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 (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
 * 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 (born 1960), 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
 * 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
 * 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

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
 * 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
 * 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

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
 * Günter Behnisch (1922–2010), architect
 * Albrecht Roser (1922–2011), master puppeteer
 * Frei Otto (1925–2015), 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
 * Yoon So-hee (born 1993), South Korean actress
 * Irmgard Schwebler (born 1931), American diplomat
 * Mirko McClammy (born 1964), Barrister