List of RWTH Aachen University people

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

Nobel Laureates

Wilhelm Wien – Nobel Prize for Physics 1911

• Philipp Lenard – Nobel Prize in Physics 1905
• Wilhelm Wien – Nobel Prize in Physics 1911
• Johannes Stark – Nobel Prize in Physics 1919
• Peter Debye – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936
• Karl Ziegler – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963

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

Scientists

Engineering science

• Bodo von Borries – professor of electrical engineering; co-inventor of the electron microscope
• Philipp Forchheimer (1852–1933) – civil engineering
• Otto Intze – professor of hydraulic engineering
• Theodore von Kármán – pioneer of modern aerodynamics
• Bernd Lottermoser – director of the Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering
• Georg Menges – former leader of an institute for plastics engineering; creator of Georg-Menges Prize
• Herwart Opitz – professor of machine tools and production engineering
• Jesco von Puttkamer – rocket engineer; space exploration technology
• August Ritter – professor of mechanics and astrophysics
• 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
• F. A. F. Schmidt – professor of internal combustion engines
• Rolf Göpfert – architect
• Y. B. Mangunwijaya – Indonesian architect and novelist
• Bernhard Walke – professor of electrical engineering

Natural sciences and medicine

• Hans Günther Aach – botanist, former director of the Botanical Institute
• 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
• Herbert Capellmann – theoretical physicist
• Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematician
• Volker Dohm – physicist, recipient of the Walter Schottky award
• Ubbo Felderhof – theoretical physicist
• Gernot Güntherodt – experimental physicist
• Friedrich Robert Helmert – mathematician and geodesist
• Wilhelm Keim – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
• Christian Haug – physician, psychiatrist
• 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
• 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
• Rudolf Schulten (1923–1996) – physicist and father of the Pebble bed reactor
• Walter Selke – theoretical physicist
• Arnold Sommerfeld – professor of applied mathematics, 1900–1906. Famous 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

Humanities

• Walter Biemel – philosopher
• August von Brandis – artist
• Arnold Gehlen – sociologist
• Hans Glinz – Germanist and linguist
• Lutz F. Hornke – psychological assessment, organizational psychology
• Klaus Mehnert – journalist and professor of political science
• Hartwig Neumann (1942–1992) – historian for old buildings and fortresses

Politicians and public figures

Politicians

Rangin Dadfar Spanta – Afghanistan Secretary of State

Krishan Kant (28 February 1927 – 27 July 2002) was the tenth Vice President of India from 1997 until his death. Previously, he was Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997.

• Ulrich Daldrup – Professor of International Law; former Mayor of the City of Aachen
• Necmettin Erbakan – former Turkish Prime minister
• B. J. Habibie – President of Indonesia (1998–1999)
• Ulla Schmidt – politician, Federal minister
• Rangin Dadfar Spanta – Afghanistan Secretary of State (since March 2006)
• Ena von Baer – Chilean journalist, politician; ministry of Segegob (March 2010 – July 2011); designated Senator (July 2011 to date)
• Hellmuth Greinert – Chief City Director of the City of Essen (1950 – 1957)

Public figures

Hans Wilhelm Schlegel – astronaut

• 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