List of people from Stuttgart

This list contains people both born in Stuttgart and notable residents of the city, ordered chronologically.

Contents 1 Born in Stuttgart, Germany 1.1 13th until 18th century 1.2 19th century 1.2.1 1801 until 1820 1.2.2 1821 until 1840 1.2.3 1841 until 1860 1.2.4 1861 until 1880 1.2.5 1881 until 1900 1.3 20th century 1.3.1 1901 until 1910 1.3.2 1911 until 1920 1.3.3 1921 until 1930 1.3.4 1931 until 1940 1.3.5 1941 until 1950 1.3.6 1951 until 1960 1.3.7 1961 until 1970 1.3.8 1971 until 1980 1.3.9 since 1981 2 Notable residents of Stuttgart

Born in Stuttgart, Germany

The following persons were born in Stuttgart respectively within the current city borders.

13th until 18th century

• Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg (1265–1325), Count of Württemberg
• Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg (1388–1419), Count of Württemberg
• Martin Eisengrein (1535–1578), Catholic theologian and polemical writer
• Balduin Hoyoul (1547/48–1594), baroque composer
• Anna of Württemberg (1561–1616), princes member of the House of Württemberg
• Paul Peuerl (1570–after 1625), organist, organ builder, renovator and repairer, and composer
• Salomon Idler (1610–1669), shoemaker
• Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614–1674), Duke of Württemberg
• Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (1615–1682), Duke of Württemberg
• Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667), composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist
• William Louis (1647–1677), Duke of Württemberg
• Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1676–1733), duke of Württemberg
• Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677–1742), margravine of Baden
• Charles Alexander (1684–1737), Duke of Württemberg
• Henry Frederick of Württemberg-Winnental (1687–1734), general
• Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental (1689–1709), volunteer in the army of Charles XII of Sweden
• Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690–1750), composer, organist and harpsichordist
• Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental (1690–1734), army commander
• Georg Bernhard Bilfinger (1693–1750), philosopher, mathematician and statesman
• Johann Jakob Moser (1701–1785), jurist, publicist and researcher
• Jean Chrétien Fischer (1713–1762), soldier
• Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732–1797), son of Duke Karl Alexander
• Duchess Auguste of Württemberg (1734–1787), Duchess of Württemberg
• Dorothea Wendling (1736–1811), Soprano
• Karl Friedrich Abt (1743–1783), actor
• Reinhard Heinrich Ferdinand Fischer (1746–1813), architect
• Ludwig Timotheus Spittler (1752–1810), historian
• Nicolas Lupot (1758–1824), Violin Maker
• Johann Andreas Streicher (1761–1833), pianist, composer and piano maker
• Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter (1762–1852), painter
• Johann Friedrich Cotta (1764–1832), publisher, industrial pioneer and politician
• Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765–1825), mathematician
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), philosopher
• Andreas Friedrich Bauer (1783–1860), engineer
• Gustav Friedrich Hetsch (1788–1864), architect
• Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869), chemist, geologist, metallurgist, naturalist, industrialist and philosopher
• Carl Alexander Heideloff (1789–1865), architect
• Gustav Schwab (1792–1850), writer, pastor and publisher
• Friedrich August von Alberti (1795–1878), geologist
• Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857), choir conductor, songwriter, composer, and pianist
• Robert von Mohl (1799–1875), jurist
• Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), social reformer, travel writer and literature historian

19th century

1801 until 1820

• Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827), poet and novelist
• Christian Heinrich von Nagel (1803–1882), geometer
• Julius Benedict (1804–1885), composer and conductor
• Hugo von Mohl (1805–1872), botanist
• Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach (1810–1869), son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg
• Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856), member of the House of Württemberg
• Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Berge (1811–1883), naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist
• Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812–1890), scientist, traveller and collector
• Johann Ludwig Karl Heinrich von Struve (1812–1898), son of Johann Christoph Gustav von Struve
• August of Württemberg (1813–1885), Royal Prussian Colonel General
• Hermann Gundert (1814–1893), missionary and scholar
• Robert Schlumberger von Goldeck (1814–1879), entrepreneur
• Wilhelm Griesinger (1817–1868), neurologist and psychiatrist
• Georg Herwegh (1817–1875), revolutionary poet
• Wilhelm Roser (1817–1888), surgeon and ophthalmologist
• Sophie of Württemberg (1818–1877), Queen of the Netherlands
• William Julius Mann (1819–1892), theologian and author
• Karl Christian Planck (1819–1880), philosopher
• Carl Gustav Guckelberger (1820–1902), chemist

1821 until 1840

• Carl Gustav Calwer (1821–1874), entomologist
• Rudolf von Roth (1821–1895), Indologist, founder of the Vedic philology
• Princess Catherine of Württemberg (1821–1898), daughter of William I of Württemberg
• Christian Zeller (1822–1899), mathematician
• Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), third King of Württemberg
• Karl Theodor Keim (1825–1878), Protestant theologian
• Wilhelm Hertz (1835–1902), writer
• Frederick Leypoldt (1835–1884), bibliographer
• Karl Mauch (1837–1875), explorer and geographer of Africa
• Carl Wilhelm Heine (1838–1877), physician

1841 until 1860

• Julius Ruthardt (1841–1909), violinist and composer
• Wilhelm Camerer (1842–1910), physician
• Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852–1904), wife of Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Eugen Baumann (1846–1896), chemist
• Charles Rasp (1846–1907), businessman
• Hermann Eckstein (1847–1893), magnate and banker
• William II of Württemberg (1848–1921), fourth King of Württemberg
• Louis Welden Hawkins (1849–1910), painter
• Carl Magnus von Hell (1849–1926), chemist
• Isolde Kurz (1853–1944), poet and short story writer
• Karl von Weizsäcker (1853–1926), politician
• Friedrich Hauser (1859–1917), archaeologist and art historian
• Otto Hölder (1859–1937), mathematician

1861 until 1880

• Wilhelm Weinberg (1862–1937), physician and obstetrician-gynecologist
• Cäsar Flaischlen (1864–1920), poet
• Max Bodenheimer (1865–1940), lawyer
• Hans Spemann (1869–1941), embryologist
• Hermann Abert (1871–1927), historian of music
• Otto Treßler (1871–1965), film actor
• Walther Reinhardt (1872–1930), officer
• Friedrich Wilhelm Seiffer (1872–?), neurologist and psychiatrist
• Johannes Baader (1875–1955), architect, writer and artist
• Fritz Lang (1877–1961), painter
• Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965), daughter of William II of Württemberg
• Ludwig Dürr (1878–1956), airship designer
• Alfred Roth (1879–1948), politician and writer

1881 until 1900

• Alfred Fischer (1881–1950), architect
• Julius Frey (1881–1960), swimmer
• Hermann Geyer (1882–1946), General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882–1951), diplomat and politician
• Karl Burger (1883–1959), amateur football player and manager
• Rudolf Veiel (1883–1956), General of the Panzertruppe during World War II
• Fred Gaiser (1885–1918), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Paul Leni (1885–1929), filmmaker
• Viktor von Weizsäcker (1886–1957), physician and physiologist
• Otto Wunderlich (1886–1975), photographer
• Bruno Frank (1887–1945), author, poet, dramatist, and humanist
• Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943), painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer
• Willi Baumeister (1889–1955), painter, scenic designer, art professor, and typographer
• Dietrich Kraiß (1889–1944), Generalleutnant during World War II
• Otto Merz (1889–1933), chauffeur, race car driver, test driver and mechanic
• Rudolf von Bünau (1890–1962), general
• C. Paul Jennewein (1890–1978), American sculptor
• Fritz Mannheimer (1890–1939), banker
• Walther Fischer von Weikersthal (1890–1953), General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Carl Jules Weyl (1890–1941), art director
• Erich Schönhardt (1891–1979), mathematician
• Otto Fahr (1892–1969), backstroke swimmer
• Christian Werner (1892–1932), racecar driver
• Lina Zimmer (1892–2004), oldest German with 111 years for the last year of her life
• Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893–1975), head of the House of Württemberg
• Erwin Fues (1893–1970), physicist
• Albert Buck (1895–1962), Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Heinrich Eberbach (1895–1992), General der Panzertruppen in World War II
• Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), philosopher-sociologist
• Herbert Wagner (1896–1968), Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Duke Carl Alexander of Württemberg (1896–1964), member of the House of Württemberg
• Paul Schlack (1897–1967), chemist
• Heinrich Rau (1899–1961), politician
• Günther Gumprich (1900–1943), Captain of the German Navy
• Wolf Hirth (1900–1959), gliding pioneer and sailplane designer

20th century

1901 until 1910

• Hermann Plocher (1901–1980), Luftwaffe commander during World War II
• Fred Uhlman (1901–1985), German-English writer, painter and lawyer
• Ernst Rexer (1902–1983), nuclear physicist
• Werner Klingler (1903–1972), film director and actor
• Arnulf Klett (1905–1944), lawyer and politician
• Martin Schempp (1905–1984), glider pilot
• Kurt Schumacher (1905–1942), sculptor and Communist member of the German Resistance against National Socialism
• Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905–1964), aristocrat and historian
• Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905–1944), aristocrat, lawyer and conspirator in the 20 July plot of 1944
• Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977), police commissioner and concentration camp overseer
• Will Eisenmann (1906–1992), German-Swiss composer
• Erich Zürn (1906–1965), U-boat engineer
• Herbert Kappler (1907–1978), head of German police and security services in Rome during World War II
• Eberhard Koebel (1907–1955), leader, writer and publisher
• Trude Eipperle (1908–1997), operatic soprano
• Edward Lowinsky (1908–1985), musicologist
• Helmut Schäfer (1908–1994), weightlifter
• Hermann Lang (1909–1987), champion race car driver
• Fritz Leonhardt (1909–1999), structural engineer
• Wilhelm Herget (1910–1974), night fighter flying ace in the German Luftwaffe during World War II
• Gerda Taro (1910–1937), war photographer

1911 until 1920

• Hans Endreß (1911–1969), Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen SS
• Erwin Bauer (1912–1958), Formula One driver
• Rudi Fischer (1912–1976), racing driver
• Walter Harzer (1912–1982), Waffen-SS officer
• Richard Holm (1912–1988), operatic tenor
• Hermann Lenz (1913–1998), writer of poetry, fiction stories, and novels
• Rudolf Böhmler (1914–1968), Oberst in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II
• Rainer Hildebrandt (1914–2004), anti-communist resistance fighter
• Herman Pilnik (1914–1981), Argentine chess Grandmaster
• Wilhelm Spindler (1914–1997), Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Alfred Vohrer (1914–1986), film director and actor
• Helmut Belser (1915–1942), Luftwaffe ace
• Rudolf von Bünau (1915–1943), Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Helmut Hirsch (1916–1937), student and resistance member
• Alfred Weidenmann (1916–2000), film director and screenwriter
• Karl Steinbuch (1917–2005), computer scientist, cyberneticist, and electrical engineer
• Heinz Haag (1918–1994), Schnellboot commander in World War II
• Günther Hilt (1918–1944), Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Hans Götz (1919–1943), fighter ace
• Richard von Weizsäcker (b. 1920), politician

1921 until 1930

• Kurt Adolff (b. 1921), racing driver
• Herbert Berrer (1921–1992), one man torpedo driver
• Heinz Weiss (1921–2010), film actor
• Wilhelm Bäder (1922–1945), highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Karl Dietrich Bracher (* 1922), political scientist and historian
• Fritz Umgelter (1922–1981), television director, television writer, and film director
• Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003), politician
• Robert Schlienz (1924–1995), football player
• Franz Sondheimer (1926–1981), British chemist
• Dieter Eppler (1927–2008), television actor
• Joachim Fuchsberger (b. 1927), actor, television host, lyricist, businessman, activist, paratrooper
• Wolf Kahn (b. 1927), American painter
• Rolf Landauer (1927–1999), physicist
• Werner Ungerer (b. 1927), diplomat and civil servant
• Hans Herrmann (b. 1928), sports car racing driver
• Manfred Rommel (b. 1928), politician
• Hans-Peter Dürr (b. 1929), physicist
• Ernst Mahle (b. 1929), Brazilian composer and orchestra conductor
• Manfred Abelein (1930–2008), politician
• Fred Herzog (b. 1930), photographer
• Berthold Leibinger (b. 1930), engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist

1931 until 1940

• Werner Haas (1931–1976), classical pianist
• Heinz Dürr (b. 1933), entrepreneur and stockholder
• Michael Pfleghar (1933–1991), film director and screenwriter
• Helmuth Rilling (b. 1933), choral conductor
• Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (b. 1933), member of the House of Württemberg
• Michael May (b. 1934), Swiss racing driver
• Manfred Wörner (1934–1994), politician and diplomat
• Herbert E. Brekle (b. 1935), typographer and linguist
• Wolfgang Dauner (b. 1935), jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist
• Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935), composer
• Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (b. 1935), designer
• Gerhard Ertl (b. 1936), physicist
• Günter Klass (1936–1967), racing driver
• Walter Stöhrer (1937–2000), painter
• Dieter Glemser (b. 1938), touring car racing driver
• Frieder Nake (b. 1938), professor for computer graphics
• Manfred Schneckenburger (b. 1938), art historian and curator
• Eberhard Schoener (b. 1938), composer, conductor, arranger, and keyboard player
• Hartmut Geerken (b. 1939), musician, composer, writer, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker
• Veronika Bayer (1940–2008), actress
• Eberhard Weber (b. 1940), double bassist and composer

1941 until 1950

• Hartmut Elsenhans (b. 1941), scientist
• Knut Urban (b. 1941), physicist
• Wolfgang Kramer (b. 1942), board game designer
• Bert Sakmann (b. 1942), cell physiologist
• Rolf Schübel (b. 1942), film director and screenwriter
• Ulrich Bez (b. 1943), businessman
• Friedman Paul Erhardt (1943–2007), German American pioneering early television chef
• Hans-Jörg Bullinger (b. 1944), scientist
• Marlinde Massa (b. 1944), field hockey player
• Rosalie Abella (b. 1946), Canadian jurist
• Kurt Joachim Lauk (b. 1946), politician
• Gerhard Raff (b. 1946), historian, editor and publisher
• Jerry Zaks (b. 1946), American stage and television director and actor
• John Thorn (b. 1947), sports historian
• Andrea Rau (b. 1947), actress and producer
• Christel Haeck (b. 1948), politician
• Horst Köppel (b. 1948), footballer and football manager
• Anna Thomas (b. 1948), film screenwriter, film producer and writer
• Manfred Wagner (b. 1948), author of Wagner model
• Hans Lutz (b. 1949), track cyclist and road bicycle racer
• Rainer Arnold (b. 1950), politician
• Bernhard Mann (b. 1950), social scientist

1951 until 1960

• David Robert Nelson (b. 1951), physicist
• Rudi Studer (b. 1951), computer scientist
• Rolf Ziegler (b. 1951), athlete
• Harry Gauss (1952–2009), German-Canadian football coach
• Angelika Speitel (b. 1952), member of the Red Army Faction
• Rainer Adrion (b. 1953), footballer and football manager
• Almut Lehmann (b. 1953), pair skater
• Günther Oettinger (b. 1953), politician
• Jörg Tauss (b. 1953), politician
• Hermann Kopp (b. 1954), composer and musician
• Horst von Saurma (b. 1954), chief editor of the German automobile magazine sport auto
• Jeff Dahl (b. 1955), American musician
• Roland Emmerich (b. 1955), film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Walter Kelsch (b. 1955), footballer
• Bernd Martin (b. 1955), footballer
• Matthias Rath (b. 1955), doctor, businessman and vitamin entrepreneur
• Rolf Schlierer (b. 1955), physician, lawyer and politician
• Constanze Angela Krehl (b. 1956), politician
• Ralf Illenberger (b. 1956), guitarist
• Phillip Longman (b. 1956), American demographer
• Peter Schilling (b. 1956), synthpop musician
• Karin Binder (b. 1957), politician
• Elmar Borrmann (b. 1957), fencer
• Kiddy Citny (b. 1957), artist and musician
• Dominic Dobson (b. 1957), CART and Craftsman Truck Series driver
• Madhukar (b. 1957), author, teacher and guru
• Hansi Müller (b. 1957), footballer and supervisory board member of VfB Stuttgart
• Rainer Wieland (b. 1957), politician
• Eric Abetz (b. 1958), politician
• Uwe Grodd (b. 1958), conductor and flautist
• Nikolai Müllerschön (b. 1958), film director, producer and screenwriter
• Claudia Schoppmann (b. 1958), historian and author
• Axel Berg (b. 1959), politician
• Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), businessman
• Geoff Tate (b. 1959), American singer and musician
• Andres Veiel (b. 1959), film director and screenwriter
• Volker Beck (b. 1960), politician
• Eric Hilgendorf (b. 1960), professor of law
• Greg Iles (b. 1960), American novelist
• Michael Maar (b. 1960), literary scholar and author
• Uwe Muegge (b. 1960), innovator and educator
• Claudia Neidig (b. 1960), actress

1961 until 1970

• Mark Adickes (b. 1961), American football player
• Ferdinand Oliver Porsche (b. 1961), lawyer
• Ed Reynolds (b. 1961), American football linebacker
• Ralf Zerback (b. 1961), historian and author
• John Alt (b. 1962), American football offensive tackle
• Judith Kaufmann (b. 1962), cinematographer
• Rainer Kraft (b. 1962), football coach
• Susanne Lewis (b. 1962), American musician, songwriter and artist
• Andreas Müller (b. 1962), footballer
• Ulf Hohmann (b. 1963), ethologist
• Alex Jolig (b. 1963), actor, singer and motorcycle racer
• Angela Laich (b. 1963), sculptor, draughtsperson, and painter
• Steffen Lehmann (b. 1963), architect and urban designer
• Martin Schwalb (b. 1963), handball player
• Beate Bühler (b. 1964), volleyball player
• Christof Ebert (b. 1964), computer scientist and author
• Jürgen Evers (b. 1964), sprinter
• Denis Scheck (b. 1964), literary critic and journalist
• Alexander Bader (b. 1965), clarinetist
• Mark Landler (b. 1965), American journalist
• Anja Langer (b. 1965), professional bodybuilder
• Jürgen Mayer-Hermann (b. 1965), architect and artist
• Tobias Pflüger (b. 1965), politician
• Christina Riegel (b. 1965), figure skater
• Michael Spies (b. 1965), footballer
• Thomas Stickroth (b. 1965), footballer
• Sandra Hastenteufel (b. 1966), artist
• Gert Mittring (b. 1966), mental calculator
• Stefan-Peter Greiner (b. 1966), violin maker
• Vincenzo Nardiello (b. 1966), Italian boxer
• Klaus Schedl (b. 1966), composer
• Michael Beck (b. 1967), member of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier
• Dietmar Haaf (b. 1967), long jumper
• Jürgen Klopp (b. 1967), footballer and football manager
• Eberhard Trautner (b. 1967), footballer
• Natalia Wörner (b. 1967), actress
• Dimitrios Moutas (b. 1968), Greek footballer
• Robert Schwentke (b. 1968), film director
• Markus Amm (b. 1969), artist
• Patrick Cramer (b. 1969), biochemist
• Ulrike Frank (b. 1969), actress
• Stefan Kaufmann (b. 1969), politician
• Marco Kurz (b. 1969), footballer and coach
• Bernhard Rühling (b. 1969), rower
• Kim Bauermeister (b. 1970), runner
• Franziska Hentschel (b. 1970), field hockey player
• Jens Keller (b. 1970), footballer and football manager
• Jerri Manthey (b. 1970), American actress
• Christian von Stetten (b. 1970), businessman and politician

1971 until 1980

• Thom Barron (b. 1971), pornographic actor
• Chris Bosse (b. 1971), architect
• Sascha Fischer (b. 1971), rugby union player
• Markus Lösch (b. 1971), footballer
• Lisa Martinek (b. 1972), actress
• Carmen Vincelj (b. 1972), professional dancer
• Christopher Bauder (b. 1973), interaction designer and media artist
• André Butzer (b. 1973), artist
• Max Herre (b. 1973), musician
• Florian Maier-Aichen (b. 1973), landscape photographer
• Matthias Megyeri (b. 1973), designer of security products
• Shuman Ghosemajumder (b. 1974), Canadian technologist, entrepreneur, and author
• Tayfun Korkut (b. 1974), Turkish footballer
• David Montero (b. 1974), Spanish footballer
• Roberto D'Aversa (b. 1975), footballer
• Dragan Espenschied (b. 1975), media artist
• Nina Hoss (b. 1975), actress
• Martin Pfeifle (b. 1975), sculptor
• Tanja Liedtke (b. 1977), professional dancer
• Tanja Becker-Bender (b. 1978), violinist
• Roberto Pinto (b. 1978), Portuguese-German footballer
• Martin Reimann (b. 1978), researcher
• Oliver Barth (b. 1979), footballer
• Sead Ramović (b. 1979), Bosnian football goalkeeper
• Michael Berrer (b. 1980), tennis player
• Marc Lieb (b. 1980), race car driver
• Markus Winkelhock (b. 1980), racing driver

since 1981

• Maren Baumbach (b. 1981), handball player
• Savvas Exouzidis (b. 1981), Greek footballer
• Simon Greul (b. 1981), tennis player
• David Yelldell (b. 1981), American footballer
• Oliver Stierle (b. 1983), footballer
• Patrick Milchraum (b. 1984), footballer
• Nina Wengert (b. 1984), rower
• Dirk Dittrich (b. 1986), footballer
• Nadine Hildebrand (b. 1987), track and field athlete
• Sami Khedira (b. 1987), footballer
• Johannes Theobald (b. 1987), racing driver
• Patrick Hager (b. 1988), ice hockey player
• Maylin Hausch (b. 1988), pair skater
• Aggelos Komvolidis (b. 1988), Greek footballer
• Julian Leist (b. 1988), footballer
• Katrin Reinert (b. 1988), rower
• Michael Schick (b. 1988), footballer
• Kağan Söylemezgiller (b. 1988), Turkish footballer
• Mihola Terzic (b. 1988), film actor
• Joselu (b. 1990), Spanish footballer
• Teoman Örge (b. 1990), Turkish basketball player
• Panagiotis Vlachodimos (b. 1991), Greek footballer
• Bernard Tomic (b. 1992), tennis player

Notable residents of Stuttgart

• Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728–1793), son of Duke Karl I Alexander
• Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
• Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787–1860), botanist and Protestant minister
• Friedrich Ruthardt (1802–1862), oboist and composer
• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), engineer, industrial designer and industrialist
• Dionys Pruckner (1834–1896), pianist and music teacher
• Wilhelm Maybach (1846–1929), designer and industrialist
• Robert Bosch (1861–1942), industrialist, engineer and inventor
• Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), automotive engineer
• Paul Bonatz (1877–1956), architect
• Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), politician
• Claus von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), army officer and Catholic aristocrat
• Günter Behnisch (1922–2010), architect
• Albrecht Roser (1922–2011), master puppeteer
• Frei Otto (b. 1925), architect and structural engineer
• Klaus von Klitzing (b. 1943), physicist
• Fred Breinersdorfer (b. 1946), screenwriter, producer and film director
• Norbert Haug (b. 1952), journalist
• Jürgen Klinsmann (b. 1964), footballer and coach
• Frank Karlitschek (b. 1973), open source software developer
• Dragan Espenschied (b. 1975), 8-bit musician and media artist
• Katja Mragowska (b. 1975), artist
• Sascha Gerstner (b. 1977), musician and photographer
• Louk Sorensen (b. 1985), Irish tennis player
• Hugh Keice (b. 1986), South Korean singer