List of German student corps members



List of notable or known members of German Student Corps.

A

 * Karl von Abel (1788–1859), Bavarian statesmen
 * Horst Ademeit (1912–1944), engineer, fighter pilot, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist; professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel and Harvard University, Corps Helvetia Heidelberg, Corps Helvetia Munich
 * Heinrich Albers-Schönberg (1865–1921), gynecologist, pioneer of radiology; Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Misnia Leipzig
 * Heinrich Albert (1874–1960), commercial attaché to the German ambassador to the United States during World War I
 * Carl Theodor Albrecht (1843–1915), German astronomer
 * Karl Allmenröder (1896–1917), German World War I ace; Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), psychiatrist and neuropathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
 * Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
 * Asfa-Wossen Asserate (b. 1948), management consultant and author writing in German, a member of the Solomonic dynasty; Corps Suevia Tübingen
 * William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875), American businessman; Corps Curonia Göttingen

B



 * Eduard Bacher (1846–1908), Austrian jurisconsult and journalist
 * Hermann von Barth (1845–1876), mountaineer; Corps Franconia München
 * Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe (1868–1944), member of the Prussian House of Lords, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Walter Bauer (1877–1960), theologist, a scholar of the development of the early Christian churches; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
 * Rudolf Baumbach (1840–1905), poet; Corps Thuringia Jena
 * Paul Bäumer (1896–1927), German ace in World War I; Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin
 * Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), founder of Bayer, Corps Saxonia Bonn
 * Hans Hermann Behr (1818–1904), German-American physician, botanist, entomologist; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Moenania Würzburg
 * Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917), German physiologist, first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1907); Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin
 * Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824–1902), politician and leader of the National Liberals; Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
 * Friedrich von Berg (1866–1939), last chairman of the Secret Civil Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grave-digger of the German monarchy; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Gustav Adolf Bergenroth (1813–1869), historian (Tudors, Spain); Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Julius Bergmann (1840–1904), philosopher, Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
 * Wilhelm Berning (1877–1955), German Roman Catholic bishop of Osnabrück; Corps Germania Münster
 * Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865–1910), writer; Corps Thuringia Leipzig
 * Julius Binder (1870–1939), philosopher; Corps Bavaria Würzburg
 * Otto Binswanger (1852–1929), Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
 * Carl-Heinz Birnbacher (1910–1991), Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Konteradmiral of the Bundesmarine; Corps Schacht Leoben
 * Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), Minister for Foreign Affairs; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Chancellor of the German Empire; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Hinrich Bitter-Suermann (b. 1940), German-Canadian Professor of Surgery (organ transplantation); Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Heinrich Blochmann (1838–1878), iranist in Kolkata; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
 * Erich Bloedorn (1902–1975), Colonel and bomber pilot in WW 2, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Johannes Blume (d. 1892), Brevet Brigadier General 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry; Corps Saxonia Bonn, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Wilhelm von Bode (1845–1929), German art historian and museum director, founder of Bode Museum; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
 * Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede (1794–1854), Prussian politician, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
 * Karl von Bodelschwingh-Velmede (1800–1873), Prussian politician; Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
 * Eduard Böcking (1802–1870), legal scholar; Corps Hassia Heidelberg (suspended)
 * Franz Böhm (1895–1977), politician, lawyer, and economist; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
 * Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976), German zoologist, Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Silesia Breslau
 * Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907), Secretary of the Interior (1880–1897), and Vice Chancellor of Germany (1881–1897); Corps Nassovia Würzburg
 * Ernst Bolbrinker (1898–1962), mining engineer, Generalmajor, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Afrikakorps; Corps Schacht Leoben
 * Otto Bollinger (1843–1909), pathologist (fowlpox); Corps Suevia München
 * Robert Bonnet (1851–1921), anatomist; Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
 * Franz Bracht (1877–1933), politician; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
 * Curt Bräuer (1889–1969), diplomat, Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald
 * Friedrich Gustav von Bramann (1854–1913), surgeon (tracheostomy on Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm; Corps Hansea Königsberg
 * Ernst Brandes (1862–1935), German lawyer, estate manager and politician; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
 * Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicist, Nobel laureate in physics 1909 (with Guglielmo Marconi); Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Magnus von Braun (senior) (1878–1972), jurist and politician; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Alfred Brehm (1829–1884), zoologist, Brehms Tierleben; Corps Saxonia Jena
 * Eberhard von Breitenbuch (1910–1980), cavalry officer in the German resistance; Corps Silvania Tharandt
 * Lorenzo Brentano (1813–1891), German journalist, member of the Frankfurt Assembly and U.S. Representative from Illinois; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg
 * Alois von Brinz (1820–1887), jurist and politician; Corps Suevia München, Corps Franconia Prag
 * Wilhelm Brückner (1884–1954), until 1940 Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant; Corps Transrhenania München
 * Heinrich Brunn (1822–1894), archaeologist, Corps Palatia Bonn
 * Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815–1879), state secretary; Corps Vandalia Göttingen
 * Heinrich von Bülow (1792–1846), prussian statesman; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
 * Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp (1894–1918), German World War I ace; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg

C

 * Petre P. Carp (1837–1919), Prime Minister of Romania; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1958), last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (1794–1876), surgeon and ophthalmologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus (1838–1900), chemist, known for his structure of benzene proposed in 1867; Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
 * Bruno Claußen, State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Economics and Labor, Corps Franconia Tübingen
 * Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839–1884), pathologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
 * Gerhard Conrad (pilot) (1895–1982), Generalleutnant of the Luftwaffe; Corps Hercynia München, Corps Frankonia Brünn
 * Constantine I of Greece (1868–1923), King of the Hellenes, Duke of Sparta; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Alexander Conze (1831–1914), archaeologist, secretary of the German Archaeological Institute; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
 * Wilhelm Paul Corssen (1820–1875), philologist; Corps Marchia Berlin
 * Carl Hermann Credner (1841–1913), German earth scientist
 * Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), surgeon; Corps Austria Frankfurt

D

 * Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development; Corps Stauffia Stuttgart
 * Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), diplomat bringing Germany into the League of Nations in 1926 prior to representing the German contingent in the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, the post-World War II effort known as the Marshall Plan, Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin
 * Siegfried Dehn (1799–1858), music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian; Corps Saxonia Leipzig
 * Max Delbrück (1850–1919), German agricultural chemist; Corps Cimbria Berlin
 * Ernst von Delius (1912–1937), racing car driver; Corps Franconia München
 * Nicolaus Delius (1813–1888), philologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
 * Georg Diederichs (1900–1983), politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Lower Saxony; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
 * Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792–1847), plastic surgeon, Corps Pomerania Greifswald
 * Rudolf Diels (1900–1957), SS-Oberführer, in charge of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934; Corps Rhenania Straßburg
 * Arnold Diestel (1857–1924), First Mayor of Hamburg; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
 * Franz von Dingelstedt (1814–1881), poet, dramatist and theatre administrator; Corps Schaumburgia Marburg
 * Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), ambassador to Britain; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Rudolf Doehn (1821–1895), Forty-Eighter, fought in the Union Army; Corps Guestphalia Halle
 * Hermann Dohna-Finckenstein (1894–1942), German estate owner, politician and SS officer; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Claudius Dornier (1884–1969), founder of Dornier GmbH; Corps Suevo-Guestphalia München
 * Ludwig Draxler (1896–1972), Austrian Secretary of Finance; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck
 * Julius Dreschfeld (1845–1907), leading British physician and pathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
 * Jakob Dubs (1822–1879), member of the Swiss Federal Council; Corps Helevetia Heidelberg (suspended)
 * Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904–1973), ambassador to Denmark, Righteous among the Nations; Corps Rhenania Freiburg

E

 * Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909), psychologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn


 * Georg Ebers (1837–1898), egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Ebers Papyrus; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Victor von Ebner (1842–1925), Austrian anatomist and histologist; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck
 * Walter Eckhardt (1906–1994), member of the Bundestag and Member of the European Parliament; Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Marc S. Ellenbogen, US Presidential Advisor, diplomat and philanthropist; Corps Rheno-Nicaria zu Mannheim und Heidelberg
 * Wilhelm Endemann (1825–1899), legal scholar, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Johann Georg Veit Engelhardt (1791–1855), theologian; Corps Franconia II Erlangen
 * Friedrich Erismann, (1842–1915), Swiss ophthalmologist and hygienist; Corps Tigurinia Zürich
 * Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863–1950), Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1908), Corps Franconia Jena, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Corps Franconia Jena


 * Walter Eucken, protagonist of the social market economy; Corps Saxonia Kiel
 * Botho zu Eulenburg (1831–1912), Prussian prime minister (1892–1894)
 * Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), actor and writer; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien

F

 * Paul Falkenberg (1848–1925), botanist; Corps Hildesia IV Göttingen
 * Gottfried Feder (1883–1941), economist, one of the early key members of the Nazi party; Corps Isaria München
 * Max Fesca (1846–1917), agricultural scientist, hired by the Meiji government of Japan as a foreign advisor from 1882 to 1894; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen


 * Carl Flügge (1847–1923), bacteriologist and hygienist; Corps Bremensia Göttingen


 * Max von Forckenbeck (1821–1891), politician, founder of the German Progress Party and National Liberal Party, Berlin mayor, Reichstag president; Corps Teutonia Giessen
 * Gustav Freytag (1816–1895), dramatist and novelist, Pour le Mérite; Corps Borussia Breslau
 * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg, Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940), King of Finland; Corps Suevia Freiburg
 * Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (1882–1945); Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Visigothia Rostock
 * Wilhelm von Freeden (1822–1894), mathematician, navigation lecturer, founder of the North German Naval Observatory; Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Frisia Göttingen
 * Karl Rudolf Friedenthal, Prussian statesman; Corps Silesia Breslau
 * Nikolaus Friedreich, pathologist and neurologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
 * Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Corps Bremensia Göttingen
 * Richard Frommel, Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen, Corps Rhenania Würzburg
 * August von Froriep, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Otto Froitzheim (1884–1962), tennis champion; Corps Teutonia Bonn
 * Karl Fürstner, neurologist and psychiatrist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg

G

 * Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist, sinologist; Corps Franconia Jena
 * Friedrich Balduin von Gagern (1794–1848), German general, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Albert Ganzenmüller, State Secretary, Reich Ministry of Transportation, Corps Rheno-Palatia München
 * Wilhelm von Gayl, Secretary of Interior; Corps Saxonia Göttingen, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Karl Geiler, Prime Minister of Hessen; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
 * Heinrich Gelzer, classical scholar; Corps Alamannia Basel
 * Kurt Gerstein (1905–1945), German SS officer, tried to inform the international public about the Holocaust, author of the Gerstein Report, Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Robert Gersuny (1844–1924), Austrian surgeon
 * Gustaw Gizewiusz, pastor in Mazovia; Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Themistocles Gluck, surgeon, inaugurator of joint replacement; Corps Saxonia Leipzig
 * Heinrich Ernst Göring, colonial governor of German South-West Africa, father of Hermann Göring; Corps Saxonia Bonn
 * August Görtz, civil servant and politician; Corps Hannovera Göttingen.
 * Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez, chemist; Corps Bavaria München
 * Gustav Graef, painter; Corpslandsmannschaft Normannia Königsberg
 * Hans Grässel, architect, Pour le Mérite; Corps Rheno-Palatia München
 * Ferdinand Gregorovius, journalist and historian, honorary citizen of Rome; Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Erich Gritzbach, Chief of the Staff Office, Prussian State Ministry, Berlin Burschenschaft Gothia
 * Paul Güssfeldt, geologist, mountaineer and explorer, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg

H

 * Klaus Hänsch
 * Albrecht von Hagen, Wehrmacht officer, German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg.
 * Carl von Halfern, Oberpräsident of Province of Pomerania, Corps Rhenania Strassburg


 * Werner Hartenstein, commander of German submarine U-156, Knight's cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
 * Emil Hartwich, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
 * Ulrich von Hassell, diplomat, German resistance, executed; Corps Suevia Tübingen
 * Hermann von Hatzfeldt, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Friedrich Hecker, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg, Corps Hassia Heidelberg, Corps Palatia Heidelberg
 * Justus Hecker, founder of historical pathology, Corps Marchia Berlin
 * Johann Gustav Heckscher, minister resident; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
 * Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), significant German poet of the 19th century, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
 * Karl Heinzen (1809–1880), revolutionary author; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
 * Vollrath von Hellermann, Generalmajor of the Wehrmacht, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Wilhelm Hemprich, naturalist and explorer; Corps Teutonia Breslau, Corps Borussia Breslau
 * Paul Hensel, pastor, defender of Mazovia; Corps Masovia
 * Rudolph Hering, American engineer, Corps Altsachsen Dresden
 * Alfred Herrhausen
 * Jürgen Herrlein
 * Wilhelm Hertz, rediscovered writer; Corps Teutonia Stuttgart, Corps Franconia Tübingen
 * Walther Herwig (1838–1912), Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Otto Hesse, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg.
 * Hermann Theodor Hettner, literary historian; Corps Silesia Berlin, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
 * Carl von Heyden, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg


 * William Hillebrand, founder of the Hawaii Medical Association and Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu; Corps Hanseatia Göttingen und Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Paul von Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall, Reichspräsident; Corps Montania Freiberg
 * Hans Hinkel, official in the Reich Chamber of Culture and Ministry of Propaganda, Corps Sugambria Bonn
 * Eduard Hitzig, neuropsychiatrist, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Neoborussia Berlin
 * Leopold von Hoesch, diplomat; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann, theologian and orientalist; Corps Teutonia Halle
 * Heinrich Hoffmann, psychiatrist, author of Struwwelpeter; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg
 * Anton Friedrich Hohl, obstetrician; Corps Thuringia Leipzig, founder of Corps Saxonia Leipzig
 * Kurt von Holleben, chemist and photographer (1894-1947);
 * Karl Christian Johann Holsten, theologian; Corps Misnia Leipzig, Corps Vandalia Rostock
 * Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff, jurist
 * Caspar Alexander Honthumb, contributing editor New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Cincinnati Volksfreund, Puck, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), Swiss ophthalmologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
 * House of Hohenzollern
 * Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883–1942), Prussian prince and general; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Wilhelm II, Großadmiral; Corps Holsatia Kiel
 * Prince Oskar of Prussia, Generalmajor, Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden; Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Corps Brandenburgia Berlin (Cleveland)
 * Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * William, German Crown Prince, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945); Corps Holsatia Kiel
 * Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Francis Huebschmann (German: Franz Hübschmann), 1817–1880), 1851–1852 and 1871–1872 senator in Wisconsin, "best physician" of the Union Army; Corps Saxonia Jena
 * Ferdinand Hueppe, bacteriologist, military surgeon, first German Football Association president; Corps Alemannia Berlin
 * Carl Hueter, surgeon, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg

J

 * Hermann Jacobi (1850–1937), indologist, Corps Teutonia Bonn
 * Otto Jaekel, paleontologist, geologist; Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald
 * Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
 * Philipp von Jolly, physicist, mathematician; Corps Hassia Heidelberg
 * Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, writer and politician; Corps Littuania.
 * Heinz Jost, SS Brigadeführer; Corps Hassia Gießen
 * Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), innovative engineer (gas engines, aeroplanes), Corps Delta Aachen

K

 * Karl Kaiser (b. 1934), Harvard professor, co-worker of Henry Kissinger; Corps Hansea Köln
 * Manfred Kanther
 * Friedrich Kapp, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Wolfgang Kapp (1858–1922), nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Walther Kausch, surgeon, pioneer of pancreaticoduodenectomy; Corps Palaio-Alsatia Straßburg
 * Albert Keller, German painter, Corps Isaria München
 * Ott-Heinrich Keller (1906–1990), German mathematician; Corps Austria
 * Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
 * Wilhelm Kiesselbach, ENT surgeon; Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
 * Mitchell Campbell King (1815–1901), American planter and physician in the Carolinas, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Georg Kloss (1787–1854), German historian of freemasonry, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * William August Kobbé, United States Army officer; Corps Franconia Freiberg
 * Wolfgang Franz von Kobell, mineralogist, writer in Bavarian dialect; Corps Isaria München Corps
 * Hans Koch, jurist, officer in both World Wars, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Baltia Königsberg
 * Eberhard von Koerber, past CEO of ABB Group, co-president of the Club of Rome; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer (1878–1962), Austrian novelist, poet and playwright; Corps Symposion Wien
 * Franz König, Corps Teutonia Marburg.
 * Theodor Körner, German poet and soldier
 * Werner Körte (1853–1937), German surgeon; Corps Teutonia Bonn
 * Ludwig Kohl-Larsen, anthropologist, explorer
 * Herbert Kraus, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Johannes Krohn, State Secretary, Reich Ministry of Labor, Leipziger Burschenschaft Germania
 * Adalbert Krüger, Corps Marchia Berlin
 * Jacob Kuechler (1823–1893), he pioneered the science of Dendrochronology to date natural events, Corps Starkenburgia Gießen.
 * Hermann Kümmell, Corps Nassovia Würzburg
 * Eberhard von Kuenheim (b. 1928), German industrial manager, long time CEO BMW-Group, Corps Teutonia Stuttgart
 * Otto Küstner, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
 * Hermann Kuhnt, ophthalmologist
 * Adolph Kussmaul (1822–1902), German physician and a leading clinician of his time, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Wilhelm Kutscher (1876–1962), German lawyer and politician; Corps Suevia Tübingen

L

 * Friedrich Landfried, State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Finance and Reich Ministry of Economics, Corps Rhenania Strassburg
 * Hans Heinrich Landolt, Swiss chemist
 * Bernhard von Langenbeck, surgeon
 * Arnold von Lasaulx, mineralogist and petrographer
 * Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1796–1869), German sculptor, Corps Curonia Göttingen
 * Robert Lehr, Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Helmut Lemke
 * Max Lenz, historian
 * Heinrich Leo, Prussian historian and politician
 * Ernst Levy von Halle, Jewish propaganda chief of Alfred von Tirpitz
 * Wilhelm Liebknecht
 * Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist and Gießen University faculty, Corps Rhenania Erlangen I (suspended ...)
 * Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
 * Joseph von Lindwurm, physician and dermatologist, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
 * Hermann Lingg, poet
 * Rudolf Lipschitz, mathematician
 * Friedrich Loeffler
 * Carl Ludwig, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
 * Georg Albert Lücke, surgeon

M

 * Helmuth von Maltzahn
 * August von Mackensen (1849–1945), German field marshal, Corps Agronomia Göttingen
 * Johann-Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau, German police administrator and SS officer, Corps Rheno-Palatia München
 * Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian statesman; Corps Saxonia Halle
 * Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege, politician
 * Richard Markert, senate president and mayor of Bremen, Corps Germania Leipzig
 * Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein
 * Walter Masing, physicist; Corps Misnia IV
 * Ludwig Maurer, mathematician; Corps Suevia München
 * Albert von Maybach, Under State Secretary in the Prussian Ministry of Trade; Corps Hansea Bonn
 * Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer, Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen
 * Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), last imperial chancellor of Germany
 * Kurt Melcher, Police President in Essen and Berlin, Corps Suevia Tübingen
 * Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, anatomist; Corps Baruthia Erlangen
 * Hanns von Meyenburg (1887–1971), Swiss Pathologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
 * Georg Michaelis
 * Julius von Michel, ophthalmologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
 * Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli
 * Julius von Mirbach, member of the Prussian House of Lords; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Eilhard Mitscherlich, chemist; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
 * Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier
 * Woldemar Mobitz, Corps Rhenania Freiburg
 * Paul Georg von Möllendorff, sinologist, diplomat; Corps Normannia-Halle
 * Andreas Mölzer
 * Hans Adolf von Moltke
 * Ludwig Mond
 * Franz Mone, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Hans Much, hygienist, writer; Corps Teutonia Marburg
 * Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1859–1924), diplomat of the German Empire, successor of the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Jean de Muralt, Corps Tigurinia Zürich

N

 * Gustav Nachtigal (1834–1885), explorer of Central and West Africa; Corps Palaiomarchia Halle, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Pomerania Greifswald
 * Bernhard Naunyn, pharmacologist; Corps Hansea Bonn
 * Rudolf Nebel
 * Fritz Neumayer, Federal Minister; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
 * Konstantin von Neurath, German Foreign Minister, Corps Suevia Tübingen
 * Otto Nüsslin (1850–1915), Zoologist at the TH Karlsruhe university, Corps Hubertia Freiburg

O

 * Maximilian Oberst, surgeon; Corps Isaria München
 * Otto von Oehlschläger, president of the Reichsgericht; founder of the Corps Baltia Königsberg
 * Goetz Oertel, physicist, past president of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Associate of the National Academy of Sciences; Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Wilhelm von Opel, founder of Opel; Corps Franconia Darmstadt
 * Max von Oppenheim (1860–1946), ancient historian and archaeologist; Corps Palatia Straßburg
 * Robert von Ostertag, veterinarian; Corps Suevia Stuttgart

P

 * Hans von Pechmann, chemist; Corps Isaria München
 * Elias Peissner, Professor at Union College; Corps Palatia München, Corps Alemannia München; member of Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Society, fallen in the Battle of Chancellorsville
 * Hugo Karl Anton Pernice, gynecologist and obstetrician, Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Teutonia Göttingen
 * Maximilian Perty, zoologist in Berne; Corps Isaria München
 * Carl Wilhelm Petersen
 * Hubert Petschnigg, architect; Corps Hansea Wien, Corps Marchia Brünn.
 * Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten, legal scholar and politician; Corps Onoldia Erlangen
 * Hans Pfundtner, State Secretary, Reich Ministry of the Interior, Corps Masovia Königsberg zu Potsdam
 * Kurt Plötner, SS physician, recruited by US intelligence; Corps Thuringia Leipzig
 * Count Franz Pocci, artist and composer; Corps Isaria München
 * Alfred Pribram, Jewish physician in Prague; Corps Austria
 * Robert Prutz, poet and critic; Corps Borussia Halle

Q

 * Reinhold Quaatz, civil servant, right-wing politician, half-Jewish in ancestry; Corps Guestphalia Jena

R

 * Count von Racowitza, Corps Neoborussia Berlin
 * Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr., Foreign Secretary; Corps Borussia Bonn
 * Hanns Albin Rauter, highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands, executed; Corps Joannea Graz
 * Count Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen, Austrian statesman; Corps Isaria München
 * William Reed (Union Army) (1825–1864), highest ranking African American line officer in the U. S. army during the civil war; Corps Saxonia Kiel
 * Oskar von Redwitz, poet; Corps Franconia München
 * Ludwig Rehn, surgeon; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
 * Joseph Martin Reichard, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
 * Ernst Julius Remak, neurologist; Corps Borussia Breslau
 * August Leopold von Reuss (1841–1924), Austrian ophthalmologist; Corps Austria
 * Gregor von Rezzori (1914–1998), Austrian novelist and screenwriter, Corps Schacht Leoben
 * Friedrich Julius Richelot, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Sigmund von Riezler, historian; Corps Isaria München
 * Eduard von Rindfleisch, pathologist; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
 * Hans Joachim von Rohr, agrarian, politician; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Paul Rohrbach
 * Otto Roquette, poet; Corps Teutonia Berlin
 * Wilhelm Roscher (1817–1894), economist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Alfred Rosenberg, Corps Rubonia Riga
 * Eugen Rosshirt, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
 * August von Rothmund, ophthalmologist; Corps Isaria München
 * Friedrich Rückert, poet, orientalist; Corps Franconia Würzburg

S

 * Wilhelm von Salisch, Oberst, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Gustav von Saltzwedel, Prussian civil servant; founder of the Corps Littuania Königsberg
 * Hans Sandrock (1913–1995), officer of the German Army during World War II, decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Corps Pomerania-Silesa
 * Julius Scharlach (1842–1908), Hamburg lawyer, businessman and a prominent figure in the colonial history of Germany, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Max Schede, surgeon; Corps Borussia Halle, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
 * Rudolf von Scheliha, diplomat, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Anton Schifferer (1871–1943), German business executive and politician; Corps Franconia München
 * Gustav Schleicher (1823–1879), German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas, veteran of the Confederate Army; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen
 * Alexander von Schleinitz, Foreign Minister of Prussia; Corps Saxonia Halle
 * Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1913–1989), Oberst of the Wehrmacht; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Hanns Martin Schleyer, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich (1840–1925), forester in India; Corps Hassia Gießen
 * Ernst Reinhold Schmidt (1819–1901), spokesman of the German immigrants in Philadelphia, author of The History of the American Civil War and The Founding of Pennsylvania: the German View of our Bi-centennial (1882); Corps Masovia Königsberg
 * Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig, legal scholar and past Federal Minister; Corps Hansea Bonn
 * Otto Schott, industrialist, inventor of borosilicate glass; Corps Teutonia Braunschweig
 * Karl Ludwig Ernst Schroeder, gynecologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
 * Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg officer, German Resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Max Schuler, Schuler tuning, gyrocompass; Corps Franconia München
 * Ernst Schulze (1789–1817), German romantic poet, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Robert Schumann, composer; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Berent Schwineköper (1912–1993), historian; Corps Teutonia Göttingen
 * Hans-Christoph Seebohm, federal minister; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
 * Franz Seldte, founder and Leader of Der Stahlhelm, Minister for Labour of the German Reich; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Braunschweig
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Semmler, chemist; Corps Silesia Breslau
 * Carl Semper, Corps Visurgia Hannover
 * Eduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold, gynecologist; Corps Lusatia Berlin, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
 * Philipp Franz von Siebold, Corps Moenania Würzburg
 * Ernst Siehr
 * Gustav Simon, surgeon in Heidelberg; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Eduard von Simson, Jewish-born father of the first German constitution; Littauer-Kränzchen (Corps Littuania Königsberg)
 * Reinhold Solger, prominent Forty-Eighter, historian, Professor at West-Point United States Military Academy; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald, founder and honorary member of Corps Borussia Greifswald
 * Alexander Spengler, founder of Davos medicine; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Bernhard Sprengel, industrialist, founder of the Sprengel Museum; Corps Holsatia Kiel
 * Martin Stamm, founder of Cleveland Clinic
 * Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956), Austrian politician, 163rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg
 * Hermann Stieve, anatomist; Corps Franconia München
 * Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar, Corps Onoldia Erlangen, Corps Franconia Würzburg
 * Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
 * Otto Stolz, Austrian mathematician, his name lives on in the Stolz-Cesàro theorem, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg;
 * Samuel Hanson Stone, Corps Thuringia Leipzig, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
 * Adolph Strecker, chemist; Corps Teutonia Gießen
 * Louis Stromeyer (1804–1876), German surgeon, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Gustav Struve, Corps Bado-Württembergia Göttingen
 * Franz Susemihl, classical philologist; Corps Misnia Leipzig
 * Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov, Prince of Italy, Count Rymniksky (1804–1882), Russian general, diplomat and politician, Corps Curonia Göttingen

T

 * Ludwig Thoma, Bavarian writer; Corps Suevia München
 * Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum, physician and biochemist; Corps Hassia Gießen
 * Heinrich Triepel, legal scholar; Corps Suevia Freiburg
 * Adam von Trott zu Solz, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen

U

 * Edward Uhl, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Corps Rhenania ZAB, Corps Franconia Karlsruhe
 * Paul Uhlenhuth, bacteriologist; Corps Franconia Hamburg
 * Hermann Ulrici, philosopher; Corps Saxonia Halle

V

 * Karl von Vierordt, physiologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
 * Henry Villard, American railroads tycoon; Corps Franconia München
 * Carl Vogt
 * Carl von Voit, physiologist; Corps Franconia München
 * Otto Volger, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Richard von Volkmann, surgeon and poet

W

 * Werner Wachsmuth, "nestor of the German surgeons"; Corps Rhenania Würzburg, Corps Suevia Tübingen
 * Johann Andreas Wagner, zoologist; Corps Bavaria Würzburg
 * Richard Wagner, composer, Corps Saxonia Leipzig
 * Max Waldau (1825–1855), German poet and novelist, Corps Silesia Breslau
 * Benedict Waldeck, left-leaning deputy in the Prussian National Assembly; Corps Guestphalia II Göttingen
 * Karl Weierstrass, Corps Saxonia Bonn
 * Arthur von Weinberg, industrialist; Corps Transrhenania München
 * Christian Samuel Weiss, mineralogist; Corps Montania Freiberg
 * Carl Theodor Welcker, legal scholar and liberal politician; Corps Franconia Gießen
 * Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, classical philologist and archaeologist; Corps Lahnania Gießen
 * Hermann Welcker, anatomist and anthropologist; Corps Teutonia Gießen, Corps Palatia Bonn
 * Karl Weltzien, chemist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
 * Heinrich Wendland, botanist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Horst Wessel, Nazi activist, Horst Wessel Lied; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien
 * Moritz Wiggers, jurist and democratic politician; Corps Vandalia Rostock, Corps Hanseatia Rostock, Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
 * William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Borussia Bonn
 * William II of Württemberg, Corps Bremensia Göttingen, Corps Suevia Tübingen
 * Max Wirth, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
 * Heinrich Wendland, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
 * Theodor Wiegand
 * Ulrich Wille, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
 * Friedrich Hermann Wölfert, publisher and aviation pioneer; founder of the Corps Plavia Leipzig

Y

 * Nikolay Yazykov, Russian poet, Corps Ruthenia Dorpat
 * Yamamoto Teijirō, Japanese industrialist and politician, Corps Germania Hohenheim
 * Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, member of the German resistance, executed

Z

 * Eberhard Zahn (1910–2010), manager, Corps Austria
 * Joachim Zahn, CEO Mercedes-Benz, Corps Rhenania Tübingen
 * Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Corps Rhenania Tübingen
 * Hans Zehrer
 * Ernst Ziehm
 * Hermann Zimmer (8 October 1867 in Ocklitz, district Breslau, † 22 April 1928 in Breslau) was a German trade unionist and social democratic politician. Most recently, he was Oberpräsident the Prussian province of Lower Silesia
 * Eugen von Zimmerer, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
 * Arthur Zimmermann, Imperial State Secretary (Zimmermann Telegram)
 * Franz Heinrich Zitz
 * Hans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst (1845–1906), Austrian historian; Corps Teutonia Graz, Vandalia Graz und Saxonia Wien