SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930) SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930) studied medicine at Edinburgh University and worked as a doctor until 1891. In 1902 he was knighted after working with a field hospital in Bloemfontein during the South African (Boer) War (1899-1902). Conan Doyle is best known for his creation of Sherlock Holmes, the amateur detective, and his friend Dr.

Inge Scholl (August 11, 1917 - September 4, 1998), born in present-day Crailsheim, was the daughter of Robert Scholl, the mayor of Forchtenberg, and was the sister of Hans and Sophie Scholl, who studied at the University of Munich in 1942, and were core members of the White Rose student resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Inge Scholl wrote several books about the White Rose after the war. However, according to the Center for White Rose Studies, she did not even "so much as listen to her siblings' talk", when they, during 1942, tried to convince her to take part.

Hansjörg Martin (1920-1999) was born in Leipzig. He was originally a painter. After the war, in which he had been active, he worked as a clown, a journalist, a set designer, playwright and author. He has written a lot of mystery novels. Most of them have been made into movies. Hansjörg Martin is said to be one of the most successful crime writers in Germany.