Technische Universität München

Discover the notable alumni of Technische Universität München. The list includes people like Heinrich Hertz, Ernst Ruska, Wolfgang Paul, Rudolf Diesel & Wolfgang Ketterle. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as inventors & discoverers, scientists, engineers, business people and architects etc.
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Ernst Ruska
(Inventor of Electron Microscope)
Ernst Ruska
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 25, 1906
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Heidelberg
Died: May 27, 1988

Ernst Ruska was a German physicist whose work in electron optics earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. His work led to the discovery of electron microscope, which plays a key role in the field of medical science. From 1957 to 1974, Ernst Ruska also worked at the Technical University of Berlin where he taught several students.

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Erich Mendelsohn
(Architect)
Erich Mendelsohn
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Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: March 21, 1887
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Olsztyn, Poland
Died: September 15, 1953
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Wolfgang Ketterle
(Physicist, University teacher)
Wolfgang Ketterle
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 21, 1957
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Heidelberg
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Bernd Pischetsrieder
(Engineer)
Bernd Pischetsrieder
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 15, 1948
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Munich
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Wolfgang Paul
(Physicist)
Wolfgang Paul
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 10, 1913
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lorenzkirch, Saxony, German Empire
Died: December 7, 1993

Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist best known for co-developing the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter. In 1989, he received one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physics, the other half going to Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. Starting his career in the late 1930s, he researched isotope separation during World War II. He had a brilliant academic career following the war. 

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Rudolf Mössbauer
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 31, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: September 14, 2011
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Claudius Dornier
(Designer)
Claudius Dornier
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 14, 1884
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kempten, Germany
Died: December 5, 1969
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Tanja Stadler
(Mathematician)
Tanja Stadler
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 1981 AD
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
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Heinrich Barkhausen
(Physicist)
Heinrich Barkhausen
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 2, 1881
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bremen, Germany
Died: February 20, 1956