# List of RWTH Aachen University people

This is a list of people associated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany.

## Leibniz Prize awardees

* Peter R. Sahm [de] – foundry science 1986
* Norbert Peters – combustion engineering 1990
* Dieter Enders – organic chemistry 1993
* Siegfried Bethke – elementary particle physics 1995
* Wolfgang Marquardt [de] – process engineering 2001
* Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematics 2002
* Rupert Klein [de] – mathematics 2003
* Dierk Raabe – material science 2004
* Martin Beneke – theoretical particle physics 2008
* Leif Kobbelt – computer graphics and multimedia 2013
* Rainer Waser – material science and nanoelectronics 2013

## Scientists
### Engineering science

* Bodo von Borries – professor of electrical engineering; co-inventor of the electron microscope
* Philipp Forchheimer (1852–1933) – civil engineering
* Rolf Göpfert – architect
* B. J. Habibie – Theodhore van Karman Award from International Council for Aeronautical Sciences; honorary member of Gesellschaft Fuer Luft Und Raumfahrt (West Germany); Vice President and Director of Technology at MBB Hamburg; Senior Advisor for Technology on the Board of Directors of MBB – Hamburg
* Otto Intze [de] – professor of hydraulic engineering
* Christoph Ingenhoven – architect
* Hugo Junkers – aviation engineer and manufacturer (1883), International Air & Space Hall of Fame (1976)
* Theodore von Kármán – pioneer of modern aerodynamics
* Ulrich Lemmer – professor of electrical engineering and optoelectronics
* Bernd Lottermoser – director of the Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering
* Y. B. Mangunwijaya – Indonesian architect and novelist
* Georg Menges [de] – former leader of an institute for plastics engineering; creator of Georg-Menges Prize
* Herwart Opitz [de] – professor of machine tools and production engineering
* Karl-Heinz Petzinka – architect and Rector of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
* Jesco von Puttkamer – rocket engineer; space exploration technology
* August Ritter – professor of mechanics and astrophysics
* F. A. F. Schmidt [de] – professor of internal combustion engines
* Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer – Brazilian civil engineer, university professor
* Bernhard Walke – professor of electrical engineering

### Natural sciences and medicine

* Hans Günther Aach – botanist, former director of the Botanical Institute
* Wil van der Aalst — computer scientist
* Friedrich Asinger – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
* Otto Blumenthal – mathematician
* Martin Bojowald – physicist
* Hans-Harald Bolt [de] – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
* Julius Bredt – organic chemist, discovered the Bredt's rule
* Nikolas Breuckmann – physicist, recipient of the Maxwell Medal and Prize
* Herbert Capellmann – theoretical physicist
* Wolfgang Dahmen – mathematician
* Catherine Disselhorst-Klug - biomechanist, Director of the Department of Rehabilitation and Prevention Engineering
* Volker Dohm [de] – physicist, recipient of the Walter Schottky award
* Ubbo Felderhof [de] – theoretical physicist
* Gernot Güntherodt [de] – experimental physicist
* Christian Haug – physician, psychiatrist
* Friedrich Robert Helmert – mathematician and geodesist
* Ludwig Hopf – mathematician and theoretical physicist
* Wilhelm Keim – chemist, former director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry
* Stefan Kuetter – physician, general practitioner
* Martin Kutta – mathematician
* Otto Lehmann – father of liquid crystal research
* Maria Lipp – organic chemist, first female doctoral student, and professor at the RWTH Aachen University
* Hans von Mangoldt – mathematician
* Josef Meixner – physicist
* Walter Metzner [de] – physicist, now CEO of the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research
* Renate Meyer (statistician) – Professor of statistics in New Zealand
* Claus Müller [de] – mathematician
* Horst Niemeyer [de] – mathematician
* Dierk Raabe – Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research
* Ulrich Rüdiger [de] – experimental physicist
* Friedrich Schlögl [de] – theoretical physicist
* Anke Schmeink - mathematician, computer scientist
* Ulrich Schollwöck [de] – physicist
* Jan Schroers — physicist
* Rudolf Schulten (1923–1996) – physicist and father of the Pebble bed reactor
* Walter Selke – theoretical physicist
* Arnold Sommerfeld – professor of applied mathematics, 1900–1906; physicist
* Arne Stahl – physicist
* Thomas Thiemann [de] – theoretical physicist
* Dieter Vollhardt – physicist, recipient of the Max-Planck medal
* Matthias Wuttig [de] – experimental physicist
* Ranga Yogeshwar – physicist and science journalist
* Lu Yongxiang – President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Helmut Zahn – chemist; first synthesis of insulin

### Humanities

* Walter Biemel [de] – philosopher
* August von Brandis – artist
* Arnold Gehlen – sociologist
* Hans Glinz [de] – Germanist and linguist
* Lutz F. Hornke [de] – psychological assessment, organizational psychology
* Pia Lamberty – social psychologist and co-founder of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy
* Klaus Mehnert – journalist and professor of political science
* Hartwig Neumann [de] (1942–1992) – historian for old buildings and fortresses

## Politicians and public figures
### Politicians

* Ena von Baer – Chilean journalist, politician; ministry of Segegob (March 2010 – July 2011); designated Senator (July 2011 to date)
* Ulrich Daldrup – Professor of International Law; former Mayor of the City of Aachen
* Necmettin Erbakan – former Turkish Prime minister
* Hellmuth Greinert – Chief City Director of the City of Essen (1950–1957)
* B. J. Habibie – President of Indonesia (1998–1999)
* Noureddin Kianouri (codename: Silvio Macetti) (1933–1939) Iranian architect, urban planner, and Communist political leader
* Saruhan Oluç – politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey
* Rangin Dadfar Spanta – Afghanistan Secretary of State (since March 2006)
* Ulla Schmidt – politician, Federal minister

### Public figures

* Wolfgang Back [de] – TV journalist
* Young-Sup Huh [de] – President of the Green Cross Corporation, RWTH-Honorary senator
* Andreas Jiman – IT Consultant for Indonesian National Police, National Crime Information Center
* Hugo Junkers – industrialist and academic
* Karlheinz Kaske – CEO of Siemens AG (1982–1991)
* Theo Lieven [de] – entrepreneur, founder of Vobis
* Jürgen von der Lippe – comedian
* Sonia Mikich – TV correspondent and top editor
* Franz-Josef Paefgen – CEO of Bentley Motors; former CEO of Audi AG
* Kemal Şahin – Turkish entrepreneur (Şahinler Group)
* Hans Wilhelm Schlegel – astronaut
* Christoph Schmallenbach – CEO of AMB Generali
* Hans Ernst Schneider/Hans Schwerte – Rector of RWTH under fake name (1970–1973); identified as a former SS member, and all his rights were revoked
* Ulrich Schumacher [de] – former CEO of Infineon (2000–2004)
* Mario Theissen – boss of BMW's Formula One racing division
* Wendelin Wiedeking – former CEO of Porsche; member in the supervisory board of Volkswagen