- List of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich people
This is a list of people associated with
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich inGermany .Nobel laureates
Nobel Prize in Physics
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Theodor W. Hänsch , (Physics 2005; professor)
#Wolfgang Ketterle , (Physics 2001; PhD physics 1986)
#Gerd Binnig , (Physics 1986; head of the IBM physics group at the University of Munich)
#Hans Bethe , (Physics 1967; PhD)
#Wolfgang Pauli , (Physics 1945; PhD)
#Werner Heisenberg , (Physics 1932; PhD)
#Gustav Hertz , (Physics 1926; diplom)
#Johannes Stark , (Physics 1919; PhD)
#Max Planck , (Physics 1918; PhD)
#Max von Laue , (Physics 1914; student)
#Wilhelm Wien , (Physics 1911; professor)
#Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen , (Physics 1901; professor chair since 1900)Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Gerhard Ertl , (Chemistry 2007; 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; diplom & PhD)
#Adolf von Baeyer , (Chemistry 1909; professor)
#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)
#Karl von Frisch , (Physiology or Medicine 1973; assistant & professor)
#Konrad Emil Bloch , (Physiology or Medicine 1964; student)
#Feodor Lynen , (Physiology or Medicine 1964; PhD)
#Hans Adolf Krebs , (Physiology or Medicine 1953; student)
#Otto Loewi , (Physiology or Medicine 1936; student)
#Hans Spemann , (Physiology or Medicine 1935; 1893-1894 studied at the University of Munich)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 activist
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Sophie Scholl , anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
*Hans Scholl , anti-Nazi resistance activist, leader of the White Rose rebellion
*Christoph Probst , anti-nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
*Willi Graf ,anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
*Alexander Schmorell ,anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
*Kurt Huber ,well known professor during the World War II era, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellionOthers politicians and public figures
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Valdas Adamkus , President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-)
*Jaladat Ali Badirkhan , Kurdish writer, linguist, journalist and political activist
*Dora Bakoyannis , Greek Foreign Affairs Minister, outgoing Mayor of Athens
*Pope Benedict XVI , the head of theCatholic Church
*Dr. Diether Haenicke, President ofWestern Michigan University (1985 -1998 ); Interim President (2006 -2007 )
*Erwin Huber , Leader of theChristian Social Union (2007-)
*KingLudwig III of Bavaria
*Manfred Wörner , Secretary General of NATO (1988-1994)
*Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher ofPakistan .Other Notable alumni
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Helmut Gernsheim , photo-historian, collector, and photographer
*Berta Scharrer (Science), U.S.-based endocrinologist/scientific researcher (d. 1995)
* John Piper, Reformed Theologian, Author and Pastor
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