Editing Ansbach (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Style of Michael Dahl - Queen Caroline - Warwick Shire Hall.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Caroline of Ansbach]], {{Circa|1730}}]]
[[File:Kaspar hauser.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Kaspar Hauser]] 1828/1829]]

===Public service ===
* [[Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1451–1524)|Elisabeth von Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (1451–1524), Princess of Brandenburg, by marriage Duchess of Württemberg
* [[Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (1460–1536), [[Margrave of Ansbach]] & [[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of Kulmbach]]
* [[Albert, Duke of Prussia]] (1490–1568), Grand Master of the [[Teutonic Order]] and the first duke of [[Duchy of Prussia|Prussia]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Albert (grand master) |volume= 1 |page=497 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (1663–1724), Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach, by marriage Duchess of Württemberg-Winnental
* [[Caroline of Ansbach]] (1683–1737), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, wife of [[George II of Great Britain]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Caroline |volume= 5 |page=380 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Christian Friedrich Carl Alexander]] (1736–1806), the last [[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of Ansbach]]
* [[Karl Heinrich Lang|Karl Heinrich Ritter von Lang]] (1764–1835), a historian and statesman, lived mainly in Ansbach.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Lang, Karl Heinrich |volume= 16 |last= Hashagen |first= Justus |author-link= |pages=171-172 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Moritz von Spies|Moritz Ritter von Spies]] (1805–1862), Bavarian Major General and War Minister
* [[John James Maximilian Oertel]] (1811–1882), a [[Lutheran]] [[clergyman]], converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] and moved to the United States
* [[Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker]] (1811–1886), a historian and politician, died in Ansbach.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Duncker, Maximilian Wolfgang |volume= 8 |pages=671-672 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Kaspar Hauser]] (1812–1833), lived in Ansbach from 1830 to 1833, stabbed in the [[Ansbach Residence|palace gardens]]
* [[Henry Hochheimer]] (1818–1912), rabbi
* [[George H. Brickner]] (1834–1904), U.S. Representative from [[Wisconsin]]
* [[Pinchas Kohn]] (1867–1941), was the last rabbi of Ansbach. He was the rabbinical advisor to the German occupying forces of Poland in the First World War and was also one of the founders of the [[World Agudath Israel]] movement
* [[Theodor Endres]] (1876–1956), General of the Artillery
* [[Wilhelm Adam]] (1893–1978), Colonel General
* [[Hermann Fegelein]] (1906–1945), General of the [[Waffen-SS]], was married to the sister of [[Eva Braun]]
* [[Waldemar Fegelein]] (1912–2000), officer in the [[Waffen-SS]]
* [[Amélie Jakobovits]] (née Munk, 1928–2010), wife of [[Immanuel Jakobovits]], Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom
* [[Walter Brandmüller]] (born 1929), theologian and historian, president of the [[Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences]]
* [[Manfred Ach]] (born 1940), politician, from 1994 to 2008 Member of the Bavarian Parliament

[[File:Wilhelm Hecht - Holzschneider und Radierer.jpg|thumb|140px|Caricature portrait of [[Wilhelm Hecht]], c. 1890]]
[[File:Escherich, Theodor.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Theodor Escherich]], c. 1900]]

=== Arts & science ===
* [[Leonhart Fuchs]] (1501–1566), botanist and physician to margrave Georg Friedrich
* [[Simon Marius]] (1573–1625), astronomer lived in Ansbach, he observed [[Jupiter]]'s moons from the castle's tower, which led to a dispute with the true discoverer, [[Galileo Galilei]]
* [[Georg Ernst Stahl]] (1659–1734), chemist, physician and metallurgist.<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Stahl, Georg Ernest |volume= XVIII | page= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Matthias Buchinger]] (1674–1740), a German artist, magician and illustrator, born without hands or legs
* [[Johann Uz]] (1720–1796), a German poet.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Uz, Johann Peter |volume= 27 |pages=828-829 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Marcus Eliezer Bloch]] (1723–1799), ichthyologist.<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Bloch, Mark Eliezer |volume= III | page= | short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Georg Christian Oeder]] (1728–1791), [[Carl Linnaeus|pre-Linnean]] botanist
* [[Ludwig Förster|Ludwig von Förster]] (1792–1863), architect: Ringstrasse, 3 & synagogues in Vienna and Budapest
* [[August von Platen-Hallermünde]] (1796–1835), poet.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Platen-Hallermund, August, Graf von |volume= 21 |pages=804-805 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Georges Oberhaeuser]] (1798–1868), optician
* [[Oskar von Redwitz|Oskar Freiherr von Redwitz]] (1823–1891), a poet from nearby [[Lichtenau, Bavaria|Lichtenau]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Redwitz, Oskar, Freiherr von |volume= 22 |page=972 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold]] (1828–1901), lichenologist and taxonomist
* [[Wilhelm Hecht]] (1843–1920), wood engraver and etcher
* [[Fritz Hommel]] (1854–1936), orientalist
* [[Theodor Escherich]] (1857–1911), pediatrician and bacteriologist
* [[Max Westenhöfer]] (1871–1957), pathologist, professor at the [[University of Berlin]] and the [[University of Chile]]. Proposed the [[Aquatic ape hypothesis]]
* [[Herbert Blendinger]] (1936–2020), violinist and composer

[[File:Georg Volkert (1977).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Georg Volkert]], 1977]]

===Sport ===
* [[Helga Matschkur]] (born 1943), gymnast, competed in six events at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]].
* [[Georg Volkert]] (1945–2020), footballer, played 410 games in Bundesliga and won 12 caps for [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
* [[Sebastian Preiss]] (born 1981), handball player
* [[Dominik Farnbacher]] (born 1984), racing driver
* [[Alex King (basketball)|Alex King]] (born 1985), basketball player
* [[Mario Farnbacher]] (born 1992), racing driver
* [[Danilo Dittrich]] (born 1995), football player