List of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich people

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

Nobel Prize in Physics

 * 1) Ferenc Krausz (Physics 2023; professor and chair of experimental physics since 2004 )
 * 2) Theodor W. Hänsch (Physics 2005; professor, 2001-02 Chairman of the Physics Department )
 * 3) Wolfgang Ketterle (Physics 2001; PhD physics 1986 )
 * 4) Gerd Binnig (Physics 1986; Honorary Professor since 1987; 1987-1995 Director of IBM physics group at LMU Munich )
 * 5) Hans Bethe (Physics 1967; PhD)
 * 6) Wolfgang Pauli (Physics 1945; PhD)
 * 7) Werner Heisenberg (Physics 1932; PhD)
 * 8) Gustav Hertz (Physics 1926; student 1907-1908)
 * 9) Johannes Stark (Physics 1919; PhD)
 * 10) Max Planck (Physics 1918; PhD)
 * 11) Max von Laue (Physics 1914; student one semester 1901-02, Privatdozent 1909, Honorary Doctorate )
 * 12) Wilhelm Wien (Physics 1911; professor of physics since 1920 )
 * 13) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Physics 1901; professor chair since 1900)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

 * 1) Gerhard Ertl (Chemistry 2007; student 1958-1959, professor 1973-1986)
 * 2) Hartmut Michel (Chemistry 1988; student lab work 1972/73)
 * 3) Ernst Otto Fischer (Chemistry 1973; professor 1957-1959; honorary doctorate 1972)
 * 4) Otto Hahn (Chemistry 1944; PhD student)
 * 5)  Adolf Butenandt (Chemistry 1939; professor)
 * 6) Richard Kuhn (Chemistry 1938; PhD)
 * 7) Peter Debye (Chemistry 1936; PhD)
 * 8) Hans Fischer (Chemistry 1930; MD 1908)
 * 9) Heinrich Wieland (Chemistry 1927; PhD)
 * 10) Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (Chemistry 1925; professor)
 * 11) Richard Willstätter (Chemistry 1915; diploma & PhD)
 * 12) Eduard Buchner (Chemistry 1907; PhD & professor)
 * 13) Adolf von Baeyer (Chemistry 1905; professor)
 * 14) Hermann Emil Fischer (Chemistry 1902; professor 1875-1881)

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

 * 1) Günter Blobel (Physiology or Medicine 1999; studied medicine at the University of Munich )
 * 2) Bert Sakmann (Physiology or Medicine 1991; medical assistant 1968, MD 1974 )
 * 3) Karl von Frisch (Physiology or Medicine 1973; student, assistant since 1910 & professor since 1925 )
 * 4) Feodor Lynen (Physiology or Medicine 1964; student since 1930, PhD Mar. 1937, professor since 1947)
 * 5) Hans Adolf Krebs (Physiology or Medicine 1953; student, 1921 transferred to the University of Munich, started his clinical training, 1923 completed his medical exams )
 * 6) Otto Loewi (Physiology or Medicine 1936; student )
 * 7) Hans Spemann (Physiology or Medicine 1935; 1893-1894 studied at the University of Munich for clinical training )

Nobel Prize in Literature

 * 1) Thomas Mann (Literature 1929; student )

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 activists

 * Willi Graf, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
 * Eric Voegelin, anti-Nazi philosopher
 * Dietrich von Hildebrand, anti-Nazi philosopher, former student, and later professor at the University of Munich. Founder of the anti-Nazi newspaper The Christian Corporative State while living in exile in Austria before the Anschluss
 * Kurt Huber, well known professor during the World War II era; anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
 * Ernst Munzinger, Abwehr Lieutenant Colonel turned anti-Nazi
 * Christoph Probst, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
 * Alexander Schmorell, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion
 * Hans Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist, leader of the White Rose rebellion
 * Sophie Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion

Other politicians and public figures

 * John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), British historian and politician
 * Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009)
 * Kunigunde Bachl, member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
 * Jaladat Ali Badirkhan, Kurdish writer, linguist, journalist and political activist
 * Dora Bakoyannis, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister, outgoing Mayor of Athens
 * Pope Benedict XVI, Pope (2005–2013) and former theologian
 * Dr. Diether Haenicke, President of Western Michigan University (1985–1998); Interim President (2006–2007)
 * Michael Haußner, a former State Secretary
 * Erwin Huber, leader of the Christian Social Union (2007–2009)
 * Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher of Pakistan
 * Conrad Krez, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * King Ludwig III of Bavaria
 * Birgitt Ory, German Ambassador to Nigeria, former Director General of the German Institute Taipei
 * Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988–1994)
 * Michael Zickerick, former German Ambassador to Moldova and Director General of the German Institute Taipei

Other notable alumni

 * Andrea Ablasser, immunologist
 * Frank Baffoe, Ghanaian economist, diplomat and businessman
 * Celadet Bedir Khan, Kurdish politician and writer
 * Ingeborg Beling, ethologist in the field of chronobiology
 * Werner Braune (1909–1951), Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
 * Bertolt Brecht, poet, playwright, and theatre director
 * Gisela Bulla (1932-2018), archeologist, author, and politician
 * William Lane Craig, Christian theologian and philosopher
 * Stefan Dassler, author of business-related non-fiction books
 * Georg Dohrn, German conductor
 * Bernadette Eberlein (born 1964), dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher
 * Aloys Fischer, educationalist and statistician
 * Wilhelm Frick (1877-1946), Nazi official, executed for war crimes
 * Diego García-Borreguero, Director of the Sleep Research Institute in Madrid, Spain
 * Maren Gaulke, (born 1955), German herpetologist
 * Karl Gebhardt (1897–1948), Nazi SS physician who conducted criminal medical experiments; executed for war crimes
 * Helmut Gernsheim, photo-historian, collector, and photographer
 * Gerd Gigerenzer, psychologist
 * Claus Guth (born 1964), theatre and opera director
 * Yvonne Hackenbroch (1912–2012), British museum curator and historian of jewellery (last Jew to earn a PhD there before World War II)
 * Roger Härtl, neurosurgeon
 * Wolfhart Hauser, businessman, chief executive of Intertek
 * Rudolf Hess, Nazi official acting as Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party
 * Werner Herzog, film director
 * Rolf Hofmeier, (born 1939), German economist and Africanist
 * Ödön von Horváth, German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist
 * Waldemar Hoven (1903–1948), Nazi physician executed for war crimes
 * Rolf Issels, medical oncologist and biochemist
 * Edward Rand, American medievalist
 * Sara Murray Jordan, American gastroenterologist
 * Andreas Kaplan, German University professor and Rector
 * Alexander Kekulé, German doctor and biochemist
 * Inga Koerte, neuroradiologist, scientific researcher and medical academic
 * Ernst Lengyel, gynecologic oncologist, scientific researcher and medical academic
 * Christof Loy, opera director
 * Xaver Landerer (1809-1885), one of the first chemistry professors in Modern Greece.
 * Josef Mengele, SS officer and Auschwitz physician; earned a doctorate in anthropology
 * Hercules Anastasios Mitsopoulos (1816-1892), father of modern natural sciences in Greece.
 * Wolf-Dieter Montag (1924–2018), German physician, and international sports administrator
 * Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist, inventor of the diamond knife
 * Dieter Nörr, scholar of ancient law
 * Michael Otto, head of German Otto Group
 * Sergey Padyukov, American architect
 * Dušan David Pařízek, Czech theatre director
 * John Piper, reformed theologian, author and pastor
 * Otto Friedrich Ranke, physiologist
 * Jan Rohls, Reformed theologian
 * Marko Sarstedt, Researcher and academic
 * Berta Scharrer, U.S.-based endocrinologist and scientific researcher (d. 1995)
 * Avinoam Shalem, Israeli art historian, director of the American Academy in Rome
 * Carl Sternheim, German playwright and short story writer
 * Antony Theodore, German poet and social worker
 * Heinz Hermann Thiele, German billionaire businessman and the chairman of Knorr-Bremse
 * Blake Ragsdale Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech and United States Army Officer
 * Martin H. Wiggers, German economist, editor, author and businessman
 * Cüneid Zapsu, Turkish businessman
 * Gottlieb Olpp, medical missionary, research and author
 * Bettina Bäumer (born 1940), Austrian-born Indian scholar and Indologist
 * Angela Zigahl (1885–1955), German teacher and politician
 * Peter Voswinckel (born 1951), German physician, medical historian and author