List of people from Stuttgart

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

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

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
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

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
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