67 Notable alumni of Darmstadt University of Technology
Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
Darmstadt University of Technology is ranked #312 in the world and #26 in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 67 notable alumni from Darmstadt University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Darmstadt University of Technology won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Oliver Bimber
1973-. (aged 53)
computer scientist
university teacher
Oliver Bimber is a German computer scientist. He is professor for computer graphics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria where he heads the Institute of Computer Graphics.
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2. Peter von Halm
1854-1923 (aged 69)
exlibrist
graphic artist
university teacher
reproductive printmaker
painter
Peter Ignaz Johann Halm, later Von Halm, was a German etcher who served as a professor of etching at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, from 1901 to 1923.
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3. Karl Rohn
1855-1920 (aged 65)
mathematician
university teacher
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Rohn was a German mathematician, who studied geometry.
4. Nils G. Walter
1966-. (aged 60)
university teacher
chemist
Nils G. Walter, Dr. Ing., is the Francis S. Collins Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, Biophysics, and Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Research in the Nils Walter Lab focuses on non-coding RNA through the lens of single molecule techniques. He is the Founding Director of the Single Molecule Analysis in real-Time Center at Michigan. In addition, Walter...
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5. Wolfgang Steinert
1940-2010 (aged 70)
engineer
Wolfgang Gerhard Herbert Steinert was a German electrical engineer.
6. Henry J. Hefty
1858-1915 (aged 57)
architect
Henry John Hefty was an immigrant from Switzerland who worked as an architect based in Portland, Oregon, United States.
7. Wolfgang Händler
1920-1998 (aged 78)
computer scientist
mathematician
Wolfgang Händler was a German mathematician, pioneering computer scientist and professor at Leibniz University Hannover (Lehrstuhl für elektronische Rechenanlagen) and University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (Institut für Mathematische Maschinen und Datenverarbeitung) known for his work on automata theory, parallel computing, artificial intelligence, man-machine interfaces and computer graphics.
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8. Peter Baumann
1960-. (aged 66)
computer scientist
researcher
Peter Baumann is a German computer scientist and professor at Constructor (formerly: Jacobs) University, Bremen, Germany, where he is head of the Large-Scale Scientific Information Systems research group in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
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9. Dimitris Potiropoulos
1953-. (aged 73)
architect
Dimitris Potiropoulos is a Greek architect, Chairman & Founding Partner of the architectural practice Potiropoulos+Partners. He was born in Athens, Greece to his parents Rigas Potiropoulos and Aliki Potiropoulou,. He studied architecture at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany. During his studies he served as a faculty member at the Chair of Free Hand Drawing, and he was awarded with a...
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10. Gustaf Wrede
1889-1959 (aged 70)
industrialist
engineer
businessperson
Gustaf Woldemar Wrede af Elimä was a Finnish Freiherr, engineer and businessman. He is best known for his contribution to Finnish tractor production.
11. Rudolf Goldschmidt
1876-1950 (aged 74)
university teacher
engineer
inventor
Rudolf Goldschmidt was a German engineer and inventor, best known for the development of the Goldschmidt alternator radio transmitter, and the tone wheel receiver.
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12. Christoph Thiele
1968-. (aged 58)
mathematician
university teacher
Christoph Thiele is a German mathematician working in the field of harmonic analysis. After completing his undergraduate studies at TU Darmstadt and Bielefeld University, he obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 at Yale under the supervision of Ronald Coifman. After spending time at UCLA, where he was promoted to full professor, he occupied the Hausdorff Chair at the University of Bonn.
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13. Gerhard Weikum
1957-. (aged 69)
computer scientist
university teacher
Gerhard Weikum is a German computer scientist and Research Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he is leading the databases and information systems department. His current research interests include transactional and distributed systems, self-tuning database systems, data and text integration, and the automatic construction of knowledge bases. He is one of the creators of...
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14. Elmar Lohk
1901-1963 (aged 62)
architect
tennis player
Elmar Lohk was an Estonian architect and tennis player. Many of his buildings in Tallinn are now valued as great examples of 1930s architecture, for example, the prominent Scandic Hotel Palace on Freedom Square. His creation can be categorised as functionalism with some influence of Chicago school and traditional art.
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15. Thomas Gambke
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
entrepreneur
manager
Thomas Gambke is a retired German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens, who was a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017, effectively winning a seat in the 15th, 16th and 17th election. A diploma physician, Gambke worked for the Schott AG and later as an independent entrepreneur, prior to entering politics.
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16. Marian Lutosławski
1871-1918 (aged 47)
mechanical engineer
electrical engineer
Marian Lutosławski was a Polish mechanical engineer and inventor born during the foreign partitions of Poland. He studied at the Technical University in Riga, then also part of Russia, and obtained a diploma in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. Lutosławski installed the first power station in a residential neighbourhood in Warsaw, and introduced new techniques...
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17. Kurt Mahr
1934-1993 (aged 59)
writer
science fiction writer
Kurt Mahr was a German author and one of the first authors of the series Perry-Rhodan, the largest Science fiction series of the world.
18. Michael Evenari
1904-1989 (aged 85)
university teacher
botanist
Michael Evenari was an Israeli botanist originally from Germany.
19. Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer
1800-1860 (aged 60)
poet
architect
writer
Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer was a German architect and author.
20. Heinrich Müller-Breslau
1851-1925 (aged 74)
engineer
civil engineer
university teacher
politician
Heinrich Franz Bernhard Müller was a German civil engineer and high school teacher. He provided significant contributions to the theory of beams and frames in structural analysis.
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21. Wilhelm Runge
1895-1987 (aged 92)
engineer
inventor
physicist
Wilhelm Tolmé Runge was a German electrical engineer and physicist who had a major involvement in developing radar systems in Germany.
22. Gerhard Hennige
1940-. (aged 86)
athletics competitor
sprinter
Gerhard Hennige is a retired German sprinter. He won a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1968 Olympics, setting a European record in the semifinals. He was also part of the 4 × 400 m West German teams that finished third at the 1968 Olympics and 1969 European Championships. In 1967 he won the European Cup in...
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23. Petra Fuhrmann
1955-2019 (aged 64)
politician
Petra Fuhrmann was a German politician who was a member of the Landtag of Hesse for 20 years.
24. Harald Rose
1935-. (aged 91)
university teacher
scientist
physicist
Harald Rose is a German physicist. He is a laureate of the 2011 Wolf Prize in Physics and the 2020 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for the development of aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy.
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25. Sigurd Hofmann
1944-2022 (aged 78)
physicist
Sigurd Hofmann was a German physicist known for his work on superheavy elements.
26. Agha Ashurov
1886-1936 (aged 50)
engineer
politician
Agha Ashurov was an Azerbaijani statesman who served as Minister of Industry and Trade and Minister of Postal Service and Telegraph of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Parliament of Azerbaijan.
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27. Amardeo Sarma
1955-. (aged 71)
engineer
writer
journalist
Amardeo Sarma is a qualified engineer for electrical and telecommunications engineering, chair of the Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP) and former chair of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations. Professionally, he works for NEC Laboratories Europe. Sarma is a CSI Fellow and sits on the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry's Executive Council.
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28. Michael Meister
1961-. (aged 65)
mathematician
politician
Michael Günther Meister is a German mathematician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state Hesse since 1994.
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29. Ulrich Eichhorn
1961-. (aged 65)
engineer
Ulrich Eichhorn is a German engineer, manager and car designer.
30. Walter Haeussermann
1914-2010 (aged 96)
military flight engineer
engineer
scientist
university teacher
Walter Haeussermann was a German-American aerospace engineer and member of the "von Braun rocket group", both at Peenemünde and later at Marshall Space Flight Center, where he was the director of the guidance and control laboratory. He was awarded the Department of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 1959 for his contributions to the US rocket program.
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31. Paul Friedrich Wolfskehl
1856-1906 (aged 50)
mathematician
physician
Paul Friedrich Wolfskehl, was a physician with an interest in mathematics. He bequeathed 100,000 marks (equivalent to €720,000 in 2023) to the first person to prove Fermat's Last Theorem.
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32. Bernd Sturmfels
1962-. (aged 64)
computer scientist
mathematician
Bernd Sturmfels is a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley and is a director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig since 2017.
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33. Peter Gruss
1949-. (aged 77)
university teacher
biologist
Peter Gruss is a German developmental biologist, president of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, and the former president of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (having been elected for the term from 2002 to 2008 and reelected for 2008–2014).
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34. Alfons Rissberger
1948-. (aged 78)
writer
university teacher
Alfons Rissberger is a German entrepreneur, business consultant, and writer.
35. Yannis Milios
1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher
economist
politician
John Milios is a Greek social scientist and Marxian economics scholar. He is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy and the History of Economic Thought at the National Technical University of Athens. An author of several scholarly books, Milios is also director of the quarterly journal of economic theory Theseis.
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36. Salomon Korn
1943-. (aged 83)
writer
architect
Salomon Korn is a German architect and an honorary senator of Heidelberg University. Since 1999 he has served as chairman of the Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main and since 2003 as vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
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37. Franz-Josef Kemper
1945-. (aged 81)
university teacher
athletics competitor
Franz-Josef Kemper is a German athlete, Olympian, and official. He achieved his greatest success as a middle-distance runner in the 1960s and 1970s.
38. August Föppl
1854-1924 (aged 70)
university teacher
engineer
physicist
August Otto Föppl was a professor of Technical Mechanics and Graphical Statics at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is credited with introducing the Föppl–Klammer theory and the Föppl–von Kármán equations (large deflection of elastic plates).
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39. Carl Adam Petri
1926-2010 (aged 84)
computer scientist
engineer
university teacher
mathematician
Carl Adam Petri was a German mathematician and computer scientist.
40. Carl Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Weyprecht
1838-1881 (aged 43)
naval officer
explorer
meteorologist
entomologist
Karl Weyprecht, also spelt Carl Weyprecht, was an Austro-Hungarian explorer. He was an officer (k.u.k. Linienschiffsleutnant) in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. He is most famous as an Arctic explorer, and an advocate of international cooperation for scientific polar exploration. Although he did not live to see it occur, he is associated with the organisation of the first International Polar Year.
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41. Shervin Haghsheno
1976-. (aged 50)
civil engineer
Shervin Haghsheno is a German civil engineer, economist and politician from the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). He is a university professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and heads the Institute for Technology and Management in Construction as Managing Director. Since January 2024 he has been deputy chairman of the party Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht - Reason and Justice.
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42. Rasem Badran
1945-. (aged 81)
engineer
architect
Rasem Jamal Badran is a Saudi Arabian/Jordanian architect of Palestinian descent whose works are based on a methodological approach in defining Architecture as a continuous dialogue between contemporary needs and historical inherited cultural values.
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43. Paul Wallot
1841-1912 (aged 71)
university teacher
architect
Johann Paul Wallot was a German architect of Huguenot descent, best known for designing the Reichstag building in Berlin, erected between 1884 and 1894. He also built the adjacent Palace of the President of the Reichstag, finished in 1904, and the former Saxon Ständehaus state diet building of 1906 at Brühl's Terrace in Dresden.
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44. Viola Priesemann
1982-. (aged 44)
physicist
Viola Priesemann is a German physicist and computational neuroscientist. One of her research priorities is to explore how the human brain organizes its neuronal capacities, to enable meaningful information processing.
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45. Wilhelm von Opel
1871-1948 (aged 77)
entrepreneur
engineer
Wilhelm Albert von Opel colloquially Wilhelm von Opel was a German industrialist who was a majority shareholder of the German automobile manufacturer Opel. Opel is primarily known for introducing the assembly line to the German automobile industry.
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46. Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
1862-1919 (aged 57)
engineer
inventor
physicist
Mikhail Osipovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky was a Russian-born engineer, electrician, and inventor of Polish-Russian origins, active in the German Empire and also in Switzerland.
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47. Ines Geipel
1960-. (aged 66)
athlete
germanist
writer
university teacher
athletics competitor
Ines Geipel is a German academic and former athlete. She is professor of verse language at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts (Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch) in Berlin, where she teaches a course in contemporary puppetry.
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48. Hans Dieter Pötsch
1951-. (aged 75)
chief executive officer
industrial engineer
manager
Hans Dieter Pötsch is an Austrian businessman, the chairman of the executive board of Porsche SE, and chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen since 2015, when he succeeded Ferdinand Piëch.
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49. Josef Ganz
1898-1967 (aged 69)
engineer
inventor
journalist
Josef Ganz was a Jewish-German car designer born in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hungary).
50. Fritz von Opel
1899-1971 (aged 72)
businessperson
racing automobile driver
motorcycle racer
art collector
engineer
Fritz Adam Hermann von Opel, known as Fritz Adam Hermann Opel until his father was ennobled in 1917, was the only son of Wilhelm von Opel and a grandson of Adam Opel, founder of the Opel company. He is remembered mostly for his Opel RAK demonstrations of the world's first crewed rocket-powered ground and air vehicles that earned him the...
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51. Egon Ramms
1948-. (aged 78)
career soldier
Egon Ramms is a retired German general who held numerous international commands. Ramms is a father of two.
52. Gerhard Herzberg
1904-1999 (aged 95)
astronomer
physicist
chemist
university teacher
Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, PC CC FRSC FRS was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He is well known for using these techniques that...
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53. Fritz Schilgen
1906-2005 (aged 99)
engineer
athletics competitor
Fritz Schilgen was a German athlete and the final torchbearer of the first Olympic torch relay at the 1936 Summer Games.
54. Georg Cantor
1845-1918 (aged 73)
university teacher
mathematician
philosopher
Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor was a mathematician who played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics. Cantor established the importance of one-to-one correspondence between the members of two sets, defined infinite and well-ordered sets, and proved that the real numbers are more numerous than the natural numbers. Cantor's method...
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55. El Lissitzky
1890-1941 (aged 51)
teacher
draftsperson
type designer
photographer
artist
El Lissitzky was a Russian and Soviet artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and architect. He was an important figure of the avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union.
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56. Oliver Zipse
1964-. (aged 62)
manager
Oliver Zipse is a German business executive who has been the chairman of the board of management (CEO) of BMW since 16 August 2019.
57. Wolfgang Bernhard
1960-. (aged 66)
businessperson
Wolfgang Bernhard is a German business executive known as a former member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG. He served as the former President and COO of Chrysler from 2000 to 2004.
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58. Peter Grünberg
1939-2018 (aged 79)
researcher
physicist
teacher
university teacher
Peter Andreas Grünberg was a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives.
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59. Wolfgang Rösch
1959-. (aged 67)
Catholic priest
Wolfgang Rösch is a German Catholic priest. He was from 2010 to 2013 Dean of Wiesbaden at the parish St. Bonifatius. From 23 October 2013 he has been vicar general of the Diocese of Limburg, also administering the diocese during the absence of the bishop.
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60. Matthias Kollatz
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
non-fiction writer
engineer
economist
Matthias Kollatz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as State Minister of Finance in the government of Mayor Michael Müller of Berlin from 2014 to 2021.
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61. Johann-Dietrich Wörner
1954-. (aged 72)
civil engineer
Johann-Dietrich "Jan" Wörner is a German civil engineer, university professor and former president of Technische Universität Darmstadt. He served as chairman of the executive board of the German Aerospace Center DLR from 1 March 2007 to 30 June 2015. On 1 July 2015, he succeeded Jean-Jacques Dordain as Director General of the European Space Agency.
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62. Richard Kauffmann
1887-1958 (aged 71)
urban planner
architect
Richard Kauffmann was a German-Jewish architect who migrated to Palestine in 1920. His architecture was influenced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a proponent of the International Style, and was applied to the local landscape, laying the architectural groundwork for the nascent State of Israel as well as that of several cities including Hadar HaCarmel in Haifa, Nahalal, Afula and...
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63. Ottmar Edenhofer
1961-. (aged 65)
university teacher
economist
Ottmar Georg Edenhofer is a German economist who is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on climate change policy, environmental and energy policy, and energy economics. His work has been heavily cited. Edenhofer currently holds the professorship of the Economics of Climate Change at Technische Universität Berlin. Together with Earth scientist Johan Rockström, economist Ottmar Edenhofer is scientific...
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64. Chaim Weizmann
1874-1952 (aged 78)
university teacher
politician
autobiographer
pedagogue
chemist
Chaim Azriel Weizmann was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. Weizmann was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and convincing the United States government to recognize...
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65. Anne Spiegel
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Anne Spiegel is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 8 December 2021; she announced her resignation on 11 April and was dismissed by the President on 25 April 2022
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66. Christoph Franz
1960-. (aged 66)
entrepreneur
businessperson
Christoph Franz is a German engineer and manager who served as chief executive officer of Lufthansa from 2011 until 2014.
67. August Kekulé
1829-1896 (aged 67)
university teacher
chemist
pedagogue
Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, was a German organic chemist. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in the field of theoretical chemistry. He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure and in particular the Kekulé structure of benzene.
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