, 1984 , 2016 •
Erwin Bälz (1849–1913), physician to the
Imperial House of Japan, co-founded modern medicine in Japan •
Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899), inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine, spent four years in Bietigheim during his apprenticeship to a watchmaker •
Kurt Hager (1912–1998), member of the Politbüro of the
SED in
GDR •
Gebhard Fürst (born 1948), bishop of
Rottenburg-Stuttgart and a member of the
National Ethics Council •
Stefan Hofmann (born 1964), an author, psychologist, and professor at
Boston University •
Heiko Maile (born 1966), member of the German pop group
Camouflage, grew up locally •
Matthias Ettrich (born 1972), founder of
KDE, a software community •
Pur (founded 1975), German pop group founded locally •
Namosh (born 1981), a German musician and singer •
Michael Schindler (born 1988), a German Rap artist known as
Shindy •
Renato Šimunović (born 1994), a German Rap musician known as
RIN Sport •
Julian Schuster (born 1985), football manager and former player who played 283 games •
Benedikt Röcker (born 1989), former footballer who played 309 games •
Bernd Leno (born 1992), football goalkeeper, played over 480 games and nine for
Germany •
Alexander Wehrle (born 1975), sports administrator == Events ==