Bavarians
Flag of Bavaria | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 15 million | |
| Languages | |
| Bavarian German Swabian-Alemannic Franconian | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Germanic peoples (especially Germans) |
Bavarians (Standard German and Bavarian: Bayern) are an ethnographic group of Germans of Bavaria. The group's dialect is Bavarian and German.
List of popular Bavarians
Scientists
- Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826)
- Feodor Lynen (1911–1979)
Politicians
- Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886)
- Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (1900–1945)
- Franz Josef Strauß (1915–1988)
- Roman Herzog (1934–2017)
- Edmund Stoiber (1941–)
- Horst Seehofer (1949–)
Artists
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
- Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
- Franz Marc (1880–1916)
- Michael Ende (1929–1995)
- Werner Herzog (1942–)
Sportspeople
- Franz Beckenbauer (1945–2024)
- Philipp Lahm (1983–)
- Magdalena Neuner (1987–)
- Thomas Müller (1989–)
Others
- Traudl Junge (1920–2002)
- Joseph Ratzinger (1927–)