List of well-known personalities of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

The following well-known personalities have studied or taught at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg :

Well-known students and graduates

• Eberhard Arnold (1883–1935), theologian, educator and publicist, doctorate in 1909 at the theological faculty
• Stefan Asenkerschbaumer (* 1956), Managing Director of Robert Bosch GmbH, graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
• Isaak Bacharach (1854–1942), mathematician, Cayley-Bacharach's theorem is named after him.
• Siegfried Balleis (* 1953), Lord Mayor of Erlangen, graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
• Marc Becker (* 1969), theater director and author
• Günther Beckstein (* 1943), former Bavarian Prime Minister (CSU)
• Karlheinz Brandenburg (* 1954), developer of the MP3 audio coding or audio compression process
• Eduard Buchner (1860–1917), chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907
• Karl Heinrich Caspari (1815–1861), clergyman, theologian and writer
• Walter Caspari (1847–1923), clergyman, theologian and university professor, exam 1868
• Heinrich Christoph Büttner (1766–1816), lawyer, topographer and historian, doctorate in 1786
• Walter Christaller (1893–1969), geographer and founder of the theory of central places
• Daniela Domröse (* 1982), Miss Germany 2006
• Werner Ehrlicher (1920–2012), German economist
• Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), Federal Minister of Economics, Federal Chancellor
• Andreas Ernst Etlinger (1756–1785), doctor and botanist. Plant genus Etlingera was named after him.
• Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804–1872), philosopher, critic of religion
• Harald Fichtner (* 1965), former Lord Mayor of Hof (SPD)
• Walter Flex (1887–1917), writer and poet
• Johannes Friedrich (* 1948), Evangelical Regional Bishop of Bavaria (since 1999), studied at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology in Erlangen
• Michael Frieser (* 1964), politician (CSU), member of the German Bundestag
• Gerhard Goos (1937–2020), computer scientist
• Martin Göpfert (* 1968), professor and biologist
• Sigmund Gottlieb (* 1951), editor-in-chief of Bayerischer Rundfunk
• Johann Jakob Gradmann (1750–1817), clergyman, theologian and educator
• Christian Grillenberger (1941–1998), mathematician
• Hellmuth Hahn (1927–2015), local researcher, historian, doctor and local politician
• Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), doctor and founder of homeopathy
• Johannes Hanselmann (1927–1999), Evangelical Regional Bishop of Bavaria (1975–1994) studied from 1946 to 1949 at the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Erlangen
• Mathias Hartmann (* 1966), German pastor, rector and chairman of the Diakonie Neuendettelsau
• Helmut Haussmann (* 1943), Federal Minister of Economics ( FDP )
• Johann Christoph von Held (1791–1873), classical philologist
• Ferdinand Ignaz Herbst (1798–1863), German theologian and clergyman
• Horst Herold (1923–2018), Dr. jur., former President of the Federal Criminal Police Office and Police President of Nuremberg
• Joachim Herrmann (* 1956), Bavarian Minister of the Interior since 2007
• Roland “Golly” Hertlein (* 1952), musician, composer, music producer, organizer and author
• Michael Hißmann (1752–1784), philosopher
• Wilhelm Hoegner (1887–1980), first Prime Minister of the Free State of Bavaria and the only one of the SPD, authoritative father of the Bavarian constitution
• Henning Hoffsten (1942–2010), high school teacher and actor
• Johann Friedrich Hunger (1800–1837), later also professor of law at the Friedrich-Alexander University
• Christfried Jakob (1866–1956), neurobiologist
• Ingild Janda-Busl (* 1941), author and doctor
• Thomas Jung (* 1961), Dr. jur., Lord Mayor of the City of Fürth
• Clodwig Kapferer (1901–1997), Professor Dr. rer. pol., economist
• Markus Kavka (* 1967), presenter, journalist, author and DJ.
• Bertha Kipfmüller (1861–1948), teacher, peace activist
• Reinhard Knodt (* 1951), writer, philosopher
• Winfried Kreutzer (* 1940), Romance scholar, literary historian
• Josef Krieglstein (* 1938), doctor and pharmacologist
• Wolfgang Kuhn (* 1956), manager
• Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941), chess grandmaster, mathematician
• Ernst Adolf Laspeyres (1800–1869), canon lawyer
• Heinrich Leo (1799–1878), historian and Prussian politician
• Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), chemist (doctorate 1821)
• Wilhelm Löhe (1808–1872), founder of the Neuendettelsauer Diakonissenanstalt and mission society
• Philipp Löhle (* 1978), playwright and director
• Bjarne Mädel (* 1968), actor and author
• You Xie (* 1958), journalist and author of Chinese origin
• Ulrich Maly (* 1960), Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
• Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), botanist and ethnographer
• Jacob Meyer (1799–1865), Swiss naturalist, geographer and pedagogue, doctorate in philosophy
• Johann Matthias von Meyer (1814–1882), clergyman and Oberkonistorialpräsident of the regional church in Bavaria
• Georg Caspar Mezger (1801–1874), educator and librarian
• Jürgen Mittelstraß (* 1936), (PhD 1961) philosopher, scientific theorist
• Markus A. Müller (* 1973), German theater scholar, director and theater director
• Hans Müller-Steinhagen (* 1954) (habilitated 1999), Rector of the TU Dresden
• Erich Mulzer (1929–2005), high school professor , former chairman of Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg
• Emmy Noether (1882–1935), mathematician
• Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854), physicist
• Günter Ollenschläger (* 1951), pharmacist, physician, science journalist, head of the Medical Center for Quality in Medicine , graduate of the medical faculty
• Andreas Otto , economist and university professor
• Ingo Patschke (* 1952), doctor and inspector of the medical service, graduate of the medical faculty
• Gabriele Pauli (* 1957), politician and district administrator in Fürth
• Thomas Paulwitz (* 1973), historian, editor-in-chief of Deutsche Sprachwelt
• Erich Pfefferlen (* 1952), writer, editor, poet and educator
• Heinrich von Pierer (* 1941), former CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG
• August Graf von Platen (1796–1835), (from 1819) poet and law student
• Harald Friedrich Popp (1931–2017), historian
• Frank Präger (* 1961), city archivist and historian
• Wolfgang Heinrich Puchta (1769–1845), legal scholar and judge
• Gottfried Christian Reich (1769–1848), physician and university professor, born in Kaiserhammer
• Karl Ludwig Sand (1795–1820), theology student, fraternity member and murderer of August von Kotzebue
• Johann Ulrich Gottlieb von Schäffer (1753–1829), doctor
• Gottfried Jakob Schaller (1762–1831), theology student from 1782 to 1785, Protestant clergyman and author
• Gottlieb Adam Johann von Schallern (1766–1827), German doctor
• Christian Schmidt , politician ( CSU )
• Lorenz Schreiner , ENT doctor, local researcher and carer
• Hans-Joachim Schwager (1929–2004), educator
• Rudolf Sendtner (1853–1933), food chemist
• Heide Simonis (* 1943), politician (SPD), former Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein
• Markus Söder (* 1967), politician ( CSU ), Prime Minister of Bavaria
• Johann Steinlein (1891–?), Football player and lawyer
• Philipp W. Stockhammer (* 1977), prehistorian, archaeologist and university lecturer
• Heinrich Christoph Gottfried von Struve (1772–1851), political scientist
• Wilhelm Gottlieb von Tafinger (1760–1813), lawyer and university professor
• Ludwig Thoma (1867–1921), writer and law student
• Matthias Thürauf (* 1973), Lord Mayor of Schwabach
• Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), poet, writer, editor and translator
• Hans-Joachim von Wachter (* 1964), lawyer and director of the Bremen citizenship
• Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773–1798), lawyer and writer, co-founder of German Romanticism
• Rolf Walter (* 1953), professor of economic and social history at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena
• Ferdinand Wilhelm Weber (1836–1879), theologian and Judaist, doctorate in 1859
• Wolfgang Will (* 1948), ancient historian
• Günter Wojaczek (1932–1997), classical philologist and high school teacher
• Bernd Zirkler (* 1970), professor of general business administration, especially accounting and controlling, at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau

Well-known teachers and employees

→ See also category: University lecturers (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

• Paul Althaus (1888-1966), professor of systematic and New Testament theology, University preacher from 1932 to 1964 (co-author of Erlanger Aryan paragraph -Gutachtens and Signatory against the Theological Barmen Declaration directed Ansbacher counsel for the Ansbacher county )
• Heinz Bauer (1928–2002), full professor of mathematics
• Leonhard Johann Bertholdt (1774–1822), Protestant theologian and university professor
• Karlmann Beyschlag (1923–2011), professor of historical theology, university preacher, author of the history of Erlangen theology
• Heiner Bielefeldt (* 1958), full professor for human rights and human rights policy and from 2010 to 2017 special rapporteur for freedom of religion and belief of the UN Human Rights Council .
• Hartmut Bobzin (* 1946), Professor of Islamic Studies and full member of the Philosophical-Historical Class of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
• Johann Friedrich Breyer (1738–1826), professor of philosophy, German literature and the fine sciences
• Karl Franz Ferdinand Bucher (1786–1854), professor of law and long-time Vice Rector and Pro Chancellor of the university
• Walter Caspari (1847–1923), theologian, from 1885 university preacher, from 1887 also full professor of practical theology, appointed in 1919
• Johann Martin Chladni (1710–1759), professor of theologian and historian
• Judita Cofman (1936–2001), mathematician and university professor
• Hellmut Diwald (1924–1993), Professor of Medieval and Modern History
• Werner Ehrlicher (1920–2012), German economist
• Rudi van Eldik (* 1945), full professor of chemistry
• Werner Elert (1885–1954), Professor of Theology (co-author of the Erlangen Aryan Paragraph report and author of the Ansbach advice for the Ansbach district, which was directed against the Barmen Theological Declaration )
• Anton Ernstberger (1894–1966), full professor of history
• Wilfried Feldenkirchen (1947–2010), economic historian and university professor
• Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804–1872), private lecturer in philosophy
• Emil Fischer (1852–1919), Professor of Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902
• Otto Fischer (1852–1932), professor of chemistry
• Maximilian Forschner (* 1943), full professor of philosophy
• Jörg Franke (* 1964), holder of the chair for factory automation and production systematics
• Johannes Friedrich (* 1948), student pastor of the Evangelical Student Community in Nuremberg (1979–1985), Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (since 1999), Head Bishop of the United Lutheran Church in Germany (since 2005)
• Joseph von Gerlach (1820-1896), professor of anatomy, initially also for pathology and physiology (founder of modern histological staining technology, personal title of nobility for his achievements)
• Wolfgang Gerke (* 1944), full professor for banking and stock exchange
• Christian Friedrich von Glück (1755–1831), professor of law
• Paul Gordan (1837–1912), Professor of Mathematics (Invariant Theory)
• Veronika Grimm (* 1971), professor of economics, especially economic theory and member of the expert council for the assessment of macroeconomic development
• Julius Hackethal (1921–1997), temporarily associate professor for surgery (initiator of the "Erlanger professors' dispute")
• Donat-Peter Häder , Professor for Ecophysiology of Plants
• Adolf von Harleß (1806–1879), professor of theology
• Friedrich Harleß (1773-1853), professor of pharmacy
• Harald zur Hausen (* 1936), Professor of Virology, 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Karl Hegel (1813–1901), Professor of History and Politics (son of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel )
• Klaus Herbers (* 1951), Professor of Medieval History
• Thomas Herbst (* 1953), Professor of English Linguistics
• Jakob Herz (1816–1871), professor of anatomy; Surgeon, first Jewish professor in Bavaria (1869)
• Johann Ferdinand Heyfelder (1798–1869), professor of surgery and ophthalmology, director of the surgical clinic and director of the general university hospital
• Karl Josef Höltgen (1927–2011), professor emeritus for English literary studies and English philology
• Johann Friedrich Hunger (1800–1837), professor of law
• Theodor Ickler (* 1944), Professor of German Studies / German as a Foreign Language
• Konrad Jacobs (1928–2015), Professor of Mathematics (e.g. Ergodic Theory)
• Michael Jäger (1795–1838), surgeon, head of the surgical clinic, 1826 ao Prof., 1731 o. Prof.
• Gottlieb Philipp Christian Kaiser (1781–1848), 1815 private lecturer, 1816 associate professor, 1817 full professor of theology
• Wilhelm Kamlah (1905–1976), full professor of philosophy
• Hermann Kellenbenz (1913–1990), professor of history, economic and social history
• Eugen Kirch (1888–1973), professor emeritus for pathology
• Günter Kießling (1925–2009), General of the German Armed Forces, holds a doctorate in economics and lecturer in business administration for the armed forces
• Felix Klein (1849–1925), professor of mathematics, one of the leading German mathematicians in the 19th century
• Theodor Kolde (1850–1913), professor of church history
• Max Rudolf Lehmann (1886–1965), full professor of business administration
• Hans Liermann (1893–1976), full professor of canon law
• Heinz Löwe (1913–1991), Professor of History
• Walther von Loewenich (1903–1992), full professor of church history
• Paul Lorenzen (1915–1994), professor of philosophy
• Elke Lütjen-Drecoll (* 1944), full professor of anatomy
• Julius Friedrich von Malblanc (1752–1828), legal scholar, appointed full professor of law in 1792
• Ernst Wilhelm Martius (1756–1849), from 1791 university pharmacist, lecturer in pharmacy (begins the academic training of pharmacists, father of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) and Theodor Wilhelm Christian Martius (1796–1863))
• Theodor Wilhelm Christian Martius (1796–1863), ao. Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (expanded the pharmacognostic-pharmaceutical Martius collection)
• Peter Mertens (* 1937), professor of business administration, particularly business informatics
• Friedrich Merzbacher (1923–1982), legal scholar, professor of law 1965 and 1966
• Gottlob Wilhelm Meyer (1768–1816), Lutheran theologian, professor of theology from 1813 and parish priest in Erlangen
• Horst Haider Munske (* 1935), professor emeritus for Germanic and German linguistics and dialectology
• Helmut Neuhaus (* 1944), full professor of modern history
• Peter Horst Neumann (1936–2009), poet; Professor of modern German literary history in Erlangen from 1983 to 2001
• Max Noether (1844–1921), professor of mathematics (algebraic geometry)
• Rudolf Ortner (1912–1997), German architect, painter and photographer
• Claudia Ott (1968), orientalist and translator of the story collection Thousand and One Nights
• Robert Pfleger (1906–1971), chemist and pharmaceutical entrepreneur
• Gustav Leopold Plitt (1836–1880), professor of church history and theological encyclopedia
• Karl Georg von Raumer (1783–1865), professor of natural history and mineralogy
• Rudolf von Raumer (1815–1876), professor of German language and literature
• Horst Claus Recktenwald (1920–1990), professor of economics
• Gottfried Christian Reich (1769–1848), professor of medicine
• Johann Paul Reinhard (1722–1779), professor of philosophy and history
• Johannes W. Rohen (* 1921), full professor of anatomy
• Siegfried Russwurm (* 1963), honorary professor for the field of mechatronics and manager
• Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866), professor of oriental languages
• Nicole Saam (* 1964), professor for methods of empirical social research
• Klaus Sames (* 1939), gerontologist, anatomist and university professor
• Hermann Sasse (1895–1976), professor of theology (from 1933 to 1949)
• Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider (* 1940), professor for public law
• Franz Xaver Schmid-Schwarzenberg (1819–1883), professor of philosophy
• Johann Justin Schierschmid (1707–1778), professor of law and philosophy and lawyer at the university
• Johann Christian von Schreber (1739–1810), professor of pharmacy and botany
• Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909–1980), professor of religious and intellectual history
• Gregor Schöllgen (* 1952), Professor of Modern History
• Ernst Schwarz (Germanist) (1895–1983), professor of German studies, medievalist and historian
• Dieter Seitzer (1933), full professor for technical electronics
• Friedrich Julius Stahl (1802–1861), professor of canon law, constitutional law and legal philosophy, 1837 member of the university in the Bavarian state parliament.
• Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (1798–1867), one of the founders of projective geometry
• Wolfgang Stromer von Reichenbach (1922–1999), professor of social, technological and economic history
• Michael Stürmer (* 1938), from 1973 to 2003 o. Professor of Middle and Modern History
• Wilhelm Gottlieb von Tafinger (1760–1813), o. Professor of Law
• Gerhard Theissing (1903–1987), professor of ENT medicine
• Christian Thiel (* 1937), professor of philosophy
• Thomas Thiemann (* 1967), Professor of Physics
• Gerd Wedler (1929–2008), professor emeritus for chemistry
• Johann Friedrich Weismann (1678–1760), professor of medicine
• Adolf Windorfer (1909–1996), professor of paediatrics
• Erwin Wolff (1924–2007), professor of English literature and English philology
• Theodor Ritter von Zahn (1838–1933), professor of theology
• Reinhold Zippelius (* 1928), o. Professor for legal philosophy and public law and o. Member of the Academy of Sciences in Mainz

Honorary doctors

• Julius Abegg (1796–1868), criminal lawyer
• Karl-Friedrich Haag
• Kurt A. Koerber
• Wilhelm Meyer (1845–1917), Middle Latin philologist
• Klaus Wegenast , religious educator