List of well-known physicists in other professional fields
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 |
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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 |
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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 |