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