List of people from 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

Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), one of the first women novelists and publicists in the German-speaking countries

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

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

Erich Huzenlaub (1888–1964), chemist

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

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 Panzertruppe 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

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

Anni Schaad (1911–1988), jewellery designer

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 (1920–2015), politician

1921 until 1930

Kurt Adolff (1921–2012), 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 (born 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 (1927–2014), actor, television host, lyricist, businessman, activist, paratrooper

Wolf Kahn (born 1927), American painter

Rolf Landauer (1927–1999), physicist

Werner Ungerer (born 1927), diplomat and civil servant

Hans Herrmann (born 1928), sports car racing driver

Manfred Rommel (1928–2013), politician

Hans-Peter Dürr (born 1929), physicist

Ernst Mahle (born 1929), Brazilian composer and orchestra conductor

Manfred Abelein (1930–2008), politician

Fred Herzog (born 1930), photographer

Berthold Leibinger (born 1930), engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist

1931 until 1940

Werner Haas (1931–1976), classical pianist

Heinz Dürr (born 1933), entrepreneur and stockholder

Michael Pfleghar (1933–1991), film director and screenwriter

Helmuth Rilling (born 1933), choral conductor

Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (born 1933), member of the House of Württemberg

Michael May (born 1934), Swiss racing driver

Manfred Wörner (1934–1994), politician and diplomat

Herbert E. Brekle (born 1935), typographer and linguist

Wolfgang Dauner (born 1935), jazz fusion pianist, composer and keyboardist

Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935), composer

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (born 1935), designer

Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), physicist

Günter Klass (1936–1967), racing driver

Walter Stöhrer (1937–2000), painter

Dieter Glemser (born 1938), touring car racing driver

Frieder Nake (born 1938), professor for computer graphics

Manfred Schneckenburger (born 1938), art historian and curator

Eberhard Schoener (born 1938), composer, conductor, arranger, and keyboard player

Hartmut Geerken (born 1939), musician, composer, writer, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker

Veronika Bayer (1940–2008), actress

Eberhard Weber (born 1940), double bassist and composer

Klaus Zehelein (born 1940), opera intendant

1941 until 1950

Hartmut Elsenhans (born 1941), scientist

Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born 1941), ESA astronaut

Knut Urban (born 1941), physicist

Wolfgang Kramer (born 1942), board game designer

Bert Sakmann (born 1942), cell physiologist

Rolf Schübel (born 1942), film director and screenwriter

Ulrich Bez (born 1943), businessman

Friedman Paul Erhardt (1943–2007), German American pioneering early television chef

Hans-Jörg Bullinger (born 1944), scientist

Marlinde Massa (born 1944), field hockey player

Rosalie Abella (born 1946), Canadian jurist

Kurt Joachim Lauk (born 1946), politician

Gerhard Raff (born 1946), historian, editor and publisher

Jerry Zaks (born 1946), American stage and television director and actor

John Thorn (born 1947), sports historian

Andrea Rau (born 1947), actress and producer

Christel Haeck (born 1948), politician

Horst Köppel (born 1948), footballer and football manager

Anna Thomas (born 1948), film screenwriter, film producer and writer

Manfred Wagner (born 1948), author of Wagner model

Hans Lutz (born 1949), track cyclist and road bicycle racer

Rainer Arnold (born 1950), politician

Bernhard Mann (born 1950), social scientist

1951 until 1960

David Robert Nelson (born 1951), physicist

Rudi Studer (born 1951), computer scientist

Rolf Ziegler (born 1951), athlete

Harry Gauss (1952–2009), German-Canadian football coach

Angelika Speitel (born 1952), member of the Red Army Faction

Rainer Adrion (born 1953), footballer and football manager

Almut Lehmann (born 1953), pair skater

Günther Oettinger (born 1953), politician

Jörg Tauss (born 1953), politician

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), American musician

Roland Emmerich (born 1955), film director, screenwriter, and producer

Walter Kelsch (born 1955), footballer

Bernd Martin (born 1955), footballer

Matthias Rath (born 1955), doctor, businessman and vitamin entrepreneur

Rolf Schlierer (born 1955), physician, lawyer and politician

Constanze Angela Krehl (born 1956), politician

Ralf Illenberger (born 1956), guitarist

Phillip Longman (born 1956), American demographer

Peter Schilling (born 1956), synthpop musician

Karin Binder (born 1957), politician

Elmar Borrmann (born 1957), fencer

Kiddy Citny (born 1957), artist and musician

Dominic Dobson (born 1957), CART and Craftsman Truck Series driver

Madhukar (born 1957), author, teacher and guru

Hansi Müller (born 1957), footballer and supervisory board member of VfB Stuttgart

Rainer Wieland (born 1957), politician

Eric Abetz (born 1958), politician

Uwe Grodd (born 1958), conductor and flautist

Nikolai Müllerschön (born 1958), film director, producer and screenwriter

Claudia Schoppmann (born 1958), historian and author

Axel Berg (born 1959), politician

Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), businessman

Geoff Tate (born 1959), American singer and musician

Andres Veiel (born 1959), film director and screenwriter

Volker Beck (born 1960), politician

Eric Hilgendorf (born 1960), professor of law

Greg Iles (born 1960), American novelist

Michael Maar (born 1960), literary scholar and author

Claudia Neidig (born 1960), actress

1961 until 1970

Mark Adickes (born 1961), American football player

Ferdinand Oliver Porsche (born 1961), lawyer

Eytan Pessen (born 1961), pianist and opera director

Ed Reynolds (born 1961), American football linebacker

Ralf Zerback (born 1961), historian and author

John Alt (born 1962), American football offensive tackle

Judith Kaufmann (born 1962), cinematographer

Rainer Kraft (born 1962), football coach

Susanne Lewis (born 1962), American musician, songwriter and artist

Andreas Müller (born 1962), footballer

Ulf Hohmann (born 1963), ethologist

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

Martin Schwalb (born 1963), handball player

Beate Bühler (born 1964), volleyball player

Christof Ebert (born 1964), computer scientist and author

Jürgen Evers (born 1964), sprinter

Denis Scheck (born 1964), literary critic and journalist

Alexander Bader (born 1965), clarinetist

Mark Landler (born 1965), American journalist

Anja Langer (born 1965), professional bodybuilder

Jürgen Mayer (born 1965), architect and artist

Tobias Pflüger (born 1965), politician

Christina Riegel (born 1965), figure skater

Michael Spies (born 1965), footballer

Thomas Stickroth (born 1965), footballer

Sandra Hastenteufel (born 1966), artist

Gert Mittring (born 1966), mental calculator

Stefan-Peter Greiner (born 1966), violin maker

Vincenzo Nardiello (born 1966), Italian boxer

Klaus Schedl (born 1966), composer

Michael Beck (born 1967), member of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier

Dietmar Haaf (born 1967), long jumper

Jürgen Klopp (born 1967), footballer and football manager

Eberhard Trautner (born 1967), footballer

Natalia Wörner (born 1967), actress

Dimitrios Moutas (born 1968), Greek footballer

Robert Schwentke (born 1968), film director

Markus Amm (born 1969), artist

Patrick Cramer (born 1969), biochemist

Ulrike Frank (born 1969), actress

Stefan Kaufmann (born 1969), politician

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

Jerri Manthey (born 1970), American actress

Matthias Rexroth (born 1970), countertenor

Christian von Stetten (born 1970), businessman and politician

1971 until 1980

Thom Barron (born 1971), pornographic actor

Chris Bosse (born 1971), architect

Sascha Fischer (born 1971), rugby union player

Markus Lösch (born 1971), footballer

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

Shuman Ghosemajumder (born 1974), Canadian technologist, entrepreneur, and author

Tayfun Korkut (born 1974), Turkish footballer

David Montero (born 1974), Spanish footballer

Roberto D'Aversa (born 1975), footballer

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

Roberto Pinto (born 1978), Portuguese-German footballer

Martin Reimann (born 1978), researcher

Oliver Barth (born 1979), footballer

Sead Ramović (born 1979), Bosnian football goalkeeper

Haha (born 1979), singer

Michael Berrer (born 1980), tennis player

Marc Lieb (born 1980), race car driver

Markus Winkelhock (born 1980), racing driver

1981 until 1990

Maren Baumbach (born 1981), handball player

Savvas Exouzidis (born 1981), Greek 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

Patrick Hager (born 1988), ice hockey player

Maylin Hausch (born 1988), pair skater

Aggelos Komvolidis (born 1988), Greek footballer

Julian Leist (born 1988), footballer

Katrin Reinert (born 1988), rower

Michael Schick (born 1988), footballer

Kağan Söylemezgiller (born 1988), Turkish footballer

Mihola Terzic (born 1988), film actor

Alexander Tuschinski (born 1988), film director

Pia Wurtzbach (born 1989), Miss Universe 2015, represented Philippines

Fernando Raposo (born 1989), French basketball player

Joselu (born 1990), Spanish footballer

Teoman Örge (born 1990), Turkish basketball player

Since 1991

Panagiotis Vlachodimos (born 1991), Greek footballer

Bernard Tomic (born 1992), tennis player

Yoon So-hee (born 1993), South Korean actress

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

Carl Eytel (1862–1925), studied at the Royal Art School before emigrating to America and settling in Palm Springs, California

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 (born 1925), architect and structural engineer

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