List of well-known personalities from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
This list gives an overview of well-known personalities at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg .
Many important scientists are alumni of the university, have conducted research at it and taught as professors . This list does not claim to be complete; it is sorted thematically by subject area and is led by the Nobel Prize winners.
Nobel Prize Winner
- 1927: Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877–1957) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1928: Adolf Windaus (1876–1959) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1935: Hans Spemann (1869-1941) - (biologist); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1943: George de Hevesy (1885–1966) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1953: Hermann Staudinger (1881–1965) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1953: Hans Adolf Krebs (1900–1981) - (Medic) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1974: Friedrich August von Hayek (1899–1992) - Nobel Prize in Economics
- 1979: Georg Wittig (1897–1987) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1984: Georges Köhler (1946–1995) - (biologist) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 2008: Harald zur Hausen (* 1936) - (Medical) Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
theology
- Alfons Beil - theologian, author (studied)
- Adam Burghaber - theologian and Jesuit (professor, dean)
- Daniel Ciobotea - Patriarch of Romania (stud.)
- Alfons Deissler - theologian (student, doctorate, full professor of Old Testament exegesis)
- Johannes Eck - theologian (stud.)
- Erasmus von Rotterdam - humanist, educator, theologian, philosopher and philologist
- Joseph Frings - Cardinal (1887–1978) (stud.)
- Georg Gänswein - prelate and private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. (student, doctorate)
- Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg - preacher (1445–1510) (student, dean, rector)
- Richard Gramlich - Professor of Religious History
- Conrad Gröber - Archbishop of Freiburg (student)
- Romano Guardini - theologian (stud.)
- Georg Hänlin - theologian (1556–1621) (Prof., dean, rector)
- Klaus Hemmerle - Bishop of Aachen (student, o. Prof. Fundamental Theology)
- Johann von Heppenheim called vom Saal (1609–1672); Cathedral dean in Mainz , Chancellor of Heidelberg University , (stud.)
- Helmut Hoping - Theologian (o. Prof. Dogmatics and Liturgical Studies, Dean)
- Alfons Kirchgässner (writer) , theologian, university lecturer and writer
- Johann Jakob Kraft (1808–1884) - auxiliary bishop in Trier
- Engelbert Klüpfel - Theologian (o. Prof. Dogmatik)
- Matthias König - Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Paderborn (stud.)
- Johann Baptist von Hirscher - theologian (student, Prof.)
- Karl Cardinal Lehmann - Bishop of Mainz (student, o. Prof. Dogmatics)
- Johann Nepomuk Locherer - theologian and university professor (stud.)
- Theobald Mansharter († 1610) - Auxiliary Bishop in Speyer (prom. 1599)
- Heinrich Mussinghoff - Bishop of Aachen, Vice Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (stud.)
- Matthias Ob († around 1572) - auxiliary bishop in Speyer, 1551 dean of the local philosophy faculty
- Johann Pfeffer († 1493) - (Prof., multiple university rector)
- Heinrich Pompeÿ - theologian, psychologist, social ethicist and Caritas scientist
- Karl Rahner - Theologian (Stud. Philosophy)
- Karl Alexander von Reichlin-Meldegg - theologian (student, doctorate, o. Prof.)
- Gregor Reisch - university professor and monk
- Helmut Riedlinger - theologian (1923–2007) (student, doctorate, o. Prof. Dogmatics)
- Joseph Anton Schinzinger - Church historian and theologian (student, doctorate, o. Prof. Church history, rector)
- Peter Anton Schleyer - Professor of Exegesis and Church History (student, doctorate, extraordinary and full professor)
- Eberhard Schockenhoff - Theologian (o. Prof. Moral Theology and member of the National Ethics Council )
- Franz Anton Staudenmaier - theologian (dogmatics professor)
- Friedrich Stegmüller - theologian (dogmatics professor)
- Otto Stegmüller - Theologian (Professor of Religious Studies and History of Religions)
- Joseph Stöckle - writer, founder of the Scheffelbund (stud.)
- Alban Stolz - theologian, folk writer, educationalist. 1859–60 Vice Rector.
- Markus Tegginger - Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (student, professor, dean, rector)
- Bernhard Uhde - theologian (student, Prof.)
- Alois Vogel - Professor of Church History, Vice Rector
- Anton Vögtle - theologian (student, doctorate, o. Prof. New Testament exegesis, rector)
- Herbert Vorgrimler - theologian, (stud., O. Prof. Dogmatics)
- Bernhard Welte - theologian (student, o. Prof. Border issues / Christian religious philosophy, rector)
- Robert Zollitsch - Archbishop of Freiburg, Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (stud.)
- Balthasar Hubmaier - was a leading Anabaptist personality of the Reformation and a martyr of the Anabaptist movement .
law Sciences
- Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) - Federal Chancellor (stud.)
- Karl von Amira (1848–1930) - legal historian (o. Prof.)
- Ernst Benda (1925–2009) - politician and constitutional judge (o. Prof.)
- Karl Binding (1841–1920) - criminal lawyer (Prof.)
- Alfred Biolek (* 1934) - television entertainer (stud.)
- Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930–2019) - constitutional and administrative lawyer as well as legal philosopher, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court (o. Prof.)
- Serge Brammertz (* 1962) - Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague (stud.)
- Lorenz Brentano (1813-1891) - German-American politician and lawyer (student)
- Werner Brinkmann (* 1946) - sole director of Stiftung Warentest (stud.)
- Gerd Bucerius (1906–1995) - publisher (stud.)
- Franz Josef Ritter von Buß (1803–1878) - Canon lawyer (o. Prof. for political science, international law and canon law)
- Ernst von Caemmerer (1908–1985) - legal scholar (o. Prof., Rector)
- Gerhard Casper (* 1937) - constitutional lawyer and university president (student)
- Thomas Dehler (1897–1967) - politician (stud.)
- Wilderich von Droste zu Hülshoff (* 1948) - lawyer, author and board member (stud.)
- Horst Ehmke (1927–2017) - legal scholar, former Federal Minister. D. (o. Prof.)
- Constantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926) - Reich Chancellor (o. Prof.)
- Hans Filbinger (1913–2007) - Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg (student)
- Bruno Frey (1920–2005) - entrepreneur (student)
- Ulrich Goll (* 1950) - politician, Minister of Justice of Baden-Württemberg a. D. (stud.)
- Hans-Martin Haller (* 1949) - politician (student)
- Bodo Hauser (1946-2004) - journalist (stud.)
- Julius Hubert Hillebrand (1819–1868) - legal scholar (Hon.-Prof .; o. Prof.)
- Gerrit Hornung (* 1976) - legal scholar
- Viktor Huber von Gleichenstein (1909–1994) - administrative lawyer and district administrator (stud.)
- Wolfgang Hunger (1511–1555) - University professor in Ingolstadt, Chancellor in Freising (stud.)
- Hans-Heinrich Jescheck (1915–2009) - criminal lawyer (o. Prof., Rector)
- Wolfgang Kaiser (* 1963) - legal historian (o. Prof.)
- Georg Kalkbrenner (1875–1956) - Senator and Deputy Mayor of Lübeck, holder of the Great Federal Cross of Merit
- Birgit Kelle (* 1975) - journalist and publicist
- Hans-Ulrich Klose (* 1937) - politician (student)
- Jutta Limbach (1934–2016) - President of the Federal Constitutional Court (stud.)
- Theodor Maunz (1901–1993) - administrative lawyer (o. Prof.)
- Werner Maihofer (1918–2009) - Professor in Saarbrücken, Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Minister of the Interior
- Friedrich Martini († 1630) - Canon lawyer (o. Prof.)
- Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (1933–2015) - President of the German Football Association (stud.)
- Joachim Mynsinger von Frundeck (1514–1588) - humanist and lawyer (student)
- Alfred von Planta (1857–1922) - Swiss lawyer, diplomat, industrialist and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (student)
- Gustav Rée (1810–1869) - Member of the Frankfurt National Assembly (stud.)
- Georg Restle (* 1965) - moderator of the political magazine Monitor (stud.)
- Karl von Rotteck (1775-1840) - constitutional lawyer and liberal politician (Prof.)
- Bärbel Schäfer (* 1958) (stud.)
- Thomas Schäuble (1948–2013) - politician, brewery director (student)
- Wolfgang Schäuble (* 1942) - politician, Federal Minister (stud.)
- Henning Scherf (* 1938) - First Mayor of Bremen a. D. (stud.)
- Rezzo hose (* 1947) - politician Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (stud.)
- Peter Schneider (* 1958) - politician and President of the Sparkassenverband Baden-Württemberg (student)
- Wolfgang Schuster (* 1949) - local politician (student)
- Fidelis von Sigmaringen (1578–1622) - priest (stud.)
- Rudolf Steinberg (* 1943) - law professor (stud.)
- Konrad Stürtzel von Buchheim (approx. 1435–1509) - Canon lawyer (rector)
- Ulrich Stutz (1868–1938) - Lawyer (Prof. for German Law and Canon Law)
- Johannes Teyssen (* 1959) - lawyer and manager (stud.)
- Hans Thieme (1906–2000) - legal historian (o. Prof., rector)
- Peter von Unruh (* 1960) - lawyer and director at the Hessian state parliament
- Andreas Voßkuhle (* 1963) - lawyer, President of the Federal Constitutional Court since March 2010 (o. Prof., Rector)
- Carl Theodor Welcker (1790–1869) - constitutional lawyer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848 (Prof.)
- Maximilian Werner (1815–1875) - War Minister of the Baden Revolutionary Government (stud.)
- Alfred Wolfenstein (1883–1945) - writer (stud.)
- Franz-Josef Wuermeling (1900–1986) - politician (student)
- Ulrich Zasius (1461–1535) - humanist and lawyer (Prof.)
- Herbert Zinell (* 1951) - Politician (stud.)
Economics
- Walter Eucken - Economist (o. Prof.) ("Freiburg School", see Ordoliberalism )
- Jürgen Großmann - manager and entrepreneur
- Friedrich August von Hayek Economist (Prof.), Nobel Prize in Economics 1974
- Erich Hoppmann (1923–2007) - economist (o. Prof.)
- Julius Leber - SPD politician and resistance fighter (stud.)
- Franz Petry - economist
- Bernd Raffelhüschen - Financial Scientist (o. Prof.)
- Lars P. Feld - Economic Policy Expert (Wirtschaftsweiser) (o. Prof.)
- Günter Müller - Business IT specialist (o. Prof.)
- Pinelopi Goldberg - Economist (o. Prof.)
- Eugen Philippovich von Philippsberg (1858–1917) - national economist (o. Prof.)
medicine
- Jürgen Aschoff (1913–1998) - biologist and ethologist (stud. Med.)
- Ludwig Aschoff (1866–1942) - pathologist
- Róbert Bárány - physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1914
- Karl Heinrich Baumgärtner (1798–1886) - pathologist (o. Prof.)
- Otto Bayard (1881–1957) - physician, father of iodine prophylaxis
- Karl Joseph Beck (1794–1838) - physician, ophthalmologist (student, o. Prof.)
- Theodor Bilharz (1825–1862) - physician and natural scientist (student, o. Prof.)
- Veronica Carstens (1923–2012) - wife of Federal President Karl Carstens (stud.)
- Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916) - surgeon (o. Prof.)
- Frieder Döring (* 1942) - physician, dermatologist and writer (stud. Med.)
- Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) - chemist, physician and serologist (student), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908
- Reinhard Erös (* 1948) - senior physician a. D. and Afghanistan expert
- Eugen Fischer - physician, anthropologist and race scientist (stud. O. Prof.)
- Ulrich Förstermann (* 1955) - physician and pharmacologist (stud.)
- Günther Simon (1921–2015) - internist and association official
- Wilhelm Hack (1876-1887) - urologist
- Harald zur Hausen (* 1936) - physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
- Philip Showalter Hench - physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 (stud.)
- Jürgen Hennig (* 1951) - medical physicist (o. Prof.)
- Karl Herxheimer (1861–1942) - physician (stud. Med.)
- Alfred Hoche (1865–1943) - psychiatrist (o. Prof.)
- Konrad Hummel (1923–2014) - blood group serologist (o. Prof.), parentage expert - founding member of the ISFG
- Johanna Kappes (1873–1933) - doctor, first female medical student at the university
- Gustav Killian (1860–1921) - ENT doctor and larynx specialist
- Johannes von Kries (1853–1928) - psychologist and physiologist (o. Prof. for physiology) - member of the Leopoldina
- Otto Krayer - physician and pharmacologist (resistance to National Socialism)
- Hans Adolf Krebs - physician (student and doctor), discoverer of the Krebs cycle named after him ( citric acid cycle ) and the urea cycle ; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1953
- Adolf Kussmaul (1822–1902) - physician (o. Prof.)
- Paul Langerhans (1847–1888) - pathologist, discoverer of the Langerhans Islands (o. Prof.)
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof - physician (stud.med.), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922
- Julius T. von Rotteck (born July 28, 1812, died August 5, 1890) - physician (o. Prof.)
- Bert Sakmann - physician, cell physiologist, inventor of the patch clamp technique (stud. Med.), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991
- Wilhelm Wegner (1898–1972) - ophthalmologist
- Richard Wilmanns (1880–1958) - surgeon at the Westphalian deaconess institution Sarepta in Bethel (stud.)
Social sciences and humanities
- Günther Anders (1902–1992) - philosopher (student, doctorate)
- Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) - philosopher (stud.)
- Ronald G. Asch (* 1953) - historian (Prof.)
- Eugen Biser (1918-2014) - religious philosopher (stud.)
- Wilhelm Blos (1849–1927) - journalist, Member of the Bundestag, President of Württemberg (student 1868–1870)
- Götz Briefs (1889–1974) - philosopher (student, o. Prof.)
- Ulrich Bröckling (* 1959) - sociologist (o. Prof.)
- Franz Büchler (1904–1990) - writer and visual artist (student, doctorate)
- Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) - philosopher (stud.)
- Davor Džalto (* 1980) - philosopher, artist, art historian (student, doctorate)
- Hans Driesch (1867–1941) - zoologist and philosopher (stud.)
- Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536) - humanist
- Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (1919–1999) - musicologist (o. Prof.)
- Volker Maria Engel (* 1970) - director, theater pedagogue (stud.)
- Willi Erzgräber (1926–2001) - English studies (without Prof.)
- Ernst Fabricius (1857–1942) - ancient historian (o. Prof., prorector)
- Gerhard Fingerlin (1937–2016) - prehistorian, classical archaeologist, ancient historian, provincial Roman archaeologist, ground monument curator and university professor
- Heinrich Finke (1855–1938) - historian (full professor, prorector)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869–1966) - philosopher (student)
- Werner Frick (* 1953) - Germanist (o. Prof.)
- Hugo Friedrich (1904–1978) - Romance studies (o. Prof.)
- Manfred Fuhrmann (1925–2005) - classical philologist (stud.)
- Hans-Martin Gauger (* 1935) - Romance Studies (Prof., Vice Rector)
- Hans-Joachim Gehrke (* 1945) - Ancient historian (Prof.)
- Wolfgang Gessenharter (1942–2019) - political scientist (student)
- Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) - National Socialist politician (student)
- Klaus Graf (* 1958) - historian (private lecturer)
- Romano Guardini (1885–1968) - religious philosopher (stud.)
- Wilibald Gurlitt (1889–1963) - musicologist, commissioner of the Praetorius organ in the auditorium of the University of Freiburg
- Hans FK Günther (1891–1968) - linguist and racist (student, o. Prof.)
- Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) - philosopher (student, o. Prof.)
- Carsten Held (* 1963) - philosopher (stud., Doctorate, habil.)
- Wilhelm Hennis (1923–2012) - political scientist (o. Prof.)
- Ulrich Herbert (* 1951) - historian (student, doctorate, o. Prof.)
- Martin Honecker (1888–1941) - philosopher (o. Prof.)
- Edmund Husserl (1859–1938) - philosopher (o. Prof.)
- Johann Georg Jacobi (1740–1814) - poet and publicist (Prof.)
- Wolfgang Jäger (* 1940) - political scientist (student, o. Prof., rector)
- Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) - psychiatrist and philosopher (stud.)
- Walter Jens (1923–2013) - philologist (student, doctorate)
- Hans Jonas (1903-1993) - philosopher (student)
- Tamina Kallert (* 1974) - journalist and television presenter
- Konrad Kunze (* 1939) - dialectologist and name researcher (stud., Doctorate, prof.)
- Jörn Leonhard (* 1967) - historian (Prof.)
- Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995) - philosopher (stud.)
- Karl Löwith - Philosopher (stud.)
- Herbert Marcuse - (1898–1979) - Philosopher (stud.)
- Harold Marcuse - (* 1957) - historian (stud.)
- Odo Marquard (1928–2015) - philosopher (stud.)
- Friedrich Maurer (1898–1984) - Germanist (without Prof. Germanic Philology)
- Heinrich Meier (* 1953) - philosopher (student)
- Friedrich Meinecke (1862–1954) - philosopher (Prof.)
- Elard Hugo Meyer - Indo-Europeanist (honorary professor)
- Max Müller (1906–1994) - philosopher (o. Prof.)
- Hugo Münsterberg (1863–1916) - psychologist and philosopher (hab., Prof.)
- Hans Ulrich Nuber (1940-2014) - Provincial Roman Archaeologist (o. Prof.)
- Joseph Ignatz Peter - Minister of Justice of the Baden Revolutionary Government 1848/49 (stud.)
- Anja Pistor-Hatam (* 1962) - Islamic scholar (stud.)
- Friedrich Pollock - social scientist (stud.)
- Heinrich Popitz (1925–2002) - sociologist (o. Prof.)
- Wolfgang Raible (* 1939) - Romance studies (o. Prof.)
- Wolfgang Reinhard (* 1937) - historian (o. Prof.)
- Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522) - humanist (stud.)
- Heinrich Rickert (1863–1936) - philosopher (o. Prof.)
- Wolfgang Rihm (* 1952) - composer (stud.)
- Gerhard Ritter (1888–1967) - historian (o. Prof.)
- Joachim Ritter (1903–1974) - philosopher (stud.)
- Henning Röhl (* 1943) - journalist and media manager (stud.)
- Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) - philosopher (student)
- Edward Sangmeister (1916–2016) - prehistorian (o. Prof.)
- Dietrich Schwanitz (1940-2004) - writer (stud.)
- Andreas Urs Sommer (* 1972) - philosopher (o. Prof.)
- Arnold Stadler (* 1954) - writer (stud.)
- Daniel Stadler (1705–1764) - philosopher (Prof.)
- Edith Stein (1891–1942) - philosopher (student)
- Emil Strauss (1866–1960) - writer (student)
- Gerd Tellenbach (1903–1999) - historian (student, professor, rector)
- Hans Thiel (1919–2017) - Germanist, pedagogue, author (student, doctorate)
- Ernst Tugendhat (* 1930) - Philosopher (stud.)
- Wilhelm Vöge (1868–1952) - art historian (Prof.)
- Gerhard Vollmer (* 1943) - physicist and philosopher (student)
- Fränze Vordtriede (1911–1997) - Anglicist (student, doctorate)
- Julia Voss (* 1974) - art critic and science historian (stud.)
- Max Weber (1864–1920) - sociologist, economist (Prof.)
- Wilhelm Windelband (1848–1915) - philosopher (o. Prof.)
- Heinrich August Winkler (* 1938) - historian (o. Prof.)
Science / mathematics
biology
- Fritz Baltzer (1884–1974) - zoologist, developmental physiologist (assistant professor of zoology)
- Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831–1888) - biologist (o. Prof. Botany)
- Ralf Baumeister (1961) - bioinformatician and molecular geneticist
- Erwin Baur (1875–1933) - geneticist (studied medicine and botany)
- Peter Beyer (* 1952) - cell biologist (graduate student graduate professor)
- Theodor Bilharz (1825–1862) - physician and natural scientist (stud.)
- Arno Bogenrieder (* 1944) - biologist (Prof. for geobotany)
- Gustav Brandes (1862–1941) - zoologist (stud.)
- Alexander Braun (1805–1877) - biologist (o. Prof. Botany)
- Carsten Bresch (1921–2020) - biologist (o. Prof. Genetics)
- Heinz Brendelberger (* 1955) - biologist (stud.)
- Rainer Buchwald - Geobotanist (graduate student)
- Hermann Bujard (* 1934) - molecular biologist (stud.)
- Hans Burgeff (1883–1976) - biologist (stud.)
- Franz Theodor Doflein (1873-1924) - zoologist (without Prof.)
- Gerhart Drews (* 1925) - Botanist (o. Prof. for Microbiology)
- Hans Driesch (1867–1941) - zoologist and philosopher (stud.)
- Wolfgang Driever (* 1960) - zoologist (o. Prof.)
- Alexander Ecker (1816–1887) - zoologist and anthropologist (o. Prof. for zoology, physiology and anatomy) - member of the Leopoldina
- Ulrich Einsle (1935–1996) - zoologist and limnologist (sut. Prom.)
- Hans-Joachim Elster (1908–2001) - biologist (o. Prof. Limnology)
- Günter Feix (* 1934) - biologist (graduate student professor molecular biology)
- Georg Fuchs (* 1945) - biologist (o. Prof. for microbiology)
- Karl-Friedrich Fischbach (* 1948) - biologist (o. Prof. for biophysics and molecular biology)
- Bernd Gerken (* 1949) - chemist and animal ecologist (graduate student)
- Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (1907-2007) - biologist (developmental genetics)
- Hans Grisebach (1926–1990) - biochemist (o. Prof. for biochemistry of plants)
- Konrad Guenther (1874–1955) - biologist (associate professor zoology)
- Klaus Hahlbrock (* 1935) - biologist (doctorate professor for biochemistry of plants)
- Viktor Hamburger (1900-2001) - developmental biologist (private lecturer)
- Bernhard Hassenstein (1922–2016) - zoologist (o. Prof. Biology)
- Rudolf Hausmann (* 1929) - biologist (Prof. Genetics)
- Michael Heinrich (* 1957) - pharmacologist (stud.)
- Dagmar von Helversen (1944–2003) - biologist (postdoc)
- Otto von Helversen (1943–2009) - biologist (hab.)
- Rainer Hertel (* 1937) - Biologist (o. Prof. Molecular Biology)
- Theodor Herzog (1880–1961) - botanist and bryologist (stud.)
- Dieter Heß (* 1933) - biologist (stud. Hab.)
- Friedrich Hermann Gustav Hildebrand (1835–1915) - botanist (Prof. for botany) - member of the Leopoldina
- Bruno Huber (1899–1969) - botanist (ao Prof. Botany) - member of the Leopoldina
- Reinhard Junker (* 1956) - biologist and representative of creationism - (stud.)
- Hanns-Heinz Kassemeyer (* 1949) - botanist, plant physiologist and phytomedicist
- Friedrich Kiefer (1897–1985) - zoologist and limnologist (Dr. hc)
- Hans Kniep (1881–1930) - biologist (private lecturer in botany)
- Dieter Knoch (* 1936) - biologist, ornithologist, mycologist and conservationist (stud.)
- Georges JF Köhler (1946–1995) - biologist (student, professor) - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984
- Otto Koehler (1889–1974) - biologist (o. Prof. zoology)
- Anselm Kratochwil (* 1951) - biologist and ecologist (stud. Doctorate hab.)
- Ulrich Kutschera (* 1955) - biologist (graduate student)
- Robert Lauterborn (1869–1952) - hydrobiologist, zoologist and botanist (o. Prof.)
- Friedrich Leuckart (1794–1843) - natural scientist (professor for physiology, comparative anatomy and zoology) - member of the Leopoldina
- Michael Lüth (* 1955) - Botanist (graduate student)
- Rainer Luick (* 1956) - biologist (stud.)
- Klaus Lunau (* 1953) - zoologist (graduate student)
- Hilde Mangold (1898–1924) - biologist
- Otto Mangold (1891–1962) - biologist (o. Prof. zoology)
- Hans Marquardt (1910–2009) - (student doctorate professor plant physiology)
- Heinrich Meier (* 1953) - philosopher (student)
- Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944) - biologist (studied botany)
- Hans Mohr (1930–2016) - Plant Physiologist (o. Prof. Biology)
- Volker Mosbrugger (* 1953) - biologist (student doctoral degree)
- Karl Müller (1881–1955) - botanist and oenologist (student, doctorate, professor)
- Hans Nachtsheim (1890–1979) - zoologist and geneticist (hab.)
- Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817-1891) - biologist (o. Prof. Botany)
- Gunther Neuhaus (* 1953) - Biologist (o. Prof. Cell Biology)
- Peter Nick (* 1962) - molecular biologist (later KIT)
- Erich Oberdorfer (1905–2002) - biologist and plant sociologist (stud., Hon.Prof.)
- Friedrich Oehlkers (1890–1971) - biologist (o. Prof. Botany)
- Friedrich Oltmanns (1860–1945) - biologist (o. Prof. Botany)
- Günther Osche (1926–2009) - biologist (o. Prof. zoology)
- Hannes F. Paulus (* 1943) - biologist (professor zoology)
- Karl Julius Perleb (1794–1845) - botanist (stud., Doctorate, o. Professor botany)
- Georg Philippi (1936-2010) - biologist and plant sociologist (student, doctorate)
- Julia Platt (1857-1935) - zoologist (doctorate in zoology)
- Felix Rawitscher (1890–1957) - botanist and vegetation ecologist (stud., Hab., Ao. Prof.)
- Michael Reth (* 1950) - Biologist (Prof. Immunobiology)
- Ralf Reski (* 1958) - Biologist (o. Prof. Plant Biotechnology)
- Julius Sachs (1832–1897) - biologist (o. Prof. Botany)
- Klaus Sander (1929–2015) - Developmental Biologist (o. Prof. Zoology)
- Klaus Peter Sauer (* 1941) - zoologist (hab.)
- Wolfgang Schamel (* 1968) - Immunologist (Prof. for Immunology)
- Waldemar Schleip (1879–1948) - zoologist (hab.)
- Theo Michael Schmitt (* 1949) - zoologist (hab.)
- Angelika Schwabe-Kratochwil (* 1950) - biologist (student, doctorate, hab.)
- Jürgen Schwoerbel (1930–2002) - Limnologist (Prof. Limnology)
- Carl Theodor von Siebold (1804–1885) - zoologist (o. Prof. Zoologie 1845–50)
- Albrecht Erhard Sippel (* 1942) - geneticist (o.Prof. Genetics)
- Peter Sitte (1929–2015) - cell biologist (o. Prof. Botany)
- Hermann Otto Sleumer (1906–1993) - botanist (stud., Doctorate)
- Hanns-Christof Spatz (1936–2017) - biologist (o. Prof. biophysics)
- Hans Spemann (1869–1941) - biologist, (o. Prof. Zoologie) - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Otto-Julius Stark (1913–2003) - biologist, (ao. Prof. Zoology)
- Rose Stoppel (1874–1970) - botanist (student, doctorate)
- Joseph Straub (1911–1987) - botanist, geneticist and breeding researcher (graduate student)
- Bruno Streit (* 1948) - ecologist (studied limnology)
- Max Tilzer (* 1939) - Limnologist (o. Prof.)
- Nikolaus F. Troje (* 1960) - biologist (student, doctorate)
- Dieter Vogellehner (1937–2002) - Biologist (Prof. Systematic Botany and Paleobotany)
- Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (* 1939) - Natural Sciences (doctorate)
- August Weismann (1834–1914) - biologist (o. Prof. Zoologie) - member of the Leopoldina
- Robert Wiedersheim (1848–1923) - anatomist (prorector, full professor and director of the anatomical and comparative anatomical institute)
- Otti Wilmanns (* 1928) - biologist (o. Prof. geobotany)
- Mikhail Stepanowitsch Voronin (1838–1903) - botanist and mycologist; (student, scientific assistant; guest researcher)
- Walter Zimmermann (1892–1980) - biologist (stud.)
chemistry
- Theodor Ackermann - (1925-2004) - physical chemist (o. Prof.)
- Helmut Baumgärtel - (* 1936) - physical chemist (Prof.)
- Georg Brauer (1908–2001) - chemist (student o. Prof.)
- Carl Engler (1842–1925) - chemist (doctorate hab. PD)
- Ludwig Gattermann (1860–1920) - chemist (Prof.) - member of the Leopoldina
- Bernd Gerken (* 1949) - chemist and nature conservationist (graduate student)
- György Karl von Hevesy (1885–1966) - chemist (o. Prof.) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1943
- Otto Krayer (1899–1982) - pharmacologist (stud. Doctorate hab.)
- Manfred Kuhn (1931–2011) - chemist (PhD Prof.) - Neumann Medal 1999 in grain technology
- Heinrich Kiliani (1855–1945) - chemist (full professor) - member of the Leopoldina
- Mario J. Molina (* 1943) - chemist (student), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995
- Hagen Pfundner (* 1960) - Pharmacist (Hon. Prof.)
- Horst Prinzbach (1931–2012) - chemist (student o. Prof.)
- Christoph Rüchardt (1929–2018) - chemist (o. Prof.)
- Hermann Staudinger (1881–1965) - chemist, (o. Prof. org. Chem.) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Otto Warburg (1883–1970) - chemist (student) - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877–1957) - Chemist (Prof.) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Conrad Willgerodt (1841–1930) - chemist (o. Prof. Chemistry)
- Adolf Windaus (1876–1959) - chemist (associate professor) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Georg Wittig (1897–1987) - Chemist (Prof.) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979
- Herbert Zimmermann (1928–2016) - physical chemist (o. Prof.)
- Eduard Zintl (1898–1941) - chemist (associate professor)
Forest sciences
- Erwin Aichinger (1894–1985) - Plant Sociology (Prof. at the Chair for Forest Protection, Forest Use and Plant Sociology)
- Helmut Josef Braun (1924-2010) - forest scientist (Prof. for forest botany)
- Robert Ganssen (1903–1983) - (o. Prof. for soil science)
- Karl Hasel (1909–2001) - (o. Prof. for forest policy)
- Peter Hauk (* 1960) - Forest scientist and Minister for Nutrition and Rural Areas of Baden-Württemberg (stud.)
- Hans Hausrath (1866–1945) - forest scientist (o. Prof. forest policy and forest history)
- Gerd Hildebrandt (1923–2017) - forest scientist (apl. Prof. aerial photo measurement and remote sensing)
- Jürgen Huss (* 1937) - (o. Prof. for silviculture)
- Eduard Kirwald - (1899–1988) - (Prof. for water management technology and forest engineering)
- Kurt Mantel (1905–1982) - forestry and legal scholar (o. Prof. forest history, forest policy and wood market theory)
- Erich Oberdorfer (1905–2002) - Plant Sociology (Honorary Professor)
- Michail Prodan (1912–2002) - forest scientist (doctorate, o. Prof. forest biometrics )
- Albert Reif (* 1951) - plant sociologist (professor for forest vegetation and geography)
- Helmut Schmidt-Vogt (1918–2008) - Forest scientist (o. Prof. Silviculture)
- Paul Seibert (1921–1997) - forest scientist and vegetation expert (graduate student)
- Wolfgang Tzschupke (* 1945) - forest scientist
- Hansjürg Steinlin (1921–2004) - forest scientist (professor for forest use and forest work science; professor for land maintenance)
- Jean Pierre Vité (1923–2016) - Forest Scientist (o. Prof. Forest Zoology, 1973–1991)
- Karl-Reinhard Volz (* 1947) - forest scientist (student, since 1994 o. Prof.)
- Gustav Wellenstein (1906–1997) - forest scientist (o. Prof. forest zoology)
- Eduard Zentgraf (1882–1973) - (o. Prof. for silviculture)
earth sciences
- Jan Behrmann (* 1953) - geologist (o. Prof.)
- Nikolaus Creutzburg (1893–1978) - geographer (o. Prof.)
- Wilhelm Deecke (1862–1934) - geologist and prehistorian (o. Prof.)
- Heinrich Fischer (1817–1886) - mineralogist (PD for mineralogy and zoology) - member of the Leopoldina
- Franz Kirchheimer (1911–1984) - geologist (Hon. Prof.)
- Heinz Loßnitzer (1904–1964) - meteorologist (Prof.)
- Carl Alfred Osann (1859–1923) - mineralogist (o. Prof.)
- Max Pfannenstiel (1902–1976) - geologist (full professor) - member of the Leopoldina
- Reinhard Pflug (1932–2012) - geologist (o. Prof.)
- Günther Reichelt (* 1926) - geologist and geographer (doctorate)
- Elisabeth Schmid (1912–1994) prehistoric, geologist and palaeontologist and professor of prehistory and early history (doctorate)
- Wolfgang Soergel (1887–1946) - geologist and paleontologist (o. Prof.)
- Gustav Steinmann (1856–1929) - geologist and paleontologist (o. Prof.)
- Martin Waldseemüller (1472 / 75–1520) - cartographer, coined the name " America "
- Wolfgang Weischet (1921–1998) - climatologist (o. Prof. physical geography) - member of the Leopoldina
- Julius Ludwig Wilser (1888–1949), geologist, (o. Prof.)
- Wolfhard Wimmenauer (* 1922) - mineralogist (o. Prof.)
mathematics
- Carl Buzengeiger (1771–1835) - mathematician and mineralogist (o. Prof.)
- Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942) - mathematician (stud.)
- Lothar Heffter (1862–1962) - mathematician (full professor, dean, rector) - member of the Leopoldina
- Hans Hermes (1912-2003) - mathematician
- Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852–1939) - mathematician (o. Prof.)
- Christoph Scheiner (1573 / 75–1650) - astronomer (Prof.)
- Theodor Schneider (1911–1988) (o. Prof.)
- Wolfgang Schwarz (1934–2013) (o. Prof.)
- Hermann Witting (1927-2010) - mathematician (o. Prof.)
- Ernst Zermelo (1871–1953) - mathematician (o. Prof.)
physics
- Siegfried Flügge (1912–1997) - physicist (o. Prof.)
- Ingolf Volker Hertel (* 1941) - physicist and science politician (student, doctorate, o. Prof.)
- J. Hans D. Jensen - Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 (stud.)
- Joachim Luther (* 1941), physicist and director of the Fraunhofer Institute ISE
- Walter von Lucadou (* 1945) - physicist and psychologist (graduate student)
- Ernst Messerschmid (* 1945) - physicist and astronaut (doctorate 1976)
- Gustav Mie - physicist (o. Prof.)
- Michael Rombach (* 1967) - physicist and media manager (PhD 1995)
- Volker Soergel (* 1931) - physicist (doctorate 1956)
- Gerhard Vollmer (* 1943) - physicist and philosopher (student)
- Emil Warburg (1846–1931) - physicist, discoverer of hysteresis (o. Prof.)
Honorary senators
- Heinrich Brenzinger (1879–1960), entrepreneur, art collector and sponsor
- Fritz Hirsch (1871–1938), architect
- Herbert Falk (1924–2008), pharmaceutical entrepreneur
- Horst Linde (1912–2016), architect
- Norbert Nothhelfer (* 1937), politician; former district president of Freiburg
- Horst Gütermann (1922–2012), entrepreneur
- Rolf Böhme (1934–2019), lawyer and politician of the SPD; former Lord Mayor of Freiburg
- Karl Butsch (1893–1974), banker
- Anton Dichtel (1901–1978), politician (first center party, later CDU) and former regional president of South Baden
- Georg Endress (1924–2008), German-Swiss entrepreneur in measurement and control technology and founder of Endress + Hauser
- Ernst Fabricius (1857–1942), provincial Roman archaeologist and ancient historian
- Gerhard Hess (1907–1983), Romance scholar, philologist and science politician
- Fritz Hodeige (1920–2001), publisher
- Friedrich von Hohenzollern (1891–1965), royal Prussian colonel
- Eugen Keidel (1909–1991), former Lord Mayor of Freiburg
- Carl-Theodor Kromer (1901–1993), engineer
- Roland Mack (* 1949), entrepreneur
- Eugen Theodor Martin (1925–2010), entrepreneur
- Erich Marx (* 1921), entrepreneur, art collector and patron
- Hans Constantin Paulssen (1892–1984), entrepreneur
- Otto Riess (1907–1970), lawyer
- Josef Saier (1874–1955), pastor
- Oskar Saier (1932–2008), former Archbishop of Freiburg
- Otto Ernst Schweizer (1890–1965), architect, construction clerk and university professor
- Kurt Steim (1913–1983), entrepreneur
- Erwin Teufel (* 1939), politician and former Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg
- Emil Tscheulin (1884–1951), industrialist, pioneer in the aluminum industry and Nazi military leader
- Michael Ungethüm (* 1943), medical technician and former CEO of Aesculap-Werke