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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Karl Marx(Philosopher & Economist - Famous for His Theory of 'Marxism' )
Birthdate: May 5, 1818
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: March 14, 1883
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))
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')
Birthdate: April 2, 1891
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brühl, Germany
Died: April 1, 1976
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Karlheinz Stockhausen(German Composer Best Known for His Compositional Series and Analytical Contributions to Music Theory)
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)
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)
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')
Birthdate: December 13, 1797
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: February 17, 1856
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Justus von Liebig
(German Chemist Who is Considered One of the Principal Founders of Organic Chemistry)
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')
Birthdate: June 18, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
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Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
(Prince)
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)
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)
Birthdate: June 15, 1907
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lewisham, England
Died: July 2, 1975
Birthdate: February 13, 1805
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Düren, Germany
Died: May 5, 1859
15
Jacob Burckhardt
(Swiss Historian of Art and Culture)
Birthdate: May 25, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: August 8, 1897
16
Armin Laschet
(Leader of the Christian Democratic Union)
Birthdate: February 18, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aachen, Germany
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: November 8, 1831
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 24, 1891
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Alastair Denniston
(Field hockey player at the 1908 Summer Olympics)
Birthdate: December 1, 1881
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died: January 1, 1961
19
Robert Schuman
(Politician)
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")
Birthdate: November 1, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
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Friedrich Merz
(German Politician and Lawyer)
Birthdate: November 11, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brilon, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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)
Birthdate: June 29, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Died: December 13, 2014
Birthdate: April 8, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany
Died: January 29, 1906
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Joseph Goebbels(German Nazi Politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda (1933 – 1945))
Birthdate: October 29, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Died: May 1, 1945
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
26
Andrea Nahles
(Politician)
Birthdate: June 20, 1970
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mendig, Germany
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Thilo Sarrazin
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 12, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gera, Germany
Birthdate: July 14, 1801
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Koblenz, Germany
Died: April 28, 1858
29
Sebastian Thrun
(Computer scientist)
Birthdate: May 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Solingen, West Germany
30
Ferdinand Tönnies
(One of the Founding Fathers of Classical German Sociology)
Birthdate: July 26, 1855
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oldenswort, Germany
Died: April 9, 1936
31
Axel Honneth
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: July 18, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
32
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
(Military officer)
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)
Birthdate: February 15, 1890
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Niederbreidenbach, Nümbrecht, Germany
Died: October 25, 1945
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Carl Schurz
(13th United States Secretary of the Interior (1877 - 1881))
Birthdate: March 2, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Erftstadt, Germany
Died: May 14, 1906
35
Frederik Pleitgen
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 1976 AD
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Lisa Sauermann
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: September 25, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dresden, Saxony
Birthdate: August 19, 1962
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Berlin, West Germany
38
Jürgen Todenhöfer
(Author)
Birthdate: November 12, 1940
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Offenburg, Germany
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Wolfgang Köhler
(Psychologist)
Birthdate: January 21, 1887
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tallinn, Estonia
Died: June 11, 1967
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George Washington
(Inventor and Businessperson)
Birthdate: May 20, 1871
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kortrijk, Belgium
Died: March 29, 1946
41
Hans Riegel
(Entrepreneur)
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)
Birthdate: September 16, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saarlouis, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Markus Gabriel
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: April 6, 1980
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Remagen, Germany
Birthdate: September 15, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mönchengladbach, Rhine Province, Germany
Died: January 14, 2010
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Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein
(Member of the princely family of Liechtenstein)
Birthdate: August 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
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Romano Guardini
(German Catholic Priest)
Birthdate: February 17, 1885
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: October 1, 1968
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Abraham Geiger
(Former rabbi and scholar, considered the founding father of Reform Judaism)
Birthdate: May 24, 1810
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: October 23, 1874
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Albert von Kölliker
(Anatomist)
Birthdate: July 6, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
Died: November 2, 1905
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Emil du Bois-Reymond
(German Physiologist and Physician Who Developed Experimental Electrophysiology and Co-Discovering Nerve Action Potential)
Birthdate: November 7, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: December 26, 1896
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Raimon Panikkar
(Spanish Roman Catholic Priest)
Birthdate: November 2, 1918
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: August 26, 2010