List of former scholarship holders of the German National Academic Foundation
The following list includes former scholarship holders of the German National Academic Foundation who have become famous. The list provides an overview by subject area and occupation, without any claim to completeness.
Architects
- Frei Otto , architect, architectural theorist and university professor
Authors, journalists, publicists and writers
- Wolfram Adolph , publicist and music journalist
- Zoë Beck , writer
- Christina Berndt , science journalist
- Thomas Blubacher , author and director
- Thea Dorn , writer and television presenter
- Carolin Emcke , publicist
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger , writer
- Harald Hartung , writer and literary scholar
- Peter Gatter , journalist, radio and television presenter
- Petra Gerster , journalist, presenter of the news program today
- Andreas Gößling , writer and publisher
- Philip Häusser , TV presenter, book author and YouTuber
- Anja Höfer , journalist, television presenter
- Gertrud Höhler , publicist
- Bas Kast , non-fiction author
- Navid Kermani , writer, publicist and orientalist
- Claus Kleber , journalist, presenter of the news program heute-journal
- Reiner Knizia , game designer, inventor of the game of the year 2008
- Wilfried Köpke , journalist
- Christian Graf von Krockow , historian and writer
- Michael Kröher , doctor, journalist, writer
- Robert Leicht , journalist, editor-in-chief DIE ZEIT (1992–1997)
- Jo Lendle , writer and publisher at Carl Hanser Verlag
- Michael Lentz , writer and professor at the German Literature Institute
- Klaus Mehnert , journalist and publicist
- Thomas Melle , writer and translator
- Sten Nadolny , writer
- Ivan Nagel , publicist and theater director
- Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim , chemist and science journalist
- Alexander Pschera , author and publicist
- Stephan Reimertz , poet and writer
- Frank Schirrmacher , journalist, co-editor of the FAZ
- Tilman Spengler , sinologist, writer and journalist
- Maximilian Steinbeis , publicist and writer
- Constanze Stelzenmüller , lawyer, political scientist and journalist
- Thomas von Randow , mathematician and science journalist
- Gert Scobel , television presenter and author
- Philipp Tingler , writer and journalist
- Bernward Vesper , writer
- Juli Zeh , writer
Visual artist
- Stephan Balkenhol , sculptor
- Franz Bernhard , sculptor
- Armin Boehm , painter
- Emil Cimiotti , artist
- Dieter Crumbiegel , painter, ceramist and university professor
- Alexander Esters , artist
- Rolf Gith , painter, draftsman and designer
- Katharina Grosse , artist and professor of painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
- Friedemann Hahn , painter
- Annette Hollywood , artist
- Franka Hörnschemeyer , installation artist and university lecturer
- Horst Janssen , artist
- Marco Kaufmann , artist and photographer
- Anselm Kiefer , painter
- Florian Lechner , artist and designer
- Hermann Josef Mispelbaum , painter
- Christiane Möbus , sculptor and university professor
- Hubertus von Pilgrim , sculptor
- Michael Sailstorfer , artist
- Horst Sauerbruch , painter and university professor
- Diemut Schilling , sculptor and university professor
- Katharina Sieverding , photographer
- Sibylle Springer , painter
- Ben Willikens , painter
- Elke Zauner , painter
- Ralf Ziervogel , artist
- Pomona Zipser , visual artist and painter
Filmmakers and theater professionals
- Benjamin Benedict , film producer
- Mizgin Bilmen , theater and opera director
- Helene Bockhorst , cabaret artist
- August Everding , director, cultural politician and general manager.
- Eckart von Hirschhausen , cabaret artist
- Katharina Pethke , director
Humanities, law and social scientists
- Anne van Aaken , legal scholar and economist
- Jan Assmann , Egyptologist, religious scholar and cultural scientist
- Marietta Auer , legal scholar
- Ulrich Beck , sociologist
- Jens Beckert , sociologist and 2018 Leibniz Prize winner
- Barbara Beßlich , literary scholar
- Georg Braungart , Germanist, head of the Cusanuswerk bishopric support for gifted students
- Wolfgang Braungart , literary scholar
- Kai Brodersen , ancient historian, President of the University of Erfurt
- Hans Brügelmann , educator
- Thomas Buchheim , philosopher
- Ulf Buermeyer , lawyer
- Claus-Wilhelm Canaris , lawyer and Leibniz Prize winner 1989
- Christian von Coelln , legal scholar
- Heinrich Detering , literary scholar, Leibniz Prize winner 2009
- Cora Dietl , literary historian
- Eugen Drewermann , theologian
- Horst Eidenmüller , lawyer, University of Oxford
- Lorenz Engell , media scientist
- Theodor Eschenburg , political scientist
- Wolfram Euler , linguist and Indo-Europeanist
- Ulf Christian Ewert , historian
- Christian Frevel , theologian
- Ute Frevert , historian
- Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln , economist and Leibniz Prize winner 2018
- Clemens Fuest , economist
- Markus Gabriel , philosopher
- Markus Gangl , social scientist
- Peter Gemeinhardt , theologian
- Johannes Grave , art historian and 2020 Leibniz Prize winner
- Meinrad Maria Grewenig , art historian and museum director
- Hans Christoph Grigoleit , lawyer, LMU Munich
- Helmut Grothe , legal scholar
- Beatrice Gründler , Arabist
- Peter Häberle , legal scholar
- Alois Hahn , sociologist
- Stephan Hartmann , philosopher of science
- Dag Nikolaus Hasse , philosopher, Leibniz Prize winner 2016
- Markus Hilgert , ancient orientalist
- Karl Holzamer , philosopher, ZDF director
- Stefan Homburg , economist
- Walter Homolka , rabbi and university professor
- Vittorio Hösle , philosopher
- Michael Hüther , economic researcher and director of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research
- Rainer Hüttemann , legal scholar
- Stephan Jansen , President of Zeppelin University
- Peter Joch , art historian
- Dirk Kaesler , sociologist
- Nadine Kammerlander , physicist, economist
- Ahmad Milad Karimi , philosopher
- Ernst Kausen , Egyptologist, linguist, mathematician
- Dennis-Kenji Kipker , information lawyer
- Lars Klöhn , lawyer, LMU Munich
- Charlotte Klonk , art historian
- Cornelia Koppetsch , sociologist and university professor
- Albrecht Koschorke , literary scholar, Leibniz Prize winner 2003
- Claus Kreß , legal scholar
- Michaela Krützen , media scientist
- Rolf-Ulrich Kunze , historian
- Hans Lenk , philosopher and Olympic champion in rowing
- Jörn Leonhard , historian
- Verena Lepper , Egyptologist
- Hartmut Leppin , historian, 2015 Leibniz Prize winner
- Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff , legal scholar, federal constitutional judge and Leibniz Prize winner 2000
- Odo Marquard , philosopher
- Steffen Martus , literary scholar, 2015 Leibniz Prize winner
- Christian Meier , ancient historian
- Heinrich Meier , philosopher
- Burkhard Meißner , ancient historian
- Karl-Heinz Menke , Catholic theologian
- Jürgen Mittelstraß , philosopher, Leibniz Prize winner 1989
- Christoph Möllers , legal scholar, 2016 Leibniz Prize winner
- Hans Mommsen , historian
- Ulrike Müßig , legal scholar
- Ingo Nentwig , sinologist and ethnologist
- Vigdis Nipperdey , politician and lawyer
- Ulrich Oevermann , sociologist
- Jürgen Osterhammel , historian
- Bernd Päffgen , prehistorian
- Wolfhart Pannenberg , Protestant theologian
- Friederike Pannewick , Arabist, Leibniz Prize winner 2012
- Ulrich Pfisterer , art historian
- Ingo Pies , economist and business ethicist
- Thomas Pogge , philosopher
- Oliver Primavesi , philologist, Leibniz Prize winner 2007
- Luise F. Pusch , linguist, publicist, feminist
- Joachim Friedrich Quack , Egyptologist, Leibniz Prize winner 2011
- Gyburg Radke , philologist, Leibniz Prize winner 2006
- Lutz Raphael , historian, Leibniz Prize winner 2013
- Andreas Reckwitz , sociologist and cultural scientist
- Arnd Reitemeier , historian
- Gerhard Robbers , legal scholar
- Hartmut Rosa , sociologist and political scientist
- Beate Rudolf , director of the German Institute for Human Rights
- Jörg Rüpke , religious scholar
- Helmut Schelsky , sociologist
- Klaus Schmidt , economist
- Isabel Schnabel , economist, member of the Expert Council
- Wilhelm Schneider , economist
- Wolfgang Schön , legal scholar
- Thomas Schwartz , Roman Catholic moral theologian
- Heike Schweitzer , legal scholar
- Martin Selmayr , legal scholar EU Commission Head of Cabinet Juncker
- Anja Senz , political scientist, sinologist
- Astrid Séville , political scientist
- Ludwig Siep , philosopher
- Peter Sloterdijk , philosopher, cultural scientist and book author
- Sascha Spoun , economist and university president
- Jürgen Stock , lawyer and Interpol general secretary
- Michael P. Streck , ancient orientalist
- Peter Strohschneider , historian
- Dieter Sturma , philosopher
- Michael Stürmer , historian
- Michèle Tertilt , economist and 2019 Leibniz Prize winner
- Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden , economist
- Andreas Thier , legal historian
- Gregor Thüsing , legal scholar
- Peter Trawny , philosopher
- Wolfgang Ullrich , art scholar
- Barbara Vinken , literary scholar
- Sebastian Voigt , historian
- Joseph Vogl , cultural scientist
- Martin Wallraff , church historian
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Wentzlaff-Eggebert , Germanist
- Marcus Willaschek , philosopher
- Christoph Wolff , music historian
- Jens Wüstemann , economist
- Holger Zaborowski , philosopher
- Barbara Zehnpfennig , political scientist
- Robert Zimmer , philosopher
- Reinhard Zimmermann , legal scholar, Leibniz Prize winner 1996, President of the Academic Foundation since 2011
Clergy
- Adolf Wüstemann , Protestant bishop
- Hans Thimme , President of the Evangelical Church in Westphalia
Mathematicians, scientists and doctors
- Ernst-Günter Afting , biochemist
- Frank Allgöwer , cyberneticist and mathematician, Leibniz Prize winner 2004
- Helmut Altner , biologist, science manager, university rector, former president of the Studienstiftung (1993–2003)
- Markus Arndt , physicist
- Martin Beneke , physicist, Leibniz Prize winner 2008
- Christine Bessenrodt , mathematician
- Jörg Bewersdorff , mathematician
- Immanuel Bloch , physicist
- Valentin Blomer , mathematician
- Thomas Boehm , immunologist
- Frank Bradke , biochemist, 2016 Leibniz Prize winner
- Bernhard Breit , chemist
- Simon Brendle , mathematician
- Andreas Burkert , astrophysicist
- Christoph Dehio , biologist
- Rainer Diehl , physician and rehabilitation scientist
- Horst Domdey , biochemist and company founder
- Bruno Eckhardt , physicist, Leibniz Prize winner 2002
- Manfred Eigen , biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (chemistry) 1962, former President of the Studienstiftung (1983–1993)
- Hans-Joachim Elster , limnologist
- Dieter Enders , chemist
- Matthias Endres , neurologist
- Moritz Epple , mathematician and science historian
- Gerd Faltings , mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal 1986 and the Leibniz Prize 1996
- Gerhard Fettweis , electrical engineer
- Joachim Frank , biophysicist, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry) 2017
- Arnold Ganser , hematologist
- Herbert Gleiter , physicist and Leibniz Prize winner 1989
- Magdalena Götz , biologist, Leibniz Prize winner 2007
- Friedrich Götze , mathematician
- Thomas Gries , engineering scientist
- Daniel Grieser , mathematician
- Bernhard Grzimek , veterinarian and behavioral scientist
- Ursula Hamenstädt , mathematician
- Günter Harder , mathematician and Leibniz Prize winner 1988
- Dietmar Harhoff , engineer and economist
- Volker Haucke , biochemist
- Lutz Hein , physician and pharmacologist
- Klaus Hentschel , physicist and science historian
- Monika Henzinger , computer scientist
- Werner Hildenbrand , mathematician, economic theorist and Leibniz Prize winner 1988
- Burkard Hillebrands , physicist
- Michael Hoch , developmental biologist
- Veit Hornung , physician (immunologist) and 2018 Leibniz Prize winner
- Robert Huber , chemist, Nobel Prize Winner (Chemistry) 1988
- Hans Jensen , physicist, Nobel Prize Winner (Physics) 1963
- Gesche Joost , design researcher
- Dieter Jungnickel , mathematician
- Ernst Kausen , mathematician and linguist
- Wolfgang Ketterle , physicist, Nobel Prize Winner (Physics) 2001
- Leif Kobbelt , computer scientist, 2014 Leibniz Prize winner
- Burkhard König , chemist
- Ulrich Krengel , mathematician
- Olaf Kübler , physicist
- Christian Kurts , physician, Leibniz Prize winner 2012
- Rainer Lick , physician (surgeon)
- Detlef Lohse , physicist
- Wolfgang Lück , mathematician, Leibniz Prize winner 2008
- Gunter Malle , mathematician
- Jochen Mannhart , physicist, Leibniz Prize winner 2008
- Kurt Mehlhorn , computer scientist
- Dieter Meschede , physicist
- Ernst Messerschmid , physicist and astronaut
- Eckehard W. Mielke , physicist
- Tobias Moser , doctor, 2015 Leibniz Prize winner
- Klaus Müllen , chemist
- Ingo Müller , physicist and Leibniz Prize winner 1988
- Eckhard Nagel , transplant specialist, professor of medical management and health sciences at the University of Bayreuth
- Erwin Neher , biophysicist, Leibniz Prize winner 1987, Nobel Prize winner (medicine) 1991
- Matthias Neubert , physicist
- Franz-Josef Neumann , cardiologist
- Hermann Nicolai , physicist
- Hans-Hartmut Peter , immunologist and rheumatologist
- Jan-Michael Peters , cell and molecular biologist
- Felix Otto , mathematician, Leibniz Prize winner 2006
- Hans-Hartmut Peter , physician
- Carl Adam Petri , mathematician and computer scientist, inventor of the Petri nets
- Andreas Pfitzmann , computer scientist
- Bettina Pfleiderer , brain researcher, designated President of the World Medical Association
- Christian Pfleiderer , physicist
- Detlev Poguntke , mathematician
- Stefan Rahmstorf , climate researcher
- Matthias Rillig , biologist
- Michael Ristow , doctor and age researcher
- Gert Roepstorff , physicist and professor at RWTH Aachen
- Achim Rosch , physicist, Leibniz Prize winner 2013
- Gerhard Roth , biologist and brain researcher, President of the Study Foundation from 2003 to 2011
- Peter Sanders , computer scientist, Leibniz Prize winner 2012
- Dierk Schleicher , mathematician
- Otmar Schober , physicist and nuclear medicine specialist
- Bernhard Schölkopf , computer scientist and 2018 Leibniz Prize winner
- Eckehard Schöll , physicist
- Peter Scholze , mathematician, Leibniz Prize winner 2016, Fields Medal 2018
- Arno Schüller , geologist
- Melina Schuh , biochemist, 2019 Leibniz Prize winner
- Christof Schulz , chemist, 2014 Leibniz Prize winner
- Helmut Schwarz , chemist
- Martin Schwarzbach , geologist
- Hans-Peter Seidel , computer scientist and Leibniz Prize winner 2003
- Wolf Singer , brain researcher
- Arne Skerra , biochemist
- Roland Speicher , mathematician
- Frank Steglich , physicist, 1986 Leibniz Prize winner
- Friedrich Strauch , paleontologist
- Karl-Theodor Sturm , mathematician
- Jürgen Tautz , behavioral scientist and sociobiologist
- Walter Thiel , chemist
- Christian-Friedrich Vahl , cardiac surgeon
- Wolfgang Wahlster , computer scientist
- Manfred Weck , engineering scientist
- Rüdiger Wehner , biologist
- Detlef Weigel , biologist, Leibniz Prize winner 2007
- Daniel B. Werz , chemist
- Christoph Wetterich , physicist
- Andreas Winter , mathematician and quantum physicist
- Renate Wittern-Sterzel , medical historian
- Barbara Wohlmuth , mathematician, Leibniz Prize winner 2012
- Harald Wolf , biologist
- Paultheo von Zezschwitz , chemist
- Günter Ziegler , mathematician
- Holger Zinke , biochemist, winner of the German Environmental Prize 2008
- Martin R. Zirnbauer , physicist, Leibniz Prize winner 2009
Musicians and composers
- Julius Berger , cellist
- Aris Alexander Blettenberg , pianist, composer and conductor
- Hans-Jürgen von Bose , composer, professor at the University of Music and Theater Munich (1992–2007)
- Theo Brandmüller , composer, professor at Saarland University
- Annette Dasch , singer
- Veronika Eberle , violinist
- Moritz Eggert , composer and pianist
- Christoph Eschenbach , pianist and conductor
- Justus Frantz , pianist
- Caspar de Gelmini , composer
- Anna Gourari , pianist
- Thomas Jung , conductor
- Johannes Kalitzke , composer and conductor
- Matthias Kirschnereit , pianist
- Heinz Rudolf Kunze , rock singer and composer
- Michael Kunze , songwriter
- Boris Kuznetsov , pianist
- Helmut Lachenmann , composer
- Igor Levit , pianist
- Franz Massinger , pianist, professor at the University of Music and Theater in Munich
- Silke-Thora Matthies , pianist, rector of the University of Music Würzburg
- Nadja Michael , opera singer
- Stefan Mickisch , musicologist
- Nils Mönkemeyer , violist
- Johannes Moser , cellist
- Hanno Müller-Brachmann , opera singer and lecturer at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy
- Detlev Müller-Siemens , composer
- Brigitta Muntendorf , composer
- Sarah Nemtsov , composer
- Siegmund Nimsgern , singer
- Matthias Pintscher , composer and professor at the University of Music and Theater in Munich
- Matthias Rácz , bassoonist
- Wolfgang Rihm , composer
- Olga Scheps , pianist
- Ragna Schirmer , pianist and professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim
- Baiba Skride , violinist
- Gabriele Schnaut , singer
- Michael Schopper , singer and professor a. D. at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main
- Anno Schreier , composer
- Charlotte Seither , composer
- Lukas Stollhof , organist, choir director and composer
- Klaus Storck , cellist
- Christian Tetzlaff , violinist
- Manfred Trojahn , composer and conductor
- Ingolf Turban , violinist and professor at the University of Music and Theater in Munich
- Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann , musicologist
- Bernd Weikl , singer
- Endrik Wottrich , singer
- Hans Zender , conductor and composer
Politician
- Gottfried Curio , Member of the Bundestag (AfD)
- Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig , parliamentary group leader of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in the Berlin House of Representatives
- Annette Fugmann-Heesing , Minister of Finance and Senator a. D.
- Susanne Gaschke , former Lord Mayor of the state capital Kiel
- Reimut Jochimsen , economist and politician (SPD)
- Otto Kelling , former mayor of the state capital Kiel
- Hartmut Knüppel , German industrial engineer, consultant and politician
- Fritz Kuhn , Lord Mayor of Stuttgart
- Gerd Leipold , former managing director of Greenpeace International
- Joachim Lohse , Senator for the Environment, Building and Transport, Bremen
- Bernd Lucke , politician of the Liberal-Conservative Reformer party
- Hans Maier , political scientist and long-standing Bavarian Minister of Culture (CSU)
- Werner Maihofer , legal scholar, Federal Minister of the Interior (FDP)
- Ingrid Matthäus-Maier , member of the Bundestag (FDP, later SPD)
- Georg Milbradt , professor of economics, politician, Prime Minister of Saxony (2002–2008)
- Stefan Mörsdorf , Minister for the Environment in Saarland from 1999 to 2009
- Martina Münch , politician, Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
- Frauke Petry , German politician
- Cornelia Quennet-Thielen , lawyer and state secretary
- Karl Schiller , German politician and scientist
- Gesine Schwan , professor, SPD candidate for the office of Federal President in 2004 and 2009
- Steffen Seibert , government spokesman (since 2010)
- Ralf Stegner , politician, former Deputy Federal Chairman of the SPD
- Christine Teusch , politician
- Linda Teuteberg , politician, Member of the Bundestag, FDP General Secretary since April 17, 2019
- Hans-Thomas Tillschneider , Member of the State Parliament in Saxony-Anhalt (AfD)
- Antje Vollmer , politician, Vice-President of the German Bundestag (until 2005)
Entrepreneurs, board members, managers and top officials
- Andreas von Bechtolsheim , computer scientist and entrepreneur, co-founder of Sun Microsystems
- Wolfgang Bernhard , manager
- Alexander Dibelius , former Head of Germany at Goldman Sachs
- Christoph Franz , Manager (CEO of Lufthansa , Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roche )
- Jürgen Großmann , former CEO of RWE AG
- Raphael Graf von Hoensbroech , conductor and management consultant
- Hans-Georg Maaßen , President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (2012-2018)
- Frank Mattern , head of McKinsey & Company's German office
- Joachim Milberg , former CEO of BMW AG
- Oliver Samwer , entrepreneur
- Jürgen Strube , former Chairman of the Board of Management and then Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF
- Katrin Suder , management consultant and former State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense
Others
- Gudrun Ensslin , German terrorist convicted of multiple murders , co-founder of the Red Army Faction (RAF)
- Horst Mahler , German publicist convicted several times for sedition , terrorism and robbery , co-founder of the Red Army Faction (RAF), political activist , former lawyer and neo-Nazi
- Ulrike Meinhof , German terrorist , journalist and publicist , founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF)
literature
The annual reports of the Studienstiftung list awards and distinctions to scholarship holders and alumni. They are available online for the years from 2011 onwards.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 90 years, 90 heads , portraits of 90 former scholarship holders, homepage of the Studienstiftung
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Rolf-Ulrich Kunze , Die Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes seit 1925: Zur Geschichte der Promotion of gifted students in Germany , Berlin 2001, p. 349 in the Google book search
- ↑ Events of the alumni of the Studienstiftung e. V. in Munich, accessed on October 11, 2012
- ↑ CURRICULUM VITAE by Isabel Schnabel. (PDF) Retrieved June 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Rolf-Ulrich Kunze, The Study Foundation of the German People since 1925: On the History of the Promotion of the Gifted in Germany , Berlin 2001, p. 77 in the Google book search
- ↑ Rolf-Ulrich Kunze, The Study Foundation of the German People since 1925: On the History of the Promotion of the Gifted in Germany , Berlin 2001, p. 67 in the Google book search
- ↑ a b c d Manuel J. Hartung, Poetry and Truth , ZEIT Campus, October 18, 2006
- ↑ Goldman Sachs: Alexander Dibelius no longer boss in Germany . ( finance-magazin.de [accessed on May 13, 2018]).
- ↑ Joel Kaczmarek: The godparents of the Internet: Zalando, Jamba, Groupon. How the Samwer Brothers are building the world's largest internet empire. 2nd edition, FinanzBook Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-89879-880-8 , p. 40 ( online ).