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.
Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau
1819-1899, Chemist
Arthur Eichengrün
1867–1949, German chemist
Ludwig Erhard
1897–1977, former Chancelor of Germany and father of the German economic miracle
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach
1804–1872, famous German philosopher
Hermann Emil Fischer
1852–1919, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Hans Geiger
1882–1945, founder of the Geiger counter
Kurt Glässer
1904–2003, founder of the Kurt Glässer Foundation
Christian von Glück
1755–1831, lawyer
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann
1755–1843, founder of homoeopathy
Johann Peter Hebel
1760–1826, poet
Karl Hegel
1813–1901, historian
Alexander von Humboldt
1769–1859, geographer and explorer
Hermann Kesten
1900–1996, writer and president of the PEN centre
Justus von Liebig
1803–1873, one of the most famous and succesful chemists of his century
Michael Kobr
Co-author of the Kluftinger crime novels
Wilhelm Löhe
1808–1872, theologian
Ernst Wilhelm Martius
1756–1849, pharmacist
Theodor Wilhelm Christian Martius
(1796–1863), pharmacist
Emmy Noether
1882–1935, mathematician
Max Noether
1844–1921, mathematician
Georg Simon Ohm
1789–1854, physicist
Franz Penzoldt
1849–1927, physician
August Graf von Platen
1796–1835, poet
Friedrick Rückert
1788–1866, specialist in oriental studies and poet
Ludwig Tieck
1773–1853, poet
