Editing Ansbach (section)

===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]]