16 Notable alumni of University of Bamberg
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Bamberg is 1101st in the world, 1st in North America, and 63st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from University of Bamberg sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Bamberg won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Andreas Röschlaub
1768-1835 (aged 67)
university teacher
physician
Andreas Röschlaub was a German physician born in Lichtenfels, Bavaria.
2. Michael Deinlein
1800-1875 (aged 75)
university teacher
Catholic priest
Catholic theologian
Catholic bishop
Catholic deacon
Michael von Deinlein was a German Roman Catholic priest, bishop and archbishop.
3. Lothar Schmid
1928-2013 (aged 85)
chess arbiter
correspondence chess player
publisher
chess player
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul in Saxony into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels.
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4. Thomas Silberhorn
1968-. (aged 58)
jurist
lawyer
politician
Thomas Silberhorn is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2002.
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5. Franz Naegele
1778-1851 (aged 73)
university teacher
obstetrician
gynecologist
Franz Karl Naegele was a German obstetrician born in Düsseldorf. His son, Hermann Franz Naegele (1801–1851), was also a noted obstetrician.
6. Andreas Bohnenstengel
1970-. (aged 56)
photographer
docent
Andreas Bohnenstengel is a German photographer who lives and works in Munich.
7. Ignaz Döllinger
1770-1841 (aged 71)
university teacher
anatomist
physiologist
physician
botanist
Ignaz Döllinger was a German medical doctor, anatomist and physiologist and one of the first professors to understand and treat medicine as a natural science.
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8. Henrike Lähnemann
1968-. (aged 58)
university teacher
germanist
medievalist
Henrike Lähnemann is a German medievalist and holds the Chair of Medieval German, University of Oxford. She is a Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
9. Ursula Reutner
1975-. (aged 51)
university teacher
linguist
Ursula Reutner is a German linguist. She holds the Chair of Romance Languages and Cultures at the University of Passau. Reutner is an internationally renowned expert in Romance Studies and Intercultural Communication, who has won several awards for her work, including the Prix Germaine de Staël, the Elise Richter Prize and an honorary doctorate from the Universidad del Salvador (Buenos...
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10. Alexander Filipović
1975-. (aged 51)
university teacher
theologian
Alexander Filipović is a German ethicist, media ethicist and theologian. He has been Professor of Social Ethics at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Vienna since February 2021. Filipović serves as co-editor of the media science journal Communicatio Socialis and coordinates the German media ethics network Netzwerk Medienethik.
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11. Nora-Eugenie Gomringer
1980-. (aged 46)
librettist
poet
writer
Nora-Eugenie Gomringer, known as Nora Gomringer, is a German and Swiss poet and writer. She has won a number of awards, including the 2013 Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft, the 2015 Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis and the Carl Zuckmayer Medal by Rhineland-Palatinate.
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12. Brigitte Mohn
1964-. (aged 62)
Agriculteur
political scientist
Brigitte Mohn is a German businesswoman and chairwoman of the executive board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. She is a shareholder of the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft (BVG) and a member of the supervisory boards of the Bertelsmann group. Mohn is also chairwoman of the board of trustees of the German Stroke Foundation.
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13. Johann Baptist von Spix
1781-1826 (aged 45)
illustrator
philosopher
zoologist
ornithologist
botanist
Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute an important basis for today's National Zoological Collection in Munich. Numerous examples of his ethnographic collections, such as dance masks and the like, are now part of...
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14. Lisa Badum
1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Lisa Hildegard Badum is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2017 German federal election, after two failed attempts.
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15. You Xie
1958-. (aged 68)
writer
translator
journalist
You Xie is a German politician, candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election, journalist, and author of Chinese origin.
16. Stefan Rinke
1965-. (aged 61)
historian
university teacher
Stefan Rinke is a German historian. Since 2005, he has been professor of Latin American History at the Latin American Institute and at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut at Freie Universität Berlin.
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