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

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

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 activists

• Willi Graf, 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
• 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

• Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004-2009)
• 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)
• 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
• Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988–1994)

Other notable alumni

• Andrea Ablasser, immunologist
• Ingeborg Beling, ethologist in the field of chronobiology
• Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and theatre director
• William Lane Craig, Christian theologian and philosopher
• Stefan Dassler, author of business-related non-fiction books
• Aloys Fischer, educationalist and statistician
• Helmut Gernsheim, photo-historian, collector, and photographer
• 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
• Ödön von Horváth, German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist
• Sara Murray Jordan, American gastroenterologist
• Josef Mengele, SS officer and Auschwitz physician; earned a doctorate in anthropology
• Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist, inventor of the diamond knife
• John Piper, reformed theologian, author and pastor
• Berta Scharrer, U.S.-based endocrinologist and scientific researcher (d. 1995)
• Carl Sternheim, German playwright and short story writer