Faltings (born 1954), Mathematics Alexander Filippou (born 1958), Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Heinrich Geißler (1814–1879), Physics Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942), Mathematics Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894), Medicine and Physics Georg Hermes (1775–1831), Theology Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894), Physics Werner Hildenbrand (born 1936), Economics Friedrich Hirzebruch (born 1927), Mathematics Manfred Hutter (born 1957), Religious studies Marek Karpinski (born 1948), Computer Science, Mathematics Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882), History Wilhelm Krelle (1916–2004), Economics Walther Kruse (1864–1943), Bacteriology Christian Lassen (1800–1876), Oriental Philology Maria von Linden, (1869–1936), first female Professor Rudolf Lipschitz, (1832–1903), Mathematics Werner Meyer-Eppler (1913–1960), Phonetics Barthold Georg Niebuhr, (1776–1831) History Martin Noth (1902–1968), Theology Felix Otto (born 1966), Mathematics Wolfgang Paul (1913–1993), Physics Carl Adam Petri (born 1926), Mathematics Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845–1920), Botany Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger (1829–1910), Physiology Alfred Philippson (1864–1953), Geology and Geography Julius Plücker (1801–1868), Mathematics and Physics Joseph Ratzinger (born 1927), Pope, Theology Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833–1905), Geology Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (1806–1876), Classics Walter Schellenberg (born 1929), Law Rudolf Schieffer (1947–2018), Medieval history Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), Oriental Philology August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), Philosophy Bernhard Schlink (born 1944), Law Johannes Schmidt (1843–1901), Linguistics Carl Schmitt (1888–1985), Law Arnold Schönhage (born 1934), Mathematics Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950), Economics Reinhard Selten (born 1930), Economics Karl Simrock (1802–1872), German Studies Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg (1905–1946), Economics Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896), Chemistry Eduard Strasburger (1844–1912), Botany Heinrich von Sybel (1817–1895), History Otto Toeplitz (1881–1940), Mathematics Carl Troll (1899–1975), Geography Hermann Karl Usener (1834–1905), Classics Otto Wallach (1847–1931), Chemistry Axel A. Weber (born 1957), President of the Deutsche Bundesbank since 2004, Economics Walter Weizel (1901–1982), Physics Ernst August Weiß (1900–1942), Mathematics Alumni A Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel Sigurd Abel Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway Marylyn Addo Konrad Adenauer Hans-Henning Adler Samuel Adler (rabbi) Mary Agria Irene Zoe Alameda Wolfgang Albers (police president) Albert of Saxony Barbara Albert (chemist) Karl Albert Albert, Prince Consort Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt Syed Mujtaba Ali Julius Althaus Margaret Altmann Johann Baptist Alzog Juozas Ambrazevičius Katajun Amirpur Andreas Reckwitz Hugo Andresen Ernst Anrich Richard Anschütz John Antoniadis Hans-Jürgen Appelrath Jürgen Aschoff Ludwig Aschoff Jörg Asmussen Erna Auerbach B Johannes Theodor Baargeld Emil Baehrens Hans Werner Ballmann Johann Baptista Baltzer Christian Bär Otto Bardenhewer Norbert Bartel Sandra Bartky Bartłomiej Wróblewski Tung Pao-cheng Wolf Bauer Bettina Baumgärtel Theodor Baums Canan Bayram Hermann Heinrich Becker Max Joseph Becker Carl Traugott Beilschmied Anna Benaki-Psarouda Hans Bender Otto Benndorf Max Bense Friedrich von Berg Alexander