Berlin, Germany
Humboldt University of Berlin Alumni
International Students
17
% of international students in the university
6494
Total International Students in the university
A snapshot of influential thinkers, Nobel laureates, political leaders, and cultural icons who've passed through Humboldt—no frills, just clear and ready to use:
Alumni Name |
Notable Achievement / Famous For |
Degree |
Graduating Year |
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Albert Einstein |
Theoretical physicist; developed relativity; Nobel Prize in Physics |
N/A |
N/A |
Max Planck |
Theoretical physicist; father of quantum theory; Nobel Prize in Physics (1918) |
N/A |
N/A |
Werner Heisenberg |
Pioneer of quantum mechanics; Nobel Prize in Physics (1932) |
N/A |
N/A |
Erwin Schrödinger |
Quantum physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (1933) |
N/A |
N/A |
Otto Hahn |
Chemist; discovered nuclear fission; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1944) |
N/A |
N/A |
Robert Koch |
Physician and microbiologist; discovered tuberculosis and cholera agents |
N/A |
N/A |
Paul Ehrlich |
Physician; developed treatments for syphilis; Nobel Prize in Medicine (1908) |
N/A |
N/A |
Theodor Mommsen |
Historian and classical scholar; Nobel Prize in Literature (1902) |
N/A |
N/A |
Gustav Stresemann |
Statesman; Nobel Peace Prize (1926) |
N/A |
N/A |
Austen Chamberlain |
Statesman; Nobel Peace Prize (1925) |
N/A |
N/A |
Karl Marx |
Philosopher, economist, revolutionary socialist author of The Communist Manifesto |
N/A |
N/A |
Friedrich Engels |
Philosopher, social scientist, co-author with Marx |
N/A |
N/A |
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
Foundational philosopher in Western idealism |
N/A |
N/A |
G.W.F. Fichte |
Philosopher; early German idealist |
N/A |
N/A |
Walter Benjamin |
Philosopher and cultural critic |
N/A |
N/A |
Georg Simmel |
Sociologist and philosopher |
N/A |
N/A |
Max Weber |
Founder of sociology; influential social theorist |
N/A |
N/A |
W.E.B. Du Bois |
Civil rights leader, historian, sociologist, academic |
N/A |
N/A |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
Theologian, pastor, anti-Nazi dissident |
N/A |
N/A |
Angela Merkel |
Former Chancellor of Germany |
N/A |
1986 |
Otto von Bismarck |
First Chancellor of Germany |
N/A |
N/A |
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy |
Composer during the Romantic period |
N/A |
N/A |
Alfred Wegener |
Geophysicist; originated continental drift theory |
N/A |
N/A |
Heinrich Heine |
Lyric poet and writer |
N/A |
N/A |
Jacob Grimm |
Philologist and folklorist; co-author of Grimm’s Fairy Tales |
N/A |
N/A |
Wilhelm Grimm |
Philologist and folklorist; co-author of Grimm’s Fairy Tales |
N/A |
N/A |
Emmanuelle Charpentier |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020); gene-editing pioneer |
N/A |
N/A |
Karl Liebknecht |
Socialist politician and revolutionary figure |
N/A |
N/A |
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Profiles that got Into Humboldt University of Berlin
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