List of University of Münster people
This list contains some of the most notable students, scientists, lecturer and honorary doctors of the University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster).
Students
- Johannes Georg Bednorz, Nobel Prize winner (1987)
- Wolfgang Clement, politician
- Kai Diekmann, Chief Editor of Bild, Europe's largest newspaper (3.5 million copies)
- Andreas Raymond Dombret, Münster School of Business Administration and Economics; member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank; former Vice-Chairman Europe Bank of America, Director Germany, Austria, Swiss
- Gerd Faltings, mathematician, Fields Medal
- Dieter Fenske, chemist
- Birgit Fischer, Athlete
- August Hanning, President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst
- Gustav Heinemann, politician, former President of Germany
- Matthias Hentze, Associate Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
- Friedrich Hirzebruch, mathematician
- Thomas Hoeren, intellectual property judge and lawyer
- Jens Lehmann, footballer (goalkeeper) of the German football team
- Ursula von der Leyen, doctor; Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
- Niklas Luhmann, sociologist
- Ulrike Marie Meinhof, member of the Red Army Faction
- Gilmar Mendes, Minister of Brazilian Supreme Federal Court
- Thomas Middelhoff, Board of Directors, Bertelsmann
- Georg Milbradt, Minister-President of Saxony
- Walter Momper, politician
- Ruprecht Polenz, politician
- Kurt Schumacher, politician
- Rudolf Seiters, politician
- Hans-Werner Sinn, student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO)
- Karl Stein, mathematician
- Barbara Stühlmeyer, musicologist, writer and contributing editor
- Ludger Stühlmeyer, Director of Music ACV
- Hans Tietmeyer, economist
- Klaus Töpfer, UNO-Commissar
- Ernst Tugendhat, philosopher
- Karl Weierstrass, mathematician
- Harald Weinrich, classical scholar
- Oliver Welke, author, comedian, voice actor and presenter.
- Arthur Wieferich, mathematician
- Heinrich August Winkler, Historian
- Klaus Zumwinkel, former member of the Board of Directors, Deutsche Post World Net
Scientists and lecturers
- Wilhelm Ackermann, mathematician
- Kurt Aland, Theologian
- Karl Barth, theologian
- Pope Benedict XVI: Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger
- Hans Blumenberg (1920–1996), philosopher
- Wolfgang Burandt - Lawyer, legal academic and professor for commercial law
- Joachim Cuntz, mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Max Dehn (1878–1952), mathematician
- Christopher Deninger, mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Gerhard Domagk, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1939)
- Wilhelm Ehmann (1904–1989), musicologist
- Heinz Gollwitzer (1917–1999), historian
- Klaus Hildebrand, historian
- Paul Kevenhörster, Political scientist
- Wilhelm Killing (1847–1923), mathematician
- Paul Kirchhof, jurist
- Wolfgang Lück, mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Johann Baptist Metz, theologian
- Wolfgang Metzger, psychologist
- Klaus Mezger, geochemistry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Alfred Müller-Armack (1901–1978), economist, inventor of the social market economy
- Friedrich Münzer, classical scholar
- Frank Natterer, Mathematician
- Josef Pieper (1904–1997), philosopher
- Karl Rahner (1904–1984), theologian
- Bernhard Rensch (1900–1990), biologist
- Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), sociologist
- Song Du-yul, philosopher, former prisoner under South Korea's National Security Act
- Dieter Stöffler, planetology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, history of early modern Europe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Dietmar Vestweber, cellular biology/biochemistry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Hans Wehr (1909–1981), Islamic scientist; author of the leading Arabian-English dictionary (also used for Wikipedia guidelines)
- Hubert Wolf, history of Christianity/Catholic theology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Honorary Doctors
- Jan Assmann (D. theol. h.c. Faculty of Protestant Theology (1998))
- Klaus von Bismarck, (D. theol. h.c. Faculty of Protestant Theology)
- Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Judge, Bundesverfassungsgericht (2001 Faculty of Law)
- Gilberto Freyre Ph. D.
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (2007 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy)
- Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister (Luxembourg)
- Wim Kok, Prime Minister (Netherlands) (2003 Faculty of Philosophie)
- Hanna-Renate Laurien, theologian (1996 Faculty of Catholic Theology)
- Reinhard Mohn, Director, Bertelsmann (2001 Faculty of Economics (Münster School of Business Administration and Economics))
- Rupert Neudeck
- Erich Schumann, jurist (2002 Faculty of Law)
- Wolfgang Thierse, politician
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