List of well-known personalities from the University of Stuttgart

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A number of well-known or famous personalities have studied or taught at the University of Stuttgart or have been honored by it with the dignity of an honorary citizen or honorary senator. These are listed below.

Academic honorary citizens

Honorary senators

Known employees

Engineering

Cultural studies

  • Johannes Mährlen (1803–1871), ancient historian
  • Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807–1887), 1869–1877 professor for German literature and aesthetics
  • Wilhelm Zimmermann (1807–1878), 1847–1851 professor of German language and literature and history
  • Wilhelm Lübke (1826–1893), 1866–1885 professor of art history
  • Karl Lemcke (1831–1913), professor for general art history and aesthetics from 1885 to 1903 and rector of the university from 1892 to 1895
  • Carl Weitbrecht (1847–1904), 1894 professor of German literature, 1902–1904 rector of the university
  • Käte Hamburger (1896–1992), literary scholar
  • Golo Mann (1909–1994), 1960 to 1964 chair of political science
  • Fritz Martini (1909–1991), since 1943 professor of aesthetics and general literary studies
  • Max Bense (1910–1990), 1949 to 1978 chair for philosophy and philosophy of science
  • Elisabeth Walther-Bense (1922–2018), 1978 to 1983 chair of philosophy and philosophy of science, first full professor at the University of Stuttgart
  • August Nitschke (1926–2019), 1960 to 1994 professor for medieval history
  • Eberhard Jäckel (1929–2017), Professor of Modern History (1967 until his retirement in 1997)
  • Günther Schweikle (1929–2009), Professor of Medieval Studies
  • Volker Klotz (* 1930), literary scholar and expert on operettas
  • Armin Hermann (* 1933), Professor of the History of Natural Sciences
  • Reinhard Döhl (1934–2004), influential literary scholar
  • Norbert Conrads (* 1938), until 2003 Professor of Early Modern History
  • Eckart Olshausen (* 1938), Professor of Ancient History from 1976 to 2008
  • Heinz Schlaffer (* 1939), professor of literature from 1975 to 2004
  • Wolfgang Stürner (* 1940), 1974 to 2006 Professor of Medieval and Modern History
  • Franz Quarthal (* 1943), professor of national history
  • Folker Reichert (* 1949), Professor of Medieval History since 1994
  • Holger Sonnabend (* 1956), Professor of Ancient History

Natural sciences

Economics and Social Sciences

Well-known graduates

Sources and individual references

  1. ↑ http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/ueberblick/wir_ueber_uns/ehrenverbindungen/index.html
  2. ↑ Richard von Weizsäcker. Speeches at the ceremony on the occasion of the appointment of Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker as honorary citizen of the University of Stuttgart, December 18, 1995 . In: Heide Ziegler (Ed.): Speeches and essays . tape 52 . Stuttgart University Library, Stuttgart 1996, p. 29 ( uni-stuttgart.de [PDF; accessed on November 22, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Executive Biographies Martin Jetter. Senior Vice President and Chairman IBM Europe. IBM, accessed July 7, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ Johannes Ritter: Without power in Wolfsburg. In: FAZ.net. August 1, 2014, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Hanno S. Ritter: VW board member Michael Macht receives an honorary doctorate. In: car box. November 24, 2010, accessed July 7, 2020 .