List of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich people

This is a list of people associated with Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in Germany.

Nobel laureates

Nobel Prize in Physics

# 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

# 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

# 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

# Thomas Mann (Literature 1929; student)

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 activist

*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 rebellion

Others politicians and public figures

*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 the Catholic Church
*Dr. Diether Haenicke, President of Western Michigan University (1985-1998); Interim President (2006-2007)
*Erwin Huber, Leader of the Christian Social Union (2007-)
*King Ludwig III of Bavaria
*Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988-1994)
*Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher of Pakistan.

Other Notable alumni

* 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