Ritter
Ritter (English: Knight) is a German title as well as a surname, also nobilized as von Ritter, and may refer to:
- Ritter (German title)
- RKdEK (Knight's Cross)
Notable noble families:
Notable people:
- Adam Ritter von Nitterdorf (1779–1829), German publicist, literary critic, political economist and theorist of the state
- Adolf Ritter von Deines (1845–1911), German officer, finally General der Kavallerie and Generaladjutant of Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Franz Xaver Ritter von Epp (1868–1947), German officer and National Socialist politician
- Franz Ritter von Hipper (1863–1932), German naval officer of the Imperial German Navy, finally Admiral in WWI
- Franz Ritter von Soxhlet (1848–1926), German agricultural chemist and inventor of the Soxhlet extractor in 1879
- Georg Ritter von Hengl (1897–1952), German officer, finally General der Gebirgstruppe of the Wehrmacht
- Hans Ritter (1893–1991), German officer, finally General der Flieger of the Luftwaffe in WWII
- Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810), Physicist and discoverer of Ultraviolet
- Klaus Ritter (1918–2015), German officer, Knight's Cross recipient, intelligence officer and political scientist
- Max Ritter von Müller (1887–1918), German World War I fighter ace
- Oskar Ritter von Miller (1855–1934), German engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik
- Wilhelm Ritter von Haasy (1867–1946), German officer and general
