List of RWTH Aachen University people

This is a list of people associated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany.

Leibniz Prize awardees

 * Peter R. Sahm – foundry science 1986
 * Norbert Peters – combustion engineering 1990
 * Dieter Enders – organic chemistry 1993
 * Siegfried Bethke – elementary particle physics 1995
 * Wolfgang Marquardt – process engineering 2001
 * Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematics 2002
 * Rupert Klein – mathematics 2003
 * Dierk Raabe – material science 2004
 * Martin Beneke – theoretical particle physics 2008
 * Leif Kobbelt – computer graphics and multimedia 2013
 * Rainer Waser – material science and nanoelectronics 2013

Engineering science

 * Bodo von Borries – professor of electrical engineering; co-inventor of the electron microscope
 * Philipp Forchheimer (1852–1933) – civil engineering
 * Rolf Göpfert – architect
 * B. J. Habibie – Theodhore van Karman Award from International Council for Aeronautical Sciences; honorary member of Gesellschaft Fuer Luft Und Raumfahrt (West Germany); Vice President and Director of Technology at MBB Hamburg; Senior Advisor for Technology on the Board of Directors of MBB – Hamburg
 * Otto Intze – professor of hydraulic engineering
 * Christoph Ingenhoven – architect
 * Hugo Junkers – aviation engineer and manufacturer (1883), International Air & Space Hall of Fame (1976)
 * Theodore von Kármán – pioneer of modern aerodynamics
 * Ulrich Lemmer – professor of electrical engineering and optoelectronics
 * Bernd Lottermoser – director of the Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering
 * Y. B. Mangunwijaya – Indonesian architect and novelist
 * Georg Menges – former leader of an institute for plastics engineering; creator of Georg-Menges Prize
 * Herwart Opitz – professor of machine tools and production engineering
 * Karl-Heinz Petzinka – architect and Rector of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
 * Jesco von Puttkamer – rocket engineer; space exploration technology
 * August Ritter – professor of mechanics and astrophysics
 * F. A. F. Schmidt – professor of internal combustion engines
 * Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer – Brazilian civil engineer, university professor
 * Bernhard Walke – professor of electrical engineering

Natural sciences and medicine

 * Hans Günther Aach – botanist, former director of the Botanical Institute
 * Wil van der Aalst — computer scientist
 * Friedrich Asinger – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
 * Otto Blumenthal – mathematician
 * Martin Bojowald – physicist
 * Hans-Harald Bolt – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
 * Julius Bredt – organic chemist, discovered the Bredt's rule
 * Nikolas Breuckmann – physicist, recipient of the Maxwell Medal and Prize
 * Herbert Capellmann – theoretical physicist
 * Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematician
 * Volker Dohm – physicist, recipient of the Walter Schottky award
 * Ubbo Felderhof – theoretical physicist
 * Gernot Güntherodt – experimental physicist
 * Christian Haug – physician, psychiatrist
 * Friedrich Robert Helmert – mathematician and geodesist
 * Ludwig Hopf – mathematician and theoretical physicist
 * Wilhelm Keim – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
 * Stefan Kuetter – physician, general practitioner
 * Martin Kutta – mathematician
 * Otto Lehmann – father of liquid crystal research
 * Maria Lipp – organic chemist, first female doctoral student, and professor at the RWTH Aachen University
 * Hans von Mangoldt – mathematician
 * Josef Meixner – physicist
 * Walter Metzner – physicist, now CEO of the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research
 * Claus Müller – mathematician
 * Horst Niemeyer – mathematician
 * Dierk Raabe – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research
 * Ulrich Rüdiger – experimental physicist
 * Friedrich Schlögl – theoretical physicist
 * Ulrich Schollwöck – physicist
 * Jan Schroers — physicist
 * Rudolf Schulten (1923–1996) – physicist and father of the Pebble bed reactor
 * Walter Selke – theoretical physicist
 * Arnold Sommerfeld – professor of applied mathematics, 1900–1906; physicist
 * Arne Stahl – physicist
 * Thomas Thiemann – theoretical physicist
 * Dieter Vollhardt – physicist, recipient of the Max-Planck medal
 * Matthias Wuttig – experimental physicist
 * Ranga Yogeshwar – physicist and science journalist
 * Lu Yongxiang – President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
 * Helmut Zahn – chemist; first synthesis of insulin
 * Helmut Zahn – chemist; first synthesis of insulin

Humanities

 * Walter Biemel – philosopher
 * August von Brandis – artist
 * Arnold Gehlen – sociologist
 * Hans Glinz – Germanist and linguist
 * Lutz F. Hornke – psychological assessment, organizational psychology
 * Pia Lamberty – social psychologist and co-founder of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy
 * Klaus Mehnert – journalist and professor of political science
 * Hartwig Neumann (1942–1992) – historian for old buildings and fortresses

Politicians

 * Ena von Baer – Chilean journalist, politician; ministry of Segegob (March 2010 – July 2011); designated Senator (July 2011 to date)
 * Ulrich Daldrup – Professor of International Law; former Mayor of the City of Aachen
 * Necmettin Erbakan – former Turkish Prime minister
 * Hellmuth Greinert – Chief City Director of the City of Essen (1950–1957)
 * B. J. Habibie – President of Indonesia (1998–1999)
 * Noureddin Kianouri (codename: Silvio Macetti) (1933–1939) Iranian architect, urban planner, and Communist political leader
 * Saruhan Oluç – politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey
 * Rangin Dadfar Spanta – Afghanistan Secretary of State (since March 2006)
 * Ulla Schmidt – politician, Federal minister

Public figures



 * Wolfgang Back – TV journalist
 * Young-Sup Huh – President of the Green Cross Corporation, RWTH-Honorary senator
 * Andreas Jiman – IT Consultant for Indonesian National Police, National Crime Information Center
 * Arno Joentgen – magician
 * Hugo Junkers – industrialist and academic
 * Karlheinz Kaske – CEO of Siemens AG (1982–1991)
 * Theo Lieven – entrepreneur, founder of Vobis
 * Jürgen von der Lippe – comedian
 * Sonia Mikich – TV correspondent and top editor
 * Franz-Josef Paefgen – CEO of Bentley Motors; former CEO of Audi AG


 * Kemal Şahin – Turkish entrepreneur (Şahinler Group)
 * Hans Wilhelm Schlegel – astronaut
 * Christoph Schmallenbach – CEO of AMB Generali
 * Hans Ernst Schneider/Hans Schwerte – Rector of RWTH under fake name (1970–1973); identified as a former SS member, and all his rights were revoked
 * Ulrich Schumacher – former CEO of Infineon (2000–2004)
 * Mario Theissen – boss of BMW's Formula One racing division
 * Wendelin Wiedeking – former CEO of Porsche; member in the supervisory board of Volkswagen