List of well-known personalities at Saarland University

The list of well-known personalities of the Saarland University contains personalities who are connected to the Saarland University as alumni , professors or in any other way.

Graduates

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Oskar Lafontaine

Matthias Maurer

Peter Altmaier

Heiko Maas

Humanities, social and linguistics

• Karl-Otto Apel (1922-2017), philosopher
• François Bertemes (* 1958), German-Luxembourg prehistoric
• Barbara Bredow (* 1937), artist
• Christoph Cornelißen (* 1958), historian
• Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009), German-British sociology professor, politician and publicist
• Christof Ehrhart (* 1966), manager
• Günter Endruweit (* 1939), sociologist
• Willi Erzgräber (1926–2001), English studies
• Jürgen W. Falter (* 1944), political scientist
• Ludwig Finscher (* 1930), music historian
• Frank Fürbeth (* 1954), German and Medievalist
• Hans-Jürgen Greif (* 1941), German studies, Romance studies and writer
• Meinrad Maria Grewenig (* 1954), art historian / cultural manager
• Wolfgang Haubrichs (* 1942), German medievalist and name researcher
• Thorsten Havener (* 1972), mentalist
• Eugen Helmlé (1927–2000), writer and literary translator
• Markus Heitz (* 1971), author
• Hans-Walter Herrmann (* 1930) regional historian
• Philipp Humm (* 1959), film director
• Karl Kaiser (* 1934), political scientist
• Wolfgang Kermer (* 1935), art educator and art historian
• Alexandra Kertz-Welzel (* 1970), university professor, music teacher
• Reinhard Klektiven (* 1942), politician (SPD)
• Alfons Kolling (1922–2003), archaeologist and state curator
• Wilfried Loth (* 1948), political scientist and historian
• Klaus-Michael Mallmann (* 1948), historian
• Volker Mattern (* 1956), dramaturge / director
• Alfred Werner Maurer (* 1945), architect, archaeologist, art historian, head of excavation Mumbaqat
• Nils Minkmar (* 1966), historian and journalist
• Dietz-Rüdiger Moser (1939–2010), folk historian, literary historian and musicologist
• Peter Neumann (* 1967), journalist and media manager
• Helmut M. Niegemann (* 1947), educational and media psychologist
• Auma Obama , author / journalist (* 1960)
• Ralf Peter (* 1968), countertenor or soprano
• Dirk von Petersdorff (* 1966), literary scholar and writer
• Udo Recktenwald (* 1962), politician
• Franz-Josef Reichert (1934–2012), art historian , journalist and program director
• Joachim Rippel (* 1950), politician
• Karl August Schleiden (1928–2009), philologist , private scholar , publisher and author
• Walter Schmidt (1965–2016), geographer, later freelance journalist and author
• Jürgen Schreier (* 1948), politician (CDU)
• Jochen Senf (1942–2018), actor and dramaturge
• Georg Skalecki (* 1959), art historian, state curator , head of the Bremen State Office for Monument Preservation
• Liliane Skalecki (* 1958), art historian and crime writer
• Christoph Stölzl (* 1944), historian, publicist
• Johannes von Thadden (* 1956), manager
• Lutz Stavenhagen (1940–1992), politician (CDU)
• Christina Weiss (* 1953), journalist and politician
• Michael Wolffsohn (* 1947), historian and political scientist
• Werner Zimmer (1936–2015), moderator

Computer science and mathematics

• Ferri Abolhassan (* 1964), computer scientist
• Susanne Albers (* 1965), computer science professor
• Hannah Bast (* 1970), computer scientist
• Daniel Braun , author and computer scientist
• F. Thomas Bruss (* 1949), mathematician
• Friedrich Eisenbrand (* 1971), computer scientist
• Markus Gross (* 1963), professor
• Monika Henzinger (* 1966), computer scientist
• Friedemann Mattern (* 1955), computer scientist
• Bernhard Nebel (* 1956), computer science professor
• Peter Sanders (* 1967), computer scientist
• Claus-Peter Schnorr (* 1943), mathematics professor and computer scientist
• Heinz Schwärtzel (* 1936), mathematician

medicine

• Karl Addicks (* 1950), politician
• David Bardens (* 1984), doctor
• Jürgen Harms (* 1944), spinal surgeon
• Klaus Steinbach (* 1953), sports official / orthopedist
• Axel Urhausen (* 1958), general practitioner, sports physician and Olympic doctor

Natural and engineering science

• Oskar Lafontaine (* 1943), politician (Left Party)
• Joachim Maier (* 1955), chemist
• Matthias Maurer (* 1970), materials scientist and astronaut
• Jörg Reinhardt , entrepreneur (* 1956)
• Gunter Schneider (* 1953), biochemist
• Hubert Zitt (* 1963), electrical engineer, lecturer, author
• Roland Leroux (* 1956), chemist

Jurisprudence

• Peter Altmaier (* 1958), state examination (1985), Federal Minister for the Environment (2012–2013), Federal Minister for Special Tasks (2013–2018), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 2018)
• Joachim Bitterlich (* 1948), professor
• Winfried Brandenburg (* 1939), lawyer / local politician
• Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931–2011), employee at the European Institute (from 1961), doctorate (1966), lawyer and songwriter
• Dieter Dörr (* 1952), doctorate (1983), professor
• Stefan Garber (* 1955), lawyer
• Winfried Hassemer (1940–2014), research assistant (1963–1969), doctorate (1967), Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court (2002–2008)
• Martin Hoffmann (* 1959), studies (from 1980), media manager, director of the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Jutta Krüger-Jacob (* 1963), lawyer and politician (Alliance 90 / Greens)
• Thomas Kleist (* 1955), director / lawyer
• Reinhold Kopp (* 1949), politician / lawyer
• Karl-Ludwig Kunz (* 1947), legal scholar and criminologist
• Stephan Körner (* 1964), legal scholar
• Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (* 1962), politician (CDU)
• Robert Leicht (* 1944), journalist and publicist
• Heiko Maas (* 1966), politician (SPD)
• Werner Maihofer (1918–2009), legal scholar and politician (FDP)
• Peter Müller (* 1955), politician (CDU)
• Ulrich Nussbaum (* 1957), lawyer / politician
• Anke Rehlinger (* 1976), politician (SPD)
• Ottmar Schreiner (1946–2013), politician (SPD)
• Bernhard Sterz (* 1962), legal scholar and politician (SPD)
• Constança Urbano de Sousa (* 1967), Portuguese politician and minister (Partido Socialista, PS)
• Gerhard Wack (* 1945), politician, State Secretary at the Saarland Ministry of Finance (1999–2012)
• Uwe Wesel (* 1933), legal scholar

Economics

• Hans D. Barbier (1937-2017), journalist
• Jörg Becker (* 1959), business IT specialist
• Michael Best (* 1956), graduate economist
• Thomas Bruch (* 1950), entrepreneur
• Christian Boehringer (* 1965), entrepreneur
• Peter Bofinger (* 1954), economist and member of the Expert Council for the assessment of macroeconomic development
• Alain Caparros (* 1956) manager
• Juergen B. Donges (* 1940), professor
• Johann Eekhoff (1941–2013), economist
• Christian Ege (* 1970), politician
• Franz-Rudolf Esch (* 1960), professor
• Lars Feld (* 1966), professor
• Gerhard Fels (* 1939), economist
• Heiner Flassbeck (* 1950), economist
• Michael Friemel (* 1974), author , radio and television presenter
• Hanspeter Georgi (* 1942), politician
• Christoph Hartmann (politician) (* 1972), politician
• Guido Kerkhoff (* 1967), industry manager
• Helmut Krcmar (* 1954), economist
• Wolfgang Leese (* 1946), manager
• Torsten Oletzky (* 1966), manager
• Hermann Parzinger (* 1959), prehistoric
• Manfred Pohl (* 1944), economist
• August-Wilhelm Scheer (* 1941), entrepreneur
• Wolf-Henning Scheider (* 1962), manager
• Hanna Schramm-Klein (* 1974), economist
• Marc Speicher (* 1984), politician (CDU)
• Lutz Stavenhagen (1940–1992), politician (CDU)

Professors

See also : List of ancient historians at Saarland University

See also : List of Classical Philologists at Saarland University

• Ewald Aufermann (1892–1958), business administration
• Karl-Otto Apel (1922-2017), philosopher
• Michael Backes (* 1978), computer scientist
• Gabriele Clemens (* 1953), historian
• Anja Feldmann (* 1966), computer scientist
• Peter Fettke (* 1973), business IT specialist
• Ernst-Ulrich Gekeler (* 1951), mathematician
• Alberto Gil (* 1952), translation scholar
• Sven Gottschling (* 1971), doctor
• Norbert Gutenberg (* 1951), Professor of Speech Science and Speech Education
• Wolfgang Gesemann (1925–2014), Professor of Slavic Studies from 1972 to 1987
• Gotthold Hasenhüttl (* 1933), theologian
• Heinz-Dieter Heckmann (1953–2016), philosopher
• Kaspar Hegetschweiler (* 1954), chemist
• Horst Hischer (* 1943), mathematician
• Günter Hotz (* 1931), computer science professor
• Rainer Hudemann (* 1948), historian
• Stefan Hüfner (1935–2013), experimental physicist
• Uli Kazmaier (* 1960), chemist
• Gottfried Koller (1902–1959), zoologist (from 1934 in Shanghai-Woosung (China), from 1941 in Prague, 1946/1947 in Marburg, from 1949 in Saarbrücken), 1951–1956 Vice-Rector of Saarland University
• Karsten König (* 1960), biophysicist
• Wolfgang Kraus (* 1955), theologian
• Hermann Krings (1913-2004), philosopher
• Werner Kroeber-Riel (1934–1995), economist
• Antonio Krüger , computer scientist
• Heinz Kußmaul (* 1957), business administration
• Reinhard Larsen (* 1943), professor of anesthesiology and intensive care medicine
• Thomas Lengauer (* 1952), computer scientist
• Kurt Mehlhorn (* 1949), computer scientist
• Günter Menges (1929–1983), economist and statistician
• Guy Michaud (1911-2006), French Romance philologist
• Frank Mücklich , materials scientist (* 1959)
• Paul Müller , (1940–2010), biologist, President of the University 1979–1983
• Peter Loos (* 1960), business IT specialist
• Wolfgang Paul (* 1951), computer scientist
• Michael Pfreundschuh (1949–2018), physician
• Rudolf Richter (* 1926), economics
• Manfred Pinkal (* 1949), computational linguistics
• Michael Rösler (* 1951), physician
• August-Wilhelm Scheer (* 1941), business IT specialist and entrepreneur
• Manfred Schmitt (* 1959), biologist, university president
• Herbert Schneider (* 1941), musicologist
• Bernd Schröder (* 1965), theologian
• Wolfgang Schweickard (* 1954), linguist
• Hans-Peter Seidel (* 1958), computer scientist
• Paul Senf (1915–1998), economist, university professor and politician, Saarland state minister
• Berthold Seitz (* 1962), physician
• Jörg Siekmann (* 1941), computer scientist
• Philipp Slusallek (* 1963), computer scientist
• Erich Steiner (* 1954), translation scholar
• Wolfgang Stützel (1925–1987), economist
• Roland Speicher (* 1960), mathematician
• Frank Spinath (* 1969), psychologist
• Werner Tack (* 1935), psychologist
• Bruno Tietz , (1933–1995), business administration
• Richard van Dülmen (1937-2004), historian
• Michael Veith (* 1944), chemist
• Wolfgang Wahlster (* 1953), computer scientist
• Gerd Waschbuch (* 1959), economist
• Joachim Weickert (* 1965), mathematician
• Gerhard Weikum (* 1957), computer scientist
• Gerhard Wenz (* 1953), chemist
• Reinhard Wilhelm (* 1946), computer scientist
• Margret Wintermantel (* 1947), psychologist
• Günter Wöhe (1924–2007), economist
• Andreas Zeller (* 1965), computer scientist

Jurisprudence

Civil Law Bernhard Aubin (1913–2005), citizen. Law (1957–1982) Roland Michael Beckmann , citizen. Law (since 2000) Georg Borges (* 1964), citizen. Law (since 2014) Alfons Bürge (* 1947), citizen. Law (1993–1999) Guillaume Cardascia (1914-2006), Bürgerl. Law (1949–1954) Tiziana Chiusi , citizen. Law (since 2001) Willy Haubrichs (1911–1982), honorary professor Maximilian Herberger (* 1946), citizen. Law (1988-2014) Günther Hönn (* 1939), citizen. Law (1984–2004), University President (1992–2000) Ulrich Huber (* 1936), citizen. Law (1971–1973) Heinz Hübner (1914–2006), citizen. Law (1955–1960), University President (1956–1958) Uwe Hüffer (1939–2012), citizen. Law (1980–1985) Günther Jahr (1923–2007), Bürgerl. Law (19611991) Heinrich Lange (1900–1977), citizen. Law (1951–1953) Hannes Ludyga , citizen. Law (since 2014) Gerhard Lüke (1927–2014), citizen. Law (1961–1995) Michael Martinek (* 1950), citizen. Law (since 1986) Annemarie Matusche-Beckmann , citizen. Law (since 2006) Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker (* 1926), citizen. Law (1959–1963) Hanns Prütting (* 1948), citizen. Law (1981–1986) Filippo Ranieri (1944–2020), Bürgerl. Law (1995-2009) Helmut Rüßmann (* 1943), citizen. Law (1987-2012) Franz Schäfer (1879–1958), citizen. Law (1948–1952) Jürgen Schmidt (* 1941), citizen. Law (1972–1975) Christoph Sorge , Legal Informatics (since 2014) Elmar Wadle (* 1938), citizen. Law (1978-2006) Stephan Weth (* 1956), citizen. Law (since 1995) Claude Witz , citizen. Law (1980-2017) Markus Würdinger , citizen. Law (since 2011) Albrecht Zeuner (* 1924), citizen. Law (1958–1961)

Public law Siegbert Alber (* 1936), Honorary Professor (Europa-Institut), Advocate General of the ECJ (1997-2003) Peter Bilsdorfer (* 1951), honorary professor Marc Bungenberg (* 1968), Public. Law (since 2015) Joachim Burmeister (1939–1999), Public. Law (1976–1993) Philippe Cossalter , Public. Law (since 2010) Wilfried Fiedler (* 1940), Public. Law (1984–2002) Thomas Giegerich (* 1959), Public. Law (since 2012) Christoph Gröpl (* 1966), Public. Law (since 2003) Annette Guckelberger (* 1968), Public. Law (since 2006) Günter Hirsch (* 1943), honorary professor (Europa-Institut), President of the BGH (2000–2008) Rudolf Hoke (* 1929), Public. Law (1966–1971) Josef Isensee (* 1937), Public. Law (1971–1975) Jan Henrik Klement (* 1975), Public. Law (2013-2018) Wolfgang Knies (1934–2019), Public. Law (1971-2003) Peter Krause (* 1936), Public. Law (1973–1975) Werner Meng (1948–2016), Public. Law (1999-2013) Stephan Ory (* 1958), honorary professor Hans-Werner Osthoff (1911–2006), honorary professor Herbert Petzold (* 1935), Honorary Professor (Europa-Institut), Chancellor of the ECHR (1994–1998) Georg Ress (* 1935), Public. Law (1977-2001), Judge at the ECHR (1998-2004) Roland Rixecker (* 1951), honorary professor Wolfgang Rüfner (* 1933), Public. Law (1979–1984) Hartmut Schiedermair (* 1936), Public. Law (1976–1983) Rudolf Schránil (1885–1957), Public. Law (1948–1952) Ignaz Seidl-Hohenveldern (1918–2001), Public. Law (1954–1968) Martin Selmayr (* 1970), honorary professor (Europa-Institut) Torsten Stein (* 1944), Public. Law (1991–2012) Werner Thieme (1923–2016), Public. Law (1956–1962)

Criminal law Heike Jung (* 1942), criminal law (1977–2008) Arthur Kaufmann (1923–2001), criminal law (1960–1969) Gerhard Kielwein (1922–2011), criminal law (1956–1987), university president (1962–1964) Heinz Koriath (* 1952), criminal law (since 1995) Detlef Krauß (1934–2010), criminal law (1970–1979) Werner Maihofer (1918–2009), Criminal Law (1955–1969), University President (1967–1969), Federal Minister for Special Tasks (1972–1974), Federal Minister of the Interior (1974–1978) Marco Mansdörfer , Criminal Law (since 2013) Egon Müller (* 1938), honorary professor Heinz Müller-Dietz (* 1931), criminal law (1969–1997) Ulfrid Neumann (* 1947), criminal law (1987–1994) Henning Radtke (* 1962), criminal law (1999–2002) Ernst Seelig (1895–1955), Criminal Law (1954–1955) Ulrich Stock (1896–1974), criminal law (1948–1950)

Political science

• Jürgen Domes , (1932–2001), political scientist, head of the "Politics of China and East Asia" unit
• Karl Kaiser (* 1934), political scientist
• Christian Graf von Krockow (1927–2002), political scientist and writer
• Konrad Schön (* 1930), political scientist