# List of German student corps members

List of notable or known members of German Student Corps.

## Contents

* 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

## A

* Karl von Abel (1788–1859), Bavarian statesmen
* Horst Ademeit (1912–1944), engineer, fighter pilot, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist; professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel and Harvard University, Corps Helvetia Heidelberg, Corps Helvetia Munich
* Heinrich Albers-Schönberg (1865–1921), gynecologist, pioneer of radiology; Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Misnia Leipzig
* Heinrich Albert (1874–1960), commercial attaché to the German ambassador to the United States during World War I
* Carl Theodor Albrecht (1843–1915), German astronomer
* Karl Allmenröder (1896–1917), German World War I ace; Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), psychiatrist and neuropathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
* Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
* Asfa-Wossen Asserate (b. 1948), management consultant and author writing in German, a member of the Solomonic dynasty; Corps Suevia Tübingen
* William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875), American businessman; Corps Curonia Göttingen

## B

* Eduard Bacher (1846–1908), Austrian jurisconsult and journalist
* Hermann von Barth (1845–1876), mountaineer; Corps Franconia München
* Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe (1868–1944), member of the Prussian House of Lords, Corps Borussia Bonn
* Walter Bauer (1877–1960), theologist, a scholar of the development of the early Christian churches; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
* Rudolf Baumbach (1840–1905), poet; Corps Thuringia Jena
* Paul Bäumer (1896–1927), German ace in World War I; Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin
* Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), founder of Bayer, Corps Saxonia Bonn
* Hans Hermann Behr (1818–1904), German-American physician, botanist, entomologist; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Moenania Würzburg
* Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917), German physiologist, first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1907); Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin
* Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824–1902), politician and leader of the National Liberals; Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
* Friedrich von Berg (1866–1939), last chairman of the Secret Civil Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grave-digger of the German monarchy; Corps Borussia Bonn
* Gustav Adolf Bergenroth (1813–1869), historian (Tudors, Spain); Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Julius Bergmann (1840–1904), philosopher, Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
* Wilhelm Berning (1877–1955), German Roman Catholic bishop of Osnabrück; Corps Germania Münster
* Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865–1910), writer; Corps Thuringia Leipzig
* Julius Binder (1870–1939), philosopher; Corps Bavaria Würzburg
* Otto Binswanger (1852–1929), Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
* Carl-Heinz Birnbacher (1910–1991), Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Konteradmiral of the Bundesmarine; Corps Schacht Leoben
* Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), Minister for Foreign Affairs; Corps Borussia Bonn
* Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Chancellor of the German Empire; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Hinrich Bitter-Suermann (b. 1940), German-Canadian Professor of Surgery (organ transplantation); Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Heinrich Blochmann (1838–1878), iranist in Kolkata; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
* Erich Bloedorn (1902–1975), Colonel and bomber pilot in WW 2, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Johannes Blume (d. 1892), Brevet Brigadier General 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry; Corps Saxonia Bonn, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Wilhelm von Bode (1845–1929), German art historian and museum director, founder of Bode Museum; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
* Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede (1794–1854), Prussian politician, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
* Karl von Bodelschwingh-Velmede (1800–1873), Prussian politician; Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
* Eduard Böcking (1802–1870), legal scholar; Corps Hassia Heidelberg (suspended)
* Franz Böhm (1895–1977), politician, lawyer, and economist; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
* Heinrich Böhmcker (1896–1944), lawyer, SA general and Mayor of Bremen; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen and Suevia Straßburg
* Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976), German zoologist, Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Silesia Breslau
* Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907), Secretary of the Interior (1880–1897), and Vice Chancellor of Germany (1881–1897); Corps Nassovia Würzburg
* Ernst Bolbrinker (1898–1962), mining engineer, Generalmajor, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Afrikakorps; Corps Schacht Leoben
* Otto Bollinger (1843–1909), pathologist (fowlpox); Corps Suevia München
* Robert Bonnet (1851–1921), anatomist; Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
* Franz Bracht (1877–1933), politician; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
* Curt Bräuer (1889–1969), diplomat, Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald
* Friedrich Gustav von Bramann (1854–1913), surgeon (tracheostomy on Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm; Corps Hansea Königsberg
* Ernst Brandes (1862–1935), German lawyer, estate manager and politician; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
* Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicist, Nobel laureate in physics 1909 (with Guglielmo Marconi); Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Magnus von Braun (senior) (1878–1972), jurist and politician; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Alfred Brehm (1829–1884), zoologist, Brehms Tierleben; Corps Saxonia Jena
* Eberhard von Breitenbuch (1910–1980), cavalry officer in the German resistance; Corps Silvania Tharandt
* Lorenzo Brentano (1813–1891), German journalist, member of the Frankfurt Assembly and U.S. Representative from Illinois; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg
* Alois von Brinz (1820–1887), jurist and politician; Corps Suevia München, Corps Franconia Prag
* Wilhelm Brückner (1884–1954), until 1940 Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant; Corps Transrhenania München
* Heinrich Brunn (1822–1894), archaeologist, Corps Palatia Bonn
* Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815–1879), state secretary; Corps Vandalia Göttingen
* Heinrich von Bülow (1792–1846), prussian statesman; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
* Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp (1894–1918), German World War I ace; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg

## C

* Petre P. Carp (1837–1919), Prime Minister of Romania; Corps Borussia Bonn
* Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1958), last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Corps Borussia Bonn
* Maximilian Joseph von Chelius (1794–1876), surgeon and ophthalmologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus (1838–1900), chemist, known for his structure of benzene proposed in 1867; Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
* Bruno Claußen, State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Economics and Labor, Corps Franconia Tübingen
* Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839–1884), pathologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
* Gerhard Conrad (pilot) (1895–1982), Generalleutnant of the Luftwaffe; Corps Hercynia München, Corps Frankonia Brünn
* Constantine I of Greece (1868–1923), King of the Hellenes, Duke of Sparta; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Alexander Conze (1831–1914), archaeologist, secretary of the German Archaeological Institute; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
* Wilhelm Paul Corssen (1820–1875), philologist; Corps Marchia Berlin
* Carl Hermann Credner (1841–1913), German earth scientist
* Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), surgeon; Corps Austria Frankfurt

## D

* Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development; Corps Stauffia Stuttgart
* Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), diplomat bringing Germany into the League of Nations in 1926 prior to representing the German contingent in the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, the post-World War II effort known as the Marshall Plan, Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin
* Siegfried Dehn (1799–1858), music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian; Corps Saxonia Leipzig
* Max Delbrück (1850–1919), German agricultural chemist; Corps Cimbria Berlin
* Ernst von Delius (1912–1937), racing car driver; Corps Franconia München
* Nicolaus Delius (1813–1888), philologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
* Georg Diederichs (1900–1983), politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Lower Saxony; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
* Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792–1847), plastic surgeon, Corps Pomerania Greifswald
* Rudolf Diels (1900–1957), SS-Oberführer, in charge of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934; Corps Rhenania Straßburg
* Arnold Diestel (1857–1924), First Mayor of Hamburg; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
* Franz von Dingelstedt (1814–1881), poet, dramatist and theatre administrator; Corps Schaumburgia Marburg
* Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), ambassador to Britain; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Rudolf Doehn (1821–1895), Forty-Eighter, fought in the Union Army; Corps Guestphalia Halle
* Hermann Dohna-Finckenstein (1894–1942), German estate owner, politician and SS officer; Corps Borussia Bonn
* Claudius Dornier (1884–1969), founder of Dornier GmbH; Corps Suevo-Guestphalia München
* Ludwig Draxler (1896–1972), Austrian Secretary of Finance; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck
* Julius Dreschfeld (1845–1907), leading British physician and pathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
* Jakob Dubs (1822–1879), member of the Swiss Federal Council; Corps Helevetia Heidelberg (suspended)
* Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904–1973), ambassador to Denmark, Righteous among the Nations; Corps Rhenania Freiburg

## E

* Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909), psychologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
* Georg Ebers (1837–1898), egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Ebers Papyrus; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Victor von Ebner (1842–1925), Austrian anatomist and histologist; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck
* Walter Eckhardt (1906–1994), member of the Bundestag and Member of the European Parliament; Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Marc S. Ellenbogen, US Presidential Advisor, diplomat and philanthropist; Corps Rheno-Nicaria zu Mannheim und Heidelberg
* Wilhelm Endemann (1825–1899), legal scholar, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Johann Georg Veit Engelhardt (1791–1855), theologian; Corps Franconia II Erlangen
* Friedrich Erismann, (1842–1915), Swiss ophthalmologist and hygienist; Corps Tigurinia Zürich
* Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863–1950), Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Borussia Bonn
* Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1908), Corps Franconia Jena, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Corps Franconia Jena
* Walter Eucken, protagonist of the social market economy; Corps Saxonia Kiel
* Botho zu Eulenburg (1831–1912), Prussian prime minister (1892–1894)
* Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), actor and writer; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien

## F

* Paul Falkenberg (1848–1925), botanist; Corps Hildesia IV Göttingen
* Gottfried Feder (1883–1941), economist, one of the early key members of the Nazi party; Corps Isaria München
* Max Fesca (1846–1917), agricultural scientist, hired by the Meiji government of Japan as a foreign advisor from 1882 to 1894; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
* Carl Flügge (1847–1923), bacteriologist and hygienist; Corps Bremensia Göttingen
* Max von Forckenbeck (1821–1891), politician, founder of the German Progress Party and National Liberal Party, Berlin mayor, Reichstag president; Corps Teutonia Giessen
* Gustav Freytag (1816–1895), dramatist and novelist, Pour le Mérite; Corps Borussia Breslau
* Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg, Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940), King of Finland; Corps Suevia Freiburg
* Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (1882–1945); Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Visigothia Rostock
* Wilhelm von Freeden (1822–1894), mathematician, navigation lecturer, founder of the North German Naval Observatory; Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Frisia Göttingen
* Karl Rudolf Friedenthal, Prussian statesman; Corps Silesia Breslau
* Nikolaus Friedreich, pathologist and neurologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
* Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Corps Bremensia Göttingen
* Richard Frommel, Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen, Corps Rhenania Würzburg
* August von Froriep, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Otto Froitzheim (1884–1962), tennis champion; Corps Teutonia Bonn
* Karl Fürstner, neurologist and psychiatrist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg

## G

* Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist, sinologist; Corps Franconia Jena
* Friedrich Balduin von Gagern (1794–1848), German general, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Albert Ganzenmüller, State Secretary, Reich Ministry of Transportation, Corps Rheno-Palatia München
* Wilhelm von Gayl, Secretary of Interior; Corps Saxonia Göttingen, Corps Borussia Bonn
* Karl Geiler, Prime Minister of Hessen; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
* Heinrich Gelzer, classical scholar; Corps Alamannia Basel
* Kurt Gerstein (1905–1945), German SS officer, tried to inform the international public about the Holocaust, author of the Gerstein Report, Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Robert Gersuny (1844–1924), Austrian surgeon
* Gustaw Gizewiusz, pastor in Mazovia; Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Themistocles Gluck, surgeon, inaugurator of joint replacement; Corps Saxonia Leipzig
* Heinrich Ernst Göring, colonial governor of German South-West Africa, father of Hermann Göring; Corps Saxonia Bonn
* August Görtz, civil servant and politician; Corps Hannovera Göttingen.
* Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez, chemist; Corps Bavaria München
* Gustav Graef, painter; Corpslandsmannschaft Normannia Königsberg
* Hans Grässel, architect, Pour le Mérite; Corps Rheno-Palatia München
* Ferdinand Gregorovius, journalist and historian, honorary citizen of Rome; Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Erich Gritzbach, Chief of the Staff Office, Prussian State Ministry, Berlin Burschenschaft Gothia
* Paul Güssfeldt, geologist, mountaineer and explorer, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg

## H

* Klaus Hänsch
* Albrecht von Hagen, Wehrmacht officer, German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg.
* Carl von Halfern, Oberpräsident of Province of Pomerania, Corps Rhenania Strassburg
* Werner Hartenstein, commander of German submarine U-156, Knight's cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
* Emil Hartwich, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
* Ulrich von Hassell, diplomat, German resistance, executed; Corps Suevia Tübingen
* Hermann von Hatzfeldt, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Friedrich Hecker, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg, Corps Hassia Heidelberg, Corps Palatia Heidelberg
* Justus Hecker, founder of historical pathology, Corps Marchia Berlin
* Johann Gustav Heckscher, minister resident; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
* Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), significant German poet of the 19th century, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
* Karl Heinzen (1809–1880), revolutionary author; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
* Vollrath von Hellermann, Generalmajor of the Wehrmacht, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Wilhelm Hemprich, naturalist and explorer; Corps Teutonia Breslau, Corps Borussia Breslau
* Paul Hensel, pastor, defender of Mazovia; Corps Masovia
* Rudolph Hering, American engineer, Corps Altsachsen Dresden
* Alfred Herrhausen
* Jürgen Herrlein
* Wilhelm Hertz, rediscovered writer; Corps Teutonia Stuttgart, Corps Franconia Tübingen
* Walther Herwig (1838–1912), Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Otto Hesse, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg.
* Hermann Theodor Hettner, literary historian; Corps Silesia Berlin, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
* Carl von Heyden, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
* William Hillebrand, founder of the Hawaii Medical Association and Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu; Corps Hanseatia Göttingen und Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Paul von Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall, Reichspräsident; Corps Montania Freiberg
* Hans Hinkel, official in the Reich Chamber of Culture and Ministry of Propaganda, Corps Sugambria Bonn
* Eduard Hitzig, neuropsychiatrist, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Neoborussia Berlin
* Paul Hocheisen (1870–1944), military surgeon, SA general and German Red Cross official, Corps Suevo-Borussia und Saxonia
* Leopold von Hoesch, diplomat; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann, theologian and orientalist; Corps Teutonia Halle
* Heinrich Hoffmann, psychiatrist, author of Struwwelpeter; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg
* Anton Friedrich Hohl, obstetrician; Corps Thuringia Leipzig, founder of Corps Saxonia Leipzig
* Kurt von Holleben, chemist and photographer (1894-1947); Corps Vandalia Heidelberg [de]
* Karl Christian Johann Holsten, theologian; Corps Misnia Leipzig, Corps Vandalia Rostock
* Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff, jurist
* Caspar Alexander Honthumb, contributing editor New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Cincinnati Volksfreund, Puck, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), Swiss ophthalmologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
* House of Hohenzollern
** Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883–1942), Prussian prince and general; Corps Borussia Bonn
** Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn
** Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Wilhelm II, Großadmiral; Corps Holsatia Kiel
** Prince Oskar of Prussia, Generalmajor, Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden; Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
** Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Corps Brandenburgia Berlin (Cleveland)
** Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Corps Borussia Bonn
** William, German Crown Prince, Corps Borussia Bonn
** Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945); Corps Holsatia Kiel
** Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn
* Francis Huebschmann (German: Franz Hübschmann), 1817–1880), 1851–1852 and 1871–1872 senator in Wisconsin, "best physician" of the Union Army; Corps Saxonia Jena
* Ferdinand Hueppe, bacteriologist, military surgeon, first German Football Association president; Corps Alemannia Berlin
* Carl Hueter, surgeon, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg

## J

* Hermann Jacobi (1850–1937), indologist, Corps Teutonia Bonn
* August Jäger (1887–1949), lawyer and Nazi official; Corps Suevia Munich
* Otto Jaekel, paleontologist, geologist; Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald
* Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
* Philipp von Jolly, physicist, mathematician; Corps Hassia Heidelberg
* Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, writer and politician; Corps Littuania.
* Heinz Jost, SS Brigadeführer; Corps Hassia Gießen
* Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), innovative engineer (gas engines, aeroplanes), Corps Delta Aachen

## K

* Karl Kaiser (b. 1934), Harvard professor, co-worker of Henry Kissinger; Corps Hansea Köln
* Manfred Kanther
* Friedrich Kapp, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Wolfgang Kapp (1858–1922), nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Walther Kausch, surgeon, pioneer of pancreaticoduodenectomy; Corps Palaio-Alsatia Straßburg
* Albert Keller, German painter, Corps Isaria München
* Ott-Heinrich Keller (1906–1990), German mathematician; Corps Austria
* Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
* Emil Ketterer (1883–1959), Olympic sprinter, physician and SA general; Münchener Burschenschaft Arminia-Rhenania
* Wilhelm Kiesselbach, ENT surgeon; Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
* Mitchell Campbell King (1815–1901), American planter and physician in the Carolinas, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Georg Kloss (1787–1854), German historian of freemasonry, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* William August Kobbé, United States Army officer; Corps Franconia Freiberg
* Wolfgang Franz von Kobell, mineralogist, writer in Bavarian dialect; Corps Isaria München Corps
* Hans Koch, jurist, officer in both World Wars, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Baltia Königsberg
* Eberhard von Koerber, past CEO of ABB Group, co-president of the Club of Rome; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer (1878–1962), Austrian novelist, poet and playwright; Corps Symposion Wien
* Franz König, Corps Teutonia Marburg.
* Theodor Körner, German poet and soldier
* Werner Körte (1853–1937), German surgeon; Corps Teutonia Bonn
* Ludwig Kohl-Larsen, anthropologist, explorer
* Herbert Kraus, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Johannes Krohn, State Secretary, Reich Ministry of Labor, Leipziger Burschenschaft Germania
* Adalbert Krüger, Corps Marchia Berlin
* Jacob Kuechler (1823–1893), he pioneered the science of Dendrochronology to date natural events, Corps Starkenburgia Gießen.
* Hermann Kümmell, Corps Nassovia Würzburg
* Eberhard von Kuenheim (b. 1928), German industrial manager, long time CEO BMW-Group, Corps Teutonia Stuttgart
* Otto Küstner, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
* Hermann Kuhnt, ophthalmologist
* Adolph Kussmaul (1822–1902), German physician and a leading clinician of his time, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Wilhelm Kutscher (1876–1962), German lawyer and politician; Corps Suevia Tübingen

## L

* Friedrich Landfried, State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Finance and Reich Ministry of Economics, Corps Rhenania Strassburg
* Hans Heinrich Landolt, Swiss chemist
* Bernhard von Langenbeck, surgeon
* Arnold von Lasaulx, mineralogist and petrographer
* Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1796–1869), German sculptor, Corps Curonia Göttingen
* Robert Lehr, Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Helmut Lemke
* Max Lenz, historian
* Heinrich Leo, Prussian historian and politician
* Ernst Levy von Halle, Jewish propaganda chief of Alfred von Tirpitz
* Wilhelm Liebknecht
* Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist and Gießen University faculty, Corps Rhenania Erlangen I (suspended ...)
* Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
* Joseph von Lindwurm, physician and dermatologist, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
* Hermann Lingg, poet
* Rudolf Lipschitz, mathematician
* Friedrich Loeffler
* Carl Ludwig, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
* Georg Albert Lücke, surgeon

## M

* Helmuth von Maltzahn
* August von Mackensen (1849–1945), German field marshal, Corps Agronomia Göttingen
* Johann-Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau, German police administrator and SS officer, Corps Rheno-Palatia München
* Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian statesman; Corps Saxonia Halle
* Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege, politician
* Richard Markert, senate president and mayor of Bremen, Corps Germania Leipzig
* Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein
* Walter Masing, physicist; Corps Misnia IV
* Ludwig Maurer, mathematician; Corps Suevia München
* Albert von Maybach, Under State Secretary in the Prussian Ministry of Trade; Corps Hansea Bonn
* Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer, Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen
* Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), last imperial chancellor of Germany
* Kurt Melcher, Police President in Essen and Berlin, Corps Suevia Tübingen
* Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, anatomist; Corps Baruthia Erlangen
* Hanns von Meyenburg (1887–1971), Swiss Pathologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
* Georg Michaelis
* Julius von Michel, ophthalmologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
* Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli
* Julius von Mirbach, member of the Prussian House of Lords; Corps Borussia Bonn
* Eilhard Mitscherlich, chemist; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
* Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier
* Woldemar Mobitz, Corps Rhenania Freiburg
* Paul Georg von Möllendorff, sinologist, diplomat; Corps Normannia-Halle
* Andreas Mölzer
* Hans Adolf von Moltke
* Ludwig Mond
* Franz Mone, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Hans Much, hygienist, writer; Corps Teutonia Marburg
* Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1859–1924), diplomat of the German Empire, successor of the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Jean de Muralt, Corps Tigurinia Zürich

## N

* Gustav Nachtigal (1834–1885), explorer of Central and West Africa; Corps Palaiomarchia Halle, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Pomerania Greifswald
* Bernhard Naunyn, pharmacologist; Corps Hansea Bonn
* Rudolf Nebel
* Fritz Neumayer, Federal Minister; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
* Konstantin von Neurath, German Foreign Minister, Corps Suevia Tübingen
* Otto Nüsslin (1850–1915), Zoologist at the TH Karlsruhe university, Corps Hubertia Freiburg

## O

* Maximilian Oberst, surgeon; Corps Isaria München
* Otto von Oehlschläger, president of the Reichsgericht; founder of the Corps Baltia Königsberg
* Goetz Oertel, physicist, past president of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Associate of the National Academy of Sciences; Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Wilhelm von Opel, founder of Opel; Corps Franconia Darmstadt
* Max von Oppenheim (1860–1946), ancient historian and archaeologist; Corps Palatia Straßburg
* Robert von Ostertag, veterinarian; Corps Suevia Stuttgart

## P

* Hans von Pechmann, chemist; Corps Isaria München
* Elias Peissner, Professor at Union College; Corps Palatia München, Corps Alemannia München; member of Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Society, fallen in the Battle of Chancellorsville
* Hugo Karl Anton Pernice, gynecologist and obstetrician, Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Teutonia Göttingen
* Maximilian Perty, zoologist in Berne; Corps Isaria München
* Carl Wilhelm Petersen
* Hubert Petschnigg, architect; Corps Hansea Wien, Corps Marchia Brünn.
* Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten, legal scholar and politician; Corps Onoldia Erlangen
* Hans Pfundtner, State Secretary, Reich Ministry of the Interior, Corps Masovia Königsberg zu Potsdam
* Kurt Plötner, SS physician, recruited by US intelligence; Corps Thuringia Leipzig
* Count Franz Pocci, artist and composer; Corps Isaria München
* Alfred Pribram, Jewish physician in Prague; Corps Austria
* Robert Prutz, poet and critic; Corps Borussia Halle

## Q

* Reinhold Quaatz, civil servant, right-wing politician, half-Jewish in ancestry; Corps Guestphalia Jena

## R

* Count von Racowitza, Corps Neoborussia Berlin
* Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr., Foreign Secretary; Corps Borussia Bonn
* Hanns Albin Rauter, highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands, executed; Corps Joannea Graz
* Count Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen, Austrian statesman; Corps Isaria München
* William Reed (Union Army) (1825–1864), highest ranking African American line officer in the U. S. army during the civil war; Corps Saxonia Kiel
* Oskar von Redwitz, poet; Corps Franconia München
* Ludwig Rehn, surgeon; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
* Joseph Martin Reichard, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
* Ernst Julius Remak, neurologist; Corps Borussia Breslau
* August Leopold von Reuss (1841–1924), Austrian ophthalmologist; Corps Austria
* Gregor von Rezzori (1914–1998), Austrian novelist and screenwriter, Corps Schacht Leoben
* Friedrich Julius Richelot, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Sigmund von Riezler, historian; Corps Isaria München
* Eduard von Rindfleisch, pathologist; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
* Hans Joachim von Rohr, agrarian, politician; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Paul Rohrbach
* Otto Roquette, poet; Corps Teutonia Berlin
* Wilhelm Roscher (1817–1894), economist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Alfred Rosenberg, Corps Rubonia Riga
* Eugen Rosshirt, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
* August von Rothmund, ophthalmologist; Corps Isaria München
* Friedrich Rückert, poet, orientalist; Corps Franconia Würzburg

## S

* Wilhelm von Salisch, Oberst, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Gustav von Saltzwedel, Prussian civil servant; founder of the Corps Littuania Königsberg
* Hans Sandrock (1913–1995), officer of the German Army during World War II, decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Corps Pomerania-Silesa
* Julius Scharlach (1842–1908), Hamburg lawyer, businessman and a prominent figure in the colonial history of Germany, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Max Schede, surgeon; Corps Borussia Halle, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
* Rudolf von Scheliha, diplomat, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Anton Schifferer (1871–1943), German business executive and politician; Corps Franconia München
* Gustav Schleicher (1823–1879), German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas, veteran of the Confederate Army; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen
* Alexander von Schleinitz, Foreign Minister of Prussia; Corps Saxonia Halle
* Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1913–1989), Oberst of the Wehrmacht; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Hanns Martin Schleyer, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich (1840–1925), forester in India; Corps Hassia Gießen
* Ernst Reinhold Schmidt (1819–1901), spokesman of the German immigrants in Philadelphia, author of The History of the American Civil War and The Founding of Pennsylvania: the German View of our Bi-centennial (1882); Corps Masovia Königsberg
* Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig, legal scholar and past Federal Minister; Corps Hansea Bonn
* Otto Schott, industrialist, inventor of borosilicate glass; Corps Teutonia Braunschweig
* Karl Ludwig Ernst Schroeder, gynecologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
* Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg officer, German Resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Max Schuler, Schuler tuning, gyrocompass; Corps Franconia München
* Ernst Schulze (1789–1817), German romantic poet, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Robert Schumann, composer; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Berent Schwineköper (1912–1993), historian; Corps Teutonia Göttingen
* Hans-Christoph Seebohm, federal minister; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
* Franz Seldte, founder and Leader of Der Stahlhelm, Minister for Labour of the German Reich; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Braunschweig
* Friedrich Wilhelm Semmler, chemist; Corps Silesia Breslau
* Carl Semper, Corps Visurgia Hannover
* Eduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold, gynecologist; Corps Lusatia Berlin, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
* Philipp Franz von Siebold, Corps Moenania Würzburg
* Ernst Siehr
* Gustav Simon, surgeon in Heidelberg; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Eduard von Simson, Jewish-born father of the first German constitution; Littauer-Kränzchen (Corps Littuania Königsberg)
* Reinhold Solger, prominent Forty-Eighter, historian, Professor at West-Point United States Military Academy; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald, founder and honorary member of Corps Borussia Greifswald
* Alexander Spengler, founder of Davos medicine; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Bernhard Sprengel, industrialist, founder of the Sprengel Museum; Corps Holsatia Kiel
* Martin Stamm, founder of Cleveland Clinic
* Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956), Austrian politician, 163rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg
* Hermann Stieve, anatomist; Corps Franconia München
* Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar, Corps Onoldia Erlangen, Corps Franconia Würzburg
* Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
* Otto Stolz, Austrian mathematician, his name lives on in the Stolz-Cesàro theorem, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg;
* Samuel Hanson Stone, Corps Thuringia Leipzig, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
* Adolph Strecker, chemist; Corps Teutonia Gießen
* Louis Stromeyer (1804–1876), German surgeon, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Gustav Struve, Corps Bado-Württembergia Göttingen
* Franz Susemihl, classical philologist; Corps Misnia Leipzig
* Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov, Prince of Italy, Count Rymniksky (1804–1882), Russian general, diplomat and politician, Corps Curonia Göttingen

## T

* Ludwig Thoma, Bavarian writer; Corps Suevia München
* Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum, physician and biochemist; Corps Hassia Gießen
* Heinrich Triepel, legal scholar; Corps Suevia Freiburg
* Adam von Trott zu Solz, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen

## U

* Edward Uhl, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Corps Rhenania ZAB, Corps Franconia Karlsruhe
* Paul Uhlenhuth, bacteriologist; Corps Franconia Hamburg
* Hermann Ulrici, philosopher; Corps Saxonia Halle

## V

* Karl von Vierordt, physiologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
* Henry Villard, American railroads tycoon; Corps Franconia München
* Carl Vogt
* Carl von Voit, physiologist; Corps Franconia München
* Otto Volger, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Richard von Volkmann, surgeon and poet

## W

* Werner Wachsmuth, "nestor of the German surgeons"; Corps Rhenania Würzburg, Corps Suevia Tübingen
* Johann Andreas Wagner, zoologist; Corps Bavaria Würzburg
* Richard Wagner, composer, Corps Saxonia Leipzig
* Max Waldau (1825–1855), German poet and novelist, Corps Silesia Breslau
* Benedict Waldeck, left-leaning deputy in the Prussian National Assembly; Corps Guestphalia II Göttingen
* Karl Weierstrass, Corps Saxonia Bonn
* Arthur von Weinberg, industrialist; Corps Transrhenania München
* Christian Samuel Weiss, mineralogist; Corps Montania Freiberg
* Carl Theodor Welcker, legal scholar and liberal politician; Corps Franconia Gießen
* Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, classical philologist and archaeologist; Corps Lahnania Gießen
* Hermann Welcker, anatomist and anthropologist; Corps Teutonia Gießen, Corps Palatia Bonn
* Karl Weltzien, chemist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
* Heinrich Wendland, botanist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Horst Wessel, Nazi activist, Horst Wessel Lied; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien
* Moritz Wiggers, jurist and democratic politician; Corps Vandalia Rostock, Corps Hanseatia Rostock, Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
* William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Borussia Bonn
* William II of Württemberg, Corps Bremensia Göttingen, Corps Suevia Tübingen
* Max Wirth, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
* Heinrich Wendland, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
* Theodor Wiegand
* Ulrich Wille, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
* Friedrich Hermann Wölfert, publisher and aviation pioneer; founder of the Corps Plavia Leipzig

## Y

* Nikolay Yazykov, Russian poet, Corps Ruthenia Dorpat
* Yamamoto Teijirō, Japanese industrialist and politician, Corps Germania Hohenheim
* Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, member of the German resistance, executed

## Z

* Eberhard Zahn (1910–2010), manager, Corps Austria
* Joachim Zahn, CEO Mercedes-Benz, Corps Rhenania Tübingen
* Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Corps Rhenania Tübingen
* Hans Zehrer
* Ernst Ziehm
* Hermann Zimmer (8 October 1867 in Ocklitz, district Breslau, † 22 April 1928 in Breslau) was a German trade unionist and social democratic politician. Most recently, he was Oberpräsident the Prussian province of Lower Silesia
* Eugen von Zimmerer, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
* Arthur Zimmermann, Imperial State Secretary (Zimmermann Telegram)
* Franz Heinrich Zitz
* Hans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst (1845–1906), Austrian historian; Corps Teutonia Graz, Vandalia Graz und Saxonia Wien