List of sons and daughters of the city of Bamberg
The following overview contains important personalities who were born in Bamberg . It is irrelevant whether the people later had their sphere of activity in Bamberg or not. Many moved away from Bamberg after their birth or later and became known elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
A.
- Gregor Aas (* 1957), forest scientist
- Annette von Aretin (1920–2006), first television announcer for Bavarian Radio
- Wilhelm Aron (1907–1933), trainee lawyer, victim of the Nazi regime
- Michael S. Aßländer (* 1963), business ethicist and university professor
- Franz Axter (1772–1808), physician and writer
B.
- Carl Adam Bader (1789–1870), singer (tenor)
- Otto Johannes Bähr (1919–2008), painter
- Christopher Bailey (born 1992), actor
- Dorothee Bär (* 1978), member of the Bundestag ( CSU ), State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure a. D. , Minister of State for Digitization in the Federal Chancellery
- Matthias Bartelmann (* 1965), physicist and university professor
- Wilhelm Batz (1916–1988), Air Force officer
- Karlheinz Bauer (1925–1976), painter, illustrator and photographer
- Philipp Bayer (1791-1832), physician
- Fritz Bayerlein (1872–1955), painter
- Hans Bayerlein (1889–1951), painter and draftsman
- Max Joseph in Bavaria , actually Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808–1888), promoter of Bavarian folk music in the 19th century
- Siegfried in Bavaria (1876–1952), Wittelsbacher , Duke in Bavaria
- Georg Bayl (1776–1834), Mayor of Bamberg 1821–1834
- Ulrike Bechmann (* 1958), Roman Catholic theologian
- Johannes Christoph Ludwig Beringer (1709–1746), university professor in Heidelberg and personal physician to the Prince-Bishop of Speyer
- Franz Berthold (1884–1965), German composer and music teacher
- Will Berthold (1924–2000), writer and non-fiction author
- Johann Michael Franz Birnbaum (1792–1877), legal scholar and playwright
- Kay Blankenburg (* 1957), lawyer and local politician (SPD)
- Markus Bock (* 1979), sport climber
- Karl Bögelein (1927–2016), soccer player and coach
- Winfried Bönig (* 1959), organist
- Johann Baptist Bosch (1873–1932), engineer and construction clerk
- Uwe Bossert (* 1974), guitarist in the band Reamonn
- Theodor Boveri (1862-1915), biologist
- Walter Boveri (1865-1924), industrialist, founder of Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC)
- Peter Braun (1960–2016), journalist and author
- Friedrich Brenner (1784–1848), Catholic theologian, dogmatist and cathedral chapter
- Friedrich von Brettreich (1858–1938), lawyer and politician
- Ermin Brießmann (1936–2010), lawyer
- Gallus Brockard (1724–1799), Benedictine Abbot of Michelsberg
- Franziska Bronnen (* 1940), film, television and stage actress
- Pius Brunquell (1752–1828), theologian and Dominican priest in Bamberg
- Max Buchner (1866–1934), chemist and business leader
- Karl Theodor von Buseck (1803–1860), painter
C.
- Joachim Camerarius the Elder (1500–1574), humanist, polymath and poet
- Adam Christ (1856–1881), sculptor
- Fritz Christ (1866–1906), sculptor and mountaineer
- Christophorus Clavius (1538–1612), mathematician and Jesuit priest
- Bernhard Conrads (* 1944), association official
- Franz Czisch (1908–1956), lawyer and politician
D.
- Stefan Dassler (* 1962), non-fiction author
- Alfons Michael Dauer (1921–2010), musicologist and ethnologist
- Karin Dengler-Schreiber (* 1947), historian and writer
- Georg Denzler (* 1930), Catholic theologian, professor of church history
- Günther Denzler (* 1948), former district administrator of the district of Bamberg and former district council president of the administrative district of Upper Franconia (CSU)
- Karlheinz Deschner (1924–2014), writer and critic of religion and the church, most recently lived in Haßfurt
- Gottfried Diener (1907–1987), classical philologist and Goethe researcher
- Heinrich Dietz (* 1941), politician (CDU)
- Josef Dietz (1906–1982), teacher, systematist, botanist and ornithologist
- Heinrich Dittrich (1902–1974), politician, district administrator of the Pegnitz district
- Ignaz Döllinger (1770–1841), physician
- Ignaz von Döllinger (1799–1890), important Catholic theologian and church historian
- Johann Baptist Dorsch (1744–1789), sculptor
- Fridolin Dreßler (1921–2013), librarian, manuscript researcher and regional historian
- Otto Dros (1848–1922), merchant and art collector; The Glesker crucifixion group in Bamberg Cathedral comes from the Dros'schen collection
- Norbert Dünkel (* 1961), politician (CSU), MdL
- Georg Duerig (1823–1905), forester and member of the Reichstag
- Ludwig Dürrwaechter (1897–1964), animal breeding scientist and farmer
E.
- Erich Ebermayer (1900–1970), writer
- Adolf Eckstein (1857–1935), city rabbi of Bamberg, responsible for religious instruction in Israel since it was founded in 1890
- Jürgen Egger (1959–2009), screenwriter and director
- Hans Ehard (1887–1980), lawyer and politician (CSU), Prime Minister of the Free State of Bavaria
- Ursula Ehler (* 1940), screenwriter and assistant director
- Maria Eichhorn (* 1962), artist
- Peter Eichhorn (1877–1960), painter
- Susanne Eigner (* 1979), soccer player
- Engelbert Endrass (1911–1941), naval officer and submarine commander
- Alois Erhardt (1827–1902), photographer
F.
- Anton-Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell (1941–2016), entrepreneur
- Michael Fahres (* 1951), composer
- Günter Faltin (* 1944), university professor
- Hans Fiedler (1891–1989), art historian
- Heinrich Finck (1444–1527), conductor and composer
- Carl Fried (1889–1958), radiation medicine specialist and author
- Klaus-Dieter Fritsche (* 1953), administrative lawyer, was a civil servant state secretary from 2014 to 2018 and was responsible for the federal intelligence services
- Franz Froschmaier (1930–2013), politician (SPD)
- Conrad Heinrich Fuchs (1803–1855), pathologist, rector of the University of Göttingen
- Fritz Funk (1857–1938), industrial manager ( Brown, Boveri & Cie. )
G
- Karl von Gareis (1844–1923), lawyer and specialist author, member of the Reichstag
- Karl-Heinz Garnitz (* 1942), writer
- Armin Gehlert (1934–2001), economist and professor at the FH Würzburg-Schweinfurt
- Adam Gengler (1799–1866), cathedral dean and professor of church history and canon law
- Ferdinand Glaser (1780–1868), lawyer and mayor
- Heinrich Gottfried Philipp Gengler (1817–1901), legal historian and university professor
- Christoph Gottschalk (* 1953), manager
- Thomas Gottschalk (* 1950), moderator
- Lukas Görtler (* 1994), soccer player
- Nicolas Görtler (* 1990), soccer player
- Bettina Göschl (* 1967), educator, children's songwriter and children's book author
- Joseph Matthias Götz (1696–1760), Rococo sculptor
- Rudolf Grafberger (* 1934), politician (CSU), second mayor and member of the state parliament
- Hans Graßmann (* 1960), physicist and author
- Georg Grosch (1906–1987), politician (SPD), third mayor and member of the state parliament
- Stephan Grosse-Grollmann (* 1956), filmmaker and local politician
- Adolf von Groß (1845–1931), banker, financial administrator of the Bayreuth Festival and honorary citizen of Bayreuth
- Andreas Groß (1766–1847), Catholic theologian, clergyman and cathedral chapter
- Peter von der Grün (* 1972), District Administrator of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district
H
- Gerda-Maria Haas (* 1942), politician (SPD)
- Georg Hagel (* 1968), organist and organ artist
- Andreas Haupt (1813–1893), pastor and educator
- Alina Hartmann (* 1995), basketball player
- Marcel Heberlein (* 1990), basketball player
- Friedrich Heilingbrunner (1891–1977), officer in the Bavarian Army, free corps fighter, staff officer of the Reichswehr and general of the anti-aircraft guns (Wehrmacht)
- Heinrich Heinkelmann (1807–1866), doctor, democratic pioneer in the revolution of 1848/49
- Georg II. Count von Helfenstein (1518–1573), officer and statesman
- Alfred Heller (1924–2012), artist (illustrations, glass, ceramic, mosaic works)
- Joseph Heller (1798–1849), collector, today the Helleriana in the Bamberg State Library
- Robert Hemmerlein (* 1959), soccer goalkeeper
- Paul Heßlein (1886–1953), member of the state parliament
- Hans Herrnleben (1904–1983), puppeteer, founder of the Herrnleben puppet theater
- Florian Herrnleben (* 1982), puppeteer
- Ignaz Heunisch (1797–1868), Catholic theologian
- Werner Hipelius (* 1947), local politician (CSU) and mayor
- Jan Hofer (* 1964), developmental psychologist and university professor
- Dorothea Hofmann (* 1961), composer and pianist
- Ludger Hofmann-Engl (* 1964), pianist, composer, scientist and social worker
- Karl Höller (1907–1987), composer
- Wilhelm Hopf (* 1949), publisher and founder of the publishing house
- Thomas Hörner (* 1966), entrepreneur and author
- Heinrich Horneck von Weinheim (1843–1896), officer, landowner and member of the Reichstag
- Erwin Hubert (* 1951), lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice 2002–2016
- Melanie Huml (* 1975), politician (CSU)
I.
- Anja Ippach (* 1985), duathlete, triathlete, Ironman winner
J
- Joachim Jacob (* 1939), data protection expert
- Heinrich Joachim Jaeck (1777–1847), Cistercian monk, librarian, writer, co-founder of the Bamberger Tagblatt
- Joachim Jung (* 1951), artist
K
- Jürgen Kalb (* 1962), theologian and politician (Bavarian Party)
- Silke Kandzora (* 1989), actress
- Johann Friedrich Karg von Bebenburg (1648–1719), Chancellor of the Electorate of Cologne and Minister of State
- Thomas Kastura (* 1966), author
- Ulrich Kelber (* 1968), politician (SPD)
- Tanja Kinkel (* 1969), writer
- Matthäus Kirchner (1826–1912), Roman Catholic theologian, missionary and member of the German Reichstag
- Friedrich Franz Klein (1908–1974), lawyer and university lecturer
- Harry Koch (* 1969), soccer player
- Inés Koebel (* 1949), literary translator
- Werner Kohn (* 1940), photographer and artist
- Hubert Kolb (* 1946), diplomat, ambassador to Africa
- Richard Kolb (1891–1945), broadcast director
- Conrad III. (1093–1152), Roman-German King, King of Italy and King of Burgundy
- Edgar Krapp (* 1947), organist and music professor
- Lorenz Krapp (1882–1947), lawyer, poet and politician (BVP, CSU)
- Thomas Kraus (* 1987), soccer player
- Ralf Krause (* 1978), full contact kickboxing, world champion
- Hugo Krauss (1874–1935), painter
- Gerhard C. Krischker (* 1947), dialect poet
- Kuno Krügel (* 1910), soccer player and coach
- Johann Jakob Michael Küchel (1703–1769), Rococo architect
- Dieter Kunzelmann (1939–2018), communard
L.
- Michael Lackner (* 1953), sinologist
- Erik Land (* 1990), basketball player
- Christian Lange (* 1972), local politician (CSU) and mayor
- Herbert Lauer (* 1946), Lord Mayor (1994-2006)
- Paul Lautensack (1478–1558), painter
- Karl Emich zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen (1856–1906), count, officer, historian and heraldist
- Ludwig von Lerchenfeld (* 1957), politician (CSU), MdL
- Willy Lessing (1881–1939), councilor, entrepreneur and until his death chairman of the Jewish community in Bamberg
- Felix Lobedank (* 1984), handball player
M.
- Asta von Mallinckrodt-Haupt (1896–1960), dermatologist and university professor
- Carl Friedrich von Marcus (1802–1862), German doctor, psychiatrist and university professor
- Emil Freiherr Marschalk von Ostheim (1841–1903), historian and collector
- Franz Mayer (1862–1948), administrative officer
- Josef Mayer (1741–1814), Jesuit and university professor
- Helmut Metzner (* 1968), politician (FDP)
- Amber Michaels (* 1968), porn actress
- Richard Freiherr von Michel-Raulino (1864–1926), lawyer, newspaper publisher, entrepreneur and councilor
- Helmut Müller (* 1944), politician (CSU)
- Martin Münz (1785–1848), anatomist and university professor
N
- Ignaz Neubauer (1726–1795), theologian, Jesuit priest and university professor
- Otto Neukum (1929–2014), District Administrator (CSU)
- Dieter Nickles (* 1963), sports journalist, press spokesman for FC Bayern Munich
O
- Julius Obermeier (1867–1936), businessman
- Anton Oberniedermayr (1899–1986), pediatric surgeon
- Friedrich Odenbach (* 1945), politician (SPD)
- Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller (1791–1839), architect in Munich, also Hohenschwangau Castle
- Dominicus Otto (1716–1773), Benedictine abbot
P
- Christopher Park (* 1987), pianist
- Karl von Pfeufer (1806–1869), medic
- Sigmund von Pfeufer (1824–1894), lawyer, civil servant and politician
- Hans Pleydenwurff (1420–1472), painter
- Clemens Graf von Podewils (1905–1978), journalist and writer
- Sophie Dorothee von Podewils (1909–1979), narrator and poet
- Hippolyt Poschinger von Frauenau (1908–1990), entrepreneur, forest manager and politician
- Martin Pristl (* 1968), screenwriter
R.
- Anton Rauh (1891–1977), painter, restorer and art collector
- Markus Raupach (* 1974), author and sommelier
- Bernd Redmann (* 1965), composer and musicologist
- Wolfgang Reichmann (* 1947), basketball player, radio broadcaster and cabaret artist
- Martin Joseph von Reider (1793–1862), teacher, draftsman and collector; bequeathed his collection (from Bamberg's secularization property) to the Bavarian state in 1862 ( Bavarian National Museum Munich)
- Karl Remeis (1837–1882), lawyer, astronomer and sponsor of the Dr. Remeis observatory
- Andreas Reuss (* 1954), writer
- Randolph Rose (born 1954), singer and actor
- Theodor Rössert (1916–2007), politician (CSU)
- Kajetan Rost (1748–1804), Benedictine Abbot von Michelsberg and university professor
- Sebastian Freiherr von Rotenhan (* 1949), forest owner and former politician (CSU)
- Franz Michael Rudhart (1830–1879), music writer and Bavarian district administrator
- Ludwig Rumpf (1793–1862), chemist and mineralogist
- Bernhard Rupprecht (1928–2017), art historian
- Philipp Rypinski (1884–1943), composer and conductor
S.
- Hans Konrad Saffer (1860–1940), painter
- Carl Schad (1880–1931), architect
- Gerhart Schäfer (1926–2018), composer and university professor
- Gerd Schaller (* 1965), conductor
- Ludwig Schaller (1930–2009), politician (CSU) and district administrator of the Lichtenfels district
- Rainer Schaller (* 1969), entrepreneur and founder of McFit Fitness GmbH
- Peter Schanz (* 1957), author, dramaturge and director
- Sebastian Scharnagel (1791–1837), painter and lithographer
- Joseph Schedel (1856–1943), pharmacist, natural history and art collector and activist ( Scientific and Humanitarian Committee )
- Karl Schellein (1820–1888), Austrian painter and restorer
- Johann Joseph Scheubel I (1655–1721), painter
- Johann Joseph Scheubel II. The Elder (1686–1769), valet and court painter
- Johann Joseph Scheubel III. the younger (1733–1801), valet and court painter
- Arthur Schlegelmilch (* 1958), historian, university professor
- Stefanie Schlesinger (* 1977), singer
- Daniel Schmidt (* 1990), basketball player
- Oliver Schmidtlein (* 1965), physiotherapist
- Jakob Schmitt-Friderich (1827–1905), architect
- Berthold Schneider (* 1932), German biometrician
- Eugen Schneider (1822–1880), mayor
- Peter Schneider (1882–1958), Franconian homeland researcher and high school teacher
- Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793–1864), physician, personal physician to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia
- Dominikus Schramm , baptized Jakob Andreas (1723–1797), Benedictine in Banz Monastery and canon lawyer
- Johann Sebastian Schramm (1729–1790), choir rector at the upper parish, “father of monument preservation ” in Bamberg
- Franz Konrad von Schrottenberg (1755–1829), civil servant in the Bamberg monastery
- Michael Schubert (* 1986), swimmer
- Sven Schultze (* 1978), national basketball player
- Tom Schütz (* 1988), soccer player
- Adam Schwappach (1851–1932) forest scientist and Prussian civil servant
- Kurt Seelmann (* 1937), entrepreneur
- Johann Albrecht Siegwitz († 1756 or later), sculptor
- Wolfgang Spindler (* 1938), music historian
- Leopold Springer (1817–1897), banker
- Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (* 1934), General of the Bundeswehr
- Franz Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (* 1938), lawyer and politician (CSU)
- Michael Stenglein (1810–1879), Catholic clergyman, librarian and church historian
- Klaus Stüwe (* 1966), political scientist
- Pleikard Stumpf (1807–1877), administrative lawyer and archivist
T
- Karsten Tadda (* 1988), basketball player
- Martin Thein (* 1966), secret service agent and non-fiction author
- Michael Trautmann (1742–1809), sculptor
- Artist family Treu
- Anna Maria Treu (1736–1786), painter
- Catharina Treu (1743–1811), painter
- Christoph Treu (1739–1799), painter
- Johann Nicolaus Treu (1734–1786), painter
- Joseph Marquard Treu (1713–1796), painter
- Rosalie Treu (1741–1831), painter, married to Joseph Dorn
- Heribert Trunk (* 1961), entrepreneur
U
- Josef Ullheimer (1747–1810), lawyer
V
- Johann Michael Vogt (1729–1803), Catholic clergyman and natural scientist
W.
- Alfred Wäger (1883–1956), officer in the Bavarian Army, staff officer in the Reichswehr and general of the infantry (Wehrmacht)
- August von Wassermann (1866–1925), scientist
- Eli Wasserscheid (* 1978), actress
- Luitpold Weegmann (1885–1966), politician (CSU), Lord Mayor
- Konrad Weigand (1842–1897), painter and illustrator
- Kilian Werlein (1677–1737), abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Lambrecht
- Leopold Westen (1750–1804), head of the engineering and drawing academy
- Rudolf Weyermann (1880–1946), manufacturer, honorary citizen
- Richard Wientzek (* 1970), painter and draftsman
- Hans Winkler (1898–1936), motorcycle racer
- Andrew Wooten (* 1989), German-American soccer player
Z
- Lorenz Zahneisen (1897–1950), politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of Bamberg and SA leader
- Volkmar Zapf (* 1970), basketball player and trainer
- Theo Zehnter (1929–2017), farmer and politician (CSU)
- Peter Zeis (* 1989), basketball player
- Dieter Zettelmaier (1941-2010), football player
- Otto Zierer (1909–1983), writer and historian
- Christian Zwanziger (* 1987), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)