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 feuerbach (1829–1880), german painter
carl jakob adolf christian gerhardt (1832–1902), german physician
henry villard (1835–1900), german-american journalist
hermann von stengel (1837-1919), bavarian administrative officer
wilhelm meyer (philologist) (1845-1917), classical philologist, mediavist , librarian
karl heinrich emil becker (1879-1940), general of artillery, ballist , defense scientist
hans purrmann (1880-1966), painter, graphic artist, art writer , collector
hermann detzner (1882-1970), leader of german schutztruppe in german new guinea
karl-adolf hollidt (1891-1985), army officer (generaloberst) , war criminal
george waldbott (1898–1982), german-american physician

born after 1900

jakob brendel (1907-1964), wrestler
karl haas (1913–2005), german-american music educator , radio presenter
helmut bantz (1921-2004), gymnast
alfred cahn (1922-2016), german musician , composer
edgar e. stern (born 1926), clinical social worker , author of peppermint train: journey german-jewish childhood
gabriel kney (born 1929), canadian organ builder
jürgen brecht (born 1940), fencer
gerhard vollmer (born 1943), physicist , philosopher
jürgen creutzmann (born 1945), politician ( fdp)
hans-joachim lang (born 1951), journalist, germanist, historian , honorary professor
axel schimpf (born 1952), vice admiral of german navy
eberhard bosslet (born 1953), artist
kay friedmann (born 1963), footballer
markus kranz (born 1969), football player
christoph bechmann (born 1971), german field-hockey player
anke vondung (born 1972), opera singer
ralf schmitt (born 1977), football player
simone weiler (born 1978), swimmer
jochen kühner (born 1980), rower
martin kühner (born 1980), rower
matthias langkamp (born 1984), football player
christian reif (born 1984), long jumper
david mccray (born 1986), basketball player
florian krebs (born 1988), football player
sebastian langkamp (born 1988), footballer
jonas marz (born 1989), footballer
gianluca korte (born 1990), footballer
raffael korte (born 1990), footballer
lars stindl (born 1988), german footballer
elias harris (born 1989), german international basketball player