List of people from Stuttgart

The following is a list containing people both born in Stuttgart and notable residents of the city, ordered chronologically.

Artists

Artists (continued)

• Hans Schumm (1896–1990), film actor
• Jörg Faerber (1929–2022), conductor
• Wolfgang Kermer (born 1935), art historian, art pedagogue
• Veronika Bayer (1940–2008), actress
• Eberhard Weber (born 1940), double bassist and composer
• Klaus Zehelein (born 1940), opera intendant
• Wolfgang Kramer (born 1942), board game designer
• Rolf Schübel (born 1942), film director and screenwriter
• Friedman Paul Erhardt (1943–2007), early television chef
• Jerry Zaks (born 1946), stage and television director and actor
• Andrea Rau (born 1947), actress and producer
• Anna Thomas (born 1948), film screenwriter, film producer and writer
• Manfred Wagner (born 1948), author of Wagner model
• Hermann Kopp (born 1954), composer and musician
• Horst von Saurma (born 1954), chief editor of the German automobile magazine Sport auto
• Jeff Dahl (born 1955), musician
• Tomas Kurth (born 1955), visual artist / sculptor / musician.
• Roland Emmerich (born 1955), film director, screenwriter and producer
• Ralf Illenberger (born 1956), guitarist
• Peter Schilling (born 1956), synthpop musician
• Kiddy Citny (born 1957), artist and musician
• Uwe Grodd (born 1958), conductor and flutist
• Nikolai Müllerschön (born 1958), film director, producer and screenwriter
• Geoff Tate (born 1959), singer and musician
• Greg Iles (1960–2025), novelist
• Claudia Neidig (born 1960), actress
• Eytan Pessen (born 1961), pianist and opera director
• Susanne Lewis (born 1962), American musician, songwriter and artist
• Alex Jolig (born 1963), actor, singer and motorcycle racer
• Angela Laich (born 1963), sculptor, draughtsperson and painter
• Steffen Lehmann (born 1963), architect and urban designer
• Denis Scheck (born 1964), literary critic and journalist
• Christian Dierstein (born 1965), percussionist and academic teacher
• Mark Landler (born 1965), journalist
• Alexander Bader (born 1965), clarinetist
• Jürgen Mayer (born 1965), architect and artist
• Judith Kaufmann (born 1962), cinematographer
• Sandra Hastenteufel (born 1966), artist
• Stefan-Peter Greiner (born 1966), violin maker
• Klaus Schedl (born 1966), composer
• Michael Beck (born 1967), member of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier
• Natalia Wörner (born 1967), actress
• Robert Schwentke (born 1968), film director
• Markus Amm (born 1969), artist
• Ulrike Frank (born 1969), actress
• Jerri Manthey (born 1970), actress
• Matthias Rexroth (born 1970), countertenor
• Thom Barron (born 1971), pornographic actor
• Chris Bosse (born 1971), architect
• Lisa Martinek (born 1972), actress
• Carmen Vincelj (born 1972), professional dancer
• Reggie Watts (born 1972), musician
• Christopher Bauder (born 1973), interaction designer and media artist
• André Butzer (born 1973), artist
• Max Herre (born 1973), musician
• Florian Maier-Aichen (born 1973), landscape photographer
• Matthias Megyeri (born 1973), designer of security products
• Marc C. Woehr (born 1973), contemporary artist
• Melina Aslanidou (born 1974). Greek musician
• Dragan Espenschied (born 1975), media artist
• Nina Hoss (born 1975), actress
• Martin Pfeifle (born 1975), sculptor
• Tanja Liedtke (born 1977), professional dancer
• Tanja Becker-Bender (born 1978), violinist
• Haha (born 1979), singer
• Simone Simons (born 1985), singer
• Alexander Tuschinski (born 1988), film director
• VENUES (formed 2015), post-hardcore band
• Pia Wurtzbach (born 1989), Miss Universe 2015 for the Philippines
• Yoon So-hee (born 1993), South Korean actress
• Mailin Hübler current mayor

Athletes

• Julius Frey (1881–1960), swimmer
• Karl Burger (1883–1959), amateur football player and manager
• Fred Gaiser (1885–1918), pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Otto Merz (1889–1933), chauffeur, race car driver, test driver and mechanic
• Otto Fahr (1892–1969), backstroke swimmer
• Christian Werner (1892–1932), racecar driver
• Wolf Hirth (1900–1959), gliding pioneer and sailplane designer
• Martin Schempp (1905–1984), glider pilot
• Helmut Schäfer (1908–1994), weightlifter
• Hermann Lang (1909–1987), champion race car driver
• Erwin Bauer (1912–1958), Formula One driver
• Rudi Fischer (1912–1976), racing driver
• Hermann Pilnik (1914–1981), chess Grandmaster
• Kurt Adolff (1921–2012), racing driver
• Robert Schlienz (1924–1995), football player
• Hans Herrmann (born 1928), race car driver
• Michael May (born 1934), race car driver
• Günter Klass (1936–1967), race car driver
• Dieter Glemser (born 1938), touring car racing driver
• Marlinde Massa (1944–2014), field hockey player
• Horst Köppel (born 1948), footballer and football manager
• Hans Lutz (born 1949), track cyclist and road bicycle racer
• Rolf Ziegler (born 1951), athlete
• Harry Gauss (1952–2009), football coach
• Rainer Adrion (born 1953), footballer and football manager
• Almut Lehmann (born 1953), pair skater
• Walter Kelsch (born 1955), footballer
• Bernd Martin (born 1955), footballer
• Elmar Borrmann (born 1957), fencer
• Dominic Dobson (born 1957), CART and Craftsman Truck Series driver
• Hansi Müller (born 1957), footballer and supervisory board member of VfB Stuttgart
• Mark Adickes (born 1961), American football player
• Ed Reynolds (born 1961), American football player
• John Alt (born 1962), American football player
• Rainer Kraft (born 1962), football coach
• Andreas Müller (born 1962), football player
• Martin Schwalb (born 1963), handball player
• Beate Bühler (born 1964), volleyball player
• Jürgen Evers (born 1964), sprinter
• Anja Langer (born 1965), professional bodybuilder
• Christina Riegel (born 1965), figure skater
• Michael Spies (born 1965), footballer
• Thomas Stickroth (born 1965), footballer
• Vincenzo Nardiello (born 1966), boxer
• Dietmar Haaf (born 1967), long jumper
• Jürgen Klopp (born 1967), footballer and football manager
• Eberhard Trautner (born 1967), footballer
• Dimitrios Moutas (born 1968), footballer
• Marco Kurz (born 1969), footballer and coach
• Bernhard Rühling (born 1969), rower
• Kim Bauermeister (born 1970), runner
• Franziska Hentschel (born 1970), field hockey player
• Jens Keller (born 1970), footballer and football manager
• Sascha Fischer (born 1971), rugby union player
• Markus Lösch (born 1971), footballer
• Tayfun Korkut (born 1974), footballer
• David Montero (born 1974), footballer
• Roberto D'Aversa (born 1975), footballer
• Roberto Pinto (born 1978), footballer
• Oliver Barth (born 1979), footballer
• Sead Ramović (born 1979), footballer
• Marc Lieb (born 1980), race car driver
• Markus Winkelhock (born 1980), racing driver
• Michael Berrer (born 1980), tennis player
• Maren Baumbach (born 1981), handball player
• Savvas Exouzidis (born 1981), footballer
• Simon Greul (born 1981), tennis player
• David Yelldell (born 1981), American footballer
• Oliver Stierle (born 1983), footballer
• Svenja Bazlen (born 1984), triathlete
• Patrick Milchraum (born 1984), footballer
• Nina Wengert (born 1984), rower
• Nadine Hildebrand (born 1987), track and field athlete
• Sami Khedira (born 1987), footballer
• Johannes Theobald (born 1987), racing driver
• Jonas Deichmann (born 1987), German adventurer and ultra-endurance athlete.
• Patrick Hager (born 1988), ice hockey player
• Maylin Hausch (born 1988), pair skater
• Aggelos Komvolidis (born 1988), footballer
• Julian Leist (born 1988), footballer
• Katrin Reinert (born 1988), rower
• Michael Schick (born 1988), footballer
• Kağan Söylemezgiller (born 1988), footballer
• Fernando Raposo (born 1989), basketball player
• Joselu (born 1990), footballer
• Teoman Örge (born 1990), basketball player
• Panagiotis Vlachodimos (born 1991), footballer
• Bernard Tomic (born 1992), tennis player
• Serge Gnabry (born 1995), professional footballer
• Timo Werner (born 1996), professional footballer
• Jean-Philippe Krasso (born 1997), professional footballer
• Jamal Musiala (born 2003), professional footballer

Business people

• Salomon Idler (1610–1669), shoemaker
• Johann Friedrich Cotta (1764–1832), publisher, industrial pioneer and politician.
• Robert Schlumberger von Goldeck (1814–1879), entrepreneur
• Charles Rasp (1846–1907), businessman
• Hermann Eckstein (1847–1893), magnate and banker
• Fritz Mannheimer (1890–1939), banker
• Theodor Koch (1905–1976), German engineer and weapons manufacturer
• Berthold Leibinger (1930–2018), engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Heinz Dürr (born 1933), entrepreneur and stockholder
• Ulrich Bez (born 1943), businessman
• Matthias Rath (born 1955), doctor, businessman and vitamin entrepreneur
• Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), businessman
• Martin Brudermüller (born 1961), businessman, CEO of BASF

Lawyers

Military

• Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental (1689–1709), volunteer soldier in the army of Charles XII of Sweden
• Jean Chrétien Fischer (1713–1762), soldier
• Rudolf Veiel (1883–1956), general
• Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977), police commissioner and concentration camp overseer
• Wilhelm Herget (1910–1974), night fighter flying ace in the Luftwaffe
• Rainer Hildebrandt (1914–2004), anti-communist resistance fighter and historian
• Helmut Belser (1915–1942), Luftwaffe ace
• Helmut Hirsch (1916–1937), student and resistance member
• Hans Götz (1919–1943), Luftwaffe ace
• Herbert Berrer (1921–1992), one man torpedo driver
• Angelika Speitel (born 1952), member of the Red Army Faction

Officers

• Henry Frederick of Württemberg-Winnental (1687–1734), general
• Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental (1690–1734), army commander
• August of Württemberg (1813–1885), Royal Prussian Colonel General
• Walther Reinhardt (1872–1930), officer
• Hermann Geyer (1882–1946), General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Rudolf Veiel (1883–1956), General of the Panzertruppe during World War II
• Christian Wirth (1885–1944), Nazi SS concentration camp commander involved in the Action T4 program and Operation Reinhard
• Dietrich Kraiß (1889–1944), Generalleutnant during World War II
• Rudolf von Bünau (1890–1962), general
• Walther Fischer von Weikersthal (1890–1953), General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Albert Buck (1895–1962), Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Heinrich Eberbach (1895–1992), General der Panzertruppe in World War II
• Herbert Wagner (1896–1968), Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Günther Gumprich (1900–1943), Naval captain of the Kaiserliche Marine, Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine
• Hermann Plocher (1901–1980), Luftwaffe commander during World War II
• Herbert Kappler (1907–1978), head of German police in Rome during World War II
• Hans Endreß (1911–1969), Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen SS
• Walter Harzer (1912–1982), Waffen-SS officer
• Rudolf Böhmler (1914–1968), Oberst in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II
• Wilhelm Spindler (1914–1997), Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Rudolf von Bünau (1915–1943), Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Heinz Haag (1918–1994), Schnellboot commander in World War II
• Günther Hilt (1918–1944), Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Wilhelm Bäder (1922–1945), Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II

Scholars

• Georg Bernhard Bilfinger (1693–1750), philosopher, mathematician and statesman
• Ludwig Timotheus Spittler (1752–1810), historian
• Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), one of the first women novelists and publicists in the German-speaking countries
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), philosopher.
• Julius von Mohl (1800–1876), Orientalist.
• Karl Christian Planck (1819–1880), philosopher.
• Rudolf von Roth (1821–1895), Indologist, founder of the Vedic philology.
• Karl Mauch (1837–1875), explorer and African geographer
• Friedrich Hauser (1859–1917), archaeologist and art historian
• Hermann Abert (1871–1927), music historian
• Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), philosopher-sociologist
• Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905–1964), aristocrat, historian and member of the 20 July plot
• Edward Lowinsky (1908–1985), musicologist
• Karl Dietrich Bracher (1922–2016), political scientist and historian
• Herbert E. Brekle (1935–2018), typographer and linguist
• Frieder Nake (born 1938), professor for computer graphics
• Manfred Schneckenburger (1938–2019), art historian and curator
• Constance Grewe (born 1946), academic, author, and judge
• Gerhard Raff (born 1946), historian, editor and publisher
• John Thorn (born 1947), sports historian
• Phillip Longman (born 1956), demographer
• Claudia Schoppmann (born 1958), historian and author
• Andres Veiel (born 1959), film director and screenwriter
• Brigitte Fehrle (born 1960), journalist
• Michael Maar (born 1960), literary scholar and author
• Eric Hilgendorf (born 1960), professor of law
• Ralf Zerback (born 1961), historian and author

Scientists

• Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765–1825), mathematician
• Andreas Friedrich Bauer (1783–1860), engineer
• Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869), chemist, geologist, metallurgist, naturalist, industrialist and philosopher
• Christian Heinrich von Nagel (1803–1882), geometer
• Friedrich August von Alberti (1795–1878), geologist
• Hugo von Mohl (1805–1872), botanist.
• Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Berge (1811–1883), naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist
• Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812–1890), scientist, traveler and collector
• Johann Ludwig Karl Heinrich von Struve (1812–1898), astronomer
• Wilhelm Griesinger (1817–1868), neurologist and psychiatrist
• Wilhelm Roser (1817–1888), surgeon and ophthalmologist
• Carl Gustav Guckelberger (1820–1902), chemist
• Carl Gustav Calwer (1821–1874), entomologist
• Christian Zeller (1822–1899), mathematician
• Carl Wilhelm Heine (1838–1877), physician
• Wilhelm Camerer (1842–1910), physician
• Eugen Baumann (1846–1896), chemist
• Carl Magnus von Hell (1849–1926), chemist
• Otto Hölder (1859–1937), mathematician
• Wilhelm Weinberg (1862–1937), physician and obstetrician-gynecologist
• Hans Spemann (1869–1941), embryologist
• Friedrich Wilhelm Seiffer (1872–?), neurologist and psychiatrist
• Viktor von Weizsäcker (1886–1957), physician and physiologist
• Erich Huzenlaub (1888–1964), chemist
• Erich Schönhardt (1891–1979), mathematician
• Erwin Fues (1893–1970), physicist
• Paul Schlack (1897–1967), chemist
• Ernst Rexer (1902–1983), nuclear physicist
• Erich Zürn (1906–1965), U-boat engineer
• Fritz Leonhardt (1909–1999), structural engineer
• Karl Steinbuch (1917–2005), computer scientist, cyberneticist and electrical engineer
• Franz Sondheimer (1926–1981), chemist
• Rolf Landauer (1927–1999), physicist
• Hans-Peter Dürr (1929–2014), physicist
• Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), physicist
• Hartmut Elsenhans (born 1941), scientist
• Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born 1941), astronaut
• Knut Urban (born 1941), physicist
• Bert Sakmann (born 1942), cell physiologist
• Hans-Jörg Bullinger (born 1944), scientist
• Bernhard Mann (born 1950), social scientist
• David Robert Nelson (born 1951), physicist
• Rudi Studer (born 1951), computer scientist
• Rolf Schlierer (born 1955), physician, lawyer and politician
• Ulf Hohmann (born 1963), ethologist
• Christof Ebert (born 1964), computer scientist and author
• Gert Mittring (born 1966), mental calculator
• Patrick Cramer (born 1969), biochemist
• Shuman Ghosemajumder (born 1974), Canadian technologist, entrepreneur, and author
• Martin Reimann (born 1978), researcher

Statesmen

• Eberhard I (1265–1325), Count of Württemberg
• Eberhard IV (1388–1419), Count of Württemberg
• Eberhard III (1614–1674), Duke of Württemberg
• Frederick (1615–1682), Duke of Württemberg
• William Louis (1647–1677), Duke of Württemberg
• Eberhard Louis (1676–1733), Duke of Württemberg
• Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677–1742), Margravine of Baden
• Charles Alexander of Württemberg (1684–1737), Duke of Württemberg
• Frederick II Eugene of Württemberg (1732–1797), Duke of Württemberg
• Auguste of Württemberg (1734–1787), Duchess of Württemberg
• Wilhelm of Urach (1810–1869), Duke of Urach
• Sophie of Württemberg (1818–1877), Queen of the Netherlands
• Charles I (1823–1891), King of Württemberg
• William II of Württemberg (1848–1921), King of Württemberg
• Christopher Gustavus Memminger (1803–1888), 1st C.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• Karl von Weizsäcker (1853–1926), politician
• Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882–1951), diplomat and politician
• Maria Walter (1895–1988), politician
• Heinrich Rau (1899–1961), politician
• Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015), politician and former President of Germany
• Kurt Gscheidle (1924–2003), politician
• Werner Ungerer (1927–2014), diplomat and civil servant
• Manfred Rommel (1928–2013), politician
• Manfred Abelein (1930–2008), politician
• Manfred Wörner (1934–1994), politician and diplomat
• Kurt Joachim Lauk (born 1946), politician
• Christel Haeck (born 1948), politician
• Rainer Arnold (born 1950), politician
• Günther Oettinger (born 1953), politician
• Jörg Tauss (born 1953), politician
• Constanze Angela Krehl (born 1956), politician
• Karin Binder (born 1957), politician
• Rainer Wieland (born 1957), politician
• Eric Abetz (born 1958), politician
• Axel Berg (born 1959), politician
• Volker Beck (born 1960), politician
• Tobias Pflüger (born 1965), politician
• Stefan Kaufmann (born 1969), politician
• Christian von Stetten (born 1970), businessman and politician

Royalty and nobility

• Anna of Württemberg (1561–1616), Princess of Württemberg
• Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856), Princess of Württemberg
• Catherine of Württemberg (1821–1898), Princess of Württemberg
• Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852–1904), Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965), Princess of Württemberg
• Philipp Albrecht (1893–1975), member of the House of Württemberg
• Carl Alexander (1896–1964), member of the House of Württemberg
• Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868-1914), Married Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Theologians

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
• Charlotte Wahl (1817–1899), philanthropist
• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), engineer, industrial designer and industrialist
• Dionys Pruckner (1834–1896), pianist and music teacher
• Wilhelm Maybach (1846–1929), designer and industrialist
• Anton Schott (1846–1913), German dramatic tenor
• Robert Bosch (1861–1942), industrialist, engineer and inventor
• Carl Eytel (1862–1925), German-American artist who studied at the Royal Art School and emigrated to Palm Springs, California
• Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), automotive engineer
• Paul Bonatz (1877–1956), architect
• Wilhelm Steinkopf (1879–1949), chemist
• Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), politician
• Claus von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), army officer and Catholic aristocrat
• Georg Pfäfflin (1908–1972), German Lutheran pastor of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg
• Günter Behnisch (1922–2010), architect
• Albrecht Roser (1922–2011), master puppeteer
• Frei Otto (1925–2015), architect and structural engineer
• Marlene Schmidt (born 1937), Miss Universe 1961
• Klaus von Klitzing (born 1943), physicist
• Fred Breinersdorfer (born 1946), screenwriter, producer and film director
• Norbert Haug (born 1952), journalist
• Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), footballer and coach
• Frank Karlitschek (born 1973), open source software developer
• Dragan Espenschied (born 1975), 8-bit musician and media artist
• Katja Mragowska (born 1975), artist
• Sascha Gerstner (born 1977), musician and photographer
• Louk Sorensen (born 1985), Irish tennis player
• Alexander Tuschinski (born 1988), film director
• Pia Wurtzbach (born 1989), Miss Universe 2015
• Fernando Raposo (born 1989), French basketball player
• Yoon So-hee (born 1993), South Korean actress

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