List of well-known physicists in other professional fields

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This page contains a list of well-known people who were trained as physicists , but then worked or were professionally outside of physics .

Surname born died known as
Salah ad-Din al-Bitar 1912 1980 Syrian politician, Prime Minister (1960s)
Eugen Altschul 1887 1959 German economist and economic researcher
Karl Heinz Beckurts 1930 1986 German manager, member of the executive board of Siemens AG (1980–1986) and RAF victim
František Běhounek 1898 1973 Czech writer
Wolfgang Bordel 1951 German theater director
Werner Breitschwerdt 1927 German manager, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG (1983–1987)
Reinhard Breuer 1946 German science journalist , editor-in-chief of Spectrum of Science (1998-2010)
Joachim Bublath 1943 German television presenter
Gottfried Curio 1960 German politician ( AfD ), member of the Bundestag
Madhu Dandavate 1924 2005 Indian politician , independence fighter, member of parliament and minister (1977–1979, 1989/90)
Volkmar Denner 1956 German manager, Chairman of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH (since 2012)
Valdis Dombrovskis 1971 Latvian politician, Prime Minister (2009-2013)
Vince Ebert 1968 German cabaret artist
Walter Richard Gerlich 1908 1981 German educator and politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag
Pure Haseloff 1954 German politician (CDU), Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt (since 2011)
Roland Hüttenrauch 1928 2006 German board member of Stiftung Warentest (1967–1994)
Dejan Ilic 1957 German manager, CEO of ARRI AG (2007–2009)
Erdal İnönü 1926 2007 Turkish politician, foreign minister (1995)
Gregory Jaczko 1970 US Government Official, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2009–2012)
Henning Kagermann 1947 German manager, spokesman for the board of SAP AG (2003–2009)
Naoto Kan 1946 Japanese politician, prime minister (2010-2011)
Ephraim Katzir 1916 2009 Israeli politician, President (1973–1978)
Marion S. Kellogg 1920 2004 American manager and business consultant, first Vice President of General Electric (1974–1983)
Stefan Klein 1965 German science journalist
Jürgen Kluge 1953 German manager, head of the German office of McKinsey & Company (1999–2006)
Oskar Lafontaine 1943 German politician, Prime Minister of Saarland (1985–1998) and Federal Minister of Finance (1998–1999)
Hans Joachim Langmann 1924 German entrepreneur and chairman of the Federation of German Industry (1985–1986)
Terry Le Sueur 1942 British politician, Chief Minister of Jersey (2008-2011)
Harald Lesch 1960 German astrophysicist and television presenter
Günther Leue 1924 2010 German management consultant and IT entrepreneur
Siegmund Loewe 1885 1962 German industrialist , founder and owner of Loewe
Walter from Lucadou 1945 German parapsychologist
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz 1959 Polish politician, Prime Minister (2005-2006)
Brian May 1947 British guitarist, founding member of the rock band Queen
Angela Merkel 1954 German politician, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (since 2005) and Chairwoman of the CDU (2000–2018)
Robert Moog 1934 2005 American pioneer of electronic music , inventor of the Moog synthesizer
Claudia Nemat 1968 German management consultant and manager, board member of Deutsche Telekom (since 2011)
Thomas de Padova 1965 German science journalist and specialist book author
Helmut Panke 1946 German manager, CEO of BMW (2002–2006)
Jean Puetz 1936 German-Luxembourg science journalist and television presenter
Randolf Rodenstock 1948 German entrepreneur and economic functionary
Oskar Sala 1910 2002 German composer
Dagmar Schipanski 1943 German politician, Thuringian Minister for Science, Research and Art (1999–2004), President of the Thuringian State Parliament (2004–2009)
Detlev Schönauer 1953 German cabaret artist
Bernd Seidel 1949 German politician (SED), Lord Mayor of the City of Leipzig (1986–1989)
Rajnath Singh 1951 Indian politician (BJP), Minister of the Interior (since 2014)
Javier Solana 1942 Spanish politician, Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999) and the Council of the European Union (1999–2009)
Klaus Tschira 1940 2015 German entrepreneur, co-founder of SAP
Ross Ulbricht 1984 American founder and first operator of the online black market Silk Road
Alison Uttley 1884 1976 British writer
Joe Viera 1932 German jazz - saxophonist and - educator
Michael Winkler 1957 German columnist and author of political, science fiction and fantasy novels
Martin Winterkorn 1947 German manager, CEO of Volkswagen (2007–2015) and CEO of Audi (2002–2006)
Freda Wuesthoff 1896 1956 German pacifist
Ranga Yogeshwar 1959 Luxembourgish editor and television presenter
Richard Stallman 1953 Programmer, activist and founder of the Free Software Foundation

Appendix: known persons who did not finish their physics studies.

Surname born died known as
Sabine Dittmar 1964 German politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
Jürgen Dueball 1943 2002 German chess master , go and bridge player
Henry Pretty 1947 German actor and composer
Heinz Nixdorf 1925 1986 German computer pioneer and entrepreneur
Edzard Reuter 1928 German manager, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG (1987–1995)
Peter Uebersax 1925 2011 Swiss journalist, editor-in-chief of the tabloid Blick (1961–1962 and 1980–1986)
Bodo Wartke 1977 German cabaret artist, songwriter and actor