Ritter (titular name)

Ritter is the second lowest-ranking title of nobility in German-speaking areas, just above an Edler, considered roughly equal to the title Knight or Baronet.

This list includes only those whose main Wikipedia article includes the titular 'Ritter' in the article name. There are many others whose name could include the title but whose main entry is at the non-titular version of the name.

People whose names include the title Ritter:


 * Hans Ritter von Adam (1886–1917), German flying ace in World War I
 * Rudolf Ritter von Alt (1812–1905), Austrian landscape and architectural painter
 * Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt (1812–1887), Austrian ophthalmologist
 * Joseph Calasanza von Arneth (1791–1863), Austrian numismatist and archaeologist
 * Alfred Ritter von Arneth (1819–1897), Austrian historian
 * Ludwig August Ritter von Benedek (1804–1881), Austrian general, commander at the Battle of Königgrätz
 * Jakob Ritter von Danner (1865–1942), Bavarian general, put down the Beer Hall Putsch
 * Leopold Ritter von Dittel (1815–1898), Austrian urologist
 * Franz Ritter von Epp (1868–1946), officer in the Imperial German Army, early member of the Nazi party
 * Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775–1833), German legal scholar
 * Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld (1807–1873), Austrian naturalist
 * Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim (1825–1901), Bohemian-Austrian painter
 * Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802–1860), Albania-Italian engineer
 * Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945), German field marshal during World War II
 * Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871), Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist
 * Franz Ritter von Hauer (1822–1899), Austrian geologist
 * Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816–1880), Austrian physician and dermatologist
 * Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934), German conservative politician in Bavaria
 * Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800–1877), Austrian musicologist, catalogued the works of Mozart (K numbers)
 * Karl Heinrich Lang, Ritter von Lang (1764–1835), German historian and statesman
 * Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956), German field marshal during World War II
 * Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner (1800–1890), German author, editor, and publicist
 * Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808–1871), Austrian physician
 * Georg Ritter von Schönerer (1842–1921), Austrian politician
 * Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852), Austrian naturalist
 * Lorenz Ritter von Stransky (1889–1923), German engineer and early member of the Nazi Party
 * Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891–1948), German officer who served in World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II
 * Georg Ludwig von Trapp (1880–1947), Austrian naval officer, headed the singing family immortalized in The Sound of Music
 * Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (1839–1899), Austrian historian
 * Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795), Swiss philosophical writer and physician
 * Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn (1692–1765), Dutch-German government official and architect
 * Eduard Ritter von Weber, the German mathematician