- List of University of Bonn people
Among the people who have taught or studied at the
University of Bonn are the following:Nobel laureates
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Harald zur Hausen - 2008Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine *
Reinhard Selten - 1994Nobel Prize in Economics
** "for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games"*
Wolfgang Paul - 1989Nobel Prize in Physics
** "for the development of the ion trap technique"*
Luigi Pirandello - 1934Nobel Prize in Literature
** "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art"*
Otto Wallach - 1910Nobel Prize in Chemistry
** "in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds"*
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse - 1910Nobel Prize in Literature
** "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories"*
Philipp Lenard - 1905Nobel Prize in Physics
** "for his work on cathode rays"Fields Medalists
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Gerd Faltings - 1986Fields Medal
** "for his proof of the Mordell Conjecture"*
Maxim Kontsevich - 1998Fields Medal Notable Faculty
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Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (1799–1875),Astronomy
*Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860),History
*Karl Barth (1886–1968),Theology
*Bruno Bauer (1809–1882)Theology
*Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933), Oriental Philology
*Karl Dietrich Bracher (* 1922),Political Science
*Franz Bücheler (1837–1908),Classics
*Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (1822–1888),Physics
*Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), Romance Literature
*Friedrich Christian Diez (1794-1876),Philology
*Udo di Fabio (*1954), member of theFederal Constitutional Court of Germany since 1999,Law
*Gerd Faltings (*1954),Mathematics
*Heinrich Geißler (1814-1879),Physics
*Felix Hausdorff (1868-1942),Mathematics
*Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894),Medicine andPhysics
*Georg Hermes (1775-1831),Theology
*Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894),Physics
*Werner Hildenbrand (*1936),Economics
*Constantin Carathéodory , (1873-1850)Mathematics
*Friedrich Hirzebruch (*1927),Mathematics
*Gottfried Kinkel (1815-1882),History
*Wilhelm Krelle (1916-2004),Economics
*Christian Lassen (1800-1876), Oriental Philology
*Rudolf Lipschitz , (1832–1903),Mathematics
*Werner Meyer-Eppler (1913-1960),Phonetics
*Barthold Georg Niebuhr , (1776-1831)History
*Martin Noth (1902-1968),Theology
*Felix Otto (* 1966),Mathematics
*Wolfgang Paul (1913-1993),Physics
*Carl Adam Petri (*1926),Mathematics
*Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845-1920),Botany
*Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger (1829-1910),Physiology
*Alfred Philippson (1864-1953),Geology
*Julius Plücker (1801-1868),Mathematics andPhysics
* Joseph Ratzinger (* 1927),Pope since2005 ,Theology
*Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905),Geology
*Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (1806-1876),Classics
*Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), Oriental Philology
* Johannes Schmidt (1843-1901),Linguistics
*Carl Schmitt (1888-1985),Law
*August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845),Philosophy
*Arnold Schönhage (*1934),Mathematics
*Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950),Economics
*Reinhard Selten (*1930),Economics
*Karl Simrock (1802-1872), German Literature
*Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896),Chemistry
*Eduard Strasburger (1844-1912),Botany
*Heinrich von Sybel (1817-1895),History
*Otto Toeplitz (1881–1940),Mathematics
*Carl Troll (1899-1975),Geography
*Hermann Karl Usener (1834-1905),Classics
*Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg (1905-1946),Economics
*Otto Wallach , (1847-1931),Chemistry
*Axel A. Weber (*1957), President of theDeutsche Bundesbank since 2004,Economics Notable alumni
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Konrad Adenauer , Law
*Norbert Blüm , Philosophy, German Literature, History and Theology
*Heinrich Brüning , Economics
*Karl Bücher , History and Philology
*Pierre Colas , Anthropology (PhD 2004)
*Konrad Duden , Philology
*Max Ernst , Art History
*Johann Carl Fuhlrott , Theology and Biology
*Carl Remigius Fresenius , Chemistry
*Emanuel Geibel , Theology and Classics
*Abraham Geiger , Arabic Language
*Joseph Goebbels , German Literature, Philosophy and Art History
*Willi Graf , Medicine
*Jürgen Habermas , Philosophy, History and Psychology
*Heinrich Heine , Law
*August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben , German Literature
*Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle , Medicine
*Paul Heyse , Classics
*Oskar Lafontaine , Physics
*Karl Marx , Law, History and Philosophy
*Wilhelm Marx , Law
*Friedrich Nietzsche , Philosophy and Theology
*Luigi Pirandello , Romance Languages
* Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Philosophy
*Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
*Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia
*August Schleicher , Classics
*Robert Schuman , Law
*Carl Schurz , Philology and History
*Udny Yule , Experimental physics
*Karlheinz Stockhausen , Phonetics and Communication Science
*Karl Weierstraß , Law and Economics
*William II, German Emperor
*Friedrich Wolf , Medicine, Philosophy and Art History
*Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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