• Source: List of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich people

This is a list of people associated with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany.




Nobel laureates






= Nobel Prize in Physics

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Ferenc Krausz (Physics 2023; professor and chair of experimental physics since 2004)
Theodor W. Hänsch (Physics 2005; professor, 2001-02 Chairman of the Physics Department)
Wolfgang Ketterle (Physics 2001; PhD physics 1986)
Gerd Binnig (Physics 1986; Honorary Professor since 1987; 1987-1995 Director of IBM physics group at LMU Munich)
Hans Bethe (Physics 1967; PhD)
Wolfgang Pauli (Physics 1945; PhD)
Werner Heisenberg (Physics 1932; PhD)
Gustav Hertz (Physics 1926; student 1907-1908)
Johannes Stark (Physics 1919; PhD)
Max Planck (Physics 1918; PhD)
Max von Laue (Physics 1914; student one semester 1901-02, Privatdozent 1909, Honorary Doctorate)
Wilhelm Wien (Physics 1911; professor of physics since 1920)
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Physics 1901; professor chair since 1900)




= Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Gerhard Ertl (Chemistry 2007; student 1958-1959, professor 1973-1986)
Hartmut Michel (Chemistry 1988; student lab work 1972/73)
Ernst Otto Fischer (Chemistry 1973; professor 1957-1959; honorary doctorate 1972)
Otto Hahn (Chemistry 1944; PhD student)
Adolf Butenandt (Chemistry 1939; professor)
Richard Kuhn (Chemistry 1938; PhD)
Peter Debye (Chemistry 1936; PhD)
Hans Fischer (Chemistry 1930; MD 1908)
Heinrich Wieland (Chemistry 1927; PhD)
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (Chemistry 1925; professor)
Richard Willstätter (Chemistry 1915; diploma & PhD)
Eduard Buchner (Chemistry 1907; PhD & professor)
Adolf von Baeyer (Chemistry 1905; professor)
Hermann Emil Fischer (Chemistry 1902; professor 1875-1881)




= Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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Günter Blobel (Physiology or Medicine 1999; studied medicine at the University of Munich)
Bert Sakmann (Physiology or Medicine 1991; medical assistant 1968, MD 1974)
Karl von Frisch (Physiology or Medicine 1973; student, assistant since 1910 & professor since 1925)
Feodor Lynen (Physiology or Medicine 1964; student since 1930, PhD Mar. 1937, professor since 1947)
Hans Adolf Krebs (Physiology or Medicine 1953; student, 1921 transferred to the University of Munich, started his clinical training, 1923 completed his medical exams)
Otto Loewi (Physiology or Medicine 1936; student)
Hans Spemann (Physiology or Medicine 1935; 1893-1894 studied at the University of Munich for clinical training)




= Nobel Prize in Literature

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Thomas Mann (Literature 1929; student)




Politicians and public figures






= Chancellor of Germany

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Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (1949–1963)




= President of Germany

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Karl Carstens, President of Germany (1979–1984)
Gustav Heinemann, President of Germany (1969–1974)
Roman Herzog, President of Germany (1994–1999)
Theodor Heuss, President of Germany (1949–1959)




= Anti-Nazi resistance activists

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Willi Graf, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
Eric Voegelin, anti-Nazi philosopher
Dietrich von Hildebrand, anti-Nazi philosopher, former student, and later professor at the University of Munich. Founder of the anti-Nazi newspaper The Christian Corporative State while living in exile in Austria before the Anschluss
Kurt Huber, well known professor during the World War II era; anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
Ernst Munzinger, Abwehr Lieutenant Colonel turned anti-Nazi
Christoph Probst, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
Alexander Schmorell, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
Hans Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist, leader of the White Rose rebellion
Sophie Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion




= Other politicians and public figures

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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), British historian and politician
Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009)
Kunigunde Bachl, member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Jaladat Ali Badirkhan, Kurdish writer, linguist, journalist and political activist
Dora Bakoyannis, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister, outgoing Mayor of Athens
Pope Benedict XVI, Pope (2005–2013) and former theologian
Dr. Diether Haenicke, President of Western Michigan University (1985–1998); Interim President (2006–2007)
Michael Haußner, a former State Secretary
Erwin Huber, leader of the Christian Social Union (2007–2009)
Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher of Pakistan
Conrad Krez, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
King Ludwig III of Bavaria
Birgitt Ory, German Ambassador to Nigeria, former Director General of the German Institute Taipei
Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988–1994)
Michael Zickerick, former German Ambassador to Moldova and Director General of the German Institute Taipei




Other notable alumni


Andrea Ablasser, immunologist
Ludwig Bachhofer, art historian
Frank Baffoe, Ghanaian economist, diplomat and businessman
Celadet Bedir Khan, Kurdish politician and writer
Ingeborg Beling, ethologist in the field of chronobiology
Hermann Boehm (1884–1962), German eugenicist, professor of "racial hygiene" and SA-Sanitäts-Gruppenführer
Werner Braune (1909–1951), Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
Bertolt Brecht, poet, playwright, and theatre director
Gisela Bulla (1932–2018), archeologist, author, and politician
William Lane Craig, Christian theologian and philosopher
Stefan Dassler, author of business-related non-fiction books
Georg Dohrn, German conductor
Bernadette Eberlein (born 1964), dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher
Claudia Fischbach, biomedical engineer
Aloys Fischer, educationalist and statistician
Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), Nazi official, executed for war crimes
Diego García-Borreguero, Director of the Sleep Research Institute in Madrid, Spain
Maren Gaulke, (born 1955), German herpetologist
Karl Gebhardt (1897–1948), Nazi SS physician who conducted criminal medical experiments; executed for war crimes
Helmut Gernsheim, photo-historian, collector, and photographer
Gerd Gigerenzer, psychologist
Claus Guth (born 1964), theatre and opera director
Yvonne Hackenbroch (1912–2012), British museum curator and historian of jewellery (last Jew to earn a PhD there before World War II)
Roger Härtl, neurosurgeon
Wolfhart Hauser, businessman, chief executive of Intertek
Rudolf Hess, Nazi official acting as Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party
Werner Herzog, film director
Henry Hochheimer (1818–1912), German-American rabbi
Rolf Hofmeier, (born 1939), German economist and Africanist
Ödön von Horváth, German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist
Waldemar Hoven (1903–1948), Nazi physician executed for war crimes
Rolf Issels, medical oncologist and biochemist
Edward Rand, American medievalist
Sara Murray Jordan, American gastroenterologist
Andreas Kaplan, German University professor and Rector
Alexander Kekulé, German doctor and biochemist
Inga Koerte, neuroradiologist, scientific researcher and medical academic
Ernst Lengyel, gynecologic oncologist, scientific researcher and medical academic
Christof Loy, opera director
Xaver Landerer (1809–1885), one of the first chemistry professors in Modern Greece.
Josef Mengele, SS officer and Auschwitz physician; earned a doctorate in anthropology
Hercules Anastasios Mitsopoulos (1816–1892), father of modern natural sciences in Greece.
Wolf-Dieter Montag (1924–2018), German physician, and international sports administrator
Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist, inventor of the diamond knife
Dieter Nörr, scholar of ancient law
Michael Otto, head of German Otto Group
Sergey Padyukov, American architect
Dušan David Pařízek, Czech theatre director
John Piper, reformed theologian, author and pastor
Otto Friedrich Ranke, physiologist
Jan Rohls, Reformed theologian
Marko Sarstedt, Researcher and academic
Berta Scharrer, U.S.-based endocrinologist and scientific researcher (d. 1995)
Avinoam Shalem, Israeli art historian, director of the American Academy in Rome
Carl Sternheim, German playwright and short story writer
Antony Theodore, German poet and social worker
Heinz Hermann Thiele, German billionaire businessman and the chairman of Knorr-Bremse
Blake Ragsdale Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech and United States Army Officer
Martin H. Wiggers, German economist, editor, author and businessman
Cüneid Zapsu, Turkish businessman
Gottlieb Olpp, medical missionary, research and author
Bettina Bäumer (born 1940), Austrian-born Indian scholar and Indologist
Angela Zigahl (1885–1955), German teacher and politician
Peter Voswinckel (born 1951), German physician, medical historian and author




References

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• Paus Benediktus XVI
• List of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich people
• Maximilian II of Bavaria
• Ludwig III of Bavaria
• Ludwig II of Bavaria
• Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
• Munich
• Technical University of Munich
• René Bouché
• Junior Year in Munich
• Friedrich L. Bauer