Ritter (titular name)
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Ritter
Ritter
Ritter is a designation used as a title of nobility in German-speaking areas. Traditionally it denotes the second lowest rank within the nobility, standing above "Edler" and below "Freiherr"...

is the second lowest-ranking title of nobility in German-speaking areas, just above an Edler
Edler
Edler was until 1919 the lowest title of nobility in Austria-Hungary and Germany, just beneath a Ritter, but above nobles without title who used only the preposition von before their surname. It was mostly given to civil servants and military officers, as well as those upon whom the second rank of...

, considered roughly equal to the title Knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....

 or Baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...

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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
    Carl Ferdinand von Arlt
    Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt was an Austrian ophthalmologist who was born in Ober-Graupen, a village near Teplitz in Bohemia. He earned his doctorate in Prague in 1839, and later became a professor of ophthalmology in Prague and Vienna...

     (1812–1887), Austrian ophthalmologist
  • Joseph Calasanza von Arneth
    Joseph Calasanza von Arneth
    Joseph Calasanza, Ritter von Arneth was an Austrian numismatist and archæologist, born at Leopoldschlag, Upper Austria. He became custodian of the Cabinet of Coins and Antiquities in Vienna, and director of that institution in 1840, in which capacity he rendered very valuable services to the...

     (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
    Jakob Ritter von Danner
    Jakob Ritter von Danner was a Bavarian general in the Imperial German Army and the Reichswehr. As commandant of the Munich garrison of the Reichswehr, he was a central figure in putting down the attempted Beer Hall Putsch by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in 1923.Born Jakob Danner, he was...

     (1865–1942), Bavarian general, put down the Beer Hall Putsch
  • Leopold Ritter von Dittel
    Leopold Ritter von Dittel
    Leopold Ritter von Dittel was an Austrian urologist who was born in Fulnek, which is now located in the Czech Republic....

     (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
    Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach
    Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach was a German legal scholar. His major work was a reform of the Bavarian penal code which became a model for several other countries.-Biography:...

     (1775–1833), German legal scholar
  • Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld
    Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld
    Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld was an Austrian naturalist and one of the leading scientists on board the Austrian frigate Novara during its round-the-world voyage...

     (1807–1873), Austrian naturalist
  • Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim
    Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim
    Friedrich Friedländer, later Friedrich Ritter von Friedländer-Malheim , was a Bohemian-Austrian painter.Friedländer was born in Kohljanowitz/Uhlířské Janovice, Bohemia...

     (1825–1901), Bohemian-Austrian painter
  • Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802–1860), Albania-Italian engineer
  • Robert Ritter von Greim
    Robert Ritter von Greim
    Robert Ritter von Greim was a German Field Marshal, pilot, army officer, and the last commander of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.-Early years:...

     (1892–1945), German field marshal during World War II
  • Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger
    Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger
    Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger was an Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist....

     (1795–1871), Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist
  • Franz Ritter von Hauer
    Franz Ritter von Hauer
    Franz Ritter von Hauer, or Franz von Hauer , was an Austrian geologist.-Biography:Hauer was born in Vienna, the son of Joseph von Hauer , who was equally distinguished as a high Austrian official and authority on finance and as a palaeontologist.He was educated in Vienna, afterwards studied...

     (1822–1899), Austrian geologist
  • Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra
    Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra
    Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra was an Austrian physician and dermatologist,...

     (1816–1880), Austrian physician and dermatologist
  • Gustav Ritter von Kahr
    Gustav Ritter von Kahr
    Gustav Ritter von Kahr was a German right-wing conservative politician, active in the state of Bavaria...

     (1862–1934), German conservative politician in Bavaria
  • Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
    Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
    Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel was a musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'K-numbers' by which they are known ....

     (1800–1877), Austrian musicologist, catalogued the works of Mozart (K numbers)
  • Karl Heinrich Lang, Ritter von Lang
    Karl Heinrich Lang, Ritter von Lang
    Karl Heinrich Ritter von Lang was a German historian and statesman.He was born at Balgheim, near Nördlingen. From the first he was greatly attracted towards historical studies, and this was shown when he began to attend the gymnasium of Oettingen, and in 1782, when he went to the university of...

     (1764–1835), German historian and statesman
  • Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
    Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
    Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb was a German Field Marshal during World War II. - Youth :...

     (1876–1956), German field marshal during World War II
  • Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner
    Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner
    Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner was an Austrian-born author and publicist from Graz, Styria, Austria....

     (1800–1890), German author, editor, and publicist
  • Johann Ritter von Oppolzer
    Johann Ritter von Oppolzer
    Johann Ritter von Oppolzer was an Austrian physician born in Nové Hrady, Bohemia. He was the father of the astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer ....

     (1808–1871), Austrian physician
  • Georg Ritter von Schönerer
    Georg Ritter von Schönerer
    Georg Ritter von Schönerer was an Austrian politician active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and a major exponent of German nationalism in Austria....

     (1842–1921), Austrian politician
  • Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers
    Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers
    Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers was an Austrian naturalist who was a native of Pressburg, Hungary, Habsburg Empire . He earned his medical doctorate from Vienna in 1798, but also studied botany, mineralogy and zoology at the university...

     (1775–1852), Austrian naturalist
  • Lorenz Ritter von Stransky
    Lorenz Ritter von Stransky
    Lorenz Ritter Von Stransky was an engineer and early member of the Nazi Party who reportedly was so transfixed by Adolf Hitler's speeches that he couldn't resist joining the party. On the night of the Beer Hall Putsch, Stransky was hit with a police bullet and died along with 15 others...

     (1889–1923), German engineer and early member of the Nazi Party
  • Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Josef Ritter von Thoma was a German officer who served in World War I, in the Spanish Civil War, and as a General der Panzertruppe in World War II.-Early life:...

     (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
    Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg
    Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg , Austrian historian, was born in Vienna, and in 1865 became professor of history at the university of Lemberg....

     (1839–1899), Austrian historian
  • Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
    Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
    Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann was a Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician.-Life and works:...

     (1728–1795), Swiss philosophical writer and physician
  • Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn
    Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn
    Anselm Franz Freiherr von Ritter zu Groenesteyn was a Chamberlain of Electoral Mainz, privy counsellor, Majordomo, temporarily Vitztum , High Director of Building and exceptionally gifted architect...

    (1692–1765), Dutch-German government official and architect
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