WStephanie Fey, who also publishes under the names Rebecca Abe, Stephanie Schuster and Ida Ding, is a German writer and illustrator.
WLudwig Aurbacher was a German teacher and writer. He became famous for his stories about The Seven Swabians.
WDr. Ernst Freiherr von Bibra was a German Naturalist and author. Ernst was a botanist, zoologist, metallurgist, chemist, geographer, travel writer, novelist, duellist, art collector and trailblazer in ethnopsychopharmacology.
WEmily Bold is a German author who lives in Bavaria. She writes romantic historical novels and stories for young adults, some of which have been translated into English. She became a best selling author in 2011 with Gefährliche Intrigen.
WOtto Braun was a German Communist journalist and functionary of the Communist Party of Germany with a long and varied career. His most significant role was as a Comintern agent sent to China in 1934, to advise the Communist Party of China (CPC) on military strategy during the Chinese Civil War. At the time Braun adopted a Chinese name, Li De ; it was only many years later that Otto Braun and "Li De" came to be known as the same person.
WKarl Heinrich Leopold Deschner was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Roman Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume opus Christianity's Criminal History.
WMichael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is best known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 35 million copies, and adapted as motion pictures, stage plays, operas and audio books. Ende is one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's fiction. He was not strictly a children's writer, however, as he wrote books for adults too. Ende's writing could be described as a surreal mixture of reality and fantasy.
WHans Magnus Enzensberger is a German author, poet, translator and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr.
WLion Feuchtwanger was a German-Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht.
WLudwig Ganghofer was a German writer who became famous for his homeland novels.
WOskar Maria Graf was a German-American author who wrote several narratives about life in Bavaria, mostly autobiographical.
WJean Paul was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.
WBernhard Kellermann was a German author and poet.
WPhilipp Lahm is a German retired professional footballer who played as a right back or defensive midfielder and spent much of his early career playing left back. He was the captain of Bayern Munich, having led them to numerous honours including the 2013 UEFA Champions League as part of the Treble. He is also a former captain of his national team, which he led to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup, before retiring from international football.
WGeorg Kaspar Nagler was a German art historian and art writer.
WBarbara Stühlmeyer OblOSB is a German theologian, musicologist, writer and contributing editor, especially a Hildegard scholar.
WLudwig Thoma was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life.
WRoland Tichy is a German author, economist and journalist.
WMartin Walser is a German writer.
WPeter Wilfahrt is a German author. He is also notable in the IT security industry and has been active there for over 15 years in addition to being a co-founder of various start-up companies. He has been noted for his initiatives for the chamber of commerce for Upper Franconia in the field of digitization and IT security. Most notably, he spearheaded the topics of IT security and sensitized companies and represented the chamber of commerce for Upper Franconia in nationwide committees and working groups.