Bavarians

For the early medieval people, see Baiuvarii.

Bavarians (Standard German and Bavarian: Bayern) are an ethnographic group of Germans of Bavaria. The group's dialect is Bavarian and German.

Bavarians
Bajuwaren
Bajuwarn

Flag of Bavaria
Total population
c. 15 million
Languages
Bavarian German Swabian-Alemannic Franconian
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Other Germanic peoples (especially Germans)

The Oktoberfest in Munich, the most widely known festival of Bavarian culture, held since 1810 (2006 photograph).

List of popular Bavarians

Scientists

Joseph von Fraunhofer

• Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826)
• Feodor Lynen (1911–1979)

Politicians

Franz Josef Strauß

• 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

Christoph Willibald Gluck

• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
• Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
• Franz Marc (1880–1916)
• Michael Ende (1929–1995)
• Werner Herzog (1942–)

Sportspeople

• Franz Beckenbauer (1945–2024)
• Philipp Lahm (1983–)
• Magdalena Neuner (1987–)
• Thomas Müller (1989–)

Others

• Traudl Junge (1920–2002)
• Joseph Ratzinger (1927–)