This List of people associated with the University of Greifswald contains notable alumni and faculty past and present of an institution of higher education founded as early as 1456.
If alumni subsequently worked at Greifswald University, they are listed under staff.
Nobel prize laureates
Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), Nobel Prize in Medicine 1939/1947 Johannes Stark (1874–1957), Nobel Prize in Physics 1919
Staff
Arts and humanities
Ernst Moritz Arndt, writer and politician, rector of the University of Bonn Ernst Bernheim Alfred Gomolka, Member of the European Parliament Günther Jacoby Otto Jahn Ulrich von Hutten, humanist Victor Klemperer Gabriele Mucchi, artist Carl von Noorden Johann Philipp Palthen, historian and philologist Georg Friedrich Schömann Theodor Siebs Thomas Thorild, Swedish poet, critic, feminist and philosopher Wilhelm Titel, painter Johannes Voigt Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, classical philologist Werner Buchholz, historian
Business and law
Rudolf Agricola Jan Degenhardt Peter of Ravenna Carl Schmitt, political scientist Friedrich Spielhagen Bernhard Windscheid, co-writer of the German civil law code
Mathematics and sciences
Wilhelm Blaschke Karl Fredenhagen, physical-chemist (1923-1945) Felix Hausdorff, mathematician Hermann Landois, zoologist Jakob Meisenheimer, Chemie (1918–1923) Gustav Mie, physicist Johann Radon Michael Succow, Right Livelihood Award laureate
Medicine
Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben Horst Bibergeil Christian Calenus Carl Hueter, surgeon Gerhardt Katsch Friedrich Loeffler, bacteriologist Ludwig Mecklinger Gerhard Mohnike Hugo Karl Anton Pernice Ferdinand Sauerbruch, surgeon Carl Ludwig Schleich, doctor and writer Werner Hosemann
Theology
Albrecht Alt Hermann Cremer Gustaf Dalman Helmut Echternach Joachim Jeremias Martin Noth Victor Schultze
Students See also :Category:University of Greifswald alumni
Arts and humanities
Bruno Benthien Hans Bentzien Hans Bunge Hans Jürgen Eggers, pre-historian Caspar David Friedrich, romanticist painter Oskar Manigk, Bildende Kunst Leo Wohleb, Klassische Philologie Thorsten Zwinger, Bildende Kunst
Business and law Georg Beseler Joachim von Bonin Walter Serner, dadaist and writer
Mathematics and sciences
Alexander Koenig Käthe Voderberg
Medicine
Marianne Bielschowsky, biochemist Theodor Billroth, surgeon Thomas Kietzmann, physician and professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, University of Oulu Widukind Lenz, pediatrician, medical geneticist and dysmorphologist Otto Gottlieb Mohnike Aleksander Majkowski Julius Moses, doctor and Member of the Reichstag (SPD) Gustav Nachtigal, explorer of Africa Ludwik Rydygier, Polish surgeon
Politics Otto von Bismarck, first chancellor of the German Empire Bernhard von Bülow, chancellor of the German Empire 1900–1909 Gerhard Krüger, Nazi student leader Erich Mix, politician (NSDAP and FDP) Niklas Graßelt, politician (CDU) Graf Guido von Usedom, Prussia diplomate
Theology
Ernst Moritz Arndt, writer and politician Hermann Bonnus Johannes Bugenhagen, religious reformer Arnold Dannenmann Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Gotthard Ludwig Kosegarten Gottlieb Mohnike, Theologe und Begründer der Skandinavistik Johannes Schmidt-Wodder Ernst Wilm
Honorary doctorates
Arts and humanities
Wilhelm Friese Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (2008), literary theorist at Stanford University Terho Itkonen, Fennist Wolfgang Koeppen, German writer Erik Lönnroth Günther Petersen, journalist Helmhold Schneider, entrepreneur Ehm Welk (1956), German writer Theodore Ziolkowski Matti Klinge, historian
Business and law
Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission Hans-Heinrich Jescheck
Medicine
Hannelore Kohl, wife of Helmut Kohl
Theology
Bartholomäus Battus Erich Gräßer Eberhard Jüngel Johannes Luther Gottlieb Mohnike (1824), Theologe und Begründer der Skandinavistik Roderich Schmidt Manfred Stolpe, Minister President of Brandenburg, Federal Minister of Germany
Other
Pope Callixtus III, approved of the founding of a university in Greifswald Hans Freyer, Soziologe und Philosoph Bengt Lidner, schwedischer Schriftsteller Albrecht Giese, Hansekaufmann Christiern Pedersen, dänischer Humanist und Schriftsteller Franz Seldte, NSDAP-Politiker Walter Serner, Essayist, Schriftsteller und Dadaist
References
External links
www.uni-greifswald.de Official website