, 1961
Public service and commerce •
Friedrich, Freiherr von Zoller (1762–1821), Bavarian lieutenant-general who fought in the
Napoleonic Wars •
Emil Kessler (1813–1867), entrepreneur, founder of the
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen •
Colonel Francis Mahler (1826–1863), officer in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War •
Richard Enderlin (1843–1930),
Union Army,
Medal of Honor recipient for rescuing a fallen comrade during the second day of the
Battle of Gettysburg during the
American Civil War •
William Hespeler (1830–1921), German-Canadian businessman, immigration agent and a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba •
Francis Pigou (1832–1916), Anglican priest •
Sir William Des Vœux (1834–1909), British colonial governor,
Governor of Fiji (1880–1885),
Governor of Newfoundland (1886–1887) and
Governor of Hong Kong (1887–1891) •
Wilhelm Brückner (1884–1954), officer and chief adjutant of
Adolf Hitler •
Rudolf Höss (1900–1947), Nazi, SS commandant of
Auschwitz concentration camp, executed for war crimes •
Leopold Gutterer (1902–1996), Nazi
state secretary in the
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda •
Felix Gilbert (1905–1991), German-American historian •
Fritz Suhren (1908–1950), SS Nazi concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes •
Kai Whittaker (born 1985), German CDU politician, member of the
Bundestag since 2013
The arts •
Anna Zerr (1822–1881), German operatic soprano •
Eugene Armbruster (1865–1943), New York City photographer, illustrator, writer, and historian •
Paul Nikolaus Cossmann (1869–1942 in
Theresienstadt), German journalist •
Hermine Finck (1872–1932), opera singer •
Édouard Risler (1873–1929), French pianist •
Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958), writer •
Franz Zureich (1904–1992), painter •
Antoinette Bower (born 1932), British-American actress •
Tony Marshall (1938–2023), pop and opera singer •
Heinz Bosl (1946–1975), German ballet dancer •
Elmar Hörig (born 1949), radio and television presenter •
Robert HP Platz (born 1951), composer and conductor •
Sabine von Maydell (born 1955), actress and author •
Marc Trillard (born 1955), French writer •
Andreas Heinecke (born 1955),
social entrepreneur and creator of
Dialogue in the Dark •
Jean-Marc Rochette (born 1956), French painter, illustrator and comics creator. •
Tobias A. Schliessler (born 1958), German cinematographer •
Ann-Marie MacDonald (born 1958), Canadian playwright, novelist, actress and broadcast host •
Stefan Anton Reck (born 1960), German orchestra conductor and painter •
Birgit Stauch (born 1961), German sculptor, works in bronzes, sculptures, sketches and portraits. •
Florian Ballhaus (born 1965), German cinematographer •
Alexandra Kamp (born 1966), German model and actress, grew up in Baden-Baden.
Aristocracy •
Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1559–1588), Margrave of Baden-Baden, 1571 to 1588 •
William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1593–1677), regent of Baden-Baden, 1621 and 1677 •
Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden (1625–1669), father of the "Türkenlouis"
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden •
Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), last heir of the
Grand Duchy of Baden, a German prince, general and politician •
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886–1957), British physicist •
Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870–1949), Prince of Monaco from 1922 to 1949
Science •
Franz Carl Müller-Lyer (1857–1916), psychologist and sociologist, eponym of the
Müller-Lyer illusion •
Joseph Vollmer (1871–1955), automobile designer, engineer and pioneering tank designer •
Alfred Kühn (1885–1968), zoologist and geneticist •
Erich Friedrich Schmidt (1897–1964), German and American-naturalized archaeologist •
Wolfgang Krull (1899–1971), mathematician
Sport •
Marco Grimm (born 1972), football player, 334 pro appearances •
Frank Moser (born 1976), German professional tennis player •
Magdalena Schnurr (born 1992), German ski jumper == See also ==