Ritter (surname)
Ritter is a surname, and may refer to:
People
A
- Alexander Ritter (1833–1896), German composer, violinist, and conductor
- August Ritter (civil engineer) (1826–1908), German civil engineer
- August Gottfried Ritter (1811–1885), German romantic composer and organist
B
- Bill Ritter (journalist) (born 1950), American news anchor in New York City
- Bill Ritter (politician) (born 1956), American politician, Governor of Colorado
- Bruce Ritter (1927–1999), American Roman Catholic priest, founder of Covenant House
- Burwell C. Ritter (1810–1880), American politician, Congressman from Kentucky 1865–1867
C
- Carl Ritter (1779–1859), German geographer
- Christian Ritter (1645–50 – after 1725), German composer and organist
- Christian Ritter (footballer) (born 1984), German football player
D
- Dominik Ritter, Swiss football player
- Donald L. Ritter (born 1940), American politician, Congressman from Pennsylvania 1980–1993
E
- Erika Ritter (born 1948), Canadian playwright and humorist
F
- Floyd Ritter (1870–1943), Major League Baseball catcher 1890
- Frédéric Louis Ritter (1834–1891), German-American composer and author
- Friedrich Ritter (1898–1989), German botanist, expert on cacti
G
- Gerhard Ritter (1888–1967), German conservative historian
- Gretchen Ritter, American academic administrator
H
- Halsted L. Ritter (1868–1957), American jurist impeached and removed from office in 1936
- Heinrich Ritter (1791–1869), German philosopher
- Henry Ritter (1816–1853), Canadian genre painter
J
- Jason Ritter (born 1980), American actor, son of John Ritter
- Jeannie Ritter (born 1958), First Lady of Colorado, US; wife of Governor Bill Ritter
- Johann Christian Ritter (born 1755), first printer in South Africa
- Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810), German chemist and physicist
- Johannes Ritter, Danish footballer
- John Ritter (congressman) (1779–1851), American politician, Congressman from Pennsylvania 1843–1847
- John Ritter (1948–2003), American actor, son of Tex Ritter, father of Jason Ritter
- John H. Ritter (born 1951), American young-adult baseball novelist
- John Steele Ritter, American pianist, long-term collaborator of French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal
- Joseph Ritter (1892–1967), American Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis 1946–1967
- Josh Ritter (born 1976), American singer-songwriter
K
- Krysten Ritter, American actress
L
- Lawrence Ritter (1922–2004), American baseball writer
- Lorenz Ritter (1832–1921), German painter
- Lou Ritter, American politician, mayor of Jacksonville, Florida 1965–1967
- Louise Ritter (born 1958), American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist
M
- Matthew Ritter, American politician
- Maya Ritter (born 1993), Canadian actress
N
- Nikolaus Ritter German Intellegnce Officer in charge of espionage against the United States and Britain in World War 2.
O
- Ole Ritter (born 1941), Danish professional cyclist
P
- Paul Ritter, Australian architect, artist and author
- Paul Ritter (actor) (born 1966), British stage and screen actor
- Paul Ritter (painter) (1829–1907), German architectural painter and etcher
- Paul Ritter (diplomat) (1865–1921), Swiss ambassador to the United States
- Preston Ritter, American rock drummer
R
- Rex Ritter, lead guitarist for the American band Jessamine 1994–1998
- Robert Ritter (1901 – c. 1951), German psychologist whose work led to the genocide of the Roma people in Nazi Germany
S
- Scott Ritter (born 1961), chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq 1991–1998
- Sylvester Ritter (1952–1998), ring name Junkyard Dog, American professional wrestler
T
- Tex Ritter (1905–1974), American singer and actor, father of John Ritter
- Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), American actress
- Tyson Ritter (born 1984), American musician, lead singer and bassist for The All-American Rejects
W
- William Ritter (1867–1955), Swiss writer
- William Emerson Ritter (1856–1944), American biologist
Others
- Mary Ritter Beard (1876–1958), American historian and campaigner for woman's suffrage
- F. Ritter Shumway (1906–1992), major figure in American figure skating
- Albert Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare (1887–1967), Italian-American character actor
- Pavao Ritter Vitezović (1652–1713), Croatian writer, historian, linguist, and publisher
- Stephen Geoffreys (born 1964), American actor who used the screen name Sam Ritter in pornographic films
Fictional characters
- Donald & Deborah Ritter, characters from Marvel Comics
- Philip Ritter, a doctor played by Paul Henreid in the 1952 film Stolen Face
- Rein Weiss Ritter, a robot in the Super Robot Wars series
- Rhonda Ritter, a character in the 1982 film Grease 2
- Robert (Bob) Ritter, fictional CIA Deputy Director of Operations in the Tom Clancy novel Clear and Present Danger (1989)
- The same character, played by Henry Czerny, in the 1994 film adaptation of the novel
- Weiss Ritter, a robot in the Super Robot Wars series
- Alwin Ritter, a fictional character in the anime Gundam SEED DESTINY
- Thomas, Jacob, and Lily Ritter, characters from the 2013 video game State of Decay
See also
- Ritter (titular name)
- Rebecca Ritters (born 1984), Australian actress
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