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List of RWTH Aachen University people

Last updated October 04, 2025

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

Leibniz Prize awardees

Peter R. Sahm [ de ] – foundry science 1986
Norbert Peters – combustion engineering 1990
Dieter Enders – organic chemistry 1993
Siegfried Bethke – elementary particle physics 1995
Wolfgang Marquardt [ de ] – process engineering 2001
Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematics 2002
Rupert Klein [ de ] – 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
Rolf Göpfert – architect
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
Otto Intze [ de ] – professor of hydraulic engineering
Christoph Ingenhoven – architect
Hugo Junkers – aviation engineer and manufacturer (1883), International Air & Space Hall of Fame (1976)
Theodore von Kármán – pioneer of modern aerodynamics
Ulrich Lemmer – professor of electrical engineering and optoelectronics
Bernd Lottermoser – director of the Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering
Y. B. Mangunwijaya – Indonesian architect and novelist
Georg Menges [ de ] – former leader of an institute for plastics engineering; creator of Georg-Menges Prize
Herwart Opitz [ de ] – professor of machine tools and production engineering
Karl-Heinz Petzinka – architect and Rector of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Jesco von Puttkamer – rocket engineer; space exploration technology
August Ritter – professor of mechanics and astrophysics
F. A. F. Schmidt [ de ] – professor of internal combustion engines
Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer – Brazilian civil engineer, university professor
Bernhard Walke – professor of electrical engineering

Natural sciences and medicine

Hans Günther Aach – botanist, former director of the Botanical Institute
Wil van der Aalst — computer scientist
Friedrich Asinger – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
Otto Blumenthal – mathematician
Martin Bojowald – physicist
Hans-Harald Bolt [ de ] – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Julius Bredt – organic chemist, discovered the Bredt's rule
Nikolas Breuckmann – physicist, recipient of the Maxwell Medal and Prize
Herbert Capellmann – theoretical physicist
Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematician
Catherine Disselhorst-Klug - biomechanist, Director of the Department of Rehabilitation and Prevention Engineering
Volker Dohm [ de ] – physicist, recipient of the Walter Schottky award
Ubbo Felderhof [ de ] – theoretical physicist
Gernot Güntherodt [ de ] – experimental physicist
Christian Haug – physician, psychiatrist
Friedrich Robert Helmert – mathematician and geodesist
Ludwig Hopf – mathematician and theoretical physicist
Wilhelm Keim – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
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
Josef Meixner – physicist
Walter Metzner [ de ] – physicist, now CEO of the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Renate Meyer (statistician) – Professor of statistics in New Zealand
Claus Müller [ de ] – mathematician
Horst Niemeyer [ de ] – mathematician
Dierk Raabe – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research
Ulrich Rüdiger [ de ] – experimental physicist
Friedrich Schlögl [ de ] – theoretical physicist
Anke Schmeink - mathematician, computer scientist
Ulrich Schollwöck [ de ] – physicist
Jan Schroers — 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; physicist
Arne Stahl – physicist
Thomas Thiemann [ de ] – theoretical physicist
Dieter Vollhardt – physicist, recipient of the Max-Planck medal
Matthias Wuttig [ de ] – 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 [ de ] – Germanist and linguist
Lutz F. Hornke [ de ] – psychological assessment, organizational psychology
Pia Lamberty – social psychologist and co-founder of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy
Klaus Mehnert – journalist and professor of political science
Hartwig Neumann [ de ] (1942–1992) – historian for old buildings and fortresses

Politicians and public figures

Politicians

Ena von Baer – Chilean journalist, politician; ministry of Segegob (March 2010 – July 2011); designated Senator (July 2011 to date)
Ulrich Daldrup – Professor of International Law; former Mayor of the City of Aachen
Necmettin Erbakan – former Turkish Prime minister
Hellmuth Greinert – Chief City Director of the City of Essen (1950–1957)
B. J. Habibie – President of Indonesia (1998–1999)
Noureddin Kianouri (codename: Silvio Macetti) (1933–1939) Iranian architect, urban planner, and Communist political leader
Saruhan Oluç – politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey
Rangin Dadfar Spanta – Afghanistan Secretary of State (since March 2006)
Ulla Schmidt – politician, Federal minister

Public figures

Wolfgang Back [ de ] – TV journalist
Young-Sup Huh [ de ] – President of the Green Cross Corporation, RWTH-Honorary senator
Andreas Jiman – IT Consultant for Indonesian National Police, National Crime Information Center
Hugo Junkers – industrialist and academic
Karlheinz Kaske – CEO of Siemens AG (1982–1991)
Theo Lieven [ de ] – 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 [ de ] – 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

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