List of personalities of the city of Worms

This list contains the personalities born in Worms as well as those who had their sphere of activity in Worms without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Worms

Until 1800

Rupert von Salzburg (around 650 - 718), saint, probably born in Worms
Erentrudis of Salzburg (around 650 - 718), Benedictine, saint
Heribert von Köln (around 970-1021), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne (999-1021)
Erkenbert von Frankenthal (around 1079 - 1132), nobleman, monastery founder and provost
Wilhelm (1112–1140), Count of Weimar-Orlamünde and Count Palatine near Rhine
Meir von Rothenburg , also Meir ben Baruch (around 1215 - 1293), authority on Jewish religious and legal questions
Abraham von Worms (around 1362 - 1458), Jewish scholar
Hans Folz (around 1435/40 - 1513), barber and mastersinger
Konrad Meit (1470 / 85–1550 / 51), sculptor and carver of the early Renaissance
Anton Woensam (1492 / 1500–1541), painter, wood cutter, graphic artist and book illustrator
Caspar Scheidt (around 1520 - 1565), poet
Ulrich Sitzinger (1525–1574), lawyer, politician and reformer
Friedrich Zorn (1538–1610), rector of the city school from 1565, author of the Worms Chronicle from 1570
Pedro Lisperguer (1535-1604), conquistador
Theodor Haak (1605–1690), learned German Calvinist
Philipp Burckhardt (1627–1688), lawyer
Jakob Friedrich Rühle (1630–1708), Imperial Knight and Syndicus of Heilbronn
Henri Sengre (around 1632-1712), French military cartographer
Johann Peter Geissel (1636–?), Organ builder and organist
Johann Andreas Schmidt (1652–1726), Lutheran theologian and church historian
Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724), imperial court factor, chief rabbi and promoter of Judaism
David Oppenheim (1664–1736), Chief Rabbi of Prague
Johann Jacob von Zwierlein (1699–1772), lawyer at the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar
Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), clergyman, writer and translator
Johann Jakob Joseph Kirschbaum (1721–1804), lawyer and full professor of law at the University of Heidelberg
Christoph Jakob Kremer (1722–1777), historian and lawyer from the Electoral Palatinate in Mannheim
Maximilian Georg Joseph Neumayer (1789–1866), French division general . His twin sister Anne Marie Neumayer (1789–1869) was the mother of the painter Adolphe Yvon (1817–1893)
Franz Heger (1792–1836), architect, construction clerk and engraver
Johann Jakob Schlesinger (1792–1855), painter, art professor and restorer.
Adam Joseph Betz (1795–1880), merchant, grocer and mayor of the city of Worms (1856–1860)

19th century

1801 to 1850

Franz Euler (1804–1873), restaurateur and mayor of the city of Worms (1852–1856)
Benedikt Levi (1806–1899), Grand Ducal Hessian Rabbi of the Province of Upper Hesse
Ferdinand Eberstadt (1808–1888), textile merchant and mayor
Samuel Adler (1809-1891), German rabbi
Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen (1810–1868), genre painter and lithographer of the Biedermeier era
Ludwig Blenker (1812–1863), participant in the March Revolution in 1848, American general
Leonhard Heyl (1814–1877), entrepreneur and politician
Moritz Heidenheim (1824–1898), scholar
Salomon Loeb (1828–1903) American merchant, banker and philanthropist
Theodor Salzer (1833–1900), pharmacist and chemist
Bernhard Schroeder (1832–1908), lawyer and member of the Reichstag
Philipp Brand (1833–1914), member of the Reichstag
Georg Christof Reinhart (1838–1899) leather manufacturer and councilor
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), pianist, conductor and composer of the late Romantic period
Wilhelm Langenbach (1841–1911) Jewish manufacturer and member of the state parliament
Nikolaus Andreas Reinhart (1841–1910), Hessian businessman and politician (NLP) and member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Hermann Franz (1841–1908), agricultural economist and hiking instructor for agriculture
Cornelius Wilhelm von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (1843–1923), industrialist and politician
Maximilian von Heyl (1844–1925), lieutenant general, art lover and honorary citizen of Darmstadt
August Weckerling (1846–1924), Grand Ducal Hessian high school professor, city archivist, city librarian
Karl Kehrer (1849–1924), officer
Bertha Hirsch (1850–1913), German patron of culture

1851 to 1900

Wilhelm von Schoen (1851–1933), diplomat
Karl Stephan (1853–1927), liberal politician and member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, city councilor and lawyer in Worms
Ludwig Edinger (1855–1918), doctor, physician, neurologist and brain researcher
Ernst Eduard Wiltheiss (1855–1900), mathematician
Rudolph Eberstadt (1856–1922), economist and town planner
Georg Ludwig Freed (1858–1936), architect
Heinrich Fulda (1860–1943), politician (SPD), Hessian interior minister
Otto Maria Reis (1862–1934), geologist and paleontologist
Ludwig Daehn (1865–1944), military lawyer
Carl Muth (1867–1944), publicist
Louis Rühl (1871–?), Brewery entrepreneur (Eichbaum brewery)
Wilhelm Daehn (1872–1943), Lord Mayor of Weißenfels
August Gallinger (1871–1959), physician and philosopher
Jakob Vetter (1872–1918), revival preacher
Siegfried Guggenheim (1873–1961), lawyer, notary and art collector
Hugo Sinzheimer (1875–1945), legal scholar
Emil Krämer (1877–1938), lawyer
Erwin von Heyl (1877–1940), Embassy Secretary, Imperial Legation Councilor
Heinrich Müller-Erkelenz (1878–1945), architect
Luise Federn-Staudinger (1879–1967), sculptor and medalist
Georg Zink (1879–1962), librarian
Hans Hoffmann (1880–1949), politician
Wilhelm Rahn (1880–1966), Lord Mayor of Worms
Hermann Staudinger (1881–1965), Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry 1953
Fritz Becker (1882–1973), architect and university professor
Fritz Holl (1883–1942), actor, director and artistic director
Heinrich Zinnkann (1885–1973), trade unionist and politician
Wilhelm Kunkel (1886–1965), member of the state parliament
Ludwig von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (1886–1962), industrialist and politician
Hermann Güntert (1886–1948), linguist and historian of religion
Rudolf Hess (1886–1962), pediatrician and clinic director from Bremen
Karl Anton (1887–1956), theologian and university professor
Rudi Stephan (1887–1915), composer
Karl Anton (1887–1956), theologian and musicologist
Paul Hertz (1888–1961), politician
Hans Staudinger (1889–1980), economist, member of the Reichstag, top republican official of the Weimar Republic
Adam Antes (1891–1984), German sculptor and graphic artist
Philipp Klöter (1891–1961), painter
Karl Holl (1892–1975), German music writer
Hanya Holm (1893–1992), German-American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
Richard Hildebrandt (1897–1952), politician and SS leader
Henny Trundt (1897–1998), singer
Curtis Bernhardt (1899–1981), German-American director
Elisabeth Groß (1899–1944), housewife, victim of the Nazi justice system
Richard Stumm (1900–1971), painter, graphic artist

20th century

1901 to 1925

Hans Hinkel (1901–1960), German journalist and Nazi cultural functionary
Friedrich Schönwandt (1901–1973), politician
Ernst Fuhry (1903–1976), personality of German football, founder of several sports clubs, designed the emblem of the DFB, author of several sports books, successful football coach ( Eintracht Nordhorn )
Willibald Martenstein (1903–1998), politician
Willi Winkler (1903–1967), football player
Hans Diller (1905–1977), classical philologist and historian
Richard Kirn (1905–1979), newspaper journalist and author
Doris von Schönthan (1905–1961), model, copywriter, journalist, photographer
Fabius von Gugel (1910–2000), draftsman, graphic artist, painter, set designer, porcelain designer and poet
Josef Fath "Seppl" (1911–1985), national soccer player from Wormatia Worms
Heinrich Hoffmann (1912–1941), fighter pilot
Walter Hotz (1912–1996), art historian and pastor
Heinrich Keimig (1913–1966), German handball player
Willi Zinnkann (1915–1997), politician
Willi Alter (1916–2005), historical regional historian, President of the Palatinate. Society for the promotion of science
Jakob Eckert (1916–1940), football player
Lucie Kölsch (1919–1997), politician
Ludwig von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (1920–2010), industrialist
Ernst Meyer (1920–2007), educator
Marie-Elisabeth Klee (1922–2018), politician
Christa Lehmann (* 1922), serial killer
Walter Buschhoff (1923–2010), actor
Tobias Ihle (1924–2008), church musician
Manfred Schmitt-Fiebig (* 1924), architect
Christoph Engel (1925–2011), actor

1926 to 1950

Bertram Huppert (* 1927), mathematician

Hans Huth (1927–2010), art historian and monument conservator

Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016), furniture designer

Richard Wisser (1927–2019), philosopher

Walter Baier (1929–2000), science journalist and author

Hans Mechnig (1929–2016), football player

Hans-Jörg Neuschäfer (* 1933), Romance studies and university professor

Herbert W. Hofmann (* 1934), sports official

Otto Böcher (1935–2020), Protestant theologian

Rolf Wilhelm Brednich (* 1935), folklorist

Hans Walter Müller (* 1935), architect in Paris

Heinrich Klotz (1935–1999), art historian, architectural theorist and publicist

Rudolf Becker (* 1937), entrepreneur

Gernot Fischer (* 1937), lawyer, administrative officer, member of the Bundestag and Lord Mayor of Worms

Fritz Abel (* 1939), didactic and Romance studies

Christoph Julius Johannes Grünewald (* 1939), local history researcher

Sepp Strubel (1939–2018), actor and filmmaker; wrote scripts for the Augsburger Puppenkiste

Albrecht Glaser (* 1942), politician (CDU, AfD)

Philipp Held (1942–1962), victim of the Berlin Wall

Klaus Mümpfer (* 1942), photographer, journalist and jazz critic, recipient of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Medal of Merit

Harald Braner (* 1943), football player

Hans Werner Kilz (* 1943), editor-in-chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

Frank R. Werner (* 1944), architectural historian and author

Siegfried Englert (* 1947), sinologist

Alfons Rissberger (* 1948), entrepreneur, management consultant, author; Idea generator and founding board of the D21 initiative

Florian Gerster (* 1949), politician (SPD), former chairman of the Federal Employment Agency

Emil Dister (* 1949), floodplain ecologist, head of the WWF -Aueninstitut, 2008 Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon , 2013 German Nature Conservation Prize

1951 to 1975

Monika Stolz (* 1951), politician
Rudi Kargus (* 1952), soccer player
Werner Fröhlich (* 1953), economist, social and human resources scientist
Hermann Schlösser (* 1953), literary scholar and journalist
Emanuel Günther (* 1954), soccer player
Iris Blaul (* 1955), politician
Petra Gerster (* 1955), TV journalist and ZDF presenter
Walfried Günther (* 1955), soccer player
Michael Kissel (* 1955), politician
Hermann Schaus (* 1955), politician
Ulrich Neymeyr (* 1957), Bishop of Erfurt
Michael Bach (* 1958), cellist, composer and visual artist
Tobias Frank (* 1958), field hockey player
Karlheinz Oswald (* 1958), sculptor
Jürgen Rose (* 1958), publicist and officer
Stefan Frey (* 1959), badminton player
Rüdiger Schaper (* 1959), journalist and author
Werner Zager (* 1959), theologian and author
Erwin Ditzner (* 1960), musician
Stefan Gertel (* 1960), boxer
Gerhard Hofmann (* 1960), painter and etcher
Christoph Kappesser (* 1960), sculptor
Burkhard Hess (* 1961), civil lawyer and law professor
Jürgen Kaube (* 1962), journalist and sociologist
Yull-Win Mak (* 1962), composer and musician
Othmar Wickenheiser (* 1962), automobile designer, university professor and author
Volker Lösch (* 1963), director
Boris Böhmann (* 1964), cathedral music director and director of the Freiburg Cathedral Boys' Choir
Heiko Sippel (* 1964), politician
Oliver Stoll (* 1964), ancient historian
Julius Grünewald (* 1965), painter
Torsten Laux (* 1965), organist and music teacher
Ralf Gauck (* 1965), musician
Wolfgang Herr (* 1965), hematologist and university professor in Mainz
Peter Uhrig (* 1965), rower, world champion in the lightweight quadruple scull
Thomas Gerstner (* 1966), soccer player and coach
Jens Guth (* 1966), politician
Simone Huth-Haage (* 1966), politician
Athina Lexutt (* 1966), Protestant church historian
Denni Strich (* 1966), soccer player
André Eisermann (* 1967), theater and film actor
Werner Daehn (* 1967), actor
Hannes Norberg (* 1969), artist
Harald Christ (* 1972), businessman
Niels Ruf (* 1973), television presenter, actor, author
Markus Weinmann (* 1974), agricultural scientist, particularly in plant physiology

1976 to 2000

Birgit Bessin (* 1978), politician (AfD)
Timo Hildebrand (* 1979), soccer goalkeeper
Boris C. Motzki (* 1980), director, cabaret artist and poet
Christian Filips (* 1981), poet, dramaturge and essayist
Jennifer Meier (* 1981), soccer player
Marco Stark (* 1981), soccer player
Christian Adam (* 1983), soccer goalkeeper
Nadja Schaus (* 1984), volleyball player
Anne Möllinger (* 1985), track and field athlete
Marcel Ziemer (* 1985), soccer player
Nassim Banouas (* 1986), football player
Maximilian Mehring (* 1986), soccer player
Stephanie Neigel (* 1986), jazz and pop singer
Annika Strebel (* 1987), Rheinhessische Weinkönigin 2010/2011 and German Weinkönigin 2011/2012
Patrick Baum (* 1987), table tennis player
Guido Koçer (* 1988), football player
Alexander Esswein (* 1990), football player
Peter Englert (* 1990), actor
Dennis Hefter (1993–2015), junior national player in volleyball
Nicklas Shipnoski (* 1998), football player

Personalities who have worked on site

Hanno von Worms († 978), saint, Benedictine abbot, Bishop of Worms
Otto von Worms (around 948–1004), Salier, Duke of Lorraine, father of Pope Gregory V and grandfather of Emperor Conrad II.
Burchard von Worms (around 965-1025), Bishop of Worms, eminent legal scholar, cathedral builder
Rashi (Rabbi Schlomo ben Jizchak, 1040–1105), Talmud commentator, studied in Worms.
Eleazar ben Juda ben Kalonymos († 1238 Worms), German rabbi, author and Kabbalist
Anna von Bolanden († 1320); Cistercian woman in the Kirschgarten monastery (Worms) , from whose possession a valuable codex has been preserved.
Johannes von Lambsheim (approx. 1450–1500); Augustinian canon in the Kirschgarten Monastery (Worms) , scholar and author
Nicolaus Maurus (1483–1539), German Lutheran theologian
Wendelin Merbot († 1561); Cistercians , from 1553 to 1561 the last abbot of the Otterberg monastery , lived and died in Worms in 1561
Konrad Schredelseker (1774–1840), geometer, worked out 1809–1810 the first cadastral plan of Worms "Atlas géometrique de la ville de Worms"
Jakob Becker , called Jakob Becker von Worms (1810–1872), painter, etcher and lithographer
Heinrich Konrad Schneider (1828–1898), educator as well as founder and director of the “Academy for Beer Brewers and Farmers” in Worms
Karl Koehl (1847–1929), doctor and prehistoric
Karl Hofmann (1856–1933), city planner in Worms and professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt
Adolf Trieb (1874–1950), teacher in the Carmelite School 1914–1938, choirmaster
Herta Mansbacher (1885–1942), Jewish teacher
Wolfgang Leonhard (1921–2014), co-founder of the UAPD in Worms 1951/52
Rod Temperton (1949–2016) British songwriter , music producer and musician , composed some songs on the album Thriller by pop star Michael Jackson
Helmut Ranze (* 1948), national boxing coach, European boxing official, city sports medal 2011