Reutlingen - Notable People

Notable People

  • General Ferdinand Heim, later to be noted as the "Scapegoat of Stalingrad" was born in Reutlingen
  • So was Friedrich Schlotterbeck, socialist and author, and leader of a local group in the German resistance
  • Reutlingen is also the birthplace of Friedrich List, leading 19th Century German and American economist
  • Professor Martin Hengel, the historian of religion, was born in the town in 1926
  • The American German artist Helmuth Naumer was born in Reutlingen in 1907
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler (born 16. December 1928 in St. Johann-Ohnastetten) it was a Politician and Manager in the County Reutlingen.
  • Frank Christoph Schnitzler is a known Painter, Musician and Actor in Reutlingen. He is the founder of Achalmritterschaft Reutlingen e.V.
  • Prof. Dr. Ernst Messerschmid, former Space Shuttle astronaut, was born in Reutlingen

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