Editing Friedrichshafen (section)

=== Science and technicians ===
[[File:Hugo Eckener.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Hugo Eckener]], 1924]]
* [[Heinrich Lanz]] (1838–1905), agricultural machinery manufacturers [[Heinrich Lanz AG]], [[Lanz Bulldog]]
* [[Wilhelm Maybach]] (1846–1929), engine designer and industrialist, worked locally after WW1
* [[Hugo Eckener]] (1868–1954), manager of the [[Luftschiffbau Zeppelin]] between the wars, worked and died locally
* [[Hermann Blau]] (1871–1944), engineer and chemist and inventor of [[Blau gas]], worked locally
* [[Ludwig Dürr]] (1878–1956), airship designer, died locally
* [[Claude Dornier]] (1884–1969), airplane builder and founder of [[Dornier GmbH]], worked locally from 1910
* [[Friedrich von Arnauld de la Perière]] (1888–1969), aviator, died locally.
* [[Franz-Zeno Diemer]] (1889–1954), flight pioneer, test pilot for BMW, died locally
* [[Hans Bethge (aviator)|Oberleutnant Hans Bethge]] (1890–1918), WWI flying ace and aerial commander, grew up locally
* [[Richard Vogt (aircraft designer)|Richard Vogt]] (1894–1979), engineer and aircraft designer, worked locally from 1916
* [[Patrick A. Baeuerle]] (born 1957), molecular biologist
* [[Stefan Sommer]] (born 1963), CEO of [[ZF Friedrichshafen]] AG from 2012 until 2017.