Born in Bayreuth

Bayreuth

Medium-sized town in northern Bavaria, Germany

Bayreuth as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. German Field Marshal, German tennis player, German tennis player): Robert Ritter von Greim, Florian Mayer, Philipp Petzschner and some more.

Celebrities from Bayreuth

Where is Bayreuth located? Bayreuth: Current Local Time

Celebrities from Bayreuth

Robert Ritter von Greim

German Field Marshal

*June 22nd, 1892 †May 24th, 1945, Salzburg

Florian Mayer

German tennis player

*October 5th, 1983

Philipp Petzschner

German tennis player

*March 24th, 1984

Max von der Grün

German author (1926-2005)

*May 25th, 1926 †April 7th, 2005, Dortmund

Max Stirner

German philosopher (1806-1856)

*October 25th, 1806 †June 26th, 1856, Berlin

Alexander Schubert

German author and historian

*July 28th, 1969

Franz Muncker

German literary historian

*December 4th, 1855 †September 7th, 1926, Munich

Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Queen of Poland

*December 19th, 1671 †September 4th, 1727, Pretzsch (Elbe)

August Riedel

German painter

*December 25th, 1799 †August 6th, 1883, Rome

Otto Dimroth

German chemist

*March 28th, 1872 †May 16th, 1940, Aschaffenburg

Wilhelm von Diez

German painter (1839-1907)

*January 17th, 1839 †February 25th, 1907, Munich

Maya Karin

German-Malaysian film actress, television host and singer

*October 29th, 1979

Anne Haug

German triathlete

*January 20th, 1983

Horst Friedrich

German politician

*October 12th, 1950

Antje Vogel-Sperl

German politician

*November 22nd, 1956

Fred Gebhardt

German politician (1928-2000)

*February 27th, 1928 †August 15th, 2000, Frankfurt

Wolfgang Wagner

Grandson of Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festival (1919-2010)

*August 30th, 1919 †March 21st, 2010, Bayreuth

Walter Demel

German cross-country skier

*December 1st, 1935 †April 19th, 2023

Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gontard

*July 30th, 1764 †March 1st, 1839, Berlin

Sylvia Limmer

German politician

*February 8th, 1966

Alexandra Ndolo

German fencer

*August 13th, 1986

Michael Hofmann

German footballplayer and manager born 1972

*November 3rd, 1972

Janina-Kristin Götz

Swimmer

*January 10th, 1981

Tim Wilhelm

German television presenter

*November 9th, 1977

Katharina Wagner

German opera director

*May 21st, 1978

Stephan Detjen

German journalist

*January 1st, 1965

Thomas Hacker

German politician

*October 9th, 1967

Udo Steiner

Former judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

*September 16th, 1939

Manfred Hößl

German church musician

*February 18th, 1955

Stefan Kolb

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1991

Dieter Wendel

German composer and musician

*December 30th, 1965

Stephan Mösch

German music and theater scholar and journalist

*September 14th, 1964

Chris Wolf

German footballer

*February 23rd, 1991

Michael Bezold

German chess player

*May 23rd, 1972

Brigitte Meyer

German politician

*December 24th, 1947

Friedrich August von Ausin

Prussian civil servant and Bavarian privy councillor

*February 13th, 1758 †April 27th, 1837, Ansbach

George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1678-1726)

*November 16th, 1678 †December 18th, 1726, Bayreuth

Wilhelm Leuschner

German politician and trade unionist (1890-1944), victim of nazisme

*June 15th, 1890 †September 29th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Electress of Saxony by marriage

*October 27th, 1612 †March 20th, 1687, Dresden

Michael Conrad Hirt

German painter (1613-1671)

*June 4th, 1613 †April 25th, 1671, Bayreuth

Eduard Riedel

German architect

*February 1st, 1813 †August 24th, 1885, Starnberg

Rudolf Graber

Theologian and bishop from Germany

*January 1st, 1903 †January 1st, 1992, Regensburg

Friedelind Wagner

German opera director (1918-1991)

*March 29th, 1918 †May 8th, 1991, Herdecke

Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Hereditary Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*October 8th, 1615 †February 6th, 1651, Hof

Theodor Muncker

German politician and jurist (1823-1900)

*May 29th, 1823 †February 14th, 1900, Bayreuth

Johann Jakob Cella

German jurist and lawyer

*February 27th, 1756 †November 30th, 1820, Ansbach

Heinrich von Gagern

President of the Frankfurt Parliament, leader of the German government (1799-1880)

*August 20th, 1799 †May 22nd, 1880, Darmstadt

Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1644-1712)

*July 27th, 1644 †May 10th, 1712, Erlangen

Ludwig Abeille

German classical pianist

*February 20th, 1761 †March 2nd, 1838, Stuttgart

Hans Schemm

Nazi Gauleiter (1891-1935)

*October 6th, 1891 †March 5th, 1935, Bayreuth

Christoph Friedrich von Ammon

German theological writer and preacher

*January 16th, 1766 †May 21st, 1850, Dresden

Franz Ulpian Wirth

German editor

*July 6th, 1826 †May 16th, 1897, Frankfurt

Anna Heinel

German ballerina

*October 4th, 1753 †March 17th, 1808, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

German prince

*July 29th, 1661 †April 5th, 1708, Weferlingen

Carl Sartorius

German jurist

*January 29th, 1865 †October 23rd, 1945, Tübingen

Anna Maria von Eggenberg, née Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Austrian noble

*December 30th, 1609 †May 8th, 1680, Sopron

Fritz Rasp

German actor

*May 13th, 1891 †November 30th, 1976, Gräfelfing

Franz Xaver, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Imperial Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal (1720-1765)

*July 18th, 1720 †March 14th, 1765, Province of Namur

Friedrich Kless

German general and Knight's Cross recipient

*October 7th, 1906 †April 6th, 1994, Munich

Johann Joseph Seyler

German author and theologian

*October 24th, 1669 †November 7th, 1719, Berg

Friedrich Carl Dilchert

German politician (1802-1879)

*August 30th, 1802 †June 27th, 1879, Bayreuth

Margravine Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

German duchess (1732-1780)

*August 30th, 1732 †April 6th, 1780, Bayreuth

Fischel Arnheim

German lawyer (1812-1864)

*February 23rd, 1812 †January 31st, 1864, Munich

Friedrich Heidenreich

German organ maker

*April 3rd, 1741 †January 1st, 1803, Hof

Georg Christian Unger

German architect (1743-1799)

*May 25th, 1743 †February 20th, 1799, Berlin

Wieland Wagner

German opera director

*January 5th, 1917 †October 17th, 1966, Munich

Rolf Heißler

German criminal

*June 3rd, 1948 †May 18th, 2023, Offenbach am Main

Georg Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach

Regent of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1619-1666)

*March 20th, 1619 †September 27th, 1666, Bayreuth

Johann David Schoepff

German botanist, zoologist, and physician (1752-1800)

*March 8th, 1752 †September 10th, 1800, Bayreuth

Moritz Wagner

German naturalist (1813-1887)

*October 3rd, 1813 †May 31st, 1887, Munich

Erhardt Christian von Hagen

Politician (1786-1868)

*July 17th, 1786 †October 28th, 1868, Bayreuth

Leni Hofknecht

German athletics competitor

*January 1st, 1929 †September 5th, 2021

Heinrich Heerwagen

German historian

*May 4th, 1811 †December 5th, 1888

Rainer Hartmann

German guitarist

*October 20th, 1958 †December 8th, 2023

Leon Kratzer

Sylke Tempel

German journalist and writer

*March 30th, 1963 †October 5th, 2017, Berlin

Herbert Scherer

German historian of student (1929-2018)

*March 3rd, 1929 †May 30th, 2018

Kurt Herterich

German writer

*July 7th, 1928 †May 5th, 2015

Gert Hübner

German German studies scholar

*December 17th, 1962 †November 30th, 2015

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