List of sons and daughters of the city of Kaufbeuren

The following people were born in Kaufbeuren . This list, which incidentally does not claim to be exhaustive, does not take into account whether they later had their sphere of activity in Kaufbeuren.

Born until 1900

• Daniel Hopfer the Elder (≈ 1470–1536), weapon etcher, eraser and wood cutter; he achieved his art historical importance as the inventor of etching
• Kunz von der Rosen (≈ 1470-1519), the funny advice of Emperor Maximilian I (HRR)
• Jörg Lederer (≈ 1470–1550), picture carver
• Loy Hering (1484 / 85–1554), Renaissance sculptor
• Georg Hörmann (1491–1552), patrician and factor in the service of the Fuggers
• Hans Kels the Elder (≈ 1480 / 1485–1559), sculptor, picture carver and medalist
• Hans Kels the Younger (≈ 1508–1565), picture carver and medalist
• Veit Kels (1513 / 14–1594 / 1595), picture carver, medalist and goldsmith
• Viktorin Strigel (1524–1569), Lutheran theologian and reformer
• Hans Ulrich Franck (1590 / 95–1675), painter and etcher
• Franz Friedrich Franck (1627–1687), Augsburg painter
• Maria Crescentia Höss (1682–1744), mystic, theologian and superior in the Franciscan monastery of Kaufbeuren; Beatified in 1900 and canonized in 2001
• Balthasar Ehrhart (1700–1756), physician, pharmacist, botanist and paleontologist
• Sophie von La Roche , b. Gutermann von Gutershofen (1730–1807), writer
• Bonaventura Brem (1755-1818), the last imperial prelate and abbot of the Weißenau monastery near Ravensburg
• Christian Jacob Wagenseil (1756–1839), writer, enlightener and publicist
• Georg Jakob Wagenseil (1773–1835), one of the co-founders of the Stadttheater Kaufbeuren
• Christoph Daniel Walch the Younger (1781–1852), Bavarian businessman and politician
• Christoph Friedrich Heinzelmann (1786–1847), liberal politician in the Bavarian state parliament
• Jakob Filser (1802–1880), draftsman and drawing teacher
• Peter Schegg (1815–1885), Roman Catholic clergyman, theologian and university professor
• Johannes Haag (1819–1887), engineer and entrepreneur
• Willibald Filser (1831–1895), painter and gilder, art dealer, councilor and museum founder
• Friedrich Bachschmid (1832–1907), Bavarian businessman and local politician
• Wilhelm Schütze (1840–1898), genre painter
• Rudolf Michael Kuppelmayr (1843–1918), painter
• Max Westermaier (1852–1903), botany professor with close ties to the Catholic Church
• Richard Fischer (1855–1926), Social Democratic member of the Reichstag and managing director of the “Vorwärts” bookstore and publishing company Paul Singer Co.
• Ludwig Ganghofer (1855–1920), writer who became famous for his homeland novels
• Karl Lintner (1855–1926), brewing scientist and professor of fermentation chemistry
• Karl Hoefelmayr (1867–1940), biotechnologist and cheese manufacturer
• Johann Edwin Wolfensberger (1873–1944), Swiss printer
• Emanuel Christa (1874–1948), geologist and mineralogist
• Alfred Louis Laubmann (1886–1965), ornithologist
• Emil Karl Frey (1888–1977), surgeon and university professor
• Wilhelm Pfaffenzeller (1888–1986), politician
• Rudolf Probst (1890–1968), art dealer, pioneer of classical modernism in Germany
• Rudolf Rößler (1897–1958), theater critic, publisher and spy

Born from 1901 to 1950

• Johann Nepomuk Glöggler (1910–2004), building contractor, building materials wholesaler; built up what was at times the largest German textile industry group and was a major shareholder in the construction company Philipp Holzmann AG
• Wilhelm Walcher (1910–2005), physicist
• Hans Liebherr (1915–1993), master bricklayer, inventor of the mobile tower crane and founder of the international Liebherr Group
• Martin Geiser (1925-2018), politician (SPD)
• Gerhard Schmid (1925–2004), organ builder
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger (* 1929), poet, writer, translator and editor
• Wilhelm Holderied (* 1940), painter and sculptor
• Dieter Schingnitz (* 1940), organ builder
• Sigulf Guggenmos (1941–2018), amateur archaeologist
• Dietrich Wildung (* 1941), Egyptologist, former director of the Egyptian Museum Berlin
• Wolfgang Gessenharter (1942–2019), political scientist, sociologist and theologian
• Walter Riester (* 1943), former Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (the so-called "Riester pension" was created during his term of office)
• Peter Pius Irl (* 1944), author, actor and director
• Peter Lippert (1945–2012), politician ( BP )
• Angela Schönberger (* 1945), art historian
• Raimund Krone (* 1946), actor and voice actor
• Christa Baumgärtel (* 1947), sculptor
• Hubert Weiger (* 1947), nature conservationist; since 2002 chairman of the Federal Nature Conservation in Bavaria e. V. and since 2007 also chairman of the Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation Germany e. V.
• Lutz Gissmann (* 1949), virologist
• Walter Köberle (* 1949), ice hockey player and coach

Born from 1951 to 1975

• Stefan Metz (* 1951), ice hockey player
• Johann Georg Koch (1952–2007), lawyer and President of BLKA
• Heinz Maurus (* 1952), politician (CDU)
• Erich Weishaupt (* 1952), ice hockey player
• Dieter Wonka (* 1954), journalist and chief correspondent for RND
• Gerald Endres (* 1955), journalist and documentary film director
• Bernhard Loos (* 1955), politician (CSU)
• Helmut Nieberle (1956–2020), jazz musician
• Dieter Medicus (* 1957), former ice hockey player and since 2007 member of the Hall of Fame of the German Ice Hockey Museum
• Hans-Peter Durst (* 1958), cyclist
• Angelika Schorer (* 1958), politician (CSU)
• Manfred Schuster (* 1958), ice hockey player
• Gerhard Hegen (* 1959), ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
• Franz Peter Fischer (* 1959) concert master
• Christian Lindner (* 1959), journalist
• Udo Reichl (* 1959), biotechnician
• Harald Schultes (1960–2019), restaurateur, celebrity chef, entrepreneur and author
• Ecco Meineke (* 1961), musician, cabaret artist and author
• Dieter Hegen (* 1962), ice hockey player
• Wolfgang Höbel (* 1962), journalist, editor, music and theater critic
• Wolf Alexander Hanisch (* 1963), travel columnist and author
• Josef Kontny (* 1963), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Stefan Bosse (* 1964), politician (CSU); Mayor of the city of Kaufbeuren since 2004
• Klaus Dienelt (* 1964), lawyer
• Christian Cebulj (* 1964), Catholic theologian and religious educator
• Cornelia Renz (* 1966), artist
• Martin Rink (* 1966), military historian and officer
• Wolfgang Schultze (* 1966), economist and professor of business administration
• Ruth Berktold (* 1967), architect and professor
• Endy Hupperich (* 1967), visual artist
• Sibylle Feucht (* 1968), artist
• Andrea Peterhansel , b. Mayer (* 1968), rally raid racing driver, journalist, instructor and typesetter
• Oliver Steinke (* 1969), writer and author
• Tom Novy (* 1970), house DJ and producer
• Alexander Pfluger (* 1970), musician, composer and arranger
• Daniela Dinandt , b. Worel (* 1971), radio and television presenter
• Stephan Kampowski (* 1972), anthropologist
• Katrin Stehle (* 1972), writer
• Tanja Wielgoß (* 1972), manager
• Stefan Ustorf (* 1974), ice hockey official and player
• Christian Seeberger (* 1975), ice hockey player
• Carola Weiß (* 1975), squash player

Born in 1976

• Andrea Schaller (* 1976), soccer player
• Christian Baader (* 1977), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Martin Hamann (* 1978), ice hockey player
• Michael Kammermeier (* 1978), cook
• Christopher Nell (* 1979), actor
• Dorothea Huber (* 1980), graphic designer, illustrator
• Sebastian Furchner (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Clemens Heringer (* 1982), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Daniel Rau (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Sebastian Osterloh (* 1983), ice hockey player
• Johannes Meier (* 1984), German-Austrian soccer player
• Marius Steinert (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Alexander Sulzer (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Max Schmidle (* 1985), ice hockey player
• Florian Kettemer (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Max Lütgendorff (* 1986), Austrian opera singer (tenor)
• Caner Schmitt (* 1988), German-Turkish soccer player
• Daniel Oppolzer (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Katharina Bunk (* 1991), memory athlete
• Lucia Kaiser (* 1992), volleyball player
• Maximilian Schäffler (* 1992), ice hockey player
• Daria Gleißner (* 1993), ice hockey player
• Maximilian Sigl (* 1994), ice hockey player