Following are some of the notable people from Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.

Academia

Presidents and directors

Ottmar Hörl (born 1950), an artist who was president and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg August von Kreling (1818–1876), sculptor, painter, and director of the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg Johann Daniel Preissler (1666–1737), painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts Jacob von Sandrart (1630–1708), portrait and map engraver who founded and was and first director of the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts

Professors

Heinz Bauer (1925–2002), mathematician and professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Johann Bauschinger (1834–1893), professor of Engineering Mechanics at Munich Polytechnic Hermann Beckh (1875–1937), pioneering Tibetologist and prominent promoter of anthroposophy. Hermann Bek-Gran (1869–1909), painter, graphic artist, typographer, and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg Wolfgang Bibel (born 1938), professor emeritus at the Department of Computer Science of the Technische Universität Darmstadt Gustav Bischof (1792–1870), geologist, chemist, and professor at the University of Bonn Ingo Böbel (1947–2020), professor of economics at the International University of Monaco from 2000 to 2020 Johann Cochlaeus (1479–1552), humanist, music theorist, and dean of the Liebfrauenkirche at Frankfurt William Craig (1918–2016), philosopher who taught at the University of California, Berkeley Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677–1750), astronomer, mathematician, and professor of mathematics at the Aegidien-Gymnasium Christian Enzensberger (1931–2009), professor of English studies, author and a translator of English literature into German Dieter Fensel (born 1960), professor at the University of Innsbruck and director of the Semantic Technologies Institute Innsbruck Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804–1872), anthropologist and philosopher, best known for his book The Essence of Christianity Manfred M. Fischer (born 1947), regional scientist and emeritus professor of economic geography at the WU-Vienna University of Economics and Business Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943), Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka Heinz Gollwitzer (1917–1999), chair of modern political and social history at the University of Münster Heinrich Guggenheimer (1924–2021), mathematician and professor of University of Minnesota Paula Hahn-Weinheimer (1917–2002), geochemist and professor at the Technical University of Munich Lisa Herzog (born 1983), professor at the Center for Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Groningen Rudolf Hickel (born 1942), chair of public finance at University of Bremen Wolfgang Kaiser (1925–2023), professor for experimental physics at the Technical University of Munich Uwe Kitzinger (1928–2023), an academic who specialized in international relations Wolfgang Koch (born 1962), physicist and computer scientist who teaches at the University of Bonn Gerhard Koeppel (1936 –2012), historian of Roman art, resident scholar at the American Academy in Rome, and professor of classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hermann Leuchs (1879–1945), head of the chemistry institute of the University of Berlin Paul Carl Leygebe (1664–1756), painter and anatomy professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts Hans Eberhard Mayer (1932–2023), professor of medieval and modern history at Kiel University Anthony Oettinger (1929–2022), computer scientist who co-founded the Program on Information Resources Policy at Harvard University. Johan Martin Preisler (1715 –1794), engraver and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Volker Roemheld (1941–2013), agricultural scientist, plant physiologist, and soil biologist at Hohenheim University Manfred Rühl (born 1933), professor of communications at University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and the University of Bamberg Gerard Salton (1927–1995), professor of computer science at Cornell University and "the father of Information retrieval" Diet Sayler (born 1939), painter, sculptor, and professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg Christoph von Scheurl (1481–1542), professor of law at Wittenberg University Matthias Schwab (born 1963), chair of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Tübingen and medical director of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at the University Hospital Tübingen Daniel Schwenter (1585–1636), professor of Semitic languages and mathematics at the University of Altdorf Peter Seeberger (born 1966), professor of chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at ETH Zurich Johann Philipp Siebenkees (1759–1796), philosopher and professor at the University of Altdorf Hartmut Steinecke (1940–2020), professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Bonn Alexander Strehl, computer scientist and professor at the University of Aalen Karl Süssheim (1878–1947), Islamic historian and professor at LMU Munich Conrad Tockler (1470–1530), rector magnificus and professor of the quadrivium at Leipzig University Heiko Uecker (1939–2019), professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Bonn Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633–1705), chair of ecclesiastical law and professor of history, civil law, and Semitic languages at the University of Altdorf Isabella Weber (born 1987), economist and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Architecture

Heinrich Beheim (died 1403), stone mason and architect German Bestelmeyer (1874–1942), architect and proponent of Nazi architecture Georg Andreas Böckler (–1687), architect and engineer who wrote Architectura Curiosa Nova (1664) and Theatrum Machinarum Novum (1661) Paul Buchner (1531–1607), architect, geometer, carpenter and screw maker Eva Buhrich (1915–1976), architect and writer who fled Nazi Germany and became a prominent architectural commentator in Australia Adolf Foehr (1880–1943) architect, city planner, and building supervisor. Herta Hammerbacher (1900–1985), landscape architect who taught at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin) Adam Kraft (–1509), stone sculptor, master builder and architect Paul Pfann (1860–1919), architect in the Historicist style and professor at the Technical University of Munich Hubert Ritter (1886–1967), architect, urban planner and building official Paul Ritter (1829–1907), architectural painter and etcher Sep Ruf (1908–1982), architect and designer associated with the Bauhaus group

Art

Caroline Achaintre (1969), mixed media artist Bernhard Afinger (1813–1882), sculptor Peter Angermann (born 1945), painter Johann Paul Auer (1636–1687), painter Ernst Aufseeser (1880–1940), painter, illustrator and graphic designer Barthel Beham (1502–1540), engraver, miniaturist, and painter Sebald Beham (1500–1550), painter and printmaker mainly known for his very small engravings Willem van Bemmel (1630–1708), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter Peter von Bemmel (1686–1754), landscape artist Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719), Baroque flower painter Esther Barbara Bloemart (1651–1733), was a German art collector Hans Bolsterer (died 1573), sculptor, carver and medalist Werner Braun (1918–2018), photographer, considered a founder of photojournalism in Israel Cristoforo Coriolano (born 1540), engraver Gabriela Dauerer (born 1958), contemporary artist Hans Decker, sculptor Joachim Deschler (–1571), sculptor and medalist. Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706–1783), painter and engraver known for still lifes Hans Dürer (1490 – ), German Renaissance painter, illustrator, and engraver Agnes Dürer (1475–1539) wife and model of artist Albrecht Dürer who helped run his workshops Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), painter, engraver, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance Heinrich Egersdörfer (1853–1915), artist, illustrator and cartoonist Michael Sigismund Frank (1770–1847), Catholic artist, rediscovered glass-painting Magdalena Rosina Funck (1672–1695), botanical illustrator Magdalena Fürstin (1652–1717), artist and hand-colorist Peter Gertner ( – after 1541), painter Dorothea Maria Graff (1678–1743), painter Jonas Haas (1720–1775), engraver Jobst Harrich (1579–1617), painter Guenter Heim (1935–2014), artist known for impressionistic landscapes of western Canada Johanna Helena Herolt (1668–1723), artist Werner Heubeck (1923–2009), British transport executive Augustin Hirschvogel (1503–1553), artist, mathematician, and cartographer Stefan Hirsch (1899–1964), artist. Hans Hoffmann (1530–1591), painter, draftsman, and leading representative of the Dürer Renaissance Karl Jäger (1833–1887), painter Wenzel Jamnitzer (–1585), goldsmith and artist Paul Juvenel the Elder (1579–1643), painter Anna Klein (1883–1941), landscape, animal, and genre painter Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875), painter and engraver Rudolf Koch (1876–1934), type designer and a master of lettering, calligraphy, typography and illustration Johann König (1586–1642), painter known for painting copper panels Eliyahu Koren (1907–2001), master typographer, graphic artist, and designer Adam Kraft (–1509), stone sculptor, master builder and architect Jobst Kuch (1902–1963), painter Hans von Kulmbach (1480–1522), artist Hanns Lautensack (1524 – ), etcher and draughtsman Heinrich Lautensack (1522–1590), painter and goldsmith Kunz Lochner (1510–1567), armourer, blacksmith, silversmith, and court armourer for Maximilian II Leo Marchutz (1903–1976), painter and lithographer Gustav Metzger (1926–2017), artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike. John Miller (1715 – ), botanical illustrator, engraver, painter, and botanist Georg Mühlberg (1863–1925), painter, draftsman and illustrator of children's books Amalia Pachelbel (1688–1723), painter and engraver Georg Pencz ( –1550), engraver, painter, and printmaker Georg Karl Pfahler (1926–2002), painter, printmaker, and sculptor Georg Martin Preisler (fl. 1750), engraver Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), painter and draughtsman Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), engraver Maria Katharina Prestel (1747–1794), engraver and painter Doris Raab (1851–1933), etcher and engraver Johann Leonhard Raab (1825–1899), printmaker and painter William Frederic Ritschel (1864–1949), California impressionist painter Lorenz Ritter (1832–1921), painter and etcher Paulus Roetter (1806–1894), landscape painter who became a prominent botanical and ichthyological artist Ferdinand Rothbart (1823–1899), draftsman, illustrator, history painter, and curator for the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Philipp Rupprecht (1900–1975), cartoonist of anti-Semitic caricatures Susanne Maria von Sandrart (1658–1716), artist and engraver Eduard Sauer (1899–1975), painter Paul Schad-Rossa (1862–1916), painter and sculptor, in the Symbolist style Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540), artist, painter, and designer of woodcuts Erhard Schön (–1542), woodcut designer and painter. Martina Schradi (born 1972), cartoonist Carl Max Schultheiss (1885–1961), graphic designer Matthias Schultheiss (born 1946), graphic novel artist Christine Silberhorn (born 1974), physicist and professor at Paderborn University Virgil Solis (1514–1562), draughtsman and printmaker in engraving, etching and woodcut Johann Sperl (1840–1914), painter Hans Springinklee (), artist known for his woodcuts Dora Stock (1760–1832), artist who specialized in portraiture Veit Stoss (–1533), Renaissance sculptor, mostly in wood Juergen Teller (born 1964), fine art and fashion photographer Carl Marcus Tuscher (1705–1751), portrait painter, printmaker, architect, and decorator Peter Vischer the Elder (–1529), sculptor August Weger (1823–1892), graphic artist, steel engraver and printer. Michael Wening (1645–1718), engraver