List of well-known personalities of the TU Munich
This list includes former and current known members of the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
| Surname | activity | Connection to TUM | |
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| Gerhard Abstreiter (* 1946) | Semiconductor physicist | professor | |
| Ann-Kristin Achleitner (* 1966) | Economist , venture capitalist | Professor | |
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| Isaak Bacharach (1854–1942) | mathematician | college student | |
| Ali Müfit Bahadır (* 1947) | Chemist | Habilitation candidate | |
| Manfred Bandmann (* 1947) | Civil engineer | Honorary professor | |
| Friedrich L. Bauer (1924-2015) | mathematician | Professor (1963–1989) | |
| Karlheinz Bauer (* 1928) | Civil engineer, building contractor | college student | |
| Thomas Bauer (* 1955) | Building contractor | Honorary professor | |
| Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind (1818-1894) | Engineer , geodesist | Head of the Polytechnic School (1868–1874, 1880–1889) | |
| Rudolf Bayer (* 1939) | Computer scientist , inventor of the B-tree | professor | |
| Andreas von Bechtolsheim (* 1955) | Computer scientist , investor in Google , co-founder of Sun Microsystems | college student | |
| Liesel Beckmann (1914-1965) | Business economist | Professor | |
| Roland Berger (* 1937) | Entrepreneur, policy / business consultant | Lecturer, University Council | |
| German Bestelmeyer (1874–1942) | architect | Student, professor | |
| Konrad Bloch (1912-2000) | Biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1964) | Student (chemistry) | |
| Harald von Boehmer (1942-2018) | Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1990) | Honorary doctorate | |
| Paul Bonatz (1877-1956) | architect | college student | |
| Stephan Braunfels (* 1950) | architect | college student | |
| Ella Briggs (1880-1977) | Architect | Student | |
| Norbert Brock | Kettering Prize (1995) | Honorary doctorate | |
| Manfred Broy (* 1949) | Computer scientist | PhD student, professor | |
| Joachim Bublath (* 1943) | physicist | PhD student | |
| Roland Bulirsch (* 1932) | mathematician | Student, PhD student, professor | |
| Paul Busching (1877-1945) | Housing reformer | professor | |
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| Constantin Cândea (1887–1971) | Chemist | college student | |
| Samantha Cristoforetti (* 1977) | Astronaut | Student | |
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| Ernst Deck (1905-1993) | Lecturer in the field of construction machinery | Honorary professor | |
| Johann Deisenhofer (* 1943) | Biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1988) | Student (physics) | |
| Ernst Denert (* 1942) | Computer scientist, entrepreneur ( sd & m ) | Honorary professor (computer science), founder | |
| Wilfried Diebschlag (1938-2004) | Physician, civil engineer | professor | |
| Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) | Mechanical engineer, inventor of the diesel engine | Student (mechanical engineering) | |
| Walter Dolch (1894–1970) | Painter, art teacher and high school professor | college student | |
| Siegfried Donhauser (* 1927) | Brewery technologist | professor | |
| Werner Dollinger (1918-2008) | Federal Minister (1966–1969, 1982–1987) | Student (economics) | |
| Claude Dornier (1884–1969) | Aircraft builder | Student (mechanical engineering) | |
| Martin Dülfer (1859–1942) | Art Nouveau architect | Student (architecture) | |
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| Heinrich Ebner (* 1939) | Photogrammeter | professor | |
| Monika Ehling-Schulz (* 1968) | Professor, microbiologist, biotechnologist, agricultural and horticultural scientist, philosopher | Student of agricultural and horticultural sciences at the WZW (1988–1994); Student of biotechnology (1994–1996); Post-doctoral student at the Chair of Microbiology at the FML (2001–2003); Research group at the Chair of Microbiology at the FML (2003–2008); Guest Lecturer at ZIEL (2008–) | |
| Fritz Eichbauer (* 1928) | Civil engineer, building contractor | Student (civil engineering) | |
| Manfred Eigen (1927-2019) | Biophysicist, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen | Honorary doctorate | |
| Josef van Eimern (1921-2008) | Meteorologist, former professor for bioclimatology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Privatdozent, Prof. em. | |
| Hans Eisenmann (1923–1987) | Minister of Agriculture | Student (agriculture) | |
| Martin Elsaesser (1884–1957) | architect | Student, professor | |
| Richard Robert Ernst (* 1933) | Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1991) | Honorary doctorate | |
| Gerhard Ertl (* 1936) | Physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2007) | PhD student, habilitation student | |
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| Eugen Fick (1926-2009) | physicist | Habilitation candidate | |
| Richard Finsterwalder (1899–1963) | Geodesic | Student, professor | |
| Rüdiger Finsterwalder (* 1930) | cartographer | Student, professor | |
| Sebastian Finsterwalder (1862–1951) | Mathematician, geodesist | professor | |
| Ulrich Finsterwalder (1897–1988) | Civil engineer | college student | |
| Ernst Otto Fischer (1918-2007) | Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1973) | Student, professor (chemistry) | |
| Hans Fischer (1881–1945) | Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1930) | Professor (chemistry) | |
| Theodor Fischer (1862–1938) | architect | Student, professor | |
| August Föppl (1854–1924) | engineer | professor | |
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| Thomas Ganswindt (* 1960) | Mechanical engineer, manager | Honorary doctorate | |
| Theodor Ganzenmüller (1864–1937) | Mechanical engineer, brewery technician | Student (mechanical engineering), professor | |
| Heinrich Gottfried Gerber (1832–1912) | Civil engineer, inventor of the tanner carrier | Student, honorary doctor | |
| Werner Giggenbach (1937–1997) | Geochemist, geologist and volcanologist | Student, PhD student | |
| Wolfgang glasses (* 1933) | physicist | professor | |
| Ernst Gotthardt (1908–1976) | Photogrammeter | professor | |
| Walter Gropius (1883–1969) | Architect, Bauhaus founder | Student (architecture) | |
| Gustav Gsaenger (1900–1989) | architect | college student | |
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| Dieter Hanitzsch (* 1933) | cartoonist | Student (brewing) | |
| Kurt Hansen (1910-2002) | Chemist and CEO of Bayer AG | college student | |
| Wolfgang Hartke (1908–1997) | Geographer , founder of social geography | professor | |
| Werner Heise (1944-2013) | mathematician | professor | |
| Wolfgang A. Herrmann (* 1948) | Chemist, university reformer | Student, graduate student, professor and president | |
| Roman Herzog (1934-2017) | Federal President (1994–1999) | University Council | |
| Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945) | Politician, war criminal | Student (agriculture) | |
| Dieter Hoff (* 1939) | Media manager , technical director of the WDR | Student, PhD student | |
| Richard Hoisl (* 1932) | Land regulation and land development | professor | |
| Robert Huber (* 1937) | Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1988) | Student, doctoral candidate, post-doctoral candidate and professor | |
| Urs Hugentobler (* 1959) | Satellite geodesist | professor | |
| Sepp Hochreiter (* 1967) | Computer scientist | college student | |
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| Helmut Jahn (* 1940) | architect | college student | |
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| Henning Kagermann (* 1947) | Physicist , Manager ( SAP ) | college student | |
| Walther Keßler (1930-2006) | Physicist , professor, president of the Munich University of Applied Sciences | college student | |
| Wolfgang Ketterle (* 1957) | Physicist , Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) | college student | |
| Uwe Kiessler (* 1937) | architect | Student, professor | |
| Susanne Klatten (* 1962) | Entrepreneur ( BMW , Altana ) | University Councilor | |
| Felix Klein (1849–1925) | mathematician | professor | |
| Klaus Kleinfeld (* 1957) | Manager ( Siemens AG ) | University Council | |
| Klaus von Klitzing (* 1943) | Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (1985) | professor | |
| Hubert Knackfuß (1866–1948) | Construction researcher , archaeologist | professor | |
| Leo King | Brewer, head of the König brewery | college student | |
| Konrad Königsberger (1936-2005) | mathematician | professor | |
| Helmut Krcmar (* 1954) | Economist | professor | |
| Franz Xaver Kreuter (1842–1930) | Civil engineer | professor | |
| Franz Jakob Kreuter (1813–1889) | Civil engineer | college student | |
| Rudolf Kriss (1903–1973) | Business graduate, folklorist, Nazi victim | college student | |
| Eberhard von Kuenheim (* 1928) | Manager | Honorary Senator | |
| Michael Kumeth (* 1960) | Poet, writer, radio play author, dramaturge and director | Process engineering student (1981–1985) | |
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| Ernst Maria Lang (1916-2014) | Architect, cartoonist | Student, assistant | |
| Hans Laßleben (1908–1941) | Drawing teacher, draftsman, graphic artist and illustrator | college student | |
| Carl von Linde (1842–1934) | Mechanical engineer, refrigeration technology pioneer | professor | |
| Peter Lockemann (* 1935) | Computer scientist | Student, PhD student | |
| Tim Christian Lüth (* 1965) | Engineer and computer scientist | Professor (Medical Technology) | |
| Feodor Lynen (1911–1979) | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1964) | University professor | |
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| Holger Magel (* 1944) | Geodesic | professor | |
| Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (1911-2000) | physicist | professor | |
| Thomas Mann (1875–1955) | Writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1929) | college student | |
| Hans Marko (1925-2017) | Communications engineer, Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1994) | professor | |
| Ernst May (1886–1970) | architect | college student | |
| Ernst Mayr (* 1950) | Computer scientist | professor | |
| Otto Meitinger (1927-2017) | Architect and preservationist | Professor, President (1987–1995) | |
| Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953) | architect | college student | |
| Liqiu Meng | Professor of Cartography | Vice President of TUM since 2008 | |
| Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978) | Mechanical engineer, aircraft manufacturer | Student, lecturer | |
| Eduard Metzger (1807-1894) | Architect , painter , senior building officer , author and professor | professor | |
| Joachim Milberg (* 1943) | Engineer , Manager (Chairman of the BMW Supervisory Board ) | Professor (Manufacturing Engineering) | |
| Josef Miller (* 1947) | Minister of Agriculture | Student (Agricultural Sciences) | |
| Oskar von Miller (1855-1934) | Civil engineer, hydropower pioneer | college student | |
| Rudolf Mößbauer (1929–2011) | Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (1961) | Student (physics), PhD student, professor | |
| Karl Alexander Müller (* 1927) | Nobel Prize in Physics (1987) | Honorary doctorate | |
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| Ludwig Narziss (* 1925) | Brewing scientist, Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (2007) | Student, PhD student, professor | |
| Erwin Neher (* 1944) | Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1991), Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen | college student | |
| Georg Nemetschek (* 1934) | Civil engineer, professor at the Munich University of Applied Sciences , founder of the construction software company Nemetschek AG | college student | |
| Winfried Nerdinger (* 1944) | Architectural historian, u. a. Bavarian State Prize for Architecture (2011) | Student, assistant, professor | |
| Josef A. Nossek (* 1947) | President of the Association of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies , Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (2008) | professor | |
| Ryoji Noyori (* 1938) | Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001) | Honorary doctorate | |
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| Rudolf Ortner (1912–1997) | Architect, painter, photographer | professor | |
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| Roland Pail (* 1972) | Geophysicist | professor | |
| Wolfgang Paul (1913–1993) | Nobel Prize in Physics (1989) | Student (agricultural science) | |
| Klaus Dieter Pfeffer (* 1962) | Medical scientist , immunologist and molecular biologist | professor | |
| Friedrich Pfeiffer (* 1935) | engineer | professor | |
| Heinrich von Pierer (* 1941) | Manager (CEO Siemens ) | Board of Directors | |
| Bernd Pischetsrieder (* 1948) | Manager (CEO BMW , Volkswagen ) | college student | |
| Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953) | Father of fluid mechanics | college student | |
| Albert Probst (1931-2015) | Politician | Student (agricultural science) | |
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| Ernst Rattenhuber (1887–1951) | Minister of Agriculture | Student (agriculture) | |
| Walther Rathenau (1867–1922) | Industrialist and politician | Student (mechanical engineering) | |
| Friedrich Ratzel (1844–1904) | Zoologist and geographer | Researcher, lecturer | |
| Bernd Rauch (* 1943) | Vice President FC Bayern Munich, developer of the Allianz Arena, Deputy Chairman of the German Sports Aid Foundation | Student, architect | |
| Josef H. Reichholf (* 1945) | Zoologist, evolutionary biologist, ecologist | professor | |
| Norbert Reithofer (* 1956) | Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG | Student, PhD student | |
| Wolfgang Reitzle (* 1949) | CEO of Linde AG | Student, honorary professor | |
| Herbert Rimpl (1902–1978) | architect | college student | |
| Randolf Rodenstock (* 1948) | Entrepreneur | Student (physics) | |
| Ernst Ruska (1906–1988) | Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (1986) | Student (electrical engineering) | |
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| Hans Sauer (1923–1996) | inventor | Student (precision mechanics / optics) | |
| Friedrich Schadeberg (1920–2018) | Brewing entrepreneur | college student | |
| Matthäus Schilcher (* 1947) | Geoinformatics scientist | professor | |
| Ursula Schmidt-Tintemann (1924-2017) | Medical doctor, plastic surgeon | Professor | |
| Josef Adolf Schmoll called Eisenwerth (1915-2010) | Art historian | Professor (art history) | |
| John Robert Schrieffer (1931-2019) | Nobel Prize in Physics (1972) | Honorary doctorate | |
| Axel Schumacher (* 1969) | Chemist | professor | |
| Winfried Otto Schumann (1888–1974) | Physicist, prediction of the Schumann resonance | professor | |
| Franz Schwabl (1938-2009) | physicist | professor | |
| Florian Seitz (* 1976) | Geodesic | Student, PhD student, professor | |
| Karl Barry Sharpless (* 1941) | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001) | Honorary doctorate | |
| Ernst von Siemens (1903–1990) | Industrialist, founder of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation | college student | |
| Albert Speer (1905–1981) | Architect, armaments organizer during the Nazi era, from 1942 Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition | college student | |
| Karl Graf von Spreti (1907–1970) | Architect, politician, diplomat | college student | |
| Melitta Schenk Countess of Stauffenberg (1903–1945) | Test pilot | Student (mathematics, physics, flight mechanics) | |
| Karl Stetter (* 1941) | biologist | Student, PhD student | |
| Uwe Stilla (* 1957) | Geoinformatics scientist | professor | |
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| August Thiersch (1843–1917) | architect | professor | |
| Friedrich von Thiersch (1852–1921) | architect | professor | |
| Paul Thiersch (1879–1928) | architect | college student | |
| Fritz Todt (1891–1942) | Civil engineer, general inspector for German roads | Student, PhD student | |
| Anna-Elisabeth Trappe (* 1939) | Medical doctor, neurosurgeon | Professor | |
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| Walter de Vries | Geodesic | professor | |
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| Ulrich Walter (* 1954) | Physicist , astronaut | Professor (Space Technology) | |
| Konrad Weckerle (* 1941) | Manager, lawyer | Honorary professor | |
| Robert Klaus Freiherr von Weizsäcker (* 1954) | Economist , correspondence chess grandmaster | Professor (Economics) | |
| Lois Welzenbacher (1889–1955) | architect | college student | |
| Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877–1957) | Chemist , Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1927) | professor | |
| Wolfgang Wild (* 1930) | Nuclear physicist | president | |
| Horst Wildemann (* 1942) | Logistician , entrepreneur | Professor (Logistics) | |
| Juliane C. Wilmanns (1945-2008) | Medical historian | Professor | |
| Erich Wintermantel (* 1956) | Mechanical engineer, doctor | Professor (Medical Technology) | |
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| Rudi Zagst (* 1961) | Professor of the year 2007 | Professor (Financial Mathematics) | |
| Jonathan Zenneck (1871-1959) | Director of the Physics Institute and the radio station at the Herzogstand | Professor (physics) | |
| Wolfgang Ziebart (* 1950) | Chief Executive Officer of Infineon Technologies AG (2004–2008) | Student, PhD student | |