Birkmann is a member of the city council of Gernsbach, and is Deputy Chairman of the CDU and member of the Board of the urban community of the CDU in Gernsbach.
Cornelia Samuelis (born 1972 in Gernsbach, Germany) is a German Soprano.
Heinz Schimmelpfennig (April 6, 1919 in Berlin, Germany - December 31, 2010 in Gernsbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was a German actor and director.
Walther Eichrodt (August 1, 1890, Gernsbach, Baden - May 20, 1978, Basel) was a German Old Testament scholar and Protestant theologian.