Adolf Schmitler von Knorring (June 3, 1892 - June 13th, 1955) was an Austrian doctor known for work as Hitler's rival and for writing a best selling novel among cardiologists known as My Cough. Though he started as a doctor and became famous for his work as an author, he later went on to politics, running against Hitler, ultimately unsuccessfully. Although at the time Schmitler was seen in public eye as a promising doctor and an excellent author, he is now remembered as a nut job whose entire life was based on his hatred of Hitler.