Frankenthal also cooperates with the community of Butamwa in Nyarugenge, Rwanda. Notable people Abraham Heidanus (1597–1678), a reformed theologian Esther Moscherosch née Ackermann (1602–1632), wife of the statesman and baroque poet Johann Michael Moscherosch Jacob Marrel (1614–1681), still life painter Johann Philipp Becker (1809–1886), revolutionary Georg Vierling (1820–1901), composer (dedication of the Vierlingstrasse ) Konrad Maurer (1823–1902), a Bavarian legal historian Julius von Michel (1843–1911), ophthalmologist Richard Reverdy (1851–1915), civil engineer Karl Wendling (1857–1918), pianist and music pedagogue Karl Perron (1858–1928), opera singer Franz Nissl (1860–1919), neurologist and psychiatrist August von Parseval (1861–1942), designer of airships (dedication of the Parsevalplatz) Hermann Wilker (1874–1941), rower Karl Gentner (1876–1922), operatic tenor Oskar Perron (1880–1975), mathematician Ludwig Marum (1882–1934), lawyer and politician, victims of the Holocaust Arnold Fanck (1889–1974), director and pioneer of the mountain film Paul Martini (1889–1964), medical doctor Carl Neubronner (1892–1961), politician Georg Gehring (1903–1943), wrestler Karl Huber (1904–1965), politician and trade unionist Josef Frank (1906–1971), politician (SPD) Werner Knab (1908–1945), jurist and SS leader Hans Carste (1909–1971), composer and conductor Adolf Metzner (1910–1978), Leichtathlet Rudi Fischer (1925–2012), Football goalkeeper Michael Werner (publisher) (born 1965), founder of the Pennsylvania German newspaper Hiwwe wie Driwwe Tobias Eckmeier (born 1995), vlogger and Instagram personality known as EXSL95 Frauke Schäfer, operatic soprano Family name The family name "Frankenthal" is attested among people scattered in many countries - especially among Jews - and indicates an ultimate origin of the family in the town, though it might be centuries old and leaving no memory other than the name. Gallery References Citations Bibliography . Anterior Palatinate Palatinate (region)