List of sons and daughters of Berchtesgaden
The following people were born in Berchtesgaden . This list, which incidentally does not claim to be complete, does not take into account whether they later had their sphere of activity in Berchtesgaden. Because of their large number and better overview, the native Berchtesgaden athletes have been listed separately below according to their respective sport.
Sons and daughters of Berchtesgaden
- Hermann Adam (* 1948), economist and political scientist
- Menno Aden (* 1942), legal scholar and lawyer
- Anton Adner (1705–1822), distributor of Berchtesgadener War
- Hans Angerer (1941–2012), from 1998 to 2006 District President of Upper Franconia
- Irmingard von Bayern (1923–2010), painter and author, member of the Wittelsbach family
- Cornelia Fischer (Nela) (1954–1977), painter
- Eugen Fischer (1899–1973), geologist and historian (pseudonym: A. Helm)
- Hans Conrad Fischer (* 1926), author , director , film and television producer
- Hartmut Graßl (* 1940), climate researcher
- Marcus Grüsser (* 1966), actor
- Ulrich Karger (* 1957), writer
- Hans Koller (1938-2010), politician (CSU)
- Waldemar Kolmsperger (1852–1943), neo-baroque painter
- Rudolf Kriss (1903–1973), folklorist and Nazi persecuted
- Markus Neumaier (* 1965), popular actor
- Franz Niegel (* 1926), pastor, received the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2011 for supporting folk music
- Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf (1855–1936), Bishop of Passau
- Alexander Prestel (* 1941), mathematician
- Marianne Schmidl (1890–1942), ethnologist and librarian , victim of the Holocaust
- Alf Schuler (* 1945), visual artist
- Anna Schuster (1872–1939), local poet and nativity scene carver
- Hans Spitzner (* 1943), politician ( CSU )
- Kaspar Stangassinger (1871–1899), beatified Father
- Veronika-Marie von Quast (* 1946), Bavarian diseuse , comedian , singer and actress
- Sylvester Walch (* 1950), author and teaching therapist
- Bartholomäus "Bartl" Wimmer (* 1960), co-founder of the Synlab Group , regional politician Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen
Sportsmen and women
Rockclimbing
- Josef Aschauer (1902–1995), mountaineer , mountain rescuer , skier and ski jumper
- Franz Graßl (* 1965), ski mountaineer
- Judith Graßl (* 1968), ski mountaineer
- Toni Kurz (1913–1936), mountaineer
- Silvia Treimer (* 1970), ski mountaineer
Bobsleigh / luge / skeleton
- Karl Angerer (* 1979), bobsleigh pilot
- Tobias Arlt (* 1987), luge rider
- Gabriele Bender (* 1978), luge rider
- Gerhard Böhmer (* 1958), luge rider
- Hans Brandner (* 1949), luge rider
- Robert Fegg (* 1978), luge rider
- Josef Fendt (* 1947), President of the International Luge Federation , formerly active luge rider
- Andreas Graitl (* 1984), former luge rider
- Georg Hackl (* 1966), luge trainer
- Mirsad Halilovic (* 1983), skeleton driver
- Stefan Ilsanker (* 1965), luge rider
- Patric Leitner (* 1977), luge rider
- Johannes Lochner (* 1990), bobsleigh athlete
- Rudi Lochner (* 1953), bobsledder
- Manuel Machata (* 1984), bobsledder
- Barbara Niedernhuber (* 1974), tobogganist
- Hans Plenk (* 1938), luge rider
- Alexander Resch (* 1979), luge rider
- Julian von Schleinitz (1991), luge rider
- Balthasar Schwarm (* 1946), luge rider
- Thomas Schwab (* 1962), luge and national coach of luger
- Anja Selbach (* 1983), skeleton skier
- Hans Stanggassinger (* 1960), luge rider
- Wolfgang Staudinger (* 1963), luge rider and trainer
- Markus Zimmermann (* 1964), bobsledder
Skiing
- Friedl Däuber (1911–1997), ski racer
- Burgl Fäbinger (* 1945), ski racer
- Kathrin Hölzl (* 1984), ski racer
- Stefan Krauss (* 1967), ski racer
- Franz Pfnür (1908–1996), ski racer
- Heidi Renoth (* 1978), snowboarder
- Herbert Renoth (* 1962), ski racer
- Peter Roth (* 1961), ski racer
- Ulrike Stanggassinger (1968–2019), ski racer
- Christa Zechmeister (* 1957), ski racer
Others
- Franz Fegg (1954–2016), soccer player and soccer coach
- Benedikt Kohl (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Rupert König (* 1937), Austrian amateur boxer
- Fedor Radmann (* 1944), sports official
- Hans Schwarz (1883–1960), wrestler and multiple world champion