Notable natives Speyer
carl jakob adolf christian gerhardt wilhelm meyer around 1895 anselm feuerbach self-portrait 1873 hermann detzner 1921 samuel of speyer (after 1096-death unknown), exeget of torah , midrash judah ben samuel of regensburg (1140-1217), scribe , philosopher julian of speyer (before 1225- ~ 1250), medieval choir master, composer , poet order of franciscans gabriel biel (~ 1415-1495), scholastic philosopher dietrich gresemund (1477-1512), author egon viii of fürstenberg-heiligenberg (1588-1635), reichsgraf of fürstenberg-heiligenberg johann joachim becher (1635-1682), german physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar , adventurer moritz georg weidmann (1658-1693), publisher , bookseller adolf von dalberg (1678-1737), prince of fulda simha of speyer (13th century) german rabbi , tosafist. 1 of leading signatories of takkanot shum. philipp hieronymus brinckmann (1709-1760), landscape , historical painters copper cutters johann martin bernatz (1802-1878), landscape painter anselm fe