University Of Bonn

Discover the notable alumni of University Of Bonn. The list includes people like Heinrich Heine, Jürgen Habermas, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, James Robertson Justice & Justus von Liebig. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as miscellaneous, intellectuals & academics, leaders, scientists and writers etc.
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 1 
Karl Marx
(Philosopher & Economist - Famous for His Theory of 'Marxism' )
Karl Marx
117
Birthdate: May 5, 1818
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: March 14, 1883
 2 
Friedrich Nietzsche
(German Philosopher, Cultural Critic and Philologist)
Friedrich Nietzsche
44
Birthdate: October 15, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Röcken, Lützen, Germany
Died: August 25, 1900
 3 
Wilhelm II
(German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888 - 1918))
Wilhelm II
26
Birthdate: January 27, 1859
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 4, 1941
 4 
Max Ernst
(Primary Pioneer of the 'Dada Movement' and 'Surrealism' Known for His Work 'A Week of Kindness')
Max Ernst
5
Birthdate: April 2, 1891
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brühl, Germany
Died: April 1, 1976
 5 
Karlheinz Stockhausen
(German Composer Best Known for His Compositional Series and Analytical Contributions to Music Theory)
Karlheinz Stockhausen
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 22, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany
Died: December 5, 2007
 6 
Franz Boas
(German–American Anthropologist and a Pioneer of Modern Anthropology)
Franz Boas
2
Birthdate: July 9, 1858
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Minden, Germany
Died: December 21, 1942
 7 
Luigi Pirandello
(Italian Playwright and Novelist & Winner of 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Luigi Pirandello
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 28, 1867
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Agrigento, Italy
Died: December 10, 1936
 8 
Heinrich Heine
(German Poet & Literary Critic Know for His Works 'Germany. A Winter's Tale' and 'Buch der Lieder')
Heinrich Heine
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 13, 1797
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: February 17, 1856
 9 
Justus von Liebig
(German Chemist Who is Considered One of the Principal Founders of Organic Chemistry)
Justus von Liebig
1
Birthdate: May 12, 1803
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: April 18, 1873
 10 
Jürgen Habermas
(German Philosopher and Sociologist Best Known for His Theory of ‘Communicative Action')
Jürgen Habermas
2
Birthdate: June 18, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
 11 
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
(Prince)
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 4, 1906
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany
Died: May 26, 1940
 12 
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
(Dutch Physical Chemist Known for Work on Rates of Chemical Reaction, Chemical Equilibrium, and Osmotic Pressure)
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 30, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: March 1, 1911
 13 
James Robertson Justice
(British Actor Best Known for Playing Pompous Authority Figures in Comedy Films)
James Robertson Justice
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 15, 1907
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lewisham, England
Died: July 2, 1975
 14 
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
(German Mathematician Who Made Valuable Contributions to Number Theory, Analysis and Mechanics)
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 13, 1805
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Düren, Germany
Died: May 5, 1859
 15 
Jacob Burckhardt
(Swiss Historian of Art and Culture)
Jacob Burckhardt
1
Birthdate: May 25, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: August 8, 1897
 16 
Armin Laschet
(Leader of the Christian Democratic Union)
Armin Laschet
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 18, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aachen, Germany
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 17 
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
(Diplomat)
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 8, 1831
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 24, 1891
 18 
Alastair Denniston
(Field hockey player at the 1908 Summer Olympics)
Alastair Denniston
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 1, 1881
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died: January 1, 1961
 19 
Robert Schuman
(Politician)
Robert Schuman
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 29, 1886
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Clausen, Luxembourg
Died: September 4, 1963
 20 
Sucharit Bhakdi
(Thai-German Retired Microbiologist Who Termed COVID-19 Pandemic as "Fake")
Sucharit Bhakdi
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 1, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
 21 
Friedrich Merz
(German Politician and Lawyer)
Friedrich Merz
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 11, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brilon, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 22 
Hermann Emil Fischer
(German Chemist and Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry in 1902)
Hermann Emil Fischer
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 9, 1852
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Euskirchen, Germany
Died: July 15, 1919
 23 
Ernst Albrecht
(First European civil servants appointed in 1958 and served as Director-General)
Ernst Albrecht
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 29, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Died: December 13, 2014
 24 
Christian IX of Denmark
(Former King of Denmark (1863 – 1906))
Christian IX of Denmark
6
Birthdate: April 8, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany
Died: January 29, 1906
 25 
Joseph Goebbels
(German Nazi Politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda (1933 – 1945))
Joseph Goebbels
66
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 29, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Died: May 1, 1945
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 26 
Andrea Nahles
(Politician)
Andrea Nahles
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 20, 1970
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mendig, Germany
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 27 
Thilo Sarrazin
(Politician)
Thilo Sarrazin
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 12, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gera, Germany
 28 
Johannes Peter Müller
(One of the Great Natural Philosophers of the 19th Century)
Johannes Peter Müller
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 14, 1801
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Koblenz, Germany
Died: April 28, 1858
 29 
Sebastian Thrun
(Computer scientist)
Sebastian Thrun
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Solingen, West Germany
 30 
Ferdinand Tönnies
(One of the Founding Fathers of Classical German Sociology)
Ferdinand Tönnies
1
Birthdate: July 26, 1855
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oldenswort, Germany
Died: April 9, 1936
 31 
Axel Honneth
(Philosopher)
Axel Honneth
0
Birthdate: July 18, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
 32 
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
(Military officer)
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 20, 1828
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 15, 1885
 33 
Robert Ley
(Former politician during the Nazi era; Ley headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945)
Robert Ley
11
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 15, 1890
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Niederbreidenbach, Nümbrecht, Germany
Died: October 25, 1945
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 34 
Carl Schurz
(13th United States Secretary of the Interior (1877 - 1881))
Carl Schurz
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 2, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Erftstadt, Germany
Died: May 14, 1906
 35 
Frederik Pleitgen
(Journalist)
Frederik Pleitgen
0
Birthdate: 1976 AD
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 36 
Lisa Sauermann
(Mathematician)
Lisa Sauermann
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 25, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dresden, Saxony
 37 
Bernd Lucke
(Politician)
Bernd Lucke
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 19, 1962
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Berlin, West Germany
 38 
Jürgen Todenhöfer
(Author)
Jürgen Todenhöfer
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 12, 1940
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Offenburg, Germany
 39 
Wolfgang Köhler
(Psychologist)
Wolfgang Köhler
1
Birthdate: January 21, 1887
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tallinn, Estonia
Died: June 11, 1967
 40 
George Washington
(Inventor and Businessperson)
George Washington
0
Birthdate: May 20, 1871
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kortrijk, Belgium
Died: March 29, 1946
 41 
Hans Riegel
(Entrepreneur)
Hans Riegel
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 10, 1923
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bonn, Germany
Died: October 15, 2013
 42 
Oskar Lafontaine
(Served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998)
Oskar Lafontaine
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 16, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saarlouis, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 43 
Markus Gabriel
(Philosopher)
Markus Gabriel
0
Birthdate: April 6, 1980
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Remagen, Germany
 44 
Petra Schürmann
(Actress)
Petra Schürmann
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 15, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mönchengladbach, Rhine Province, Germany
Died: January 14, 2010
 45 
Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein
(Member of the princely family of Liechtenstein)
Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
 46 
Romano Guardini
(German Catholic Priest)
Romano Guardini
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 17, 1885
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: October 1, 1968
 47 
Abraham Geiger
(Former rabbi and scholar, considered the founding father of Reform Judaism)
Abraham Geiger
1
Birthdate: May 24, 1810
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: October 23, 1874
 48 
Albert von Kölliker
(Anatomist)
Albert von Kölliker
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 6, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
Died: November 2, 1905
 49 
Emil du Bois-Reymond
(German Physiologist and Physician Who Developed Experimental Electrophysiology and Co-Discovering Nerve Action Potential)
Emil du Bois-Reymond
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 7, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: December 26, 1896
 50 
Raimon Panikkar
(Spanish Roman Catholic Priest)
Raimon Panikkar
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 2, 1918
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: August 26, 2010