Ritter (surname)

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Ritter is a surname, and may refer to:

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  • Alexander Ritter (1833–1896), German composer, violinist, and conductor
  • August Gottfried Ritter (1811–1885), German romantic composer and organist
  • 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
  • Carl Ritter (1779–1859), German geographer
  • Christian Ritter (1700's), German-swedish composer and musician
  • Don Ritter (born 1959), Canadian installation artist and writer
  • Donald L. Ritter (born 1940), American politician, Congressman from Pennsylvania 1980–1993
  • Erika Ritter (born 1948), Canadian playwright and humorist
  • Floyd Ritter (1870–1943), Major League Baseball catcher 1890
  • Friedrich Ritter (1898–1989), German botanist, expert on cacti
  • Gerhard Ritter (1888–1967), German conservative historian
  • Halsted L. Ritter (1868–1957), American jurist impeached and removed from office in 1936
  • Heinrich Ritter (1791–1869), German philosopher
  • Huntley Ritter (born 1977), American actor
  • Jason Ritter (born 1980), American actor, son of John Ritter
  • Jeannie Ritter (born 1958), First Lady of Colorado, US; wife of Governor Bill Ritter
  • Joachim Ritter (1903–1974), German philosopher
  • Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810), German chemist and physicist
  • John Ritter (1948–2003), American actor, son of Tex Ritter, father of Jason Ritter
  • John Ritter (congressman) (1779–1851), American politician, Congressman from Pennsylvania 1843–1847
  • John H. Ritter (born 1951), American young-adult baseball novelist
  • Joseph Cardinal Ritter (1892–1967), American prelate, Archbishop of Saint Louis 1946–1967
  • Josh Ritter (born 1976), American singer-songwriter
  • Krysten Ritter, American actress
  • Laszlo Ritter (1937–2003), Hungarian landscape artist
  • Lawrence Ritter (1922–2004), American baseball writer
  • Lou Ritter, American politician, mayor of Jacksonville, Florida 1965–1967
  • Louise Ritter (born 1958), American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist
  • Maya Ritter (born 1993), Canadian actress
  • Preston Ritter, American rock drummer
  • 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
  • Scott Ritter (born 1961), chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq 1991–1998
  • Sylvester Ritter (1952–1998), ring name Junkyard Dog, American professional wrestler
  • 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
  • William Emerson Ritter (1856–1944), American biologist
  • 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
  • Rebecca Ritters (born 1984), Australian actress
  • paniq, real name Leonard Ritter (born 1980), German composer, coder, graphic artist, and writer
  • Stephen Geoffreys (born 1964), American actor who used the screen name Sam Ritter in pornographic films

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[edit] See also

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