55 Notable alumni of University of Hagen
Updated: May 30, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Hagen is ranked #1,120 in the world and #65 in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 55 notable alumni from University of Hagen 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 Hagen won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Renée Wagener
1962-. (aged 64)
social scientist
sociologist
university teacher
politician
journalist
Renée Wagener is a Luxembourgish journalist, sociologist, historian, and former politician. She served for 10 years in the Chamber of Deputies as a member of The Greens.
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2. Roland Riese
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Roland Riese is a German politician that belongs to the Free Democratic Party.
3. Thomas Luther
1969-. (aged 57)
chess player
author
Thomas Luther is a German chess player and International Grandmaster of chess. In 2000 he was a member of the German team that won the silver medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.
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4. Christian Petry
1965-. (aged 61)
Diplom-Verwaltungswirt
politician
Christian Petry is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been a Member of the German Bundestag since January 2014, representing constituency 298, St Wendel.
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5. Marcel Emmerich
1991-. (aged 35)
politician
Marcel Emmerich is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has served as a member of the Bundestag since 2021.
6. Carsten Schatz
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Carsten Schatz is a historian and a member of the Left Party in Germany.
7. Jan Peters
1976-. (aged 50)
computer scientist
university teacher
Jan Peters is a German computer scientist. He is Professor of Intelligent Autonomous Systems at Department of Computer Science of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.
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8. Karsten Kobs
1971-. (aged 55)
hammer thrower
athletics competitor
Karsten Kobs is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber and Heinz Weis.
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9. Nicolas Zimmer
1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
politician
Nicolas Zimmer is a German entrepreneur, lawyer and former CDU politician. He is the current head of the Berlin-based research institute Technologiestiftung Berlin. He was a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 1998 to 2011 and concurrently the Secretary of State for the Economy, Technology and Research.
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10. Sonja Kesselschläger
1978-. (aged 48)
athletics competitor
Sonja Kesselschläger is a German heptathlete.
11. Franz Schiemer
1986-. (aged 40)
association football player
association football coach
Franz "Franky" Schiemer is an Austrian football coach and former player. He played as a defender and was most recently assistant head coach of Leeds United.
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12. Peter Beyer
1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
politician
Peter Beyer is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009.
13. Christian Carius
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Christian Carius is a German lobbyist and former politician.
14. Malte Spitz
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Malte Spitz is a German Green Party politician and Executive Committee member. He works on media and privacy issues.
15. Kerstin Kaiser
1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher
politician
Kerstin Kaiser is a German politician for the left wing party The Left.
16. Nadja Hirsch
1978-. (aged 48)
psychologist
politician
Nadja Yvonne Hirsch is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Free Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, from 2009 until 2014 and from 2017 until 2019.
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17. Anne Schäfer
1987-. (aged 39)
tennis player
Anne Schäfer is a German tennis player.
18. Rasmus Andresen
1986-. (aged 40)
politician
Rasmus Andresen is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
19. Stefan Wessels
1979-. (aged 47)
association football player
Stefan Wessels is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
20. Torsten Jansen
1976-. (aged 50)
handball player
Torsten "Toto" Jansen is a former German handballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. He was also a regular member of the German national team. He was known as a good defensive player. In March 2017 he took over as head coach of the Handball Sport Verein Hamburg.
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21. Bodo Hombach
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Bodo Hombach is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
22. Danny Ecker
1977-. (aged 49)
pole vaulter
athletics competitor
Daniel Ecker is a former German athlete competing in the pole vault.
23. Axel Teichmann
1979-. (aged 47)
cross-country skiing coach
cross-country skier
Axel Teichmann is a German cross-country skiing coach and former skier.
24. Niema Movassat
1984-. (aged 42)
jurist
Niema Movassat is a German politician from The Left. He served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 to 2021.
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25. Eveline Lemke
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Eveline Lemke is former German politician and member of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 18 May 2011 until 18 May 2016, she was vice minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate and Minister for Economics, Climate Protection, Energy and Regional Planning. On 27 March 2011, she was elected into the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. She was the leading candidate for her party in the...
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26. Katja Seizinger
1972-. (aged 54)
alpine skier
Katja Seizinger is a German former World Cup alpine ski racing champion. She is her country's most successful alpine skier.
27. Monika Hohlmeier
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Monika Hohlmeier is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Christian Social Union, part of the European People's Party. Between 1998 and 2005 she served as Bavarian State Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs.
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28. Daniel Schwaab
1988-. (aged 38)
association football player
association football coach
Daniel Schwaab is a German former professional footballer who played for SC Freiburg, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart and PSV Eindhoven, mainly as a centre-back. He represented Germany at U18, U19, and U21 levels, winning the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
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29. Ulla Schmidt
1949-. (aged 77)
teacher
politician
Ursula "Ulla" Schmidt is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 2001 to 2009 she was Federal Minister of Health in the German Government. Between 2013 and 2017, she served as Vice-President of the German Bundestag.
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30. Viola von Cramon-Taubadel
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, often officially referred as simply Viola von Cramon, is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024 and of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, from 2009 to 2013.
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31. Patrick Sensburg
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
university teacher
lawyer
jurist
political scientist
Patrick Ernst Hermann Sensburg is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a professor at the University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia in Cologne. He served as a member of the German Parliament from 2009 until 2021, representing the Hochsauerlandkreis constituency in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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32. Betty Heidler
1983-. (aged 43)
hammer thrower
athletics competitor
Betty Heidler is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw. She held the world record from 2011 until 2014 with her personal best throw of 79.42 m (260 ft 6 in). She is the 2012 Olympic silver medallist, the 2007 World champion and the 2009 and 2011 World Championship silver medallist. She also finished...
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33. Anja Karliczek
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
minister
Anja Maria-Antonia Karliczek is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister of Education and Research in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth cabinet from 2018 to 2021.
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34. Frank Busemann
1975-. (aged 51)
athletics competitor
Frank Busemann is a former German decathlete. He currently works as a pundit for athletics coverage by German TV channel Das Erste.
35. Christoph Metzelder
1980-. (aged 46)
association football player
association football coach
Christoph Tobias Metzelder is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
36. Andrea Petkovic
1987-. (aged 39)
tennis player
Andrea Petkovic is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 at the age of 18. A former top-10 player, Petkovic reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 on 10 October 2011, becoming the...
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37. Laura Siegemund
1988-. (aged 38)
tennis player
Laura Natalie Siegemund is a German professional tennis player.
38. Lavinia Wilson
1980-. (aged 46)
actor
voice actor
film director
Lavinia Wilson is a German actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1992.
39. Lars Ricken
1976-. (aged 50)
association football player
Lars Ricken is a German retired footballer and the current managing director of Borussia Dortmund. From 2008 to 2024, he was the youth coordinator at Dortmund.
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40. Jens Spahn
1980-. (aged 46)
political scientist
politician
bank teller
Jens Georg Spahn is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the Bundestag (German: Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, MdB), for Steinfurt I – Borken I since 2002. Since 2025, he has been leading the joint CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group in the 21st Bundestag, making him the majority leader. He served as Federal...
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41. Guido Westerwelle
1961-2016 (aged 55)
lawyer
writer
politician
Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as foreign minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011, being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011. A lawyer by profession,...
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42. Oliver Bierhoff
1968-. (aged 58)
association football player
association football coach
Oliver Bierhoff is a German association football official and former player who played as a striker. He has previously served as the technical director of the Germany national team. A tall, strong and prolific goalscorer, Bierhoff was mostly renowned for his excellent abilities in the air, and as a target man, being able to deliver pin-point headers towards goal.
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43. Armin Schuster
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Armin Schuster is a German politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Schuster has been serving as State Minister of Internal Affairs in the government of Minister-President Michael Kretschmer since 2022.
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44. 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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45. Bernd Lucke
1962-. (aged 64)
economist
philosopher
university teacher
politician
Bernd Lucke is a German economist, professor, author and former politician. He co-founded the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2013 and served as the party's federal chairman until July 2015, when he was displaced and left the party soon after. He had been elected a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the AfD in 2014 and served the five-year...
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46. Kevin Kühnert
1989-. (aged 37)
local politician
lobbyist
student
politician
Kevin Kühnert is a German politician of Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as member of the Bundestag from 2021 to 2025, representing Berlin-Tempelhof-Schöneberg. He was General Secretary of the SPD from December 2021 to October 2024. From November 2017 to January 2021, Kühnert was the federal chairman of the Jusos (the youth organization of the SPD), previously serving as...
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47. Hubertus Heil
1972-. (aged 54)
political scientist
sociologist
politician
Wolfgang-Hubertus Ernst Ulrich Heil is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Angela Merkel and the cabinet of Olaf Scholz from 2018 to 2025.
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48. René Wilke
1984-. (aged 42)
mediator
politician
René Wilke is a German politician (SPD), minister of interior of the state of Brandenburg, and a former member of Brandenburg's regional parliament. 2014 he became a directly elected Member of parliament for his native Frankfurt (Oder). On 18 March 2018 he was elected Oberbürgermeister (Lord Mayor) of Frankfurt (Oder). With his inauguration on 6 May 2018, Wilke became the...
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49. Hans-Peter Friedrich
1957-. (aged 69)
economist
jurist
diplomat
politician
Hans-Peter Friedrich is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag from 1998 to 2025. Under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel, he served as Federal Minister of the Interior (2011-2013) and as Minister for Food and Agriculture (2013). Friedrich resigned from that position in February 2014. Friedrich...
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50. Sepp Hochreiter
1967-. (aged 59)
computer scientist
artificial intelligence researcher
bioinformatician
Josef "Sepp" Hochreiter is a German computer scientist. Since 2018 he has led the Institute for Machine Learning at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz after having led the Institute of Bioinformatics from 2006 to 2018. In 2017 he became the head of the Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) AI Lab. Hochreiter is also a founding director of the Institute...
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51. Malaika Mihambo
1994-. (aged 32)
athletics competitor
Malaika Mihambo is a German athlete, 2020 Olympic champion and 2022 world champion in long jump. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Mihambo added a silver medal in the long jump.
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52. Matthias Maurer
1970-. (aged 56)
materials scientist
scientist
astronaut
Matthias Josef Maurer is a German ESA astronaut and materials scientist, who was selected in 2015 to take part in space training.
53. Magnus Brunner
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Magnus Brunner is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who has been serving as European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration since December 2024. Previously, he served as Austria's finance minister from 2021 until 2024 in the government of Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
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54. Oliver Kahn
1969-. (aged 57)
association football player
Oliver Rolf Kahn is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in the professional squad. In 1994, he was transferred to Bayern Munich for the fee of DM 4.6 million, where he played until...
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55. Anna Lührmann
1983-. (aged 43)
university teacher
political scientist
politician
Anna Lührmann is a German political scientist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election.
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