List of well-known personalities at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
The following list of well-known personalities at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg includes students and teachers at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg and its predecessor institutions, Medical Academy Magdeburg , Technical University Magdeburg , Technical University Magdeburg and Pedagogical University Magdeburg on.
Professors
- Holm Altenbach , mechanical engineer, head of the Institute for Mechanics, holder of the Chair for Technical Mechanics
- Albrecht Bertram , engineering scientist, former professor and head of the chair for strength theory
- Claudia Buch , President of the Halle Institute for Economic Research and Vice President of the Bundesbank
- Ulrich Burgard , business lawyer
- Serban-Dan Costa , gynecologist
- Martin Dreher
- Erhard Forndran
- Ulrich Gabbert , mechanical engineer and former holder of the chair for numerical mechanics at the Institute for Mechanics
- Ernst-Joachim Gießmann was a physicist and from 1956 to 1962 rector of the Technical University, then he became State Secretary and until 1970 Minister for Higher and Technical Education in the GDR
- Roland Kirstein
- Raj Kollmorgen , sociologist
- Ulrich Korn , automation engineer and dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
- Dieter Krause , forensic doctor and prorector for research from 2002 to 2004
- Eva Labouvie
- Bernd-Peter Lange , English studies
- Alfred Luhmer , business economist
- Winfried Marotzki
- Peter Neumann , founding director of the Aninstitut for Automation and Communication
- Wolfram Neumann
- Hans-Christian Pape
- Karl-Heinz Paqué was Finance Minister of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in the Böhmer I cabinet
- Michael Pauen
- Klaus Erich Pollmann , historian and rector
- Claus Rautenstrauch , business IT specialist
- Arno Ros
- Gunter Saake
- Bernhard Sabel , medical psychologist and specialist in the treatment of visual impairments
- Karim Sadrieh , economist and professor of e-business
- Sebastian Sager , mathematician and ERC Grant 2015
- Together with Joachim Weimann, Ronnie Schöb wrote the Magdeburg Alternative
- Giselher Schuschke
- Jens Strackeljan mechanic and rector
- Heinz Töpfer was the founding director of the Technical Cybernetics and Electrical Engineering section at the Technical University
- Joachim Weimann , together with Ronnie Schöb, wrote the Magdeburg Alternative
- Wolfgang Weise
- Wolfgang Welsch
- Heinrich Wilhelmi was founding director of the Institute for Measurement, Control and Regulation Technology at the Technical University, the forerunner of the Institute for Automation Technology (IAT)
- Gerald Wolf
- Birgitta Wolff was Minister for Science and Economics and Minister of Education for the State of Saxony-Anhalt in the Haseloff I cabinet
Other teachers
- Lutz Trümper (* 1955) is a German politician
- Rumjana Rusewa Schelewa (* 1969) Bulgarian politician and sociologist
Students
- Kay Barthel (* 1971) is a German politician (CDU)
- Christina Berger (* 1946, née Christina Hentze ) is a German professor of materials science
- Katrin Budde (* 1965) is a German politician (SPD) and state chairwoman in Saxony-Anhalt
- Arndt Borkhardt (* 1963) is a pediatrician and studied at the Magdeburg Medical Academy
- Antje Buschschulte (* 1978) was a world champion in swimming and an Olympic medalist
- Jens Klimek (* 1984) is a musician, composer and choir director
- Werner Kriesel (* 1941) studied control engineering here, was a university lecturer for automation and communication at the TH Magdeburg and the TH Leipzig
- Karsten Kruschel (* 1959) is a German writer and publicist
- Uwe Küster (1945–2014) was Parliamentary Managing Director of the SPD parliamentary group and studied at the Technical University
- Johannes Mallow (* 1981) became world memory champion in 2012
- René Mantke is a visceral surgeon and vice dean at the Brandenburg Medical School
- Helge Meeuw (* 1984) was a European swimming champion and an Olympic medalist
- Madeleine-Rita Mittendorf (* 1950) is a German SPD politician and was a member of the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt
- Axel Ockenfels (born 1969) is a German economist and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize -carrier
- Raila Odinga (* 1945) was Prime Minister of Kenya and studied at the Technical University
- Kai Pflaume (* 1967) is a television presenter. He studied at the Technical University
- Annemarie Reffert (* 1943) is chief physician for anesthesia and studied at the Medical Academy Magdeburg
- Frank Schauer (* 1989) was the German marathon champion and is studying mechanical engineering at Otto von Guericke University
- Dagmar Schipanski (* 1943) studied physics in Magdeburg, was a professor for electronics, rector, minister and top politician in Thuringia and ran for office as Federal President
- Schröder-Kim So-yeon (* 1968 in Seoul ) is a South Korean business manager
- Peter von Wichert (* 1935) is an internist and studied at the Medical Academy
- Hermann Winkler (politician) (* 1963) is a German politician (CDU)