
- Manfred Scharfenberger (* 1953), politician (CDU)
- Roland Sturm (* 1953), political scientist
- Gabriele Boiselle (* 1954), animal photographer
- Bernd Engler (* 1954), Rector of the University of Tübingen, Americanist and literary scholar
- Karin Leydecker (1954–2020), architecture critic
- Dieter Mack (* 1954), composer, musician and musicologist
- Reinhard Oelbermann (1955-2019), politician (CDU)
- Matthias Jung (* 1956), election researcher
- Wolf Mayer (* 1956), modern jazz pianist
- Konrad Dussel (* 1957), media historian
- Thomas Lehr (* 1957), writer and university lecturer
- Clemens Körner (* 1959), politician (CDU)
- Reinhard Rael Wissdorf (* 1959), writer and musician
- Jürgen Dluzniewski (* 1960), radio play writer and director
- Bernhard Kukatzki (* 1960), historian, publicist and politician (SPD)
- Michael Wagner (* 1960), politician (CDU)
1961 to 1970
- Thomas Jung (* 1961), journalist
- Heike Neugebauer (* 1961), athlete
- Rainer Kensy von Echlin (* 1961), agricultural economist and investment banker
- Martina Zöllner (* 1961), journalist, writer, television editor and producer
- Harald Schneider (* 1962), writer
- Werner Decker (* 1963), Managing Director of American Express in Germany
- Kay Friedmann (* 1963), soccer player
- Horst Schmitz (* 1963), basketball player and trainer
- Thorsten Tornow (* 1963), writer and translator
- Hansjörg Eger (* 1964), politician (CDU)
- Andreas Fath (* 1965), chemist
- Wolfgang Büchner (* 1966), journalist
- Thomas Ott (* 1966), geographer
- Bernhard Weinschütz (* 1966), lawyer and politician ( Alliance 90 / The Greens )
- Lenelotte Möller (* 1967), author, translator and high school teacher
- Ralf Rehberger (* 1967), basketball coach
- Birgit Roth (* 1968), politician (SPD)
- Walter Feiniler (* 1968), politician (SPD)
- Frank Wingold (* 1968), jazz and classical guitarist
- Alexander Kissler (* 1969), literary scholar, cultural journalist and author
- Markus Kranz (* 1969), soccer player
- Matthias Rillig (1969), biologist
- Thomas Bug (* 1970), radio and television presenter
- Martina Meinel (* 1970), martial artist
1971 to 1980
- Christoph Bechmann (* 1971), national hockey player
- Stéphan Bignet (* 1971), French triathlete
- Stephan Meyer (* 1971), legal scholar
- Anke Vondung (* 1972), opera singer
- Alexis Bug (* 1973), actor, director and author
- Nicole Risse-Kaufmann (* 1973), actress, singer and cabaret artist
- Elke Schall-Süß (* 1973), table tennis player
- Olli Grau (* 1974), canoeist
- Daniel Born (* 1975), politician (SPD)
- Oliver Plaschka (* 1975), fantasy author
- Michael Scheurer (* 1975), track cyclist
- Sandra Steinbach (* 1975), actress
- Tino Oac (* 1976), singer and member of the band Söhne Mannheims
- Christopher Bremus (* 1976), film music composer and musician
- Ralf Schmitt (* 1977), soccer player
- Markus Zwick (* 1977), politician (CDU)
- Carl Mbassa (* 1978), basketball player
- Simone Weiler (* 1978), swimmer
- Rainer Faus (* 1979), author, election researcher, pollster and political advisor
- Branko Klepac (* 1979), basketball player
- Frank Giordano (* 1980), radiation oncologist and professor at the University of Bonn
- Jochen Kühner (* 1980), lightweight rower
- Martin Kühner (* 1980), lightweight rower
- Sarah Stricker (* 1980), journalist and writer
1981 to 2000
- Matthias Joa (* 1981), politician (AfD)
- Andrea Glasauer (* 1983), basketball player
- Stefanie Seiler (* 1983), politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Speyer
- Matthias Langkamp (* 1984), soccer player
- Christian Reif (* 1984), long jumper
- Hüseyin Cinkara (* 1985), boxer
- David McCray (born 1986), football player
- Andreas Sturm (* 1986), non-fiction author and speaker
- Nikolai Mohr (* 1987), stunt man and actor
- Florian Krebs (* 1988), soccer player
- Sebastian Langkamp (* 1988), soccer player
- Lars Stindl (* 1988), soccer player
- Denis Thum (* 1988), kart driver
- Elias Harris (* 1989), basketball player
- Miriam Ast (* 1989), jazz musician
- Jonas Marz (* 1989), soccer player
- Gianluca Korte (* 1990), football player
- Raffael Korte (* 1990), soccer player
- Denni Djozic (* 1991), handball player
- Jasmin Külbs (* 1991), judoka
- Gamze Senol (* 1993), actress
- Sebastian Heck (* 1995), basketball player
- Katharina Hechler (* 2000), cyclist
See also
- List of the bishops of Speyer
- List of canons of Speyer
- List of honorary citizens of Speyer
- List of non-native Speyer