# 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

| Name | Date born | Date died | Notes |
| Balduin Hoyoul | 1547 or 1548 | 26 November 1594 | Composer |
| Paul Peuerl | 13 June 1570 | After 1625 | Organist, organ builder, composer |
| Georg Rudolf Weckherlin | 15 September 1584 | 13 February 1653 | Poet and diplomat. |
| Johann Jakob Froberger | 19 May 1616 | 7 May 1667 | Composer, keyboard virtuoso, organist |
| Charles Theodore Pachelbel | 24 November 1690 | 15 September 1750 | Composer, organist, harpsichordist |
| Dorothea Wendling | 21 March 1736 | 20 August 1811 | Soprano |
| Karl Friedrich Abt | 1743 | 20 November 1783 | Actor |
| Reinhard Heinrich Ferdinand Fischer | 18 June 1746 | 25 June 1813 | Architect |
| Johann Heinrich von Dannecker | October 16, 1758 | December 8, 1841 | Sculptor. |
| Nicolas Lupot | 4 December 1758 | 14 August 1824 | Violin maker |
| Johann Andreas Streicher | 13 December 1761 | 25 May 1833 | Pianist, composer, piano maker |
| Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter | 29 February 1762 | 14 August 1852 | Painter. |
| Gustav Friedrich Hetsch | 28 September 1788 | 7 September 1864 | Architect |
| Carl Alexander Heideloff | 2 February 1789 | 28 September 1865 | Architect. |
| Gustav Schwab | 19 June 1792 | 4 November 1850 | Writer, pastor, publisher |
| Emilie Zumsteeg | 9 December 1796 | 1 August 1857 | Choir conductor, songwriter, composer, pianist |
| Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer | 23 June 1800 | 25 August 1868 | Actress. |
| Victor Aimé Huber | 10 March 1800 | 19 July 1869 | Social reformer, travel writer, literary historian |
| Wilhelm Hauff | 29 November 1802 | 18 November 1827 | Poet, novelist. |
| Julius Benedict | 27 November 1804 | 5 June 1885 | Composer and conductor. |
| Therese von Lützow | 4 July 1804 | 16 September 1852 | Noblewoman and writer. |
| Gustav Pfizer | 1807 | 1890 | Poet and lyrist. |
| Georg Herwegh | 31 May 1817 | 7 April 1875 | Poet. |
| Wilhelm Hertz | 24 September 1835 | 7 January 1902 | Writer |
| Frederick Leypoldt | 17 November 1835 | 31 March 1884 | Bibliographer |
| Julius Ruthardt | 13 December 1841 | 13 October 1909 | Violinist, composer |
| Louis Welden Hawkins | 1 July 1849 | 1 May 1910 | Painter |
| Isolde Kurz | 21 December 1853 | 5 April 1944 | Poet, writer |
| Cäsar Flaischlen | 12 May 1864 | 16 October 1920 | Poet |
| Theodor Bertram | 12 February 1869 | 24 November 1907 | Opera singer |
| Otto Treßler | 13 April 1871 | 27 April 1965 | Actor |
| Johannes Baader | 22 June 1875 | 15 January 1955 | Architect, writer, artist |
| Fritz Lang | 15 March 1877 | 26 October 1961 | Painter |
| Ludwig Dürr | 4 June 1878 | 1 January 1956 | Airship designer |
| Alfred Roth | 27 April 1879 | 9 October 1948 | Politician, writer |
| Alfred Fischer | 29 August 1881 | 10 April 1950 | Architect |
| Paul Leni | 8 July 1885 | 2 September 1929 | Filmmaker |
| Otto Wunderlich | 1886 | 1975 | Photographer |
| Bruno Frank | 13 June 1887 | 20 June 1945 | Author, poet, dramatist, humanist |
| Oskar Schlemmer | 4 September 1888 | 13 April 1943 | Painter, sculptor, choreographer |
| Willi Baumeister | 22 January 1889 | 31 August 1955 | Painter, scenic designer, art professor, typographer |
| C. Paul Jennewein | 2 December 1890 | 22 February 1978 | Sculptor |
| Carl Jules Weyl | 6 December 1890 | 12 July 1941 | Art director, soldier |
| Fred Uhlman | 19 January 1901 | 11 April 1985 | Writer, painter, lawyer |
| Werner Klingler | 23 October 1903 | 23 June 1972 | Film director, actor |
| Kurt Schumacher | 6 May 1905 | 22 December 1942 | Sculptor, communist, member of the German resistance to Nazism |
| Will Eisenmann | 3 March 1906 | 20 August 1992 | Composer |
| Eberhard Koebel | 22 June 1907 | 31 August 1955 | Youth leader, writer, publisher |
| Trude Eipperle | 27 January 1908 | 18 October 1997 | Operatic soprano |
| Gerda Taro | 1 August 1910 | 26 July 1997 | War photographer |
| Anni Schaad | 10 December 1911 | 20 December 1988 | Jewelry designer |
| Richard Holm | 3 August 1912 | 20 July 1988 | Operatic tenor |
| Hermann Lenz | 26 February 1913 | 12 May 1998 | Poet, author, novelist |
| Alfred Vohrer | 29 December 1914 | 3 February 1986 | Film director, actor |
| Alfred Weidenmann | 10 May 1916 | 9 June 2000 | Film director, screenwriter |
| Heinz Weiss | 12 June 1921 | 20 November 2010 | Actor |
| Fritz Umgelter | 18 August 1922 | 9 May 1981 | Television director, television writer, film director |
| Dieter Eppler | 11 February 1927 | 12 April 2008 | Actor |
| Joachim Fuchsberger | 11 March 1927 | 11 September 2014 | Actor, television presenter, lyricist, businessman, activist, paratrooper |
| Wolf Kahn | 4 October 1927 | 15 March 2020 | Painter |
| Ernst Mahle | 3 January 1929 | — | Composer, conductor |
| Fred Herzog | 21 September 1930 | 9 September 2019 | Photographer |
| Werner Haas | 3 March 1931 | 11 October 1976 | Pianist |
| Michael Pfleghar | 20 March 1933 | 23 June 1991 | Film director, screenwriter |
| Helmuth Rilling | 29 May 1933 | — | Conductor |
| Wolfgang Dauner | 30 December 1935 | 10 January 2020 | Jazz fusion pianist, composer, keyboardist |
| Helmut Lachenmann | 27 November 1935 | — | Composer |
| Ferdinand Alexander Porsche | 11 December 1935 | 5 April 2012 | Car designer |
| Walter Stöhrer | 15 January 1937 | 10 April 2000 | Painter |
| Eberhard Schoener | 13 May 1938 | — | Composer, conductor, arranger, keyboardist |
| Hartmut Geerken | 15 January 1939 | 21 October 2021 | Musician, composer, writer, journalist, playwright, filmmaker |
| Bettina Kupfer | 19 July 1963 | — | Actress, writer |

### 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 (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
* 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
* 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

| Name | Date born | Date died | Notes |
| Johann Jakob Moser | 18 January 1701 | 30 September 1785 | Jurist. |
| Robert von Mohl | 17 August 1799 | 4 November 1875 | Jurist |
| Max Bodenheimer | 12 March 1865 | 19 July 1940 | Lawyer |
| Arnulf Klett | 8 April 1905 | 14 August 1974 | Lawyer and politician, former mayor of Stuttgart |
| Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg | 15 March 1905 | 10 August 1944 | Aristocrat, lawyer and member of the 20 July plot |
| Rosalie Abella | 1 July 1946 | — | Jurist |
| Ferdinand Oliver Porsche | 13 March 1961 | — | Lawyer |

## 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

## Theologians

| Name | Date born | Date died | Notes |
| Martin Eisengrein | 28 December 1535 | 4 May 1578 | Catholic theologian and polemical writer |
| Johann Gottlieb Faber | 8 March 1717 | 18 March 1779 | Theologian and author |
| Hermann Gundert | 4 February 1814 | 25 April 1893 | Missionary and scholar |
| William Julius Mann | 1819 | 1892 | Theologian and author |
| Karl Theodor Keim | 17 December 1825 | 17 November 1878 | Protestant theologian. |

## 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