Ritter (surname)
For other uses, see Ritter (disambiguation)
Ritter is a surname, and may refer to:
People
- 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
- 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 (1645–50 – after 1725), German composer and organist
- Christian Ritter (footballer) (born 1984), German football player
- Donald L. Ritter (born 1940), American politician, Congressman from Pennsylvania 1980–1993
- Dominik Ritter, Swiss football player
- Erika Ritter (born 1948), Canadian playwright and humorist
- 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
- 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
- Henry Ritter (1816–1853), Canadian genre painter
- 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
- Johann Christian Ritter (born 1755), first printer in South Africa
- 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
- 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
- Krysten Ritter, American actress
- 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
- Maya Ritter (born 1993), Canadian actress
- Ole Ritter (born 1941), Danish professional cyclist
- Paul Ritter (disambiguation)
- 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
- Stephen Geoffreys (born 1964), American actor who used the screen name Sam Ritter in pornographic films
- Tyson Jay Ritter (born 1984), Singer/ All-American Reject
Fictional characters
- Donald & Deborah Ritter, characters from Marvel Comics
- Dr. Philip Ritter, a character played by Paul Henreid in the 1952 film Stolen Face
- Weiss Ritter, a robot in the Super Robot Wars series
- Rein Weiss Ritter, a robot in the Super Robot Wars series
- Robert Ritter, CIA Deputy Director for Operations in 1994 film Clear and Present Danger