Ritter (surname)

People

A

• Alexander Ritter, German composer, violinist, and conductor
• August Ritter , German civil engineer
• August Gottfried Ritter, German romantic composer and organist

  B

• Bill Ritter , American news anchor in New York City
• Bill Ritter , American politician, Governor of Colorado
• Bruce Ritter, American Roman Catholic priest, founder of Covenant House
• Burwell C. Ritter, American politician, Congressman from Kentucky 1865–1867

  C

• Carl Ritter, German geographer
• Christian Ritter, German composer and organist
• Christian Ritter , German football player

  D

• Dominik Ritter, Swiss football player
• Donald L. Ritter, American politician, Congressman from Pennsylvania 1980–1993

  E

• Erika Ritter, Canadian playwright and humorist

  F

• Floyd Ritter, Major League Baseball catcher 1890
• Frédéric Louis Ritter, German-American composer and author
• Friedrich Ritter, German botanist, expert on cacti

  G

• Gerhard Ritter, German conservative historian
• Gretchen Ritter, American academic administrator

  H

• Halsted L. Ritter, American jurist impeached and removed from office in 1936
• Heinrich Ritter, German philosopher
• Henry Ritter, Canadian genre painter

  J

• Jason Ritter, American actor, son of John Ritter
• Jeannie Ritter, First Lady of Colorado, US; wife of Governor Bill Ritter
• Johann Christian Ritter, first printer in South Africa
• Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist
• Johannes Ritter, Danish footballer
• John Ritter , American politician, Congressman from Pennsylvania 1843–1847
• John Ritter, American actor, son of Tex Ritter, father of Jason Ritter
• John H. Ritter, American young-adult baseball novelist
• John Steele Ritter, American pianist, long-term collaborator of French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal
• Joseph Ritter, American Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis 1946–1967
• Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter

  K

• Krysten Ritter, American actress

  L

• Lawrence Ritter, American baseball writer
• Lorenz Ritter, German painter
• Lou Ritter, American politician, mayor of Jacksonville, Florida 1965–1967
• Louise Ritter, American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist

  M

• Matthew Ritter, American politician
• Maya Ritter, 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, Danish professional cyclist

  P

• Paul Ritter, Australian architect, artist and author
• Paul Ritter , British stage and screen actor
• Paul Ritter , German architectural painter and etcher
• Paul Ritter , 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, German psychologist whose work led to the genocide of the Roma people in Nazi Germany

  S

• Scott Ritter, chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq 1991–1998
• Sylvester Ritter, ring name Junkyard Dog, American professional wrestler

  T

• Tex Ritter, American singer and actor, father of John Ritter
• Thelma Ritter, American actress
• Tyson Ritter, American musician, lead singer and bassist for The All-American Rejects

  W

• William Ritter, Swiss writer
• William Emerson Ritter, American biologist

  Others

• Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and campaigner for woman's suffrage
• F. Ritter Shumway, major figure in American figure skating
• Albert Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare, Italian-American character actor
• Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Croatian writer, historian, linguist, and publisher
• Stephen Geoffreys, 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 Ritter, fictional CIA Deputy Director of Operations in the Tom Clancy novel Clear and Present Danger
• * 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