Bingen Am Rhein - Famous People

Famous People

• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), abbess and author, mystic, writer, composer, musician, and medic. After her the Bingen girls’ school (Gymnasium and vocational school), the Hildegardisschule (“Higa”), is named. On 7 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named her a Doctor of the Church.
• Bertha of Bingen (7th century)
• Joseph Albrecht von Ittner, b. 2 March 1754, d. 9 March 1825 in Konstanz, writer
• Philipp von Foltz, b. 11 May 1805, d. 5 August 1877 in Munich: painter
• Ferdinand Allmann, b. 1 August 1828, d. 11 May 1912 in Bingen: Mayor of Bingen and Member of the Landstände of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
• Heinrich Brück, b. 25 October 1831, d. 5 November 1903 in Mainz: Bishop of Mainz
• Johann Baptist Hilsdorf, b. 6 May 1835, d. 11 July 1918 in Bingen: photographer and father of Theodor and Jacob
• Karl Johann Brilmayer, b. 29 March 1843, d. 16 November 1905: Catholic priest, writer and Rhenish Hessian local historian
• Alice Bensheimer, b. 6 May 1864, d. 20 March 1935 in Mannheim: politician and feminist
• Theodor Hilsdorf, b. 18 June 1868, d.1944: photographer
• Stefan George, b. 12 July 1868, d. 4 December 1933 in Minusio: German poet
• Jacob Hilsdorf, b. 10 June 1872, d.1916
• Pankraz Blank, b. 30 April 1882, Member of the Landtag (Zentrum)
• Saladin Schmitt, b. 18 September 1883, d. 14 March 1951 in Bochum: German theatre researcher, producer and theatre manager
• Fritz Nathan, b. 1891, d. 3 November 1960 in New York, NY: leading Jewish architect who designed synagogues, department stores, and the first skyscraper in Mannheim
• August Weimer, b. 27 June 1908, d. 20 January 1980 in Wiesbaden: trade unionist and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
• Philipp Anton Brück, b. 16 April 1913, d. 15 December 1984 in Worms: ecclesiastical historian, librarian at the Martinus-Bibliothek
• Günter Duffrer, b. 13 July 1922: docent for pastoral liturgy at the Episcopal Seminary, diocesan president of church choirs in the Bishopric of Mainz
• Claire Marienfeld, b. 21 April 1940: German politician, former Bundestag Armed Forces Commissioner
• Mary Roos, b. 9 January 1949: German hit singer and actress
• Tina York, b. 29 April 1954, German hit singer
• Thomas Kling, b. 5 June 1957: d. 1 April 2005 in Dormagen: German lyric poet
• Peter Frey, b. 4 August 1957, German journalist
• Frank Schröder, b. 2 June 1964: singer and actor
• Dajan Šimac, b. 4 January 1982: German footballer
• Jan Schlaudraff, b. 18 July 1983: German footballer and first national player from Bingen