Among those who have such tombs of honor in Berlin are Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Bertolt Brecht, Wilhelm Busch, Theodor Fontane, Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Georg Ludwig Hartig, Heinrich von Kleist, Hildegard Knef, Otto Lilienthal, Herbert Marcuse Felix Mendelssohn, Marg Moll Helmut Newton, Ernst Reuter, Joachim Ringelnatz, Heinrich Zille and Arnold Zweig.
As a child Dieter Strasilla, inspired by Otto Lilienthal, practiced gliding around Berchtesgaden and in the 1960s he began parapente experiments (also with his brother Udo in USA) in Germany and Switzerland, parachute-skiing in 1972 and later perfected a kiteskiing system using self-made paragliders and a ball-socket swivel allowing the pilot to kitesail upwind or uphill, but also to take off into the air at will, swivelling the body around to face the right way.
Otto von Bismarck | Otto | Otto III | Otto Piene | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto I | Otto Preminger | Otto II | Otto Dix | Otto Natzler | Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto Binder | Otto Skorzeny | Otto Schenk | Otto of Brunswick | Otto Kerner, Jr. | Otto Steinbrinck | Otto Kerner | Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto IV | Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto Braun | Miranda Otto | Lilienthal | Frei Otto | Otto-Werner Mueller | Otto Schmidt | Otto Muehl | Otto Lilienthal | Otto Klemperer |
Ottomar Anschütz's famous 1884 album of photographs of storks inspired the design of Otto Lilienthal's experimental gliders of the late 19th century.
Tegel is chiefly known for being the location of Berlin-Tegel Otto Lilienthal, Berlin's main airport.