List of sons and daughters of the city of Forchheim
The list contains important personalities who were born in Forchheim . They are arranged chronologically according to the year of birth. It doesn't matter whether they became famous in the city or elsewhere.
To 1900
- Johannes Fabri (* in the 15th century; † 1480 in Mühlberg), Roman Catholic theologian
- Heinrich Koburger (* in the 15th century; † around 1450), resident surgeon and traveling doctor in southwest Germany
- Georg Helt (* around 1485; † March 6, 1545 in Dessau), humanist, classical philologist and universal scholar
- Johann Salver (* around 1670; † 1738 in Forchheim), engraver
- Johann Philipp Anton von und zu Frankenstein (born March 27, 1695 - † June 3, 1753 in Bamberg), Bamberg Prince-Bishop
- Benedict Schmidt (born March 21, 1726 - † October 3, 1778 in Ingolstadt), lawyer
- Karl von Göb (* 1787; † April 19, 1870 in Munich), general administrator of the Bavarian posts and railways
- Johann Baptist Baron von Roppel (born April 16, 1791; † June 20, 1874 in Munich), Lieutenant General
- Matthias Benzinger (* 1800; † 1856?), Founder of St. Marys, Pennsylvania
- Nikolaus Titus (born January 28, 1808, † November 29, 1874 in Bamberg), lawyer and politician
- Johann Spörlein (born January 7, 1814 in Burk; † November 19, 1873 in Bamberg), Catholic theologian and Güntherian
- Carl Karl (born April 4, 1830; † August 20, 1898 in Munich), composer and musician
- Christoph Reisser (born April 11, 1836 - † February 8, 1892 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary), technical director of the Neue Freie Presse newspaper
- Josef Maria Schönfelder (born June 8, 1838 - † July 23, 1913 in Munich), Catholic theologian
- Karl Michael Oertel (born January 29, 1866 - † April 4, 1900 in Nuremberg), owner of a book printer and member of the Reichstag
- Georg Mayer-Franken (born March 15, 1870; † March 18, 1926 in Munich), portrait, still life and landscape painter
- Christian Roth (born February 12, 1873, † September 16, 1934 in Breslau), administrative lawyer and politician
- Volkmar Kohlschütter (born August 29, 1874 - † September 10, 1938 in Bern, Switzerland), chemist
- Karl Fuchs (born June 17, 1881, † February 22, 1972 in Bad Kissingen), Lord Mayor of Bad Kissingen
- Karl Sitzmann (born January 18, 1883; † January 2, 1963 in Bayreuth), art historian
- Willy Hornschuch (born March 31, 1889 - † February 23, 1962), entrepreneur
- Hanns Kreutz (born September 14, 1892; † December 3, 1952 in Munich), crop scientist
- Andreas Steinmetz (born May 12, 1899 - February 21, 1971), master bookbinder and mayor, honorary citizen of the city
- Hilmar Wäckerle (born November 24, 1899 - † July 2, 1941 on the Eastern Front), National Socialist, commandant of the Dachau concentration camp
From 1901
- Franz Hofmann (born December 13, 1920 - † February 10, 1945 at sea), composer
- Wilhelm Bierfelder (born April 30, 1926 - † February 8, 2017), economist
- Heribert Hopf (born February 14, 1936), writer
- Erwin Brug (born May 15, 1938), surgeon
- Wilfried Weber (born July 5, 1942), theologian and sociologist
- Harald Clemen (born January 23, 1947), theater director
- Wolfgang Sauer (born January 9, 1948), Roman Catholic priest
- Lilian Atterer (* 1948), beauty queen and photo model
- Hans Kreis (born July 18, 1948), author
- Eduard Nöth (born September 7, 1949), politician (CSU)
- Wolfgang Droege (born September 25, 1949, † April 13, 2005 in Scarborough, Canada), Canadian-German right-wing extremist
- Klaus Kreuzeder (born April 4, 1950 - † November 3, 2014 in Munich), saxophonist
- Franz Stumpf (born July 31, 1950; † April 9, 2019 in Forchheim), politician (CSU / WUO) and from 1990 to 2016 Lord Mayor of the city of Forchheim
- Manfred Prenzel (born June 11, 1952), educational scientist and coordinator of the PISA studies
- Ernst Hanisch (* 1953), surgeon and adjunct professor
- Horst Kummeth (born December 27, 1956), actor, director and author
- Gilbert von Sohlern (born October 19, 1957), actor
- Hartmut Koschyk (born April 16, 1959), politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag since 1990
- Gerd Baumann (* 1967), musician and composer
- Thomas Höhl (born November 3, 1967), editor, author and translator
- Thorsten Glauber (born November 21, 1970), politician (Free Voters)
- Christian Springer (born July 15, 1971), soccer player
- Michael Hofmann (born June 14, 1974), politician (CSU)
- Mustafa Özkan (born February 21, 1975), German-Turkish soccer player
- Christian Hassa (born October 3, 1976), football player
- Hermann Ulm (born October 18, 1976), politician (CSU) and district administrator
- Sven Waasner (born December 28, 1979), actor
- Sebastian Körber (born May 5, 1980), politician (FDP)
- Lisa Badum (born October 2, 1983), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Roberto Hilbert (born October 16, 1984), football player
- Andreas Sponsel (born March 3, 1986), soccer goalkeeper