List of RWTH Aachen University people
This is a list of people associated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany.
- Philipp Lenard – Nobel Prize in Physics 1905
- Wilhelm Wien – Nobel Prize in Physics 1911
- Johannes Stark – Nobel Prize in Physics 1919
- Peter Debye – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936
- Karl Ziegler – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963
- Peter R. Sahm – foundry science 1986
- Norbert Peters – combustion engineering 1990
- Dieter Enders – organic chemistry 1993
- Siegfried Bethke – elementary particle physics 1995
- Wolfgang Marquardt – process engineering 2001
- Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematics 2002
- Dierk Raabe – material science 2004
- Martin Beneke – theoretical particle physics 2008
- Leif Kobbelt – computer graphics and multimedia 2013
- Rainer Waser – material science and nanoelectronics 2013
Scientists
Engineering science
- Bodo von Borries – professor of electrical engineering; co-inventor of the electron microscope
- Philipp Forchheimer (1852–1933) - civil engineering
- Otto Intze – professor of hydraulic engineering
- Theodore von Kármán – pioneer of modern aerodynamics
- Georg Menges – former leader of an institute for plastics engineering; creator of Georg-Menges Prize
- Herwart Opitz – professor of machine tools and production engineering
- Jesco von Puttkamer – rocket engineer; space exploration technology
- August Ritter – professor of mechanics and astrophysics
- Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie – Theodhore van Karman Award from International Council for Aeronautical Sciences; honorary member of Gesellschaft Fuer Luft Und Raumfahrt (West Germany); Vice President and Director of Technology at MBB Hamburg; Senior Advisor for Technology on the Board of Directors of MBB - Hamburg
- F.A.F. Schmidt – professor of internal combustion engines
- Rolf Göpfert – architect
- JB Mangun Wijaya – Indonesian architect and novelist
- Bernhard Walke - professor of electrical engineering
Natural sciences and medicine
- Hans Günther Aach - botanist, former director of the Botanical Institute
- Friedrich Asinger - chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
- Otto Blumenthal – mathematician
- Martin Bojowald – physicist
- Hans-Harald Bolt – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- Herbert Capellmann - physicist
- Volker Dohm - physicist, recipient of the Walter Schottky award
- Ubbo Felderhof- physicist
- Friedrich Robert Helmert – mathematician and geodesist
- Wilhelm Keim – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
- Stefan Kuetter - physician, general practitioner
- Martin Wilhelm Kutta – mathematician
- Otto Lehmann – father of liquid crystal research
- Hans von Mangoldt – mathematician
- Walter Metzner – CEO of the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research
- Claus Müller – mathematician
- Horst Niemeyer – mathematician
- Dierk Raabe – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research
- Friedrich Schlögl - physicist
- Rudolf Schulten (1923–1996) - physicist and father of the Pebble bed reactor
- Arnold Sommerfeld – professor of applied mathematics, 1900–1906. Famous physicist
- Arne Stahl - physicist
- Thomas Thiemann – physicist
- Dieter Vollhardt - physicist, recipient of the Max-Planck medal
- Ranga Yogeshwar – physicist and science journalist
- Lu Yongxiang – President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Helmut Zahn – chemist; first synthesis of insulin
Humanities
- Walter Biemel – philosopher
- August von Brandis – artist
- Arnold Gehlen – sociologist
- Hans Glinz – Germanist and linguist
- Lutz F. Hornke – psychological assessment, organizational psychology
- Klaus Mehnert – journalist and professor of political science
- Hartwig Neumann (1942–1992) - historian for old buildings and fortresses
Politicians and public figures
Politicians
- Ulrich Daldrup – Professor of International Law; former Mayor of the City of Aachen
- Necmettin Erbakan – former Turkish Prime minister
- Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie – President of Indonesia (1998-1999)
- Ulla Schmidt – politician, Federal minister
- Rangin Dadfar Spanta – Afghanistan Secretary of State (since March 2006)
- Ena von Baer – Chilean journalist, politician; ministry of Segegob (March 2010 - July 2011); designated Senator (July 2011 to date)
Public figures
- Wolfgang Back – TV journalist
- Young-Sup Huh – President of the Green Cross Corporation, RWTH-Honorary senator
- Andreas Jiman – IT Consultant for Indonesian National Police, National Crime Information Center
- Arno Joentgen – magician
- Hugo Junkers – industrialist and academic
- Karlheinz Kaske – CEO of Siemens AG (1982–1991)
- Theo Lieven – entrepreneur, founder of Vobis
- Jürgen von der Lippe – comedian
- Sonia Mikich – TV correspondent and top editor
- Franz-Josef Paefgen – CEO of Bentley Motors; former CEO of Audi AG
- Wolfgang Rudolph – TV journalist
- Kemal Şahin – Turkish entrepreneur (Şahinler Group)
- Hans Wilhelm Schlegel – astronaut
- Christoph Schmallenbach – CEO of AMB Generali
- Hans Ernst Schneider/Hans Schwerte – Rector of RWTH under fake name (1970–1973); identified as a former SS member, and all his rights were revoked
- Ulrich Schumacher – former CEO of Infineon (2000–2004)
- Mario Theissen – boss of BMW's Formula One racing division
- Wendelin Wiedeking – former CEO of Porsche; member in the supervisory board of Volkswagen