List of Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster people

This list contains some of the most notable students, scientists, lecturer and honorary doctors of the University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster).

Students

• Johannes Georg Bednorz, Nobel Prize winner (1987)
• Wolfgang Clement, politician
• Dr. Andreas Raymond Dombret, Münster School of Business Administration and Economics; member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank; former Vice-Chairman Europe Bank of America, Director Germany, Austria, Swiss
• Prof. Dr. Gerd Faltings, mathematician, Fields Medal
• Prof. Dr. Dieter Fenske, chemist
• Kai Diekmann, Chief Editor of Bild, Europe's largest newspaper (3.5 million copies)
• Birgit Fischer, politician
• Dr. August Hanning, President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst
• Dr. Dr. Gustav Heinemann, politician, former President of Germany
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Hentze, Associate Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Friedrich Hirzebruch, mathematician
• Jens Lehmann, footballer (goalkeeper) of the German football team
• Ursula von der Leyen, doctor; Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
• Niklas Luhmann, sociologist
• Frank Mattern, Münster School of Business Administration and Economics; Director, Germany McKinsey
• Dr. Thomas Middelhoff, Board of Directors, Bertelsmann
• Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt, Minister-President of Saxony
• Walter Momper, politician
• Ruprecht Polenz, politician
• Dr. Kurt Schumacher, politician
• Dr. h.c. Rudolf Seiters, politician
• Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Stein, mathematician
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Hans Tietmeyer, economist
• Klaus Töpfer, UNO-Commissar
• Ernst Tugendhat, philosopher
• Prof. Dr. Karl Weierstrass, mathematician
• Harald Weinrich, classical scholar
• Arthur Wieferich, mathematician
• Heinrich August Winkler, Historian
• Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, former member of the Board of Directors, Deutsche Post World Net

Scientists and lecturers

• Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Ackermann, mathematician
• Prof. Dr. Jörg Baetge, economist
• Prof. Dr. Karl Barth, theologian
• Pope Benedict XVI: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger
• Prof. Dr. Hans Blumenberg (1920–1996), philosopher
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Cuntz, mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
• Prof. Dr. Max Dehn (1878–1952), mathematician
• Prof. Dr. Christopher Deninger, mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Domagk, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1939)
• Prof. Dr. Heinz Gollwitzer (1917–1999), historian
• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Großfeld, international business law
• Prof. Dr. Klaus Hildebrand, historian
• Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Killing (1847–1923), mathematician
• Prof. Dr. Paul Kirchhof, jurist
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück, mathematician, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Johann Baptist Metz, theologian
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Metzger, psychologist
• Prof. Dr. Klaus Mezger, geochemistry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
• Prof. Dr. Alfred Müller-Armack (1901–1978), economist, inventor of the social market economy
• Prof. Dr. Friedrich Münzer, classical scholar
• Prof. Dr. Josef Pieper (1904–1997), philosopher
• Prof. Dr. Karl Rahner (1904–1984), theologian
• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rensch (1900–1990), biologist
• Prof. Dr. Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), sociologist
• Prof. Dr. Song Du-yul, philosopher, former prisoner under South Korea's National Security Act
• Prof. Dr. Dieter Stöffler, planetology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, history of early modern Europe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
• Prof. Dr. Dietmar Vestweber, cellular biology/biochemistry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
• Prof. Dr. Hans Wehr (1909–1981), Islamic scientist; author of the leading Arabian-English dictionary (also used for Wikipedia guidelines)
• Prof. Dr. Hubert Wolf, history of Christianity/Catholic theology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

Honorary Doctors

• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann (D. theol. h.c. Faculty of Protestant Theology (1998))
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Judge, Bundesverfassungsgericht (2001 Faculty of Law)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Arnold L. Demain, biotechnology (2003 Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. David A. O. Edward, Judge (2001 Faculty of Law)
• Prof. Dr. h.c. Gilberto Freyre Ph. D.
• Dr. h.c. Mikhail Gorbachev
• Dr. h.c. Manfred Gotthardt (2003 Faculty of Health Science (Medicine))
• Dr. h.c. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (2007 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Tomas Hammar, political scientist (2002 Faculty of Philosophie)
• Dr. h.c. Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister (Luxembourg)
• Dr. h.c. Wim Kok, Prime Minister (Netherlands) (2003 Faculty of Philosophie)
• Dr. h.c. Hanna-Renate Laurien, theologian (1996 Faculty of Catholic Theology)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Leicht, reporter (2003 Faculty of Protestant Theology)
• Dr. h.c. Reinhard Mohn, Director, Bertelsmann (2001 Faculty of Economics (Münster School of Business Administration and Economics))
• Dr. h.c. Rupert Neudeck
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Schmidbaur, chemist (2005 Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics)
• Dr. h.c. Erich Schumann, jurist (2002 Faculty of Law)
• Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Thierse, politician