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
- Theodor W. Hänsch (Physics 2005; professor,[1] 2001-02 Chairman of the Physics Department[2])
- Wolfgang Ketterle (Physics 2001; PhD physics 1986[3])
- Gerd Binnig (Physics 1986; Honorary Professor since 1987; 1987-1995 Director of IBM physics group at LMU Munich[4])
- 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[5])
- Wilhelm Wien (Physics 1911; professor of physics since 1920[6])
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Physics 1901; professor chair since 1900)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 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
- Günter Blobel (Physiology or Medicine 1999; studied medicine at the University of Munich[7])
- Bert Sakmann (Physiology or Medicine 1991; medical assistant 1968, MD 1974[8])
- Karl von Frisch (Physiology or Medicine 1973; student, assistant since 1910 & professor since 1925[9])
- 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[10])
- Otto Loewi (Physiology or Medicine 1936; student[11])
- Hans Spemann (Physiology or Medicine 1935; 1893-1894 studied at the University of Munich for clinical training[12])
Nobel Prize in Literature
- 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
- 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
- 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,
References
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 - Theodor W. Hänsch
- ^ Theodor W. Hänsch C.V. Archived 2009-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wolfgang Ketterle C.V. Archived 2015-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IEEE: Biography of Gerd Binnig
- ^ NobelPrize.org: Max von Laue - Biography
- ^ Wilhelm Wien - 1911 Nobel Laureate in Physics Archived 2009-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Günter Blobel
- ^ Bert Sakmann
- ^ NobelPrize.org: Karl von Frisch - Autobiography
- ^ Krebs, Hans Adolf (1900-1981): World of Microbiology and Immunology
- ^ NobelPrize.org: Otto Loewi - Biography
- ^ NobelPrize.org: Hans Spemann - Biography
- ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Thomas Mann". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008.
- ^ Bayfield, Tony. "Hackenbroch, Hackenbroch, Yvonne Alix (1912–2012), museum curator and historian of jewellery (1912–2012), museum curator and historian of jewellery". ONDB. OUP. Retrieved 26 November 2017.