Historical figures
From Ludwig Erhard to Georg Friedrich Ohm
During the more than 270 years of the University’s history, many of its alumni and researchers have made a name for themselves. Many well known figures have studied or researched at the University. We present a selection in our gallery of best-known alumni since the founding of FAU.
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Arthur Eichengrün
1867–1949, German chemist
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Ludwig Erhard
1897–1977, former Chancelor of Germany and father of the German economic miracle
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Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach
1804–1872, famous German philosopher
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Hermann Emil Fischer
1852–1919, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Hans Geiger
1882–1945, founder of the Geiger counter
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Kurt Glässer
1904–2003, founder of the Kurt Glässer Foundation
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Christian von Glück
1755–1831, lawyer
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Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann
1755–1843, founder of homoeopathy
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Johann Peter Hebel
1760–1826, poet
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Karl Hegel
1813–1901, historian
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Alexander von Humboldt
1769–1859, geographer and explorer
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Hermann Kesten
1900–1996, writer and president of the PEN centre
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Justus von Liebig
1803–1873, one of the most famous and succesful chemists of his century
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Michael Kobr
Co-author of the Kluftinger crime novels
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Wilhelm Löhe
1808–1872, theologian
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Ernst Wilhelm Martius
1756–1849, pharmacist
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Theodor Wilhelm Christian Martius
(1796–1863), pharmacist
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Emmy Noether
1882–1935, mathematician
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Max Noether
1844–1921, mathematician
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Georg Simon Ohm
1789–1854, physicist
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Franz Penzoldt
1849–1927, physician
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Friedrick Rückert
1788–1866, specialist in oriental studies and poet
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Ludwig Tieck
1773–1853, poet
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