Editing Karlsruhe (section)

=== The arts ===
* [[Johann Peter Hebel]] (1760–1826), short story writer, dialectal poet and Lutheran theologian; lived locally.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Hebel, Johann Peter |volume= 13 |page= 166 |last= |first= |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Antoine Ignace Melling]] (1763–1831), painter, architect and voyager
* [[Friedrich Weinbrenner]] (1766–1826), [[Classical architecture|neoclassicist]] architect; his tomb is in the main Protestant church.
* [[Karoline von Günderrode]] (1780–1806), [[Romanticism|romantic]] poet.
* [[August Böckh]] (1785–1867), classical scholar and antiquarian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Böckh, Philipp August |volume= 4 |pages= 106-107 |last= |first= |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Julius Braun]] (1825–1869), historian, with an interest in art, culture and religion.<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Braun, Julius |volume= III | page= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Viktor von Scheffel]] (1826–1886), poet and novelist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Scheffel, Joseph Viktor von |volume= 24 |pages= 315-316 |last= |first= |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Ludwig Eichrodt]] (1827-1892), poet and dramatist.<ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle= Eichrodt, Ludwig |volume= X |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Ferdinand Keller (painter)|Ferdinand Keller]] (1842–1922), genre and history painter.<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Keller, Ferdinand (painter) |volume= XI | page= |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Teobert Maler]] (1842–1917),  an explorer who documented the ruins of the [[Maya civilization]].
* [[Hermann Billing]] (1867–1946), [[Art Nouveau]] architect, born and lived in Karlsruhe, where his works now are. 
* [[Karl Hofer]] (1878–1955) an [[Expressionism|expressionist]] painter & director of the [[Berlin University of the Arts|Berlin Academy of Fine Arts]].
* [[Otto Bartning]] (1883–1959), architect and architectural theorist; planned the [[Bauhaus]] with [[Walter Gropius]]
* [[Margarete Schweikert]] (1887–1957), composer, music critic, violinist and pianist
* [[Hermann Goetz (art historian)|Hermann Goetz]] (1898–1976), art historian (partic. Indian art history) and museum director 
* [[Marie Luise Kaschnitz]] (1901–1974). short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet. 
* [[Peter Sloterdijk]] (born 1947), philosopher and cultural theorist, rejects the existence of [[Mind–body dualism|dualisms]] 
* [[Wolfgang Rihm]] (1952–2024), composer of [[contemporary classical music]]
* [[Kolja Lessing]] (born 1961), violinist, pianist, composer and academic teacher
* [[Sebastian Koch]] (born 1962), television and film actor.
* [[Andi Deris]] (born 1964), musician and songwriter, lead singer of the [[power metal]] band [[Helloween]] 
* [[Susanne Stichler]] (born 1969), journalist and television presenter
* [[Laith Al-Deen]] (born 1972), pop singer.
* [[Maren Ade]] (born 1976), film director, screenwriter and producer.
* [[Nora Krug]] (born 1977), German-American writer, lives in [[Brooklyn]]
* [[Moon Ga-young]] (born 1996), South Korean actress and model

[[File:ETH-BIB-Willstätter, Richard (1872-1942)-Portrait-Portr 07881.tif|thumb|140px|[[Richard Willstätter]]]]
[[File:Rahel straus 1905.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Rahel Straus]], 1905]]