Swabia
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Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia (German: Schwaben or Schwabenland) is both an historic and linguistic (see Swabian German) region in Germany.
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Famous Swabians (short list)
- Johann Georg Faust (protagonist of tales and dramas)
- Johannes Kepler (astronomer and mathematician)
- Friedrich Schiller (historian and writer, "Wilhelm Tell", "Die Räuber", "Maria Stuart", "Ode an die Freude")
- Friedrich Hölderlin (poet)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (philosopher)
- Hans Baldung Grien artist
- Martin Heidegger (philosopher)
- Roland Emmerich (Hollywood director)
- Hermann Hesse (poet, writer, 1946 Nobel Laureate for Literature)
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Famous Swabians
The following is an abbreviated list of individuals who hailed from the region. Inclusion in this list is not indicative of descent from the original Swabians.
- Friedrich Adler (artist) (Jugendstil and Art Deco designer)
- Roland Asch (race driver)
- Dieter Baumann (Olympic gold medalist and anti-doping activist)
- Albrecht Behmel (writer and historian)
- Götz von Berlichingen ("the knight with the iron fist")
- Robert Bosch (inventor, industrialist and philanthropist)
- Berthold Brecht (poet and playwright)
- Gottlieb Daimler (developer of the second modern car (presented November 1886), 10 months after Karl Benz' patent of January 29, 1886. Founder of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, today: Daimler)
- Rudolf Diesel (Engineer & Inventor of the Diesel Engine)
- Josef Eberle (Swabian Poet who versed Swabian poems)
- Albert Einstein (physicist, Nobel laureate)
- Siegfried Einstein (poet)
- Georg Elser (tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler in Munich in 1939)
- Roland Emmerich (Hollywood director)
- Gudrun Ensslin (a founder of the German terrorist group Red Army Faction or RAF, a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof Gang)
- Johann Georg Faust (protagonist of tales and dramas)
- Wilhelm Groener (railroad chief in the German General Staff, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Defense, and acting Minister of the Interior in the Weimar Republic)
- Alfred Haag (Communist & member of German Resistance)
- Lina Haag (Communist & member of German Resistance)
- Erich Hartmann (highest-scoring ace of WWII, 352 victories)
- Wilhelm Hauff (poet)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (philosopher)
- Martin Heidegger (philosopher)
- Ernst Heinkel (aircraft designer)
- Herman the Cripple (blessed of the Catholic Church and author of the Salve Regina)
- Hermann Hesse (poet, writer, 1946 Nobel laureate for Literature)
- Theodor Heuss (former President of the Federal Republic of Germany)
- Friedrich Hölderlin (poet)
- Friedrich Gustav Jaeger (German officer during World War II who participated in an assassination attempt on Hitler)
- Johannes Kepler (astronomer and mathematician)
- Justinus Kerner (poet)
- Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer (biologist)
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger (former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany)
- Jürgen Klinsmann (football (soccer) player, current coach of the U.S. national soccer team, and former coach of the German national team)
- Manfred R Kühnle (inventor, with over 600 patents worldwide)
- Carl Laemmle (founder of Universal Studios in Hollywood)
- Ottmar Mergenthaler (inventor of the linotype)
- Eduard Mörike (poet)
- Leopold Mozart, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the family originally came from Swabia
- Reinhold Nägele (World War I soldier, painter)
- Johannes Nauclerus (historian, university rector/chancellor)
- Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer (theologian, philosopher and patron of Hegel)
- Erwin Rommel (World War II general)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (philosopher)
- Friedrich Schiller (historian and writer, Wilhelm Tell, Die Räuber, Maria Stuart, "Ode an die Freude"/"Ode to Joy")
- Harald Schmidt (late-night talk show host)
- Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (highest scoring Nightfighter ace of WWII, 121 victories)
- Hans Schober (structural engineer)
- Hans Scholl (founder of the White Rose resistance against the Nazis)
- Sophie Scholl (member of the White Rose resistance against the Nazis)
- Gustav Schwab (writer, most popular for "die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums")
- Claus von Stauffenberg (leader of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler)
- Margarete Steiff (toy maker)
- Andreas Stihl (founder of Stihl Maschinenfabrik)
- Ludwig Uhland (poet)
- Richard Vogt (aircraft designer)
- Richard von Weizsäcker (former President of the Federal Republic of Germany)
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