List of sons and daughters of the city of Freising
This overview contains important personalities who were born in Freising , regardless of whether they later had their sphere of activity there. This list does not claim to be complete.
Church dignitaries
- Hermann Scholliner (1722–1795), theologian, Benedictine
- Joseph Wismayr (1767–1858), theologian and educator
- Maurus Hagel (1780–1842), Benedictine monk and Catholic theologian
- Joseph Grimm (1827–1896), Catholic theologian and university professor
- Karl Hobmair (1911–2003), pastor and local history researcher
- Edelbert Hörhammer (1935–2012), 37th abbot of the Ettal Benedictine Abbey
- Heinrich Reinhardt (* 1947), Roman Catholic priest and professor of philosophy
- Wolfgang Bischof (* 1960), clergyman, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Artist
- Johann Stadlmayr (1575–1648), court conductor and composer
- Richard Braungart (1872–1963), writer and art critic
- Therese von der Vring (1894–1927), expressionist painter
- Ludwig Baur (1904–1977), artist, church painter of Expressionism
- Erika Groth-Schmachtenberger (1906–1992), photographer
- Theo Brand (1925–2016), composer, music teacher and organist
- Karl Huber (1928–2009), painter and sculptor
- Karl Obermayr (1931–1985), popular actor
- Ludwig Zehetner (* 1939), writer
- Georg Reif (1946–1999), painter
- Peter Wittrich (* 1959), composer
- Dieter Fischer (* 1971), television and theater actor
- Stefan Diez (* 1971), industrial designer
- Martina Mair (* 1971), artist, illustrator and author
- Kalle Wallner (* 1972), musician
- Thomas Goerge (* 1973), artist, set designer and costume designer
- Alexis Dworsky (* 1976), artist
- Caroline von Brünken (* 1984), singer
- Vincent Eberle (* ≈1991), jazz musician
- Philipp Potthast (* 1994), author, rapper and poetry slammer
politics
- Georg Eder (1523–1587), Reichshofrat
- Mathias Obermüller (1787–1855), lawyer and politician
- Karl Sigmund Lorber (1792–1845), Mayor of Landshut
- Carl Pitzner (1802–1882), lawyer and member of parliament
- Franz Krumbach (1822–1876), lawyer and politician
- Benignus von Safferling (1824–1899), General and Minister of War
- Andreas Portune (1875–1945), politician (SPD, USPD, SAPD) and trade unionist, MdR
- Hans Unterleitner (1890–1971), politician (USPD / SPD), state minister and member of the Reichstag
- Alois Braun (1892–1963), resistance fighter, senior government councilor and politician
- Karl Lederer (1898–1977), Mayor of Freising
- Hans Bals (1917–2004), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Dieter Thalhammer (* 1943), local politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Freising
- Franz Obermeier (* 1946), politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag
- Christian Magerl (* 1955), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the State Parliament in Bavaria
- Joseph Weiß (* 1959), diplomat
athlete
- Conny Freundorfer (1936–1988), table tennis player
- Peter Neumair (born 1950), wrestler
- Josef "Sepp" Weiß (* 1952), soccer player
- Hans Pflügler (* 1960), football player
- Alexander Kutschera (* 1968), football player
- Ferdinand Bader (* 1981), ski jumper
- Brigitte Wagner (* 1983), wrestler
- Maximilian Haas (* 1985), soccer player
- Florian Wildgruber (* 1991), triathlete
- Maximilian Wittek (* 1995), soccer player
scientist
- Georg Eder (1523–1587), lawyer and historian
- Martin Ruland the Elder (1532–1602), doctor and alchemist
- Vincenz Pall von Pallhausen (1759–1817), civil servant, archivist and historian
- Heinrich Gentner (1818–1861), local history researcher
- Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953), physicist
- Ernst Kraus (1889–1970), geologist
- Walther Laubender (1898–1980), pharmacologist
- Karl Gustav Fellerer (1902–1984), musicologist
- Lothar Zirngiebl (1902–1973), entomologist
- Karl Hobmair (1911–2003), local history researcher
- Karl-Heinz Schleifer (* 1939), microbiologist
- Ludwig Zehetner (* 1939), dialect researcher and writer
- Peter-Christian Müller-Graff (* 1945), legal scholar
- Dieter Birk (* 1946), lawyer and professor of public, administrative and tax law
- Reinhard Löw (1949–1994), historian
- Andreas Beschorner (* 1963), classical philologist, journalist and publicist
- Monika Jachmann-Michel (* 1963), lawyer and university professor
Others
- Veit Arnpeck (around 1440), chronicler
- Veit Adlwart († 1721), beggar boy, victim of the child witch trials in Freising
- Ernst Anton Quitzmann (1809–1879), doctor, medical historian and travel writer
- Benignus von Safferling (1824–1899), General of the Bavarian Army and Minister of War
- Ludwig Petuel Sr. (1839–1911), Munich businessman
- Alois Steinecker (1857–1943), building contractor
- Ernst Bodensteiner (1869–1936), classical philologist and high school teacher
- Berta Sachs (1876–1943), pioneer of social work
- Hans Heckner (1878–1949), architect and urban planner
- Theodor Nissl (1878–1972), chess composer
- Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer (1885–1948), officer and adventurer
- Karl Maria Demelhuber (1896–1988), SS-Obergruppenführer and general of the Waffen-SS
- Therese Wagner (1797–1858), entrepreneur
- Benno Schachner (1902–1987), architect
- Lotte Roth-Wölfle (1912–2011), antiquarian
- Albrecht Obermaier (1912–2004), naval officer, most recently Vice Admiral of the German Navy
- Hermann Weißauer (1920–2014), chess composer
- Heinrich Reiter (* 1930), lawyer
- Julia Helmke (* 1969), Protestant theologian, General Secretary of the German Protestant Church Congress
- Richard Lorenz , (* 1972), writer
- Jonathan Gertis (* 1997), actor, model