Ritter (surname)
Ritter is a surname of German origin, and may refer to:
People
A
- Alexander Ritter, German composer, violinist, and conductor
- Alison Ritter, Australian drug policy academic
- Allen Ritter, American songwriter and record producer
- Alois Ritter, Liechtenstein politician
- August Ritter (civil engineer), German civil engineer
- August Gottfried Ritter, German composer and organist
B
- Bill Ritter, American politician from Colorado
- Bill Ritter (journalist), American news anchor in New York City
- Bruce Ritter, American Catholic priest
- Burwell C. Ritter, American politician from Kentucky
C
- Carl Ritter, German geographer
- Christian Ritter, German composer and organist
- Christian Ritter (footballer), German football player
D
- Dominik Ritter, Swiss football player
- Donald L. Ritter, American politician from Pennsylvania
E
- Erika Ritter, Canadian playwright and humorist
F
- Floyd Ritter, baseball player
- Frédéric Louis Ritter, German-American composer and author
- Friedrich Ritter, German botanist, expert on cacti
G
- Gerhard Ritter, German historian
- Gerhard A. Ritter, German historian
- Gretchen Ritter, American academic administrator
H
- Halsted L. Ritter, American jurist
- Heinrich Ritter, German philosopher
- Henry Ritter, Canadian genre painter
I
- Irene Marschand Ritter, American composer
J
- J. Alfred Ritter, American politician from Maryland
- Jason Ritter, American actor, son of John
- Jeannie Ritter, American First Lady of Colorado, US; wife of Bill
- Joachim Ritter, German philosopher
- Johann Christian Ritter, South African printer
- Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist
- Johannes Ritter, Danish footballer
- John Ritter (congressman), American politician from Pennsylvania
- John Ritter, American actor, son of Tex
- John H. Ritter, American young-adult baseball novelist
- John Steele Ritter, American pianist
- Joseph Ritter, American cardinal and archbishop
- Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter
K
- Krysten Ritter, American actress
L
- Lawrence Ritter, American baseball writer
- Lorenz Ritter, German painter
- Lou Ritter, American politician from Florida
- Louise Ritter, American track and field athlete
M
- Matthew Ritter, American politician
- Markus Ritter (art historian), German art historian
- Markus Ritter, Swiss politician
- Maya Ritter, Canadian actress
- Michael Ritter, Liechtenstein politician
N
- Nikolaus Ritter, German intelligence officer
O
- Ole Ritter, Danish cyclist
P
- Paul Ritter, British actor
- Paul Ritter (architect), Australian architect, artist and author
- Paul Ritter (painter), German architectural painter and etcher
- Paul Ritter (diplomat), Swiss diplomat
- Preston Ritter, American rock drummer
R
- Rex Ritter, American guitarist, Jessamine
- Robert Ritter, German psychologist whose work led to the genocide of the Roma people in Nazi Germany
- Rupert Ritter, Liechtenstein lawyer
- Ryan Ritter, American baseball player
- Karlheinz Ritter, Liechtenstein politician
S
- Scott Ritter, chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq
- Sylvester Ritter, ring name Junkyard Dog, American wrestler
T
- Tex Ritter, American singer and actor, father of John
- Thelma Ritter, American actress
- Tyson Ritter, American musician, ''The All-American Rejects''
W
- William Ritter, Swiss writer
- William Emerson Ritter, American biologist
- William M. Ritter, American businessman
Others
- Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and campaigner for woman's suffrage
- F. Ritter Shumway, American figure skater
- Albert Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare, Italian-American character actor
- Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Croatian writer, historian, linguist, and publisher
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