The people on the Bach family tree
Each person on the Bach family tree has a row. Choose a span of years to list the people alive in it.
All 16 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Johann Ambrosius BachFather, town musician | 1645–1695 | Town musician of Erfurt and Eisenach. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| ME | Maria Elisabeth LämmerhirtMother | 1644?–1694 | Daughter of a furrier of Erfurt. She died in 1694. | Find on the chart |
| JC | Johann Christoph BachElder brother | 1671–1721 | Organist at Ohrdruf, who took Sebastian in. | Find on the chart |
 | Johann Sebastian BachThomaskantor at Leipzig | 1685–1750 | Organist, Kapellmeister and from 1723 Thomaskantor. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| MB | Maria Barbara BachFirst wife | 1684–bef. 1720 | His second cousin, mother of seven of his children. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| AM | Anna Magdalena BachSecond wife, court singer | 1701–1760 | Married in 1721, mother of thirteen of his children. | Find on the chart |
| CD | Catharina Dorothea BachEldest daughter | 1708–1774 | A daughter of the first marriage. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | Wilhelm Friedemann BachOrganist at Dresden and Halle | 1710–1784 | The eldest son, who died in Berlin. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
 | Carl Philipp Emanuel BachComposer in Berlin and Hamburg | 1714–1788 | Harpsichordist to Frederick II, then music director at Hamburg. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| JG | Johann Gottfried Bernhard BachSon, organist | 1715–1739 | He died young, in 1739. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| GH | Gottfried Heinrich BachSon | 1724–bef. 1763 | A son of the second marriage, born at Leipzig. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| EJ | Elisabeth Juliana Friederica BachDaughter | 1726–1781 | A daughter of the second marriage, born at Leipzig. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | Johann Christoph Friedrich BachConcert master at Bückeburg | 1732–1795 | Born at Leipzig in 1732, he worked at Bückeburg all his life. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
 | Johann Christian BachComposer in Milan and London | 1735–1782 | The London Bach, who taught the young Mozart. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| JC | Johanna Carolina BachDaughter | 1737–1781 | A daughter of the second marriage. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| RS | Regina Susanna BachYoungest daughter | 1742–1809 | The youngest daughter on the chart. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Bach family tree, a family of musicians. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/bach-family-tree
- MLA“The Bach Family Tree, a Family of Musicians.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/bach-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Bach Family Tree, a Family of Musicians.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/bach-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Bach Family Tree, a Family of Musicians. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/bach-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources
Every source was opened on 10 November 2026. The Neue Deutsche Biographie and the Bachhaus Eisenach come first, and Wikipedia is cited only for the years in London.
Neue Deutsche Biographie
Bachhaus Eisenach
Wikipedia
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1748.
- Johann Ambrosius Bach, Attributed to Johann David Herlicius, 1685.
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, P. Gülle, 1782.
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, After Johann Philipp Bach, about 1780.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Georg David Matthieu, 1774.
- Johann Christian Bach, Thomas Gainsborough, 1776.
- The church and school of St Thomas at Leipzig in 1723, the year Bach became Thomaskantor, Johann Gottfried Krügner, 1723.
On the chart, Johann Sebastian Bach is by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1748, Public domain, and Johann Ambrosius Bach is by Attributed to Johann David Herlicius, Public domain, and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach is by P. Gülle, Public domain, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is by After Johann Philipp Bach, Public domain, and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is by Georg David Matthieu, Public domain, and Johann Christian Bach is by Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain.