Richard Wagner Lexikon
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  Abt, Franz Wilhelm (b. 1819 d. 1885) |   composer, compositore |
  Adam, Adolphe Charles (b. 1803 a. 19th century |
  composer, compositore |
  Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund (b. 1903 d. 1969) |   Komposition, social philosopher |
  Agoult, Marie Catherine Sophie (b. 1805 d. 1876 a. 19th century |
  mother of Cosima Wagner, writer |
  Altmann, Wilhelm (b. 1862 d. 1951) |   musicologist |
  Anders, Gottfried Engelbert (b. 1795 d. 1866 a. 1830-1831) |   librarian |
  Apel, Guido Theodor (b. 1811 d. 1867) |   writer |
  Apel, Johann August (b. 1771 d. 1816) |   philologist |
  Appia, Adolphe Francois (b. 1862 d. 1928) |   theatrical theorist, stage designer |
  Auber, Daniel Francois Esprit (b. 1782 a. 19th century |
  composer, compositore |
  Avenarius, Cacilie (b. 1815 d. 1893) |   half-sister of Wagner |
  Avenarius, Eduard Brockhaus (b. 1809 d. 1885) |   publisher |
  Bach, Johann Sebastian (b. 1685) |   composer, compositeur |
  Bakunin, Michail Alexandrowitsch (b. 1814 d. 1876) |   revolutionary anarchist |
  Baudelaire, Charles Pierre (b. 1821 d. 1867) |   poet |
  Baumgartner, Wilhelm (b. 1820 d. 1867 a. 1856) |   piano, teacher |
  Beethoven, Ludwig (b. 1770 d. 1827) |   composer, compositore |
  Bellini, Vincenzo (b. 1801) |   composer, compositore |
  Benvenuti, Augusto (b. 1839 d. 1899) |   Bildhauer |
  Berlioz, Hector [Louis-Hector] (b. 1803 d. 1869) |   composer, compositore |
  Betz, Franz (b. 1835 d. 1900) |   baritone, Sanger |
  Bilz, Natalie (b. 1826 d. 1892) |   |
  Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto (b. 1815 d. 1898) |   statesman |
  Bissing, Henriette Ilsabe (b. 1798 d. 1879) |   writer |
  Bizet, Georges (b. 1838) |   author, composer |
  Boieldieu, Adrien [Francois-Adrien] (b. 1775 a. 1774) |   compositeur, compositore |
  Borne, Ludwig (b. 1786 d. 1837) |   writer |
  Brahms, Johannes (b. 1833) |   composer, compositore |
  Brandt, Fritz (b. 1854 d. 1895) |   Buhnenmeister |
  Brandt, Johann Friedrich (b. 1828 d. 1881) |   Buhnenmeister, Maschinenmeister |
  Brandt, Marianne (b. 1842 d. 1921) |   mezzo-soprano |
  Brendel, Karl Franz (b. 1811 d. 1868) |   music historian, writer |
  Brockhaus, Friedrich (b. 1800 d. 1865) |   Verlagsbuchhandler |
  Brockhaus, Heinrich (b. 1804 d. 1874) |   Verlagsbuchhandler |
  Brockhaus, Hermann (b. 1806 d. 1877) |   |
  Brockhaus, Luise (b. 1805 d. 1871) |   actress |
  Brockhaus, Ottilie (b. 1811 d. 1883) |   |
  Bruckner, Anton (Joseph) (b. 1824 d. 1896) |   composer, compositore |
  Bruckner, Max (b. 1836 d. 1919) |   Buhnenbildner |
  Bruckwald, Otto (b. 1841 d. 1904) |   Architekt |
  Bulow, Hans (b. 1830 d. 1894) |   direttore, Dirigent |
  Bulow, Isolde (b. 1865 d. 1919) |   |
  Calderon de la Barca, Pedro (b. 1600 d. 1681) |   dramatist, libretista |
  Cerf, Karl Friedrich (b. 1771 d. 1845) |   Theaterleiter |
  Chamberlain, Houston Stewart (b. 1855 d. 1927) |   writer |
  Claudel, Paul-Louis-Charles-Marie (b. 1868 d. 1955) |   poet, dramatist |
  Cornelius, Peter [Carl August Peter] (b. 1824 d. 1874) |   composer |
  Cornet, Julius (b. 1793 d. 1860 a. 1841-1847) |   tenor, theater director |
  David, Ferdinand (b. 1810 d. 1873 a. 1836-1873) |   violin, composer |
  Debussy, Claude (b. 1862) |   composer, compositore |
  Dessauer, Joseph (b. 1798 d. 1876) |   piano, composer |
  Devrient, Eduard (Philipp) (b. 1801 d. 1877) |   theater historian, librettist |
  Dietsch, Louis (b. 1808 d. 1865) |   conductor, composer |
  Dorn, Heinrich Ludwig Egmont (b. 1804 d. 1892) |   composer, conductor |
  Draeseke, Felix August Bernhard (b. 1835 d. 1913) |   composer, Komponist |
  Dumersan, Marion (b. 1780 d. 1849) |   writer for the stage, Buhnenschriftsteller |
  Dustmann-Meyer, Luise (b. 1831 d. 1899) |   Knabensanger, Sangerin |
  Eckert, Carl Anton Florian (b. 1820 d. 1879) |   composer |
  Esser, Heinrich (b. 1818 d. 1872) |   compositore, conductor |
  Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas (b. 1804 d. 1872) |   Philosoph |
  Feustel, Friedrich (b. 1824 d. 1891) |   Bankier |
  Fischer, Christian Wilhelm (b. 1789 d. 1859) |   basso buffo |
  Fischer, Franz (b. 1849 d. 1918) |   cello |
  Forster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth (b. 1846 d. 1935) |   Schriftstellerin |
  Foucher, Paul Henri (b. 1810 d. 1875) |   librettist |
  Frantz, Gustav Adolph Constantin (b. 1817 d. 1891) |   Politischer Schriftsteller |
  Franz, Robert (b. 1815 d. 1892) |   composer |
  Frege, Livia (b. 1818 d. 1891) |   soprano |
  Fricke, Richard (b. 1818 d. 1903) |   Ballettmeister am Hoftheater Dessau |
  Friedrich August II (b. 1797 d. 1854) |   Konig von Sachsen |
  Fritzsch, Ernst Wilhelm (b. 1840 d. 1902) |   publisher |
  Frommann, Alwine (b. 1800 d. 1875) |   Malerin |
  Gautier, Judith (b. 1845 d. 1917) |   author, writer on music |
  Genast, Eduard Franz (b. 1797 d. 1866) |   singer, composer |
  Genee, Johann Friedrich (b. 1795 d. 1856) |   singer, actor |
  Genelli, Giovanni (Hans) Bonaventura (b. 1798 d. 1868) |   Maler, Zeichner |
  Gerle, Wolfgang Adolph (b. 1781 d. 1846) |   composer |
  Geyer, Johanne Rosine (b. 1778 d. 1848) |   |
  Geyer, Karl (b. 1791 d. 1831) |   |
  Geyer, Ludwig Heinrich Christian (b. 1779 d. 1821) |   Schauspieler, Dramatiker |
  Glasenapp, Carl Friedrich (b. 1847 d. 1915) |   biograf, writer on music |
  Glaser, Franz (Joseph) (b. 1798 d. 1861) |   composer, conductor |
  Gluck, Christoph Willibald (b. 1714) |   composer, compositore |
  Gobineau, Joseph Arthur (b. 1816 d. 1882) |   diplomat, writer |
  Goldwag, Bertha (a. 1906) |   |
  Gotfrid von Strassburg (a. 1200-1210) |   poet |
  Gozzi, Carlo Lucio (b. 1720 d. 1806) |   writer |
  Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (b. 1785 d. 1863) |   writer of fairy tales |
  Grimm, Wilhelm Karl (b. 1786 d. 1859) |   Sprachwissenschaftler |
  Gross, Adolf (b. 1845 d. 1931) |   Bankier |
  Gudehus, Heinrich (b. 1845 d. 1909) |   Sanger, tenor |
  Gutzkow, Karl Ferdinand (b. 1811 d. 1878) |   novelist, dramatist |
  Habeneck, Francois-Antoine (b. 1781 d. 1849 a. 19th century |
  chef d'orchestre, violin |
  Hagenbuch, Franz (b. 1819 d. 1888) |   |
  Halevy, Fromental [Jacques-Francois-Fromental] (b. 1799 d. 1862) |   composer, teacher |
  Hanslick, Eduard (b. 1825 d. 1904) |   critic, aesthetician |
  Hartel, Raimund (b. 1810 d. 1888) |   publisher |
  Hauser, Franz (b. 1794 d. 1870) |   baritone, teacher |
  Heckel, Emil [Philipp Jacob Emil] (b. 1831 d. 1908) |   piano maker |
  Heim, Emilie (b. 1830 d. 1911) |   soprano |
  Heim, Ignaz (b. 1818 d. 1880) |   composer, conductor |
  Heine, Ferdinand (b. 1798 d. 1872) |   |
  Heine, Heinrich (b. 1797 d. 1856) |   poet, prose writer |
  Heinse, Wilhelm [Johann Jakob Wilhelm] (b. 1746 d. 1803) |   aesthetician, writer on music and art |
  Heller, Stephen Istvan (b. 1813 d. 1888) |   piano, composer |
  Henning, Carl Wilhelm (b. 1784 d. 1867) |   conductor, composer |
  Herold, Ferdinand [Louis Joseph Ferdinand] (b. 1791 d. 1833 a. 19th century |
  composer, compositor |
  Herwegh, Georg (b. 1817 d. 1875) |   lyricist |
  Hesse, Hermann (b. 1877 d. 1962) |   writer |
  Hill, Karl (b. 1831 d. 1893) |   baritone, Opernsanger |
  Hiller, Ferdinand (von) (b. 1811 d. 1885) |   conductor, composer |
  Hitler, Adolf (b. 1889 d. 1945) |   Politiker |
  Hoffmann, E.T.A. [Ernst Theodor Amadeus] (b. 1776 d. 1822 a. 1802) |   librettista, writer |
  Hoffmann, Johann (b. 1802 d. 1865) |   Theaterdirektor, singer |
  Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich (b. 1798 d. 1874) |   philogist, poet |
  Holtei, Karl (b. 1798 d. 1880) |   actor, theater manager |
  Hubsch, Anton (b. 1801 d. 1850 a. 1834-1842) |   Schauspieler, Theaterleiter |
  Hulsen, Botho (b. 1815 d. 1886) |   Theaterintendant |
  Humperdinck, Engelbert (b. 1854) |   composer, compositore |
  Jean, Paul (b. 1763 d. 1825) |   writer |
  Joachim, Joseph (b. 1831 d. 1907) |   Dirigent, violin |
  Joukowsky, Paul (b. 1845 d. 1912) |   painter |
  Kapp, Julius (b. 1883 d. 1962) |   writer on music |
  Kastner, Emerich (b. 1847 d. 1916) |   writer on music, Schriftsteller |
  Keller, Gottfried (b. 1819 d. 1890) |   poet |
  Kellermann, Berthold (b. 1853 d. 1926) |   piano, conductor |
  Kienlen, Johann Christoph (b. 1784 d. 1829) |   composer |
  Kietz, Gustav Adolph (b. 1824 d. 1908) |   Bildhauer |
  Kietz, Julius Ernst Benedikt (b. 1815 d. 1892) |   Lithograph, Portratzeichner |
  Kittl, Jan Bedrich (b. 1806 d. 1868) |   composer |
  Klindworth, Karl (b. 1830 d. 1916) |   Dirigent, piano |
  Kniese, Julius (b. 1848 d. 1905) |   composer |
  Konig, Heinrich Joseph (b. 1790 d. 1869) |   Finanzbeamter, Schriftsteller |
  Kriete, Henriette (b. 1816 d. 1892) |   soprano |
  Kummer, Friedrich August (b. 1797 d. 1879) |   cello, composer |
  Kustner, Karl Theodor (b. 1784 d. 1864) |   Theaterleiter |
  Lachner, Franz Paul (b. 1803 d. 1890) |   composer, Komponist |
  Laussot, Jessie (b. 1829 d. 1905) |   writer on music |
  Lehmann, Lilli (b. 1848 d. 1929) |   Sanger, sangerinde |
  Lehrs, Samuel (b. 1806 d. 1843) |   philologist |
  Lenbach, Franz (b. 1836 d. 1904) |   Portratmaler |
  Levi, Hermann (b. 1839 d. 1900) |   conductor, Kapellmeister |
  Lewald, August [Johann Karl August] (b. 1792 d. 1871) |   writer |
  Lichtenstein, Karl August Ludwig (b. 1767 d. 1845) |   composer, theater manager |
  Liszt, Franz (b. 1811) |   composer, compositore |
  Lobmann, Franz (b. 1809 d. 1877) |   composer, Musikdirektor |
  Loew, Maria Theresia (b. 1807 d. 1883) |   soprano, harp |
  Lorenz, Alfred (Ottokar) (b. 1868 d. 1939) |   musicologist, conductor |
  Ludwig II (b. 1845 d. 1886) |   Konig von Bayern |
  Luttichau, Wolf Adolf August (b. 1785 d. 1863) |   Hofbeamter |
  Mallarme, Stephane (b. 1842 d. 1898) |   poet |
  Mallinger, Mathilde (b. 1847 d. 1920) |   soprano |
  Malten, Therese (b. 1855 d. 1930) |   Sanger, soprano |
  Mann, Thomas (Johann Heinrich) (b. 1875 d. 1955) |   writer |
  Marbach, Gotthard Oswald (b. 1810 d. 1890) |   writer |
  Marbach, Rosalie (b. 1803 d. 1837) |   Schauspielerin |
  Marschner, Heinrich August (b. 1795 d. 1861) |   composer |
  Maser, Carl Friedrich (d. 1850) |   Musikalienhandler |
  Materna-Friedrich, Amalie (b. 1844 d. 1918) |   soprano |
  Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix [Jakob Ludwig Felix] (b. 1809) |   composer, compositore |
  Mendes, Catulle (b. 1841 d. 1909) |   writer |
  Methfessel, Ernst (b. 1811 d. 1886) |   oboe, composer |
  Metternich, Pauline (b. 1836 d. 1921 a. 1877) |   |
  Meyerbeer, Giacomo (b. 1791) |   composer, compositore |
  Meysenburg, Malwida (b. 1816 d. 1903) |   writer, feminist |
  Mitterwurzer, Anton (b. 1818 d. 1872) |   baritone |
  Moller, Abraham (a. 1839) |   Kaufmann in Konigsberg |
  Mottl, Felix (Josef) (b. 1856 d. 1911) |   conductor, Dirigent |
  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (b. 1756 d. 1791) |   composer |
  Mrazeck, Franz (b. 1828 d. 1874) |   |
  Muchanoff, Marie (b. 1822 d. 1874) |   piano |
  Muller, Alexander (b. 1808 d. 1863) |   teacher, conductor |
  Muller, Christian Gottlieb (b. 1800 d. 1863) |   conductor, composer |
  Muller, Franz Karl Friedrich (b. 1806 d. 1876) |   |
  Muller, Maria (b. 1898 d. 1958) |   chanteuse, interprete |
  Muncker, Theodor (b. 1823 d. 1900) |   Rechtsrat in Bayreuth |
  Mundt, Theodor (b. 1808 d. 1861) |   writer |
  Nachbaur, Franz (Ignaz) (b. 1835 d. 1902) |   tenor, Kammersanger |
  Napoleon III (b. 1808 d. 1873) |   |
  Nestroy, Johann Nepomuk (Eduard Ambrosius) (b. 1801 d. 1862) |   playwright, actor |
  Neumann, Angelo Joseph (b. 1838 d. 1910) |   impresario, theater director |
  Niemann, Albert (b. 1831 d. 1917) |   Sanger, tenor |
  Nietzsche, Friedrich (Wilhelm) (b. 1844 d. 1900) |   philosopher |
  Nikisch, Arthur (b. 1855 d. 1922) |   conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
  Nikolaus I, Pawlowitsch (b. 1796 d. 1855) |   Czar of Russia |
  Oberlander, Martin (a. 1849) |   Sachsischer Innenminister |
  Ollivier, Blandine Rachel (b. 1835 d. 1862) |   |
  Ortlepp, Ernst (b. 1800 d. 1864) |   writer |
  Otto, Louise (b. 1819 d. 1895) |   writer |
  Pachta, Johann Joseph (b. 1756 d. 1834) |   |
  Pecht, August Friedrich (b. 1814 d. 1903) |   Kunstschriftsteller, Maler |
  Pellet, Haus (a. 1864) |   |
  Petzold, Eugen Karl (b. 1813 d. 1889) |   composer |
  Pfistermeister, Franz Seraph (b. 1820 d. 1912) |   |
  Pfordten, Ludwig (b. 1811 d. 1880) |   |
  Pillet, Leon Francois Raymond (b. 1803 d. 1868) |   opera director |
  Porges, Heinrich (b. 1837 d. 1900) |   conductor, writer on music |
  Pourtales, Albert (b. 1812 d. 1861) |   Diplomat, Musikschriftsteller |
  Praeger, Ferdinand (Christian Wilhelm) (b. 1815 d. 1891) |   composer, piano |
  Proudhon, Pierre Joseph (b. 1809 d. 1865) |   Anarchist, Publizist |
  Raff, Joachim [Joseph Joachim] (b. 1822 d. ?) |   composer, teacher |
  Raupach, Ernst Benjamin Salomon (b. 1784 d. 1848) |   dramatist |
  Redern, Wilhelm Friedrich (b. 1802 d. 1883) |   composer |
  Reichmann, Theodor (b. 1849 d. 1903) |   baritone, Sanger |
  Reissiger, Karl Gottlieb (b. 1798) |   composer, conductor |
  Renoir, Pierre August (b. 1841 d. 1919) |   painter |
  Richter, Hans (b. 1843 d. 1916) |   conductor, direttore |
  Ritter, Alexander (b. 1833 d. 1896) |   composer, violin |
  Ritter, Emilie |   |
  Ritter, Franziska (b. 1829 d. 1895) |   Wagner's niece |
  Ritter, Julie (b. 1794 d. 1869) |   |
  Ritter, Karl Gottfried (b. 1830 d. 1891) |   singer, theater producer |
  Rockel, August (b. 1814 d. 1876) |   conductor, composer |
  Roller, Alfred (b. 1864 d. 1935) |   stage designer, Stilbildungsschule fur Oper und Bu |
  Rossini, Gioachino (Antonio) (b. 1792 d. 1868) |   composer, compositore |
  Rubinstein, Joseph (b. 1847 d. 1884) |   piano |
  Sachs, Hans (b. 1494 d. 1576) |   poet |
  Scaria, Emil (b. 1838 d. 1886) |   bass, Sanger |
  Schindelmeisser, Louis (Alexander Balthasar) (b. 1811 d. 1864) |   conductor, composer |
  Schleinitz, Marie (b. 1842 d. 1912) |   |
  Schlesinger, Maurice (b. 1798 d. 1871 a. 1830-1831) |   music publisher |
  Schlosser, Max (b. 1835 d. 1916) |   tenor |
  Schmale, Wilhelm (b. 1792 d. 1876) |   Schauspielregisseur |
  Schmidt, Gustav (b. 1816 d. 1882) |   conductor, composer |
  Schmitt, Friedrich (b. 1812 d. 1884) |   singer, teacher of singing |
  Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Ludwig (b. 1836 d. 1865) |   tenor |
  Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Malwina (b. 1825 d. 1904) |   soprano |
  Schoneck, Rudolf (b. 1829 d. 1904) |   Theaterkapellmeister, theater manager |
  Schopenhauer, Arthur (b. 1788 d. 1860) |   philosopher |
  Schott, Betty (b. 1821 d. 1875) |   piano |
  Schott, Franz Philipp (b. 1811 d. 1874) |   publisher |
  Schroder-Devrient, Wilhelmine (b. 1804 d. 1860) |   sangerinde, Soloist: Gesang |
  Schuch, Ernst (b. 1846 d. 1914) |   Dirigent, Hofkapellmeister |
  Schumann, Robert (Alexander) (b. 1810 d. 1856) |   composer |
  Schure, Edouard (b. 1841 d. 1929) |   writer |
  Schwind, Moritz (b. 1804 d. 1871) |   engraver, painter |
  Scribe, Eugene [Augustin Eugene] (b. 1791 d. 1861) |   bass guitar, dramatist |
  Seconda, Joseph (b. 1755 d. 1817) |   Theaterleiter |
  Seidelmann, Eugen (b. 1806 d. 1864) |   conductor, composer |
  Seidl, Anton (b. 1850 d. 1898) |   conductor, Kapellmeister |
  Shakespeare, William (b. 1564 d. 1616) |   author, lyricist |
  Shaw, George Bernard (b. 1856 d. 1950) |   author, dramatist |
  Simrock, Karl Joseph (b. 1802 d. 1876) |   writer |
  Skroup, Frantisek Jan (b. 1801 d. 1862) |   theater manager, musician |
  Sontag, Henriette (Gertrude Walpurgis) (b. 1806 d. 1854 a. 1830) |   soprano |
  Spohr, Louis (b. 1784 d. 1859) |   composer, violin |
  Spontini, Gasparo (Luigi Pacifico) (b. 1774 d. 1851 a. 1820-1842) |   opera composer, conductor |
  Spyri, Johann Bernhard (b. 1821 d. 1884) |   lawyer, journalist |
  Standhartner, Joseph (b. 1817 d. 1892) |   Hofrat |
  Stein, Heinrich (b. 1857 d. 1887) |   philosopher, writer |
  Strauss, Johann (Baptist) (b. 1804 d. 1849) |   composer, conductor |
  Strobel, Otto (b. 1895 d. 1953) |   musicologist |
  Sulzer, Johann Jakob (b. 1821 d. 1897) |   politician |
  Tausig, Carl (d. 1871) |   compositore, piano |
  Tichatschek, Joseph (Aloys) (b. 1807 d. 1886) |   tenor |
  Toscanini, Arturo (b. 1867 d. 1957) |   cello, chef d'orchestre |
  Uhlig, Theodore (b. 1822 d. 1853) |   violin, theorist |
  Verlaine, Paul (b. 1844 d. 1896) |   poet |
  Viardot, Pauline [Michelle Ferdinande Pauline] (b. 1821 d. 1910 a. 19th century |
  cantante de opera, chanteuse |
  Vogl, Heinrich (b. 1845 d. 1900) |   tenor, composer |
  Volker, Franz Friedrich (b. 1899 d. 1965) |   interprete, Sanger |
  Wachter, Johann Michael (b. 1794 d. 1853) |   tenor |
  Wagner, Adolf (b. 1774 d. 1835) |   writer |
  Wagner, Albert (b. 1799 d. 1874) |   singer, actor |
  Wagner, Cosima [Francesca Gaetana Cosima] (b. 1837 d. 1930) |   Wagner's second wife |
  Wagner, Elise (b. 1800 d. 1864) |   |
  Wagner, Friedrich (b. 1770 d. 1813) |   Polizeiaktuar |
  Wagner, Gottlob Friedrich (b. 1736 d. 1795) |   Steuereinnehmer |
  Wagner, Johanna (b. 1826 d. 1894) |   chanteuse, soprano |
  Wagner, Julius (b. 1804 d. 1862) |   goldsmith |
  Wagner, Minna Christine Wilhelmine (b. 1809 d. 1866) |   actress |
  Wagner, Richard [Wilhelm Richard] (b. 1813 d. 1883) |   composer |
  Wagner, Siegfried (Helferich Richard) (b. 1869 d. 1930) |   composer, compositore |
  Wagner, Wieland (Adolf Gottfried) (b. 1917 d. 1966) |   instruktor, producer |
  Wagner, Winifred Marjorie (b. 1897 d. 1980) |   |
  Wagner, Wolfgang (Manfred Martin) (b. 1919) |   bozzettista, producer |
  Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) (b. 1786) |   composer, compositore |
  Weber, Friedrich Dionys (b. 1766 d. 1842) |   writer, Komponist |
  Weber, Johann Jakob (b. 1803 d. 1889) |   publisher |
  Weinlig, Christian Theodor (b. 1780 d. 1842) |   Kantor, organ |
  Weissheimer, Wendelin (b. 1838 d. 1910) |   conductor, composer |
  Wesendonk, Mathilde [Agnes] (b. 1828 d. 1902) |   poet |
  Wesendonk, Otto (b. 1815 d. 1896) |   |
  Wetzel, Christian Ephraim (b. 1776 d. 1823) |   Pfarrer |
  Wilbrandt, Adolf (b. 1837 d. 1911) |   writer |
  Wille, Eliza [Gundeline Elisabeth] (b. 1809 d. 1893) |   writer |
  Wille, Francois (b. 1811 d. 1896) |   journalist |
  Winkelmann, Hermann (b. 1849 d. 1912) |   Sanger, tenor |
  Winkler, Carl Gottfried Theodor (b. 1775 d. 1856) |   poet, impresario |
  Wolfram, Clara (b. 1807 d. 1875) |   singer |
  Wolfram, Heinrich (b. 1800 d. 1874) |   singer |
  Wolfram von Eschenbach (b. 1170 d. 1220 a. 1170-1220) |   poet |
  Wolzogen, Hans (Paul) (b. 1848 d. 1938) |   writer on music, librettist |
  Wullner, Franz (b. 1832 d. 1902) |   conductor, composer |
  Zumpe, Herman (b. 1850 d. 1903) |   conductor, composer |