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[]

1. Theodor W. Hänsch (Physics 2005; professor,^[1] 2001-02 Chairman of the Physics Department^[2])
2. Wolfgang Ketterle (Physics 2001; PhD physics 1986^[3])
3. Gerd Binnig (Physics 1986; Honorary Professor since 1987; 1987-1995 Director of IBM physics group at LMU Munich^[4])
4. Hans Bethe (Physics 1967; PhD)
5. Wolfgang Pauli (Physics 1945; PhD)
6. Werner Heisenberg (Physics 1932; PhD)
7. Gustav Hertz (Physics 1926; student 1907-1908)
8. Johannes Stark (Physics 1919; PhD)
9. Max Planck (Physics 1918; PhD)
10. Max von Laue (Physics 1914; student one semester 1901-02, Privatdozent 1909, Honorary Doctorate^[5])
11. Wilhelm Wien (Physics 1911; professor of physics since 1920^[6])
12. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Physics 1901; professor chair since 1900)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry[]

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

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine[]

1. Günter Blobel (Physiology or Medicine 1999; studied medicine at the University of Munich^[7])
2. Bert Sakmann (Physiology or Medicine 1991; medical assistant 1968, MD 1974^[8])
3. Karl von Frisch (Physiology or Medicine 1973; student, assistant since 1910 & professor since 1925^[9])
4. Feodor Lynen (Physiology or Medicine 1964; student since 1930, PhD Mar. 1937, professor since 1947)
5. Hans Adolf Krebs (Physiology or Medicine 1953; student, 1921 transferred to the University of Munich, started his clinical training, 1923 completed his medical exams^[10])
6. Otto Loewi (Physiology or Medicine 1936; student^[11])
7. Hans Spemann (Physiology or Medicine 1935; 1893-1894 studied at the University of Munich for clinical training^[12])

Nobel Prize in Literature[]

1. Thomas Mann (Literature 1929; student^[13])

Politicians and public figures[]

Chancellor of Germany[]

• Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany (1949–1963)

President of Germany[]

• 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[]

• Willi Graf, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
• Eric Voegelin, anti-Nazi philosopher
• 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[]

• John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), British historian and politician
• Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009)
• 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)
• 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
• Frank Baffoe, Ghanaian economist, diplomat and businessman
• Celadet Bedir Khan, Kurdish politician and writer
• Ingeborg Beling, ethologist in the field of chronobiology
• Werner Braune (1909–1951), Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
• Bertolt Brecht, poet, playwright, and theatre director
• William Lane Craig, Christian theologian and philosopher
• Stefan Dassler, author of business-related non-fiction books
• Georg Dohrn, German conductor
• 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
• 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)^[14]
• 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
• Ödön von Horváth, German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist
• Waldemar Hoven (1903–1948), Nazi physician executed for war crimes
• Sara Murray Jordan, American gastroenterologist
• Andreas Kaplan, German University professor and Rector
• Alexander Kekulé, German doctor and biochemist
• Christof Loy, opera director
• Josef Mengele, SS officer and Auschwitz physician; earned a doctorate in anthropology
• 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
• Marko Sarstedt, Researcher and academic
• Berta Scharrer, U.S.-based endocrinologist and scientific researcher (d. 1995)
• 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,

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