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page 2Heidelberg University alumni
Karl Gutzkow
German writer (1811-1878)
Emil Erlenmeyer
German chemist (1825–1909)
George Bancroft
American historian, statesman, founder of United States Naval Academy (1800-1891)
Johannes Trithemius
German writer
Hans Heinrich Lammers
German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)
Michael Ellis DeBakey
American cardiac surgeon (1908–2008)
George Ostrogorsky
Russian Byzantinist (1902-1976)
Adam Asnyk
Polish poet and dramatist (1838–1897)
Hans Werner Henze
German composer (1926–2012)
Otto Carius
German pharmacist, military officer and highly decorated tank commander (1922-2015)
Moritz Cantor
German historian of mathematics (1829-1920)
Émile Boutroux
French philosopher and historian (1845–1921)
James Edward Keeler
American astronomer (1857–1900)
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
German resistance fighter (1907–1945)
Heinrich Hoffmann
German psychiatrist and children's writer
Jonas Furrer
Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1805-1861)
Jan Assmann
German egyptologist (1938–2024)
Friedrich II, Grand Duke of Baden
Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928)
Alexander Braun
German botanist and university teacher (1805–1877)
Johann Eck
German theologian
Viktor Meyer
German chemist (1848-1897)
Kurt Hahn
German educator (1886-1974)
Conrad Celtes
German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet (1459-1508)
Eilhard Mitscherlich
German chemist (1794–1863)
Christian Lassen
Norwegian-German orientalist (1800-1876)
Peter Bieri
Swiss philosopher and writer (1944–2023)
Zygmunt Wróblewski
Polish scientist (1845-1888)
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
German poet and novelist (1826-1886)
Georg Gottfried Gervinus
German historian and politician (national liberalism), (1805-1871)
Julius Oppert
Franco-German Assyriologist
Luc Ferry
French politician and philosopher
Felix Adler
German-American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer (1851-1933)
Ludwig Mond
British chemist and businessman (1839–1909)
Vasil Radoslavov
Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1854-1929)
Gabriel Biel
German theologian and philosopher
Arnold Ruge
German philosopher and political writer (1802–1880)
Heinrich Martin Weber
German mathematician (1842–1913)
Fritz Bauer
German judge (1903-1968)
Lujo Brentano
German economist and social reformer (1844–1931)
Johannes Oecolampadius
German religious reformer (1482-1531)
Albrecht Ritschl
German theologian (1822-1889)
Ludwig Bieberbach
German mathematician (1886–1982)
Ossip Bernstein
Ukrainian-French chess player
Adolf Mayer
German agronomist (1843–1942)
Emil Warburg
German physicist (1846-1931)
Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu
Romanian writer (1916–1992)
Sebastian Franck
German Renaissance humanist
Johann Karl Rodbertus
economist from Germany (1805-1875)
Georg Hermann Quincke
German physicist (1834–1924)
Albrecht Behmel
German novelist, historian and playwright
Konstantin Stoilov
Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1853-1901)
Albert Ladenburg
German chemist (1842–1911)
Karol Olszewski
Polish scientist (1846–1915)
Eligio Ayala
President of Paraguay (1879–1930)
Käthe Leichter
Austrian writer (1895–1942)
Ludwig Fischer
SA officer (1905-1947); Governor of Warsaw district
Otto Bütschli
German biologist (1848-1920)
Alyn Smith
Scottish politician (born 1973)
Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
German theologian and politician who served as Bishop of Mainz (1811-1877)
Kurt Goldstein
German neurologist (1878-1965)