List of personalities of the city of Tübingen
This list contains personalities born in Tübingen as well as those who worked in Tübingen but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Tübingen
By 1700
- Wilhelm Herter von Hertneck (1424–1477), military person and politician
- Johannes Nauclerus (1425–1510), scholar, lawyer, theologian and historian, first rector of the University of Tübingen
- Sebastian Lutz , called Hebenstreit from Tübingen (* around 1500 - 1560), abbot in the monasteries of Tennenbach and Bebenhausen
- Fabian Kommerell (around 1504 - 1594), Tübingen baker and member of the council
- Anastasius Kommerell (around 1547 - 1611), Lutheran pastor
- Nicolaus Kommerell (around 1550 - 1610), cloth maker and member of the Tübingen councilor
- Wilhelm Friedrich Lutz (1551–1597), Lutheran theologian, superintendent and early critic of the witch trials
- Johannes Andreae (1554–1601), Lutheran theologian
- Johannes Mockel (1567–1631), lawyer, innkeeper, cook, teacher and member of the Tübingen councilor
- Christoph Kommerell (1571–1642), white tanner, Tübingen councilor and court relative
- Georg Baur (1572–1635), painter as well as mayor and landscape delegate
- Christoph Besold (1577–1638), lawyer and state scholar
- Johann George Besold (1580–1625), lawyer and private lawyer
- Apelles Schickhardt (1580–1610), painter and draftsman
- Hans Pfister (around 1585 - 1653), bookbinder, Petschier engraver and eraser
- Martin Rümelin (1586–1626), legal scholar
- Matthäus Pfister (around 1593 - 1650), bookbinder, Petschier engraver and eraser
- Andreas Burckhardt (1594–1651), lawyer and chancellor
- Friedrich Richard Mockhel (around 1594 - 1643), lawyer and diplomat, Swedish resident in Alsace
- Friedrich Hermann Flayder (1596–1644), human poet and playwright
- Johann Kircher (1610–16 ??), Roman Catholic theologian
- Johann Ulrich Pregizer II. (1611–1672), theologian
- Jeremias Gmelin (1613–1698), born in Bebenhausen, theologian
- Christoph Kaldenbach (1613–1698), human poet
- Christoph Caspar (1614–1666), landscape taker
- Johann Jacob Baur (1621–1706), mayor
- Burckhard Bardili (1629–1692), lawyer and university professor
- Johann Ulrich Pregizer III. (1647–1708), lawyer and historian
- Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht (1650–1714), legal scholar
- Eberhard Bacmeister (1659–1742), princely. East Frisian personal physician
- Theodor Caroli (1660–1690), physician and member of the Leopoldina
- Rudolf Jacob Camerarius , also Camerer (1665–1721), botanist
- Andreas Adam Hochstetter (1668–1717), theologian
- Elias Camerarius (1673–1734), physician, university professor and ducal personal physician
- Johann Ulrich Pregizer IV. (1673–1730), theologian and historian
- Georg Friedrich Harpprecht (1676–1754), legal scholar
- Ernst Friedrich Leutrum von Ertingen (1690–1760), Governor von Rötteln and Privy Councilor
- Wolfgang Paul Burgermeister (1697–1756), lawyer
- Christoph Dietrich von Keller (1699–1766), politician and diplomat
- Christoph Friedrich Harpprecht (1700–1774), legal scholar
18th century
- Johann Heinrich von Harpprecht (1702–1783), lawyer
- Johann Georg Gmelin (1709–1755), Siberian explorer
- Immanuel Hoffmann (1710–1772), Protestant theologian, philologist and university professor
- Johann Kies (1713–1781), astronomer
- Christian Ferdinand Harpprecht (1718–1758), legal scholar
- Johann Friedrich Glocker (1718–1780), painter
- Gottfried Daniel Hoffmann (1719–1780), lawyer and university professor
- Philipp Friedrich Gmelin (1721–1768), doctor, botanist and chemist
- Jeremias Mayer (1735–1789), English painter of German origin
- Johann Daniel Hoffmann (1740–1814), lawyer and university lecturer
- Johann Immanuel Bossert (1742-1820), merchant
- Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744–1774), botanist and naturalist
- Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804), botanist, zoologist and chemist
- Christian Gottlieb Gmelin (1749–1818), legal scholar
- Jakob Friedrich Dörr (1750–1788), painter
- Eberhard Gmelin (1751–1809), doctor
- Christian Adam Dann (1758–1837), pastor and animal rights activist
- Andreas Heinrich Schott (1758–1831), philosopher, librarian and university professor
- Wilhelm Gottlieb von Tafinger (1760–1813), lawyer and university professor
- Eberhard Friedrich Hehl (1765–1847), lawyer and private scholar
- Carl Buzengeiger (1771–1835), mathematician, mineralogist and university professor
- Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger (1773–1840), geographer
- Carlo Steeb (1773-1856), priest and founder of an order
- Carl Friedrich Dörr (1777–1842), draftsman and painter
- Benjamin Friedrich Haakh (1778–1825), lawyer and politician
- Christian Heinrich Zeller (1779–1860), teacher and hymn poet
- Philipp Joseph Rehfues (1779–1843), writer
- Christoph Friedrich Dörr (1782–1841), painter and university drawing teacher
- Georg Adam Rehfues (1784–1858), goldsmith
- Christian Heinrich Gmelin (1780–1824), legal scholar
- Ferdinand Gottlieb von Gmelin (1782–1848), physician, natural historian, chemist and explorer
- Georg Carl Ludwig Sigwart (1784–1864), biochemist
- Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862), poet and Germanist
- Johannes von Schlayer (1792–1860), lawyer and politician
- Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792–1860), chemist
- Carl Baumann (1798–1878), draftsman, drawing teacher, lithographer and photographer
- Albert Knapp (1798–1864), poet and animal rights activist
- Christian Heinrich Lindenmayer (1798–1876), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
- Immanuel Gottlob Rümelin (1798–1844), member of the state parliament
- Hermann Friedrich Autenrieth (1799–1874), physician and university professor
- Ludwig Friedrich Gaab (1800–1869), Württemberg building officer
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Gottlob Johann Gutekunst (1801–1858), painter and photographer
- Immanuel Gottlob Kober (1801–1870), lawyer, Württemberg chief magistrate
- Eduard Schweickhardt (1805–1868), economist and politician
- Max Eifert (1808–1888), pastor, local researcher and writer
- Jakob Friedrich Reiff (1810–1879), philosopher
- Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810–1881), missionary
- Christian Reinhold Köstlin (1813–1856), legal scholar and poet lawyer
- Ferdinand Kommerell (1818–1872), mathematician, teacher at the Tübingen secondary school and honorary professor at the University of Tübingen
- Karl Wilhelm Bareiss (1819–1895), architect
- Friedrich August von Tscherning (1819–1900), Chief Forestry Officer
- Carl Wilhelm Baur (1820–1894), mathematician
- Karl Adolf von Holland (1825–1907), senior bailiff
- Otto von Sarwey (1825–1900), civil servant and politician, from 1885 to 1900 Minister of State in the Department of Churches and Schools in Württemberg
- Oskar von Wächter (1825–1902), lawyer and member of the Württemberg state parliament
- Gustav Pressel (1827–1890), composer
- Mathilde Weber (1829–1901), women's rights activist, benefactress and publicist
- Carl Helvig (1830–1905), draftsman, lithographer, painter and photographer
- Hermann von Hoser (1830–1913), born in Lustnau, Oberamtmann of Württemberg and regional president
- Christoph von Sigwart (1830–1904), philosopher
- Adolf Friedrich von Walcker (1830–1896), Protestant theologian and politician
- Otto Friedrich Vossler (1831–1906), agriculture teacher and director of the Hohenheim Agricultural Academy
- Carl Immanuel Baumann (1832 – around 1900), draftsman, photographer and lithographer
- Wilhelm Hornung (1834–1884) painter and photographer and city councilor
- Anna von Helmholtz (1834–1899), b. Mohl, Berliner Salonière, wife of Hermann von Helmholtz
- Hermann Baumann (1834–1908), painter and lithographer
- Otto Keller (1838–1927), classical philologist
- Heinrich Schaumann (1841–1893), painter
- Carl von Huzel (1841–1904), Oberamtmann of Württemberg and district president
- Edmund Friedrich Autenrieth (1842–1910), civil engineer and university professor
- Albert von Schnürlen (1843–1926), General, Minister of War of the Kingdom of Württemberg
- Agnes Willms-Wildermuth (1844–1931), writer
- Ottmar von Mohl (1846–1922), diplomat and government advisor in Japan
- Paul von Bruns (1846–1916), surgeon
- Heinrich Adolf Köstlin (1846–1907), Protestant theologian, music writer and music philosopher
- Paul Hegelmaier (1847–1912), public prosecutor and town planner, Lord Mayor of Heilbronn 1884–1904
- Friedrich von Payer (1847–1931), politician and Vice Chancellor
- Robert Vischer (1847–1933), art historian and aesthetician
- Hermann August Krauss (1848–1939), doctor and entomologist
1851 to 1900
- Heinrich Helferich (1851–1945), physician (surgeon) and university professor
- Franz von Falkenstein (1852–1911), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
- Hans Vaihinger (1852–1933), philosopher
- Paul von Schaefer (1857–1924), Württemberg general of the infantry
- Eugen Wilhelm Pfizenmayer (1869–1941), born in Bebenhausen, palaeontologist and zoologist
- Julius Lenz (1860–1937), building contractor
- Julius Wilhelm Hornung (1861–1929), court photographer
- Theodor von Pistorius (1861–1939), Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg
- Karl Dove (1863–1922), geographer, meteorologist and Africa explorer
- Karl Weihenmaier (1863–1915), Oberamtmann in Württemberg
- Friedrich Dannenmann (1864–1952), master builder
- Victor Kommerell (1866–1948), mathematician, senior real teacher, honorary professor at the University of Tübingen
- Karl von Mandry (1866–1926), Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Württemberg
- Karl Holl (1866–1926), theologian and professor of theology and church history
- Friedrich Maier-Bode (1868–1952), agriculture teacher and specialist author
- Willibald Nagel (1870–1911), physiologist
- Rudolf Herzog (1871–1953), classical philologist, archaeologist and medical historian
- Adolf Theodor Mayer (1871–1952), pharmacist and botanist
- Max Diestel (1872–1949), Protestant pastor
- Paul Fischer (1872–1947), photographer, real estate agent and councilor
- Hugo Wach (1872–1939), architect
- Otto Kommerell (1873–1967), railway construction engineer
- Friedrich von Huene (1875–1969), vertebrate paleontologist
- Otto Konz (1875–1965), hydraulic engineer, architect of the Neckar canalization
- Meta Diestel (1877–1968), singer and singing teacher
- Paul Kautzsch (1882–1958), art historian
- Viktor Bruns (1884–1943), lawyer
- Martin Elsaesser (1884–1957), architect
- Karl Schneck (1886–1943), born in Hagelloch, member of the state parliament
- Winfried Otto Schumann (1888–1974), physicist
- Carl Wilhelm Correns (1893–1980), mineralogist and geochemist
- Erich Correns (1896–1981), chemist and politician
- Friedrich Crusius (1897–1941), classical philologist and teacher
- Max Schwarz (1898–1991), ENT doctor, university professor
20th century
1901 to 1925
- Siegmund G. Warburg (1902–1982), banker
- Hans Dreger (1904–1981), Germanist and university professor
- Hugo Kocher (1904–1972), writer and illustrator
- Ernst Fritz Schmid (1904–1960), musicologist and Mozart expert
- Anneliese Maier (1905–1971), philosopher and science historian
- Julius Speer (1905–1984), forest scientist and science organizer
- Ugge Bärtle (1907–1990), sculptor
- Robert Gaupp (1907–1978), psychiatrist and neurologist
- Gerhard Hesse (1908–1997), chemist and university professor
- Ernst Schmid (1908 – after 1969), ophthalmologist
- Albert Cozza (1910–1983), football player and coach
- Max Emendörfer (1911–1974), editor, communist, resistance fighter
- Hans Gmelin (1911–1991), lawyer, Legation Councilor and Lord Mayor of Tübingen from 1954 to 1974
- Walter Rentschler (1911–1984), physicist, mathematician and university professor in Hohenheim
- Berthold Speidel (1912–1988), grassland sociologist
- Paula Acker (1913–1989), SED functionary
- Theodor Dannecker (1913–1945), SS-Hauptsturmführer, one of Adolf Eichmann's closest collaborators
- Werner Deuchler (1916–1992), lawyer and attorney
- Erich Weigelin (1916-2010), ophthalmologist
- Jürgen Wittenstein (1919–2015), doctor, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Dorothee von Dadelsen (1920–2016), Germanist, journalist and long-time member of the city council
- Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (1921–1994), British historian of German origin
- Hans Füchtbauer (1921-2004), geologist (sedimentology)
- Fritz von Westerman (1921–2007), major general in the Bundeswehr
- Rudolf Haag (1922–2016), theoretical physicist
- Gudrun Krüger (1922–2004), visual artist
- Lutz Röhrich (1922–2006), folklorist and narrative researcher
- Lewis Elton (1923–2018), British educational researcher of German origin
- Ferdinand von Senger and Etterlin (1923–1987), General in the Bundeswehr
- Hans Binder (1924–2005), secondary school teacher and cave explorer
- Walter Schultheiß (* 1924), actor and author
- Ruth Eitle b. Brillinger (1924–1989), painter
- Gerhard Mauz (1925–2003), journalist
- Hans Schmid (1925–2008), pseudonym Haschmi , writer
1926 to 1950
- Ernst Waldemar Bauer (1926–2015), television and radio journalist, biologist, book author and documentary filmmaker, member of the state parliament
- Erich Hecker (* 1926), biochemist
- Walter Hirrlinger (1926–2018), politician (SPD) and president of the social association VdK Germany
- Traugott Bender (1927–1979), politician (CDU), lawyer and theologian
- Sigrid Neubert (1927–2018), photographer
- Martin Schmid (1927–2019), painter
- Heiner Bauschert (1928–1986), wood cutter
- Gernot Huber (* 1929), designer, painter and sculptor
- Eckart Rohlfs (* 1929), publisher and music journalist
- Jörg Baur (* 1930), Protestant theologian
- Theo Buck (1930–2019), Germanist
- Ottheinrich Knödler (1930–2015), theologian, television pastor and author
- Ulrich Gohl (1930–2015), Protestant pastor, composer and poet of biblical singing plays
- Alfred Geisel Jr. (* 1931), lawyer, politician, Vice-President of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg
- Joachim Herrmann (* 1931), astronomer and author of astronomy and space research
- Claus Jäger (1931–2013), CDU politician, member of the German Bundestag from 1972 to 1994
- Wiebke von Thadden (* 1931), writer
- Georg Zundel (1931–2007), physicist, entrepreneur and philanthropist engaged in peace politics
- Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (* 1932), historian and archivist
- Eugen Volz (1932–2019), lawyer and politician (CDU)
- Fritz Auer (* 1933), architect and professor for building construction and design
- Fritz Genkinger (1934–2017), artist
- Martin Holland (* 1934), Protestant theologian, President of the Synod of the Württemberg Regional Church from 1981 to 1984
- Wilhelm Karl König (* 1935), author
- Michael Höltzel (1936–2017), horn player and music professor
- Heinrich Johann Niemeyer (1936–2010), architect
- Hans Rainer Maurer (1937–2014), university professor for pharmaceutical chemistry in Berlin
- Horst Schmid-Schickhardt (1937–2016), banker and Schickhardt researcher
- Holger Schmid-Schönbein (1937–2017), human physiologist and university professor
- Werner Spies (* 1937), art historian, art educator, museum director, journalist and Romanist
- Sigi Harreis (1937–2008), television presenter and journalist
- Uli Märkle (1938–2005), producer of classical music
- Hans Rieckert (* 1938), sports medicine specialist
- Heinrich Pfeiffer (* 1939), Jesuit, theologian and art historian
- Hans von Mangoldt (* 1940), constitutional lawyer
- Roland Doschka (* 1941), Professor of Romance Studies
- Ulrike Gauss (* 1941), art historian and museologist
- Volkmar W. Kübler (1941–2009), lawyer, business economist, economist and manager at Deutsche Bahn and Dresdner Bank
- Hans-Christoph Schmitt (1941–2020), Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar
- Irmgard Vogt (* 1941), psychologist, sociologist and drug researcher
- Hella Adam (* 1942), classical philologist
- Helmut Haussmann (* 1943), politician (FDP / DVP) and Federal Minister of Economics from 1988 to 1991
- Helmut Goerlich (* 1943), lawyer and professor emeritus at the University of Leipzig
- Holk Freytag (* 1943), director, dramaturge and general manager
- Otfried Höffe (* 1943), philosopher
- Hartmut Fähndrich (* 1944), translator, Semitist, Islamic scholar and philosopher
- Suzanne Doucet (* 1944), pop singer, composer and producer
- Gert Haller (1944–2010), State Secretary and Head of the Office of the Federal President
- Hans-Peter Uhl (1944–2019), CSU politician and member of the German Bundestag since 2005
- Heidemarie Unterreiner (* 1944), Austrian politician (FPÖ), member of the Austrian National Council since 2008
- Serge KD Sulz (* 1946), psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Ute-Henriette Ohoven (* 1946), UNESCO ambassador known through donation galas
- Heiner Franz (* 1946), jazz musician and music producer
- Gerhard Kilger (* 1946), physicist, freelance artist, lecturer and director of the DASA - Working World Exhibition
- Jörg Armbruster (* 1947), journalist
- Klaus Wenger (1947–2012), journalist, managing director of ARTE Germany and ARTE coordinator of ARD
- Hermann Schaufler (* 1947), lawyer, politician (CDU) and member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament from 1980 to 2001
- Rolf Gössner (* 1948), publicist
- Albert Biesinger (* 1948), theologian and professor of religious education
- Gerd Weimer (* 1948), politician (SPD)
- Willi Auer (1949–1998), politician (REP)
- Sylvia Greiffenhagen (* 1949), political scientist
- Paul Faßnacht (* 1949), actor
- Hanns-Heinz Kassemeyer (* 1949), plant physiologist and phytomedicist
- Ulrich Benjamin Kaupp (* 1949), biophysicist
- Günther Petry (* 1949), Lord Mayor of Kehl (1998-2014)
- Matthias Thurow (* 1949), musician and composer
- Hans-Peter Braun (* 1950), church musician and composer
- Helmut Rau (* 1950), politician (CDU), Baden-Württemberg Minister of Culture
- Albrecht Beutelspacher (* 1950), mathematician
1951 to 1975
- Karl-Wilhelm Röhm (* 1951), politician (CDU)
- Joachim Bauer (* 1951), psychotherapist and psychiatrist specializing in psychosomatic medicine
- Frank Hämmerle (* 1952), since 1997 district administrator of the district of Constance
- Thomas Jahn (* 1952), sociologist, co-founder of the Institute for Social-Ecological Research
- Ulrich Holbein (* 1953), German writer, illustrator and painter
- Reinhard Karger (* 1953), composer and musician
- Hans-Georg Rammenee (* 1953), immunologist and researcher
- Sigi Schmid (1953–2018), soccer coach in the USA
- Eva Haule (* 1954), former RAF member
- Tilman Jens (1954–2020), journalist, book author and filmmaker
- Udo Remmes (1954–2014), doctor and photographer
- Susanne S. Renner (* 1954), botanist and university professor
- Christian Nill (1956–2019), Police President at the Ulm Police Headquarters
- Matthias Untermann (* 1956), art historian and archaeologist
- Reiner Zittlau (* 1956), monument conservator
- Roland Bernhard (* 1957), since 2008 District Administrator of the Boeblingen district
- Silvia Berger (* 1958), writer, painter and teacher
- Kai Brodersen (* 1958), ancient historian
- Philipp Maußhardt (* 1958) journalist
- Michael Mönnich (* 1959), librarian and pharmacist
- Uwe Dreher (1960–2016), soccer player and coach
- Tillmann Loch (* 1960), urologist and handball player
- Armin Nassehi (* 1960), sociologist
- Matthias Veltin (* 1961), diplomat
- Horst Nonnenmacher (* 1962), jazz musician
- Daniel Enzweiler (* 1963), actor
- Mark Alban Lotz (* 1963), jazz musician
- Oliver Muth (* 1964), actor and assistant director
- Christophe Neff (* 1964), geographer
- Dieter Thomas Kuhn (* 1965), singer and hit parodist
- Adelheid Otto (* 1966), archaeologist
- Annette Widmann-Mauz (* 1966), politician (CDU), parliamentary state secretary since 2009
- Cornelie Jäger (* 1967), veterinarian and author
- Florian König (* 1967), sports presenter
- Ulinka Rublack (* 1967), historian and author
- Michael Theurer (* 1967), politician (FDP)
- Christoph Scholder (* 1967), writer and university lecturer
- Matthias Recke (* 1968), classical archaeologist
- Knut Kircher (* 1969), soccer referee
- Despina Vandi (* 1969), Greek singer
- Franziska Dannheim (* 1970), singer and author
- Anselm Reyle (* 1970), artist
- Daniel Schwemer (* 1970), ancient orientalist
- Clemens Schick (* 1972), theater and film actor
- Timm Kern (* 1972), politician (FDP)
- Nathalie Behnke (* 1973), political scientist
- Daniel Rousta (* 1973), civil servant
- Max Hofmann (* 1974), journalist and moderator
1976 to 2000
- Felix Hartmann (* 1976), lawyer and university professor
- Katharina Marie Wesselmann (* 1976), classical philologist
- David Baur (* 1977), artist
- Felix Binder (* 1977), director and screenwriter
- Sven Bohse (* 1977), film director
- Christian Friedrich Majer (* 1978), lawyer and university professor
- Christian Kühn (* 1979), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Andreas Rill (* 1979), soccer player
- Thorsten Thielow (* 1979), cameraman
- Jan Koch (* 1980), singer-songwriter
- Nico Willig (* 1980), soccer coach
- Jasmin Wöhr (* 1980), tennis player
- Stefan Schmeckenbecher (* 1981), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Martin Kern (* 1981), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Axel Kühn (* 1981), jazz musician and band leader
- Alexander Kulitz (* 1981), politician (FDP)
- Dennis Lotter (* 1981), economist and professor
- Johannes Lauer (* 1982), jazz musician
- Jeremias Rose (* 1982), handball player
- Michael Urban (* 1983), soccer player
- Franziska (* 1984), soul singer
- Marvin Compper (* 1985), football player
- Steffen Warias (* 1985), Paracycler
- Rebecca Trescher (* 1986), jazz musician
- Kim Bui (* 1989), gymnast
- Marie-Sophie Hindermann (* 1991), gymnast, pole vaulter
- Thilo Kehrer (* 1996), soccer player
- Max Besuschkow (* 1997), football player
21st century
- Lara Berger (* 2001), volleyball player
Well-known residents of Tübingen
Until 1800
- Martin Prenninger , known as Martinus Uranius (around 1450 - 1501), humanist and legal scholar, held the chair for canon law from 1490 until his death
- Heinrich Bebel (1472–1518), humanist and poeta laureatus , author of the influential collection Facetiae , taught poetry and eloquence at the university from 1496 until his death.
- Johannes Hiltebrant (around 1480 - around 1514), humanist teacher
- Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), theologian, philologist, philosopher, humanist, so-called “Praeceptor Germaniae”, studied, taught and published 1512–1518 in Tübingen
- Pier Paolo Vergerio (1498–1565), Lutheran theologian and Italian reformer, had been a councilor to Duke Christoph von Württemberg since 1553 and was based in Tübingen
- Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), physician and botanist, editor of the “New Kreüterbuch”, one of the first systematic herbal books
- Magdalena Morhart (around 1505 - 1574), printer
- Primus Truber (1508–1586) reformer of Slovenia and founder of the Slovene written language lived from 1567 to 1568 in what is now Derendingen, a suburb of Tübingen
- Hans Schickhardt (1512–1585), painter
- Pavao Skalić (1534–1575), Croatian humanist, priest and polymath; taught at the Tübingen University
- Christoph Jelin (around 1550 - 1610), sculptor, designed, among other things, the Renaissance portal of Hohentübingen and various tombs in the collegiate church
- Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), Protestant theologian, natural philosopher, astronomer, mathematician and optician
- Johann Glocker (around 1690 - 1763), painter
- Wolfgang Dietrich Majer (1698–1762), painter
- Andreas Kommerell (1741-1824), innkeeper, Reichsposthalter as well as council relative or court relative
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), the Prussian state philosopher, studied theology at the Tübingen monastery
- Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), studied theology at the Tübingen monastery. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was among his fellow students
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854), the philosopher and representative of German idealism, was in the pen with Hegel and Holderlin
- Karl Friedrich von Hufnagel (1788–1848), legal scholar and politician, director of the local court, died in Tübingen.
- Friedrich Silcher (1789–1860) worked from 1817 as music director at the University of Tübingen and is buried in the old Tübingen city cemetery. There is a large monument to the composer on the Neckar Island opposite the Hölderlin Tower.
- Carl Friedrich Haug (1795–1869), Protestant theologian, professor of universal history at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- Ludwig August Helvig (1796–1855), draftsman, drawing teacher and lithographer
- Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796–1879), theologian
1801 to 1900
- Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827), writer, studied in Tübingen
- Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), also studied theology at the Tübingen Abbey and spent a large part of his life in Tübingen. Mörike's best-known works are the painter Nolten and Peregrina , and one of his best-known poems is Spring leaves its blue ribbon
- Friedrich August von Quenstedt (1809–1889), studied in Tübingen from 1821, 1837 professor of mineralogy and geology, stratigrapher of the Swabian Jura ( Quenstedt structure )
- Heinrich Leibnitz (1811–1889), draftsman, painter as well as university drawing teacher and professor of art history
- Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Alers (1811-1891), studied in Tübingen, forest expert and writer, wrote a textbook about the Calvörde forest
- Gustav von Rümelin (1815–1889), educator and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, from 1870 to 1889 Chancellor of the University of Tübingen
- Paul Sinner (1838–1925) famous photographer, "designer of the cultural region"
- Friedrich Miescher (1844–1895) from Basel discovered nucleic acids in the castle kitchen of Hohentübingen Castle in 1869, the most famous representative of which, DNA , is the memory of genetic information. He recognized that this substance, isolated from the cell nucleus, must be decisive for the inheritance of characteristics.
- Albert von Berrer (1857–1917) was commander of the 10th Württemberg Infantry Regiment No. 180 from 1907 to 1910
- Pauline Krone (1859–1945), popular writer and philanthropist
- Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), discoverer of Alzheimer's disease
- Simon Hayum (1867–1948), lawyer and councilor
- Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), completed his bookseller apprenticeship from 1895 to 1899 at the Heckenhauer bookshop in Tübingen. The bookstore still exists today and is located directly opposite the collegiate church on the Holzmarkt. Hesse's story Im Presselschen Gartenhaus is also set in Tübingen.
- Eduard Spranger (1882–1963), philosopher, educator and psychologist
- Richard Ruoff (1883–1967) joined the 1803 Infantry Regiment as a flag junior in 1903 , was awarded the Iron Cross and finally Colonel General
- Ernst Bloch (1885–1977), philosopher
- Helmuth von Glasenapp (1891–1963), Professor of Indology and Comparative Religious Studies, taught from 1946 to 1959 in Tübingen
- Otto Heinrich Schindewolf (1896–1971), paleontologist
- Carlo Schmid (1896–1979), President of the State Secretariat of Württemberg-Hohenzollern, member of the Parliamentary Council and Federal Minister for Affairs of the Bundesrat and the Länder , studied law and political science 1919–1924 in Tübingen, 1930–1940 private lecturer at the University of Tübingen as well as 1946–1953 holder of the chair for public law there
- Hugo Benzinger (1900–1944), tailor and city councilor
From 1901
- Albrecht Faber (1903–1986), biologist, grew up in Tübingen, where he was director of the “Research Center for Bioacoustics” of the Max Planck Society
- Otto Friedrich Bollnow (1903–1991), philosopher and educator
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger ( CDU ) (1904–1988), Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg 1958–1966, Chancellor of the Grand Coalition 1966–1969
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), Lutheran theologian, participant in the German resistance against National Socialism
- Hans Mayer (1907–2001), literary scholar
- Georg Alfred Stockburger (1907–1986), doctor and painter of Expressionism
- Günter Hildebrand (1911–1994), painter
- Walter Jens (1923–2013), philologist, literary historian, critic, university professor and writer
- Kurt Rebmann (1924–2005), Attorney General (Federal Republic of Germany) (1977–1990), studied and taught in Tübingen
- Herbert Rösler (1924–2006), artist and founder of a Christian working and living community in Tübingen
- Herrad Wehrung (1925–2010), soprano
- Dieter Pohmer (1925–2013), professor of economics and holder of a chair for business administration from 1959 to 1970, as well as a chair for economics , especially finance, from 1970 to 1994 at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen
- Hans Hornung (1926–2014), historian, librarian and university professor
- Inge Jens (* 1927), literary scholar and journalist
- Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) (* 1927) held a chair for Catholic dogmatics at the Catholic theological faculty of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen from 1966 to 1969 .
- Hans Küng (* 1928), Swiss theologian, Catholic priest and well-known religious-philosophical author
- Felicia Langer (1930–2018), German-Israeli lawyer, human rights activist and author; last lived in Tübingen
- Ernst Tugendhat (* 1930), philosopher
- Roman Herzog (1934–2017), Federal President , 1994–1999, President of the Federal Constitutional Court 1987–1994, Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court 1983–1987, Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg 1980–1983, Minister for Culture and Sport of Baden-Württemberg 1978–1980, 1986–1994 honorary professor at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- Klaus Kinkel (1936–2019), ( FDP ), Federal Minister of Justice from 1991 to 1992; Federal Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1992 to 1998, studied law in Tübingen
- Tom Witkowski (* 1937) actor, director and lecturer; In 1958 he co-founded the Zimmertheater Tübingen and stayed until 1961
- Christoph Müller (* 1938), from 1969 to 2004 publisher and editor-in-chief of the Tübingen daily Schwäbisches Tagblatt
- Günther Graup (1940–2006), geologist and impact researcher . He received his doctorate in 1975 at the Mineralogical Institute of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and worked there for several years as a research assistant
- Hans-Otto Binder (1940–2017), historian, university professor and local politician in Tübingen
- Kay Borowsky (* 1943), poet, translator of Russian and French world literature
- Manfred Korfmann (1942–2005), archaeologist and professor at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory, long-time director of excavations in Troia
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (* 1942), biologist and Nobel Prize winner (1995), head of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen
- Herta Däubler-Gmelin (* 1943), Member of the Bundestag, former Federal Minister of Justice. D.
- Horst Köhler (* 1943), former Federal President (2004–2010), studied economics and political science in Tübingen, worked as an assistant at the Institute for Applied Economic Research, since 2003 honorary professor at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen
- Jürgen Knobloch (1944–2008), was Professor of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine and Managing Director at the Institute for Tropical Medicine at the University Hospital in Tübingen
- Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever (* 1945), first state and parliamentary group chairman of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg, lived in Tübingen for 14 years and represented Tübingen in the state parliament
- Jürgen Fliege (* 1947), Protestant theologian and television presenter; studied in Tübingen
- Sepp Buchegger (* 1948), caricaturist, author, illustrator
- Maren Kroymann (* 1949), actress, cabaret artist, singer; grew up in Tübingen and studied there
- Klaus Dietz, epidemiologist, former managing director of the Institute for Medical Biometry at the Eberhard Karls University
- Ulrich Grosse (* 1953), local transport planner; has lived in Tübingen since 1972
- Claus Kleber (* 1955), moderator and editor-in-chief of heute-journal ; studied law in Tübingen
- Bruno Klimek (* 1958), theater and opera director, stage designer, writer and visual artist grew up in Tübingen, attended the Uhland-Gymnasium and started his theater career at the Zimmertheater Tübingen
- Gert Postel (* 1958), impostor
- Philipp Weber (* 1974), cabaret artist; studied and lives in Tübingen
- Sandro Mattioli (* 1975), journalist and author; studied in Tübingen
- Donnie O'Sullivan (* 1984), Irish presenter; trained as a media designer in Tübingen
- Benjamin Piel (* 1984), journalist and winner of the Theodor Wolff Prize; studies modern German literature , modern history and comparative religion in Tübingen
- Camilla Pfeffer (* 1993), rhythmic gymnast; lives in Tübingen
- Marius Mayrhofer (* 2000), cyclist