Notable Residents and Natives
- Heinrich von Hohenlohe, buried in the church in Mergentheim
- Ottmar Mergenthaler, (1854–1899), inventor of the Linotype
- Felix Fechenbach, (1894–1933) German journalist, poet and political activist, who was murdered by the Nazis
- Barbara Stamm, German politician and vice-chairwoman of the CSU
- Fritz Kuhn, German politician and former co-chairman of the German Green Party
- Martin Lanig, German footballer
- Eduard Mörike, German poet, lived in Bad Mergentheim from 1844-1851.
- Ludwig van Beethoven, was viola player in the court's musical establishment of the Hochmeister (Grand Master) of the Teutonic Knights Maximilian Franz of Austria in 1791.
- Edvard Hjelt, Finnish chemist and politician, died July 2, 1921 in Bad Mergentheim
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