activist in the White Rose rebellion Ernst Munzinger, Abwehr Lieutenant Colonel turned anti-Nazi Christoph Probst, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion Alexander Schmorell, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion Hans Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist, leader of the White Rose rebellion Sophie Scholl, anti-Nazi resistance activist in the White Rose rebellion Other politicians and public figures John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), British historian and politician Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009) Jaladat Ali Badirkhan, Kurdish writer, linguist, journalist and political activist Dora Bakoyannis, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister, outgoing Mayor of Athens Pope Benedict XVI, Pope (2005–2013) and former theologian Dr. Diether Haenicke, President of Western Michigan University (1985–1998); Interim President (2006–2007) Erwin Huber, leader of the Christian Social Union (2007–2009) Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher of Pakistan Conrad Krez, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly King Ludwig III of Bavaria Birgitt Ory, German Ambassador to Nigeria, former Director General of the German Institute Taipei Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO (1988–1994) Michael Zickerick, former German Ambassador to Moldova and Director General of the German Institute Taipei Other notable alumni Andrea Ablasser, immunologist Frank Baffoe, Ghanaian economist, diplomat and businessman Celadet Bedir Khan, Kurdish politician and writer Ingeborg Beling, ethologist in the field of chronobiology Werner Braune (1909–1951), Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes Bertolt Brecht, poet, playwright, and theatre director Gisela Bulla (1932-2018), archeologist, author, and politician William Lane Craig, Christian theologian and philosopher Stefan Dassler, author of business-related non-fiction books Georg Dohrn, German conductor Bernadette Eberlein (born 1964), dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher Aloys Fischer, educationalist and statistician Wilhelm Frick (1877-1946), Nazi official, executed for war crimes Diego García-Borreguero, Director of the Sleep Research Institute in Madrid, Spain Karl Gebhardt (1897–1948), Nazi SS physician who conducted criminal medical experiments; executed for war crimes Helmut Gernsheim, photo-historian, collector, and photographer Gerd Gigerenzer, psychologist Claus Guth (born 1964), theatre and opera director Yvonne Hackenbroch (1912–2012), British museum curator and historian of jewellery (last Jew to earn a PhD there before World War II) Wolfhart Hauser, businessman, chief executive of Intertek Rudolf Hess, Nazi official acting as Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party Werner Herzog, film director Ödön von Horváth, German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist Waldemar Hoven (1903–1948), Nazi physician executed for war crimes Edward Rand, American medievalist Sara Murray Jordan, American gastroenterologist Andreas Kaplan, German University professor and Rector Alexander Kekulé, German doctor