Bavarians
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![]() Flag of Bavaria | |
Total population | |
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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.

The Oktoberfest in Munich, the most widely known festival of Bavarian culture, held since 1810 (2006 photograph).
List of popular Bavarians[change | change source]
Scientists[change | change source]
- Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826)
- Feodor Lynen (1911–1979)
Politicians[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
- Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
- Franz Marc (1880–1916)
- Michael Ende (1929–1995)
- Werner Herzog (1942–)
Sportspeople[change | change source]
- Franz Beckenbauer (1945–)
- Philipp Lahm (1983–)
- Magdalena Neuner (1987–)
- Thomas Müller (1989–)
Others[change | change source]
- Traudl Junge (1920–2002)
- Joseph Ratzinger (1927–)