Artists and Cultural Figures
- Burt Bacharach (popular American composer, musician)
- David Bachrach (19th century American photographer, known for his images of the Gettysburg Address), born in Neukirchen. June 2021 Article in Smithsonian Magazine.
Famous Rabbis and Scholars
- Jair Chaim Bacharach (1638-1702) –Talmudic scholar, rabbi in Koblenz, Worms. Great-great-grandson of the Maharal of Prague.
- Jacob Bacharach, AKA Yakov Krakower (1650-1704), rabbi in Trebic and Krakow
- Tuviah Bachrach (?-1659), rabbi martyred in Ruzhany, Belarus
- Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, AKA Ba’al ha-Ma’amarim or Jacob ha-Bachri, (1824-1896), rabbi in Sejny (note: this source claims he descends from Rabbi Jair Chaim, but this is incorrect. He was a descendant of Rabbi Tuviah.)
- Naphtali ben Jacob Elchanan Bacharach (ca 1600-?) –Kabbalist from Frankfurt, author of Emek ha-Melekh