List of members of German student corps
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List of notable or known members of German Student Corps
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German Student Corps
Corps are the oldest still-existing kind of Studentenverbindung, Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century. The oldest corps still existing today was founded in 1789...
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- Horst AdemeitHorst AdemeitHorst Ademeit Horst Ademeit Horst Ademeit (* 8 February 1912 in Breslau, † 7 August 1944 near Dünaburg (Missing in action, most likely Killed in action) was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II...
(1912–1944), engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
, fighter pilotFighter pilotA fighter pilot is a military aviator trained in air-to-air combat while piloting a fighter aircraft . Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting...
, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; Corps Masovia KönigsbergCorps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia... - Louis AgassizLouis AgassizJean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel...
(1807–1873), Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologistGeologistA geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
; professor of natural history at University of NeuchâtelUniversity of NeuchâtelThe University of Neuchâtel is a French-speaking university in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The University has five faculties and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law, economics and theology. The Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences is the largest...
and Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Corps Helvetia Heidelberg, Corps Helvetia Munich - Heinrich Albers-SchönbergHeinrich Albers-SchönbergHeinrich Ernst Albers-Schönberg was a German gynecologist and radiologist who was a native of Hamburg.He studied medicine at the Universities of Tübingen and Leipzig, where in 1891 he earned his medical doctorate...
(1865–1921), gynecologist, pioneer of radiologyRadiologyRadiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...
; Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Misnia Leipzig - Karl AllmenröderKarl AllmenröderLeutnant Karl Allmenröder , Pour le Merite, Knights Cross of Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross First and Second Class, was a German World War I flying ace.-Early life:...
(1896–1917), German World War I ace; Corps Teutonia Marburg - Alois AlzheimerAlois AlzheimerAloysius "Alois" Alzheimer, was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease....
(1864–1915), psychiatrist and neuropathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg - Richard AndreeRichard AndreeRichard Andree was, like his father Karl Andree, a German geographer noted for devoting himself especially to ethnography...
(1835–1912), geographer; Corps Lusatia Leipzig - Asfa-Wossen AsserateAsfa-Wossen AsseratePrince Asfa-Wossen Asserate , is a management consultant and an author writing in German, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty, the deposed royal family of Ethiopia...
(b. 1948), management consultant and author writing in German, a member of the Solomonic dynastySolomonic dynastyThe Solomonic dynasty is the Imperial House of Abyssinia. Its members claim lineal descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the latter of whom tradition asserts gave birth to the first King Menelik I after her Biblically described visit to Solomon in Jerusalem .-Overview:The dynasty, a...
; Corps Suevia Tübingen - William Backhouse Astor, Sr.William Backhouse Astor, Sr.William Backhouse Astor, Sr. was an American businessman and member of the Astor family.-Origins and schooling:...
(1792–1875), American businessman; Corps Curonia Göttingen
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- Paul BäumerPaul BäumerPaul Wilhelm Bäumer was a German fighter ace in World War I.-Involvement in World War 1:Bäumer learned to fly before the war but joined the infantry and was wounded in the leg in 1915. He transferred to the air service as a dental assistant before being accepted for military pilot training...
(1896–1927), German ace in World War I; Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin - Hermann von BarthHermann von BarthHermann von Barth was a famous German mountaineer.Hermann von Barth was born on 5 June 1845 at Eurasburg Castle. He initially studied law in Munich, where he was affiliated to the Corps Franconia. As a junior lawyer he began in 1868 in Berchtesgaden to explore the still largely unconquered...
(1845–1876), mountaineer; Corps Franconia München - Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-FriebeAdolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-FriebeMax Johann Otto Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe, usually known as Adolf von Batocki-Friebe was a German noble, lawyer and politician.Batocki-Friebe was born at Gut Bledau, Cranz near Königsberg, East Prussia...
(1868–1944), member of the Prussian House of LordsPrussian House of LordsThe Prussian House of Lords was the first chamber of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1850-1918. The second chamber was the Prussian House of Representatives . The House of Lords was created on January 31, 1850 with the adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Prussia...
, Corps Borussia Bonn - Walter BauerWalter BauerWalter Bauer was a German theologian and scholar of the development of the early Christian churches.-Life:...
(1877–1960), theologist, scholar of the development of the early Christian churches; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg - Rudolf BaumbachRudolf BaumbachRudolf Baumbach was a German poet.Born in Kranichfeld in Thuringia, Germany, the son of a local medical practitioner, he received his early schooling at the gymnasium of Meiningen, to which place his father had moved...
(1840–1905), poet; Corps Thuringia Jena - Friedrich BayerFriedrich BayerFriedrich Bayer was the founder of what would become Bayer, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company. He founded the paint factory Friedrich Bayer along with Johann Friedrich Weskott in 1863 in Elberfeld.-External links:*...
(1825–1880), founder of BayerBayerBayer AG is a chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen , Germany in 1863. It is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and well known for its original brand of aspirin.-History:...
, Corps Saxonia Bonn - Hans Hermann BehrHans Hermann BehrHans Hermann Behr was a German-American doctor, an entomologist and a botanist....
(1818–1904), German-American physician, botanist, entomologist; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Moenania Würzburg - Emil Adolf von BehringEmil Adolf von BehringEmil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the first one so awarded.-Biography:...
(1854–1917), German physiologist, first Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
(1907); Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin - Rudolf von BennigsenRudolf von BennigsenRudolf von Bennigsen was a German politician descended from an old Hanoverian family. His father, Karl von Bennigsen, was an officer in the Hanoverian army who rose to the rank of general and also held diplomatic appointments...
(1824–1902), politician and leader of the National LiberalsNational Liberal Party (Germany)The National Liberal Party was a German political party which flourished between 1867 and 1918. It was formed by Prussian liberals who put aside their differences with Bismarck over domestic policy due to their support for his highly successful foreign policy, which resulted in the unification of...
; Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home...
, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg - Friedrich von BergFriedrich von BergFriedrich Wilhelm Bernhard von Berg, also von Berg-Markienen, was a German politician and chairman of the Secret Civil Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918.-Biography:...
(1866–1939), last chairman of the Secret Civil Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grave-digger of the German monarchy; Corps Borussia Bonn - Gustav Adolf BergenrothGustav Adolf BergenrothGustav Adolf Bergenroth was a German historian. Bergenroth held a State office, but was dismissed and exiled because of his sympathy with the revolutionary movement of 1848. He came to England to collect materials for a history of the Tudors...
(1813–1869), historian (Tudors, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
); Corps Masovia KönigsbergCorps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia... - Julius BergmannJulius BergmannJulius Bergmann was a German philosopher.-Biography:At the University of Göttingen and at the Humboldt University of Berlin, he devoted himself to mathematics and philosophy, was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the University of Königsberg in 1872, and three years later to a similar chair...
(1840–1904), philosopher, Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen - Otto Julius BierbaumOtto Julius BierbaumOtto Julius Bierbaum was a German writer.Bierbaum was born in Grünberg, Silesia. After studying in Leipzig, he became a journalist and editor for the journals Die freie Bühne, Pan and Die Insel. His literary work was varied...
(1865–1910), writer; Corps Thuringia Leipzig - Julius BinderJulius BinderJulius Binder was a German philosopher of law.- Literary works :* * Rechtsbegriff und Rechtsidee, 1915* Philosophie der Rechts, 1925* Grundlegung zur Rechtsphilosophie, 1935...
(1870–1939), philosopher; Corps Bavaria Würzburg - Otto BinswangerOtto BinswangerOtto Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist who came from a famous family of physicians; his father was founder of the Kreuzlingen Sanatorium, and he was uncle to Ludwig Binswanger who was a major figure in the existential psychology movement...
(1852–1929), Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg, Corps Tigurinia Zürich - Carl-Heinz Birnbacher (1910–1991), Knight's Cross of the Iron CrossKnight's Cross of the Iron CrossThe Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
, Konteradmiral of the Bundesmarine; Corps Schacht Leoben - Herbert von BismarckHerbert von BismarckHerbert, Prince of Bismarck was a German politician, who served as Foreign Secretary from 1886 to 1890. His political career was closely tied to that of his father, Otto von Bismarck, and he left office a few days after his father's dismissal...
(1849–1904), Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs is the head of the Federal Foreign Office and a member of the Cabinet of Germany. The current office holder is Guido Westerwelle...
; Corps Borussia Bonn - Otto von BismarckOtto von BismarckOtto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg , simply known as Otto von Bismarck, was a Prussian-German statesman whose actions unified Germany, made it a major player in world affairs, and created a balance of power that kept Europe at peace after 1871.As Minister President of...
(1815–1898), Chancellor of the German Empire; Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Hinrich Bitter-SuermannHinrich Bitter-SuermannHinrich Bitter-Suermann is a German-Canadian pathologist and Professor of Surgery specialized in organ transplantation.-Education:...
(b. 1940), German-Canadian Professor of Surgery (organ transplantation); Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Heinrich Blochmann (1838–1878), iranist in Kolkata; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
- Erich BloedornErich BloedornErich Bloedorn was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II...
(1902–1975), Colonel and bomber pilot in WW 2, Knight´s Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Masovia KönigsbergCorps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia... - Johannes Blume (d. 1892), Brevet Brigadier General 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry was also known as the 1st German Regiment . Governor Oliver P. Morton commissioned August Willich of Cincinnati as Colonel of the 32nd Indiana....
; Corps Saxonia Bonn, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Wilhelm von BodeWilhelm von BodeWilhelm von Bode was a German art historian and curator. Born Arnold William Bode in Calvörde, he was ennobled in 1913...
(1845–1929), German art historian and museum director, founder of Bode MuseumBode MuseumThe Bode Museum is one of the group of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin, Germany; it is a historically preserved building. The museum was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904...
; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen - Ernst von Bodelschwingh-VelmedeErnst von Bodelschwingh-VelmedeErnst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede was a Prussian statesman and politician.Von Bodelschwingh-Velmede was born in Velmede near Hamm in the County of Mark. He studied Law and Cameralism at the University of Berlin and the University of Göttingen...
(1794–1854), Prussian politician, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen - Karl von Bodelschwingh-VelmedeKarl von Bodelschwingh-VelmedeKarl von Bodelschwingh-Velmede was a Prussian politician.Von Bodelschwingh-Velmede was born in Velmede, near Hamm in the County of Mark...
(1800–1873), Prussian politician; Corps Guestphalia Göttingen - Eduard BöckingEduard BöckingEduard Böcking was a German legal scholar. He is best known for his editions of, and commentaries on, the legal works of classical antiquity.-Life:...
(1802–1870), legal scholar; Corps Hassia Heidelberg (suspended) - Franz BöhmFranz BöhmFranz Böhm was a German politician, lawyer, and economist.-Early Life:Franz Böhm was born on 16 February 1895 in Konstanz...
(1895–1977), politician, lawyer, and economist; Corps Rhenania Freiburg - Caesar Rudolf BoettgerCaesar Rudolf BoettgerCaesar Rudolf Boettger was a German zoologist born in Frankfurt am Main. He specialized in malacology, particularly studying the land snails and slugs....
(1888–1976), German zoologist, Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Silesia Breslau - Karl Heinrich von BoetticherKarl Heinrich von BoetticherKarl Heinrich von Boetticher was a German conservative politician and statesman. He served as Secretary of the Interior , and Vice Chancellor of Germany ....
(1833–1907), Secretary of the Interior (1880–1897), and Vice Chancellor of Germany (1881–1897); Corps Nassovia Würzburg - Ernst BolbrinkerErnst BolbrinkerDipl.-Ing. Ernst BolbrinkerIn German an engineer's degree is called Diplom-Ingenieur was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
(1898–1962), mining engineer, Generalmajor, Knight's Cross of the Iron CrossKnight's Cross of the Iron CrossThe Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
, Afrikakorps; Corps Schacht Leoben - Otto BollingerOtto BollingerOtto Bollinger was a German pathologist born in Altenkirchen, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate.In 1868, he obtained his doctorate at Berlin, receiving his habilitation two years later...
(1843–1909), pathologist (fowlpoxFowlpoxFowlpox is a worldwide disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus. The viruses causing fowlpox are distinct from one another but antigenically similar, possible hosts including chickens, turkeys, quail, canaries, pigeons, and many other species of...
); Corps Suevia München - Robert BonnetRobert Bonnet (physician)Robert Bonnet was a German anatomist born in Augsburg.In 1876 he received his doctorate at Munich, where in 1880 he began work as an assistant at the anatomical institute. The following year he was appointed professor at the Königliche Centraltierarzneischule in Munich...
(1851–1921), anatomist; Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen - Franz BrachtFranz BrachtClemens Emil Franz Bracht was a German jurist and politician.Born in Berlin, he studied law at the University of Würzburg and the University of Berlin. He joined the Centre Party and on 18 December 1924 became Supreme Burgomaster of Essen...
(1877–1933), politician; Corps Rhenania Würzburg - Curt BräuerCurt BräuerCurt Bräuer was a German career diplomat.Born in Breslau, in what is modern-day Poland, Bräuer entered service in the German foreign ministry in 1920. At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Bräuer was posted at the German embassy in Paris. Later that year, Bräuer was named as envoy to...
(1889–1969), diplomat, Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald - Friedrich Gustav von BramannFriedrich Gustav von BramannFriedrich Gustav von Bramann was a German surgeon born in Wilhelmsberg near Darkehmen, East Prussia.He studied medicine at the University of Königsberg where he joined the Corps Hansea. He became assistant surgeon to Ernst von Bergmann at the Charité in Berlin...
(1854–1913), surgeon (tracheostomy on Friedrich WilhelmFriedrich WilhelmThe German name Friedrich Wilhelm usually refers to several monarchs of the Hohenzollern dynasty:*Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg *Frederick William I , King in Prussia*Frederick William II , King of Prussia...
); Corps Hansea Königsberg - Karl Ferdinand BraunKarl Ferdinand BraunKarl Ferdinand Braun was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of the radio and television technology: he shared with Guglielmo Marconi the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics.-Biography:Braun was born in Fulda, Germany, and...
(1850–1918), physicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
, Nobel laureate in physicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
1909 (with Guglielmo MarconiGuglielmo MarconiGuglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
); Corps Teutonia Marburg - Magnus von Braun (senior)Magnus von Braun (senior)Magnus Alexander Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German jurist and politician.-Biography:Braun was born at his family's manor of Neucken, an estate the von Brauns had owned since 1803, near Pr...
(1878–1972), jurist and politician; Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Alfred BrehmAlfred BrehmAlfred Edmund Brehm was aGerman zoologist, natural history illustrator and writer, the son ofChristian Ludwig Brehm....
(1829–1884), zoologist, Brehms TierlebenBrehms TierlebenBrehms Tierleben is a reference book, first published in the 1860s,which made its author, Alfred Edmund Brehm ,known around the world.- Publishing history :...
; Corps Saxonia Jena - Eberhard von BreitenbuchEberhard von BreitenbuchEberhard von Breitenbuch was a German cavalry officer who served in Army Group Centre of the Wehrmacht during World War II with the rank of Rittmeister and took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler that culminated in the July 20 Plot.He was born in Dietzhausen near Suhl,...
(1910–1980), cavalry officer in the German resistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
; Corps Silvania Tharandt - Lorenzo BrentanoLorenzo BrentanoLorenzo Brentano was a journalist and a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born as Lorenz Peter Carl Brentano in Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Brentano received a thorough classical training and studied jurisprudence at the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg...
(1813–1891), German journalist, member of the Frankfurt Assembly and U.S. Representative from Illinois; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg - Alois von Brinz (1820–1887), jurist and politician; Corps Suevia München, Corps Franconia Prag
- Wilhelm BrücknerWilhelm BrücknerWilhelm Brückner was until 1940 Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant.Brückner grew up in Baden-Baden and also did his Abitur there...
(1884–1954), until 1940 Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant; Corps Transrhenania München - Heinrich BrunnHeinrich BrunnHeinrich Brunn was a German archaeologist.Brunn studied archaeology and philology in Bonn. In 1843 he received his doctorate degree with the work Artificum liberae Graeciae tempora and moved to Italy. He worked at the German Archaeological Institute in Rome until 1853...
(1822–1894), archaeologist, Corps Palatia Bonn - Bernhard Ernst von BülowBernhard Ernst von BülowBernhard Ernst von Bülow was a Danish and German statesman.He was the son of Adolf von Bülow, a Danish official, and was born at Cismar in Holstein. His own son Bernhard von Bülow was also a German statesman and chancellor...
(1815–1879), secretary of state; Corps Vandalia Göttingen - Heinrich von BülowHeinrich von Bülow (diplomat)Heinrich Freiherr von Bülow was a Prussian statesman.Bülow was educated at the Domschule Güstrow, then studied Law from 1810 onwards, at first in Jena, then in Heidelberg and Geneva...
(1792–1846), prussian statesman; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg - Walter von Bülow-BothkampWalter von Bülow-BothkampWalter von Bülow-Bothkamp , Pour le Merite, Military Order of Saint Henry, Iron Cross was a German fighter ace from an aristocratic family who was credited with 28 victories.- Early life :...
(1894–1918), German World War I ace; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
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- Petre P. CarpPetre P. CarpPetre P. Carp , commonly rendered as P. P. Carp, was a Romanian conservative politician and literary critic who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for two terms...
(1837–1919), Prime Minister of Romania; Corps Borussia Bonn - Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844–1894), Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCharles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCharles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...
(1884–1958), last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaSaxe-Coburg and GothaSaxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...
; Corps Borussia Bonn - Maximilian Joseph von CheliusMaximilian Joseph von CheliusMaximilian Joseph von Chelius was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist who was born in Mannheim. He received his medical doctorate in 1812 at the University of Heidelberg, and afterwards was a civilian and military physician in Munich, and was an army surgeon in the last phases of the Napoleonic...
(1794–1876), surgeonSurgeonIn medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
and ophthalmologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Adolf Karl Ludwig ClausAdolf Karl Ludwig ClausAdolf Karl Ludwig Claus was a German chemist. He is known for his structure of benzene proposed in 1867.-Life:Claus was born in 1838 in Kassel, Germany. Starting from 1850, he studied medicine in Marburg and later chemistry at the University of Marburg, with Hermann Kolbe...
(1838–1900), chemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
, known for his structure of benzeneBenzeneBenzene is an organic chemical compound. It is composed of 6 carbon atoms in a ring, with 1 hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom, with the molecular formula C6H6....
proposed in 1867; Corps Teutonia Marburg - Carl Friedrich Wilhelm ClausCarl Friedrich Wilhelm ClausCarl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus was a German zoologist. He was an opponent of the ideas of Ernst Haeckel.-Biography:...
, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg - Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839–1884), pathologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
- Gerhard Conrad (pilot)Gerhard Conrad (pilot)Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard ConradIn German an engineer's degree is called Diplom-Ingenieur was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
(1895–1982), Generalleutnant of the Luftwaffe; Corps Hercynia München, Corps Frankonia Brünn - Constantine I of GreeceConstantine I of GreeceConstantine I was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, in which Greece won Thessaloniki and doubled in...
(1868–1923), King of the Hellenes, Duke of Sparta; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Alexander ConzeAlexander ConzeAlexander Christian Leopold Conze was a German archaeologist who specialized in ancient Greek art. He was a native of Hannover, and studied at the University of Göttingen. In 1863 he became a professor at the University of Halle, and from 1869 to 1877 worked at the University of Vienna, where he...
(1831–1914), archaeologist, secretary of the German Archaeological InstituteGerman Archaeological InstituteThe German Archaeological Institute is an institution of research within the field of archaeology , and a "scientific corporation", with parentage of the federal Foreign Office of Germany-Origin:...
; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen - Wilhelm Paul CorssenWilhelm Paul CorssenWilhelm Paul Corssen was a German philologist noted for his work on Latin and Etruscan topics.- Biography :Corssen was born in Bremen and, after his merchant father moved to Schwedt in the Kingdom of Prussia, received his school education there...
(1820–1875), philologist; Corps Marchia Berlin - Vincenz CzernyVincenz CzernyVincenz Czerny was an Austrian-German surgeon whose main contributions were in the fields of oncological and gynecological surgery.Czerny was born in Trutnov, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...
(1842–1916), surgeon; Corps Austria FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
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- Gottlieb DaimlerGottlieb DaimlerGottlieb Daimler was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist born in Schorndorf , in what is now Germany. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development...
(1834–1900), pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobileAutomobileAn automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
development; Corps Stauffia Stuttgart - Werner DankwortWerner DankwortDr. Carl Werner Dankwort born in Gumbinnen, Germany, was a German diplomat who served a major role in bringing Germany into the League of Nations in 1926 prior to representing the German contingent in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, the post-World War II effort known as the...
(1895–1986), diplomat bringing Germany into the League of NationsLeague of NationsThe League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
in 1926 prior to representing the German contingent in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, the post-World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
effort known as the Marshall PlanMarshall PlanThe Marshall Plan was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism. The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948...
, Corps Vandalia-TeutoniaCorps Vandalia-TeutoniaVandalia-Teutonia Berlin is a German Student Corps in the Kösener SC-Verband , the umbrella organization of the oldest German fraternities. As a corps, Vandalia-Teutonia practices academic fencing and wears Colours. Its membership comprises active and former students and alumni of all Berlin...
Berlin - Siegfried DehnSiegfried DehnSiegfried Dehn was a German music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian.Born in Altona, Hamburg, Dehn was the son of a banker and learned to play the cello as a boy. Intent on becoming a diplomat, he studied law in Leipzig but also took music lessons from J.A. Dröbs...
(1799–1858), music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian; Corps Saxonia Leipzig - Max DelbrückMax Delbrück (chemist)Max Emil Julius Delbrück was a German agricultural chemist.-Biography:He was born in Bergen. He studied chemistry in Berlin and in Greifswald. In 1872 he was made assistant at the Academy of Trades in Berlin; in 1887 he was appointed instructor at the Agricultural College, and in 1899 was given a...
(1850–1919), German agricultural chemist; Corps Cimbria Berlin - Ernst von DeliusErnst von DeliusErnst von Delius was a racing driver from Germany.Von Delius died at the age of 25 years old at the Nürburgring Circuit during the 1937 German Grand Prix, having suffered a fatal collision with Richard Seaman....
(1912–1937), racing car driver; Corps Franconia München - Nicolaus DeliusNicolaus DeliusNicolaus Delius was a German philologist. Delius was born at Bremen; he was distinguished especially as a student of Shakespeare and for his edition of Shakespeare's works....
(1813–1888), philologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn - Georg DiederichsGeorg DiederichsGeorg Diederichs was a German politician, a member of the SPD, who served as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony.He was born at Northeim and died in Hanover....
(1900–1983), politician (SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
), Prime Minister of Lower SaxonyPrime Minister of Lower SaxonyThe Minister-President of Lower Saxony , also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of Lower Saxony. The position was created in 1946, when the states of Brunswick, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and the State of Hanover were merged to form the state...
; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen - Johann Friedrich DieffenbachJohann Friedrich DieffenbachJohann Friedrich Dieffenbach was a German surgeon who specialized in skin transplantation and plastic surgery. His work in rhinoplastic and maxillofacial surgery established many modern techniques of reconstructive surgery. He endeavours comprehended subcutaneous operations such as tenotomy, the...
(1792–1847), plastic surgeon, Corps Pomerania Greifswald - Rudolf DielsRudolf DielsRudolf Diels was a German politician and SS-Oberführer. A protégé of Hermann Göring, Diels was in charge of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934....
(1900–1957), SSSchutzstaffelThe Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
-OberführerOberführerOberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as “Senior Leader”, an Oberführer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region...
, in charge of the GestapoGestapoThe Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
from 1933 to 1934; Corps Rhenania Straßburg - Arnold DiestelArnold DiestelArnold Friedrich Georg Diestel was a German politician and a First Mayor of Hamburg. Diestel was born in Valparaíso, Chile and died in Hamburg. He was member of the German Democratic Party ...
(1857–1924), First Mayor of Hamburg; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg - Franz von DingelstedtFranz von DingelstedtFranz von Dingelstedt was a German poet, dramatist and theatre administrator.-Biography:Dingestedt was born at Halsdorf, Hesse-Kassel , Germany, and later studied at the University of Marburg nearby. In 1836 he became a master at the Lyceum in Kassel, from where he was transferred to Fulda in 1838...
(1814–1881), poet, dramatist and theatre administrator; Corps Schaumburgia Marburg - Herbert von DirksenHerbert von DirksenHerbert von Dirksen was a German diplomat who is best remembered as the last German Ambassador to Britain before World War II.- Biography :...
(1882–1955), ambassador to Britain; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Rudolf DoehnRudolf DoehnRudolf Doehn was a German writer and journalist. He belonged to the Forty-Eighters who participated in the American Civil War as volunteers in the Union Army...
(1821–1895), Forty-EighterForty-EightersThe Forty-Eighters were Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe. In Germany, the Forty-Eighters favored unification of the German people, a more democratic government, and guarantees of human rights...
, fought in the Union ArmyUnion ArmyThe Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
; Corps Guestphalia Halle - Claudius DornierClaudius DornierClaude Honoré Desiré Dornier born in Kempten im Allgäu was a German airplane builder and founder of Dornier GmbH...
(1884–1969), founder of Dornier GmbH; Corps Suevo-Guestphalia München - Ludwig DraxlerLudwig DraxlerDr. Ludwig Draxler was an Austrian attorney and politician.Draxler was a decorated veteran of World War I and served as Austrian Secretary of Finance from 1935 to 1936...
(1896–1972), Austrian Secretary of Finance; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck - Julius DreschfeldJulius DreschfeldJulius Dreschfeld FRCP was a leading British physician and pathologist.Born in Bavaria of Jewish parents, he was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and Manchester Royal School of Medicine....
(1845–1907), leading British physician and pathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg - Jakob DubsJakob DubsJakob Dubs was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council .He was elected to the Federal Council on 30 July 1861 and handed over office on 28 May 1872...
(1822–1879), member of the Swiss Federal CouncilSwiss Federal CouncilThe Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the Swiss collective head of state....
; Corps Helevetia Heidelberg (suspended) - Georg Ferdinand DuckwitzGeorg Ferdinand DuckwitzGeorg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a German attache who warned the Danish Jews about their intended deportation in 1943...
(1904–1973), ambassador to Denmark, Righteous among the NationsRighteous Among the NationsRighteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis....
; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
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- Hermann EbbinghausHermann EbbinghausHermann Ebbinghaus was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was also the first person to describe the learning curve...
(1850–1909), psychologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
- Georg EbersGeorg EbersGeorg Moritz Ebers , German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca. 1550 BCE, named for him at Luxor in the winter of 1873–74...
(1837–1898), egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Ebers PapyrusEbers papyrusThe Ebers Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Ebers, is an Egyptian medical papyrus dating to circa 1550 BC. Among the oldest and most important medical papyri of ancient Egypt, it was purchased at Luxor, in the winter of 1873–74 by Georg Ebers...
; Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Victor von EbnerVictor von EbnerAnton Gilbert Victor von Ebner, Ritter von Rofenstein was an Austrian anatomist and histologist who was a native of Bregenz...
(1842–1925), Austrian anatomist and histologist; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck - Walter EckhardtWalter EckhardtWalter Eckhardt was a German politician, who represented the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights and subsequently the Christian Social Union of Bavaria...
(1906–1994), member of the BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
and Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
; Corps Teutonia Marburg - Wilhelm EndemannWilhelm EndemannWilhelm Endemann was a German jurist.-Biography:He was educated at the University of Heidelberg, professor of law at the University of Jena from 1862 to 1867, and assumed the same position at the University of Bonn in 1875. From 1871 to 1873 he was a member of the Reichstag...
(1825–1899), legal scholar, member of the ReichstagReichstag (German Empire)The Reichstag was the parliament of the North German Confederation , and of the German Reich ....
; Corps Teutonia Marburg - Johann Georg Veit EngelhardtJohann Georg Veit EngelhardtJohann Georg Veit Engelhardt , a German theologian, was born at Neustadt-on-the-Aisch.He and was educated at Erlangen, where he afterwards taught in the gymnasium , and became professor of theology in the university .His two great works were a Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte in 4 volumes , and a...
(1791–1855), theologian; Corps Franconia II Erlangen - Friedrich ErismannFriedrich ErismannFriedrich Huldreich Erismann was a Swiss ophthalmologist and hygienist who was born in Gontenschwil. In 1867 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Zurich, and subsequently furthered his studies in ophthalmology in Heidelberg, Vienna and Berlin. In 1869 he became an ophthalmologist...
, (1842–1915), Swiss ophthalmologist and hygienist; Corps Tigurinia Zürich - Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863–1950), Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Borussia Bonn
- Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1908), Corps Franconia Jena, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Corps Franconia Jena
- Walter EuckenWalter EuckenWalter Eucken was a German economist and father of ordoliberalism. His name is closely linked with the development of the "social market economy".-Life:...
, protagonist of the social market economySocial market economyThe social market economy is the main economic model used in West Germany after World War II. It is based on the economic philosophy of Ordoliberalism from the Freiburg School...
; Corps Saxonia Kiel - Hanns Heinz EwersHanns Heinz EwersHanns Heinz Ewers was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself...
(1871–1943), actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien
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- Paul FalkenbergPaul FalkenbergPaul Falkenberg - German botanist; Professor of botany and Director of Botanical Garden Rostock; known for his works in anatomy and morphology of plants , also, on the algae...
(1848–1925), botanist; Corps Hildesia IV Göttingen - Gottfried FederGottfried FederGottfried Feder was an economist and one of the early key members of the Nazi party. He was their economic theoretician. Initially, it was his lecture in 1919 that drew Hitler into the party.- Biography :...
(1883–1941), economist, one of the early key members of the Nazi party; Corps Isaria München - Max Fesca (1846–1917), agricultural scientist, hired by the Meiji government of Japan as a foreign advisor from 1882–1894; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
- Carl FlüggeCarl FlüggeCarl Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Flügge was a German bacteriologist and hygienist who was a native of Hannover. He studied medicine in Göttingen, Bonn, Leipzig and Munich, and in 1878 was a lecturer of hygiene in Berlin...
(1847–1923), bacteriologist and hygienist; Corps Bremensia Göttingen
- Max von ForckenbeckMax von ForckenbeckMaximilian Franz August von Forckenbeck was a German lawyer and politician and served as mayor of Berlin from 1878 to 1892. His is considered one of the most important Mayors of Berlin because of his prudent management style.-Life:Max Forckenbeck was born in Münster on October 23, 1821...
(1821–1891), politician, founder of the German Progress PartyGerman Progress PartyThe German Progress Party was the first modern political party with a program in Germany, founded by the liberal members of the Prussian Lower House in 6 June, 1861....
and National Liberal Party (Germany)National Liberal Party (Germany)The National Liberal Party was a German political party which flourished between 1867 and 1918. It was formed by Prussian liberals who put aside their differences with Bismarck over domestic policy due to their support for his highly successful foreign policy, which resulted in the unification of...
, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
mayor, ReichstagReichstagReichstag may refer to:*Reichstag – the diets or parliaments of the Holy Roman Empire, of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, and of Germany from 1871 to 1945** Reichstag ** Reichstag...
president; Corps Teutonia Giessen - Gustav FreytagGustav FreytagGustav Freytag was a German novelist and playwright.-Life:Freytag was born in Kreuzburg in Silesia...
(1816–1895), dramatist and novelist, Pour le MéritePour le MériteThe Pour le Mérite, known informally as the Blue Max , was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order for German soldiers until the end of World War I....
; Corps Borussia Breslau - Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg, Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Prince Frederick Charles of HessePrince Frederick Charles of HesseFrederick Charles Louis Constantine, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse , Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel in German, was the brother-in-law of the German Emperor William II and the elected King of Finland from 9 October to 14 December 1918.-Early life:Frederick was...
(1868–1940), King of Finland; Corps Suevia Freiburg - Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (1882–1945); Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Visigothia Rostock
- Wilhelm von FreedenWilhelm von FreedenWilhelm Ihno Adolf von Freeden was a German mathematician and expert on navigation. He was the founder of the North German Naval Observatory.-Biography:...
(1822–1894), mathematician, navigation lecturer, founder of the North German Naval Observatory; Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Frisia Göttingen - Karl Rudolf FriedenthalKarl Rudolf FriedenthalKarl Rudolf Friedenthal was a Prussian statesman.Friedenthal was born in Breslau , Prussian Silesia, as a nephew of Markus Bär Friedenthal, the author, and later became a convert to Christianity...
, Prussian statesman; Corps Silesia Breslau - Nikolaus FriedreichNikolaus FriedreichNikolaus Friedreich was a German pathologist and neurologist, and a third generation physician in the Friedreich family...
, pathologist and neurologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg - Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Corps Bremensia Göttingen
- Richard FrommelRichard FrommelRichard Julius Ernst Frommel was a German obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of Augsburg. In 1877 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and for the next ten years practiced medicine in Vienna, Berlin and Munich. At Berlin he was an assistant to gynecologist...
, Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen, Corps Rhenania Würzburg - August von FroriepAugust von FroriepAugust von Froriep was a German anatomist who was born in Weimar. He studied medicine in Leipzig, and after earning his doctorate in 1874, he became an assistant to Christian Wilhelm Braune . Later he was a prosector and eventually a professor at the University of Tübingen...
, Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Otto FroitzheimOtto FroitzheimOtto Froitzheim was a German tennis player. At the 1908 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the men's singles tournament....
(1884–1962), tennis champion; Corps Teutonia Bonn - Karl FürstnerKarl FürstnerKarl Fürstner was a German neurologist and psychiatrist who was born in Strasburg, Uckermark.He studied medicine in Würzburg and Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1871...
, neurologist and psychiatrist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
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- Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist, sinologist; Corps Franconia Jena
- Friedrich Balduin von GagernFriedrich Balduin von GagernFriedrich Balduin, Baron von Gagern , the eldest of the sons of Hans Christoph Ernst von Gagern, was born at Weilburg on the 24th of October 1794. He entered the university of Göttingen, but soon left, and, taking service in the Austrian army, took part in the Russian campaign of 1812, and fought...
(1794–1848), German general, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Wilhelm von GaylWilhelm von GaylWilhelm Moritz Egon Freiherr von Gayl was a German jurist and politician of the German National People's Party .-Biography:...
, Secretary of Interior; Corps Saxonia Göttingen, Corps Borussia Bonn - Karl GeilerKarl GeilerKarl Hermann Friedrich Geiler was a German lawyer and politician. He was born in Schönau and died in Heidelberg....
, Prime Minister of Hessen; Corps Rhenania Freiburg - Heinrich GelzerHeinrich GelzerNot to be confused with the German classical scholar Matthias Gelzer, who wrote on Julius Caesar and the Late Roman Republic.Heinrich Gelzer was a German classical scholar. He wrote also on Armenian mythology. He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer...
, classical scholar; Corps Alamannia Basel - Kurt GersteinKurt GersteinKurt Gerstein was a German SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS. He witnessed mass murders in the Nazi extermination camps Belzec and Treblinka...
(1905–1945), German SS officer, tried to inform the international public about the Holocaust, author of the Gerstein ReportGerstein ReportThe Gerstein Report was written by Kurt Gerstein, an Obersturmführer of the Waffen-SS in 1945 who rose to become the Head of Technical Disinfection Services of the SS. In that capacity he witnessed in August 1942 the gassing of some 3,000 Jews in the extermination camp of Belzec...
, Corps Teutonia Marburg - Gustaw GizewiuszGustaw GizewiuszGustaw Herman Marcin Gizewiusz, or Gustav Gisevius was a Polish political figure, folklorist, and translator. He was married to a Mazur Polish woman, who encouraged him to become a political figure...
, pastor in Mazovia; Corps Masovia KönigsbergCorps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia... - Themistocles GluckThemistocles GluckThemistocles Gluck was a German physician and surgeon. He first invented endoprostheses from ivory in 1890 at Berlin....
, surgeon, inaugurator of joint replacement; Corps Saxonia Leipzig - Heinrich Ernst GöringHeinrich Ernst GöringHeinrich Ernst Göring was a German jurist and diplomat who served as colonial governor of German South-West Africa. He was the father of five children including Hermann Göring, the Nazi leader and commander of the Luftwaffe....
, colonial governor of German South-West AfricaGerman South-West AfricaGerman South West Africa was a colony of Germany from 1884 until 1915, when it was taken over by South Africa and administered as South West Africa, finally becoming Namibia in 1990...
, father of Hermann GöringHermann GöringHermann Wilhelm Göring, was a German politician, military leader, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. He was a veteran of World War I as an ace fighter pilot, and a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite, also known as "The Blue Max"...
; Corps Saxonia Bonn - Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-BesanezEugen Freiherr von Gorup-BesanezEugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez was an Austrian-German chemist.-Biography:He was educated in Graz and at Vienna, Padua, Munich, and Göttingen. He was appointed professor of chemistry at Erlangen in 1849...
, chemist; Corps Bavaria München - Gustav GraefGustav GraefGustav Graef was a German painter, primarily of portraits and historical subjects. He studied with Theodor Hildebrandt and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His son Botho Graef became an art historian of some note, and his daughter was the painter Sabine...
, painter; Corpslandsmannschaft Normannia Königsberg - Hans GrässelHans GrässelHans Grässel was a German architect. Grässel studied and performed almost his entire career in Munich, and as the council architect of the city he created a series of cemeteries of which Munich Waldfriedhof , opened in 1907, is well-known for being the first woodland cemetery...
, architect, Pour le MéritePour le MériteThe Pour le Mérite, known informally as the Blue Max , was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order for German soldiers until the end of World War I....
; Corps Rheno-Palatia München - Ferdinand GregoroviusFerdinand GregoroviusFerdinand Gregorovius was a German historian who specialized in the medieval history of Rome. He is best known for Wanderjahre in Italien, his account of the walks he took through Italy in the 1850s, and the monumental Die Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter , a classic for Medieval and early...
, journalist and historian, honorary citizen of Rome; Corps Masovia KönigsbergCorps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia... - Paul GüssfeldtPaul GüssfeldtDr Paul Güssfeldt was a German geologist, mountaineer and explorer.-Biography:Güssfeldt was born in Berlin, where he also died almost 80 years later...
, geologist, mountaineer and explorer, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
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- Klaus HänschKlaus HänschKlaus Hänsch is a German Politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament representing the SPD, and sits with the Party of European Socialists group....
- Albrecht von HagenAlbrecht von HagenAlbrecht von Hagen was a German jurist and a resistance fighter in the time of the Third Reich.- Life :Hagen was born in Langen, Pomerania , on the manor of the original East Brandenburg-Pomeranian noble family in which he was rooted...
, Wehrmacht officer, German resistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg.
- Werner HartensteinWerner HartensteinGustav Julius Werner Hartenstein was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of . He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military...
, commander of German submarine U-156 (1941), Knight´s cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg - Emil HartwichEmil HartwichEmil Ferdinand Hartwich was a German judge and promoter of sports education, remembered for his death in a duel.-Early life and career:...
, Corps Rhenania HeidelbergCorps Rhenania HeidelbergCorps Rhenania Heidelberg is a member Corps of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband, the oldest association of student fraternities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Corps Rhenania is "pflichtschlagend", which refers to the fact that it requires of its members, that they participate in several... - Ulrich von HassellUlrich von HassellUlrich von Hassell was a German diplomat during World War II. A member of the German Resistance against German dictator Adolf Hitler, Hassell was executed in the aftermath of the failed July 20 plot.- Family :...
, diplomat, German resistance, executed; Corps Suevia Tübingen - Hermann von HatzfeldtHermann von HatzfeldtHermann von Hatzfeldt was a German civil servant and politician. He represented the Deutsche Reichspartei in the Reichstag for a number of years.-References:...
, Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Friedrich Hecker, Corps Rhenania HeidelbergCorps Rhenania HeidelbergCorps Rhenania Heidelberg is a member Corps of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband, the oldest association of student fraternities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Corps Rhenania is "pflichtschlagend", which refers to the fact that it requires of its members, that they participate in several...
, Corps Hassia Heidelberg, Corps Palatia Heidelberg - Justus HeckerJustus HeckerJustus Friedrich Karl Hecker was a German physician and medical writer, whose works appear in medical encyclopaedias and journals of the time...
, founder of historical pathology, Corps Marchia Berlin - Johann Gustav HeckscherJohann Gustav HeckscherJohann Gustav Wilhelm Moritz Heckscher was a German politician.-Biography:He served during the War of 1815 as a volunteer in the Hanseatic Corps, and then studied at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg...
, minister resident; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg - Heinrich HeineHeinrich HeineChristian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann...
(1797–1856), significant GermanGerman literatureGerman literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...
poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
of the 19th century, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen - Karl HeinzenKarl HeinzenKarl Peter Heinzen was a revolutionary author who resided mainly in Germany and the United States. He was one of the German Forty-Eighters.-Biography:...
(1809–1880), revolutionary author; Corps Guestphalia Bonn - Vollrath von HellermannVollrath von HellermannVollrath von Hellermann was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
, Generalmajor of the Wehrmacht, Knight´s Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Wilhelm HemprichWilhelm HemprichWilhelm Friedrich Hemprich was a German naturalist and explorer.Hemprich was born in Glatz , Prussian Silesia, and studied medicine at Breslau and Berlin...
, naturalist and explorer; Corps Teutonia Breslau, Corps Borussia Breslau - Paul Hensel (politician)Paul Hensel (politician)Paul Hensel was a German Lutheran theologian and politician.- Biography :Hensel was born in Gehsen and visited school in Lyck. In 1886 he began to study Theology at the University of Königsberg and the University of Berlin and was a member of the Burschenschaft Corps Masovia...
, pastor, defender of Mazovia; Corps Masovia - Rudolph HeringRudolph HeringRudolph Hering was a founder of modern environmental technology.He came to Dresden at age 13 to attend school there and studied civil engineering at the Technische Universität Dresden as a member of the German Student Corps Altsachsen.He was involved in the reversing of the Chicago river; his name...
, American engineer, Corps Altsachsen Dresden - Alfred HerrhausenAlfred HerrhausenAlfred Herrhausen was a German banker and Chairman of Deutsche Bank. From 1971 onwards he was a member of the bank's board of directors....
- Wilhelm Hertz, rediscovered writer; Corps Teutonia Stuttgart, Corps Franconia Tübingen
- Walther HerwigWalther HerwigWalther Herwig was a Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science....
(1838–1912), Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Otto HesseOtto HesseLudwig Otto Hesse was a German mathematician. Hesse was born in Königsberg, Prussia, and died in Munich, Bavaria. He worked on algebraic invariants...
, mathematician; Corps Masovia KönigsbergCorps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia...
. - Hermann Theodor HettnerHermann Theodor HettnerHermann Julius Theodor Hettner , was a German literary historian and writer on the history of art.He was born at Leisersdorf , near Goldberg , in Silesia. At the universities of Berlin, Halle and Heidelberg he concentrated on the study of philosophy, but in 1843 turned his attention to aesthetics,...
, literary historian; Corps Silesia Berlin, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Prince Frederick Charles of HessePrince Frederick Charles of HesseFrederick Charles Louis Constantine, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse , Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel in German, was the brother-in-law of the German Emperor William II and the elected King of Finland from 9 October to 14 December 1918.-Early life:Frederick was...
- Carl von HeydenCarl von HeydenCarl Heinrich Georg von Heyden was a German Senator and entomologist. He collected insects in all Orders but was especially interested in Coleoptera, Microlepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and fossil insects.His collections are divided between the German Entomological Institute and the Senckenberg...
, Corps Rhenania HeidelbergCorps Rhenania HeidelbergCorps Rhenania Heidelberg is a member Corps of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband, the oldest association of student fraternities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Corps Rhenania is "pflichtschlagend", which refers to the fact that it requires of its members, that they participate in several...
- William HillebrandWilliam HillebrandWilliam Hillebrand was a German physician. He traveled the world, including over 20 years in the Hawaiian islands. In 1850, Hillebrand lived at what is now Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu. He also became known as a botanist.-Life and career:...
, founder of the Hawaii Medical Association and Foster Botanical GardenFoster Botanical GardenFoster Botanical Garden, measuring 13.5 acres , is one of three botanical gardens located at 50 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA...
in Honululu; Corps Hanseatia Göttingen und Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Paul von HindenburgPaul von HindenburgPaul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934....
, Generalfeldmarschall, Reichspräsident; Corps Montania Freiberg - Eduard HitzigEduard HitzigEduard Hitzig was a German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist born in Berlin.He studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin and Würzburg, and had as instructors, famous men such as Emil Du Bois-Reymond , Rudolf Virchow , Moritz Heinrich Romberg and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal...
, neuropsychiatrist, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Neoborussia Berlin - Leopold von HoeschLeopold von HoeschLeopold von Hoesch was a career German diplomat. Hoesch began his political career in France as the chargé d'affaires in 1923. Following the recall of the German Ambassador in 1923 after the Ruhr crisis, Hoesch was appointed acting head of the German Embassy in Paris. While in Paris, Hoesch...
, diplomat; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Andreas Gottlieb HoffmannAndreas Gottlieb HoffmannAndreas Gottlieb Hoffmann was a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist born in Welbsleben. He was a leading authority on Syriac and Hebrew languages....
, theologian and orientalist; Corps Teutonia Halle - Heinrich Hoffmann (author)Heinrich Hoffmann (author)Heinrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.- Early life and education:...
, psychiatrist, author of StruwwelpeterStruwwelpeterDer Struwwelpeter is a popular German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the...
; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg - Anton Friedrich HohlAnton Friedrich HohlAnton Friedrich Hohl was a German professor of obstetrics who was born in Lobenstein.He studied law at the University of Leipzig, and following graduation opened a law practice in his home town of Lobenstein. In 1824 he was able procure sufficient funds to study medicine...
, obstetrician; Corps Thuringia Leipzig, founder of Corps Saxonia Leipzig - Karl Christian Johann HolstenKarl Christian Johann HolstenKarl Christian Johann Holsten was a German theologian.Holsten was born in Güstrow, Mecklenburg. He was educated at Leipzig, Berlin, and Rostock, where in 1852 he became a teacher of religion at the Gymnasium...
, theologian; Corps Misnia Leipzig, Corps Vandalia Rostock - Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von HoltzendorffJoachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von HoltzendorffJoachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff , German jurist, born at Vietmannsdorf , in the Mark of Brandenburg, was descended from a family of the old nobility....
, jurist - Caspar Alexander Honthumb, contributing editor New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Cincinnati VolksfreundCincinnati VolksfreundThe Cincinnati Volksfreund was a daily and weekly German-language newspaper based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and published between 1850 and 1908. The paper was founded in October 1850 by Joseph A. Hemann and his editorials began appearing in March 1853 in the weekly edition called the Cincinnati...
, Puck (magazine)Puck (magazine)Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918.-History:...
, Corps Hannovera Göttingen - Johann Friedrich HornerJohann Friedrich HornerJohann Friedrich Horner was an ophthalmologist based at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.After receiving his medical degree from the University of Zurich in 1854, Horner continued his studies in Vienna and Berlin. While in Berlin, he was an assistant to the renowned ophthalmologist Albrecht...
(1831–1886), Swiss ophthalmologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
- House of HohenzollernHouse of HohenzollernThe House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...
- Prince Eitel Friedrich of PrussiaPrince Eitel Friedrich of PrussiaPrince Eitel Friedrich was the second son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany by his first wife, Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein...
(1883–1942), Prussian prince and general; Corps Borussia Bonn - Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885), Corps Borussia Bonn
- Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929), brother of Wilhelm II, Großadmiral; Corps Holsatia Kiel
- Prince Oskar of PrussiaPrince Oskar of PrussiaPrince Oskar of Prussia was the fifth son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.-Education:...
, Generalmajor, Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden; Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978), Corps Brandenburgia Berlin (Cleveland)
- Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Corps Borussia Bonn
- William, German Crown Prince, Corps Borussia Bonn
- Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945); Corps Holsatia Kiel
- Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940), Corps Borussia Bonn
- Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
- Francis Huebschmann (German: Franz Hübschmann), 1817–1880), 1851–1852 and 1871-1872 senator in Wisconsin, "best physician" of the Union Army; Corps Saxonia Jena
- Ferdinand HueppeFerdinand HueppeFerdinand Hueppe was, from 1900 to 1904, the first Deutscher Fußball-Bund president....
, bacteriologist, military surgeon, first German Football AssociationGerman Football AssociationThe German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
president; Corps Alemannia Berlin - Carl HueterCarl HueterCarl Hueter was a German surgeon born in Marburg. He was the son of obstetrician Karl Christoph Hueter ....
, surgeon, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg
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- Hermann JacobiHermann JacobiHermann Georg Jacobi was an eminent German Indologist.-Education:Jacobi was born in Köln on 11 February 1850...
(1850–1937), indologist, Corps Teutonia Bonn - Otto JaekelOtto JaekelOtto Max Johannes Jaekel was a German paleontologist and geologist.Jaekel was born in Neusalz , Prussian Silesia. He studied geology and paleontology in Liegnitz . After graduating in 1883, he moved to Breslau and studied under Ferdinand Roemer until 1885. Karl von Zittel awarded a PhD to Jaekel...
, paleontologist, geologist; Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald - Duke John Albert of MecklenburgDuke John Albert of MecklenburgDuke John Albert of Mecklenburg was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who served as the regent of two states of the German Empire...
- Philipp von JollyPhilipp von JollyJohann Philipp Gustav von Jolly was a German physicist and mathematician.Born in Mannheim as the son of merchant Louis Jolly and Marie Eleonore Jolly, he studied science in Heidelberg, Vienna and Berlin. After his studies, he was appointed professor of mathematics in Heidelberg in 1839 and in...
, physicist, mathematician; Corps Hassia Heidelberg - Carl Friedrich Wilhelm JordanCarl Friedrich Wilhelm JordanCarl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, sometimes shortened to Wilhelm Jordan, was a German writer and politician.- Life :...
, writer and politician; Corps Littuania. - Heinz JostHeinz JostHeinz Jost was an SS Brigadeführer and a Generalmajor of Police...
, SS Brigadeführer; Corps Hassia Gießen - Hugo JunkersHugo JunkersHugo Junkers was an innovative German engineer, as his many patents in varied areas show...
(1859–1935), innovative engineer (gas engines, aeroplanes), Corps Delta Aachen
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- Karl Kaiser (b. 1934), Harvard professor, co-worker of Henry Kissinger; Corps Hansea Köln
- Manfred KantherManfred KantherManfred Kanther is a German conservative politician and was Minister of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1993 to 1998. He has been a member of the CDU .- Life and education :...
- Friedrich KappFriedrich KappFriedrich Kapp was a German-American lawyer, writer, and politician. He was an outspoken opponent of Germany's colonization fervor during his time as a National Liberal Reichstag deputy. This was exemplified in his speech to the annual Congress of German Economists...
, Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Wolfgang KappWolfgang KappWolfgang Kapp was a Prussian civil servant and journalist. He was a strict nationalist, and a nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch.-Early life:...
(1858–1922), nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Walther KauschWalther KauschWalther Kausch was a surgeon. He was involved in improvements made to the pancreaticoduodenectomy process.Walther Carl Eduard Kausch was the second of four children. He studied medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität in Strassburg from 1885 to 1890. He received his doctor's license on July...
, surgeon, pioneer of pancreaticoduodenectomyPancreaticoduodenectomyA pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreatoduodenectomy, Whipple procedure, or Kausch-Whipple procedure, is a major surgical operation involving the pancreas, duodenum, and other organs...
; Corps Palaio-Alsatia Straßburg - Albert KellerAlbert KellerAlbert von Keller was a German painter.-Life and work:He was born at Gais, in Switzerland; he studied at the Munich Academy under Lenbach and Ramberg, and must be counted among the leading colorists of the modern German school. Travels in Italy, France, England and Holland, and a prolonged sojourn...
, German painter, Corps Isaria München - Ott-Heinrich KellerOtt-Heinrich KellerEduard Ott-Heinrich Keller was a German mathematician who worked in the fields of geometry, topology and algebraic geometry. He formulated the celebrated problem which is now called the Jacobian conjecture in 1939.He was born in Frankfurt–am-Main, and studied at the universities of Frankfurt,...
(1906–1990), German mathematician; Corps Austria - Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
- Wilhelm KiesselbachWilhelm KiesselbachWilhelm Kiesselbach was a German otolaryngologist who was a native of Hanau. He was director of otolaryngology at the university clinic in Erlangen from 1889 to 1902....
, ENT surgeon; Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg - Mitchell Campbell KingMitchell Campbell KingMitchell Campbell King was a planter and physician in the Carolinas. Mitchell Campbell King was the son of teacher, Lawyer and Judge Mitchel King and his first wife Susanna Campbell...
(1815–1901), American planter and physician in the Carolinas, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Georg KlossGeorg KlossGeorg Franz Burkhard Kloss was a German historian of freemasonry.-Biography:...
(1787–1854), German historian of freemasonry, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - William August KobbéWilliam August KobbéWilliam August Kobbé was a United States Army officer.-Biography:His father of the same name was a German emigrant to the United States, and for many years consul general of the duchy of Nassau in New York City...
, United States Army officer; Corps Franconia Freiberg - Wolfgang Franz von KobellWolfgang Franz von KobellWolfgang Xavier Franz Baron von Kobell was a German mineralogist and writer of short stories and poems in Bavarian dialect.-Biography:He was born in Munich, Bavaria and died there...
, mineralogist, writer in Bavarian dialect; Corps Isaria München Corps - Hans KochHans KochHans Koch was a German lawyer, a member of the Confessional Church and a member of the German resistance against Nazism.- Biography :...
, jurist, officer in both World Wars, member of the German resistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
, executed; Corps Baltia Königsberg - Eberhard von Koerber, past CEO of ABB Group, co-president of the Club of RomeClub of RomeThe Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity." It consists of current and...
; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Erwin Guido KolbenheyerErwin Guido KolbenheyerErwin Guido Kolbenheyer was an Austrian novelist, poet and playwright. Later based in Germany, he belonged to a group of writers that included the likes of Hans Grimm, Rudolf G...
(1878–1962), Austrian novelist, poet and playwright; Corps Symposion Wien - Franz König (surgeon)Franz König (surgeon)Franz König was a German surgeon who was a native of Rotenburg an der Fulda. In 1855 he received his doctorate from the University of Marburg, and was later district wound surgeon in Hanau...
, Corps Teutonia Marburg. - Theodor KörnerTheodor Körner (author)Karl Theodor Körner was a German poet and soldier. After some time in Vienna, where he wrote some light comedies and other works, he became a soldier and joined the German uprising against Napoleon...
, German poet and soldier - Werner KörteWerner KörteWerner Körte was a German surgeon who was a native of Berlin. He was the brother of archaeologist Gustav Körte and philologist Alfred Körte ....
(1853–1937), German surgeon; Corps Teutonia Bonn - Ludwig Kohl-LarsenLudwig Kohl-LarsenLudwig Kohl-Larsen was a German physician, amateur anthropologist, and explorer.-Biography:...
, anthropologist, explorer - Herbert KrausHerbert KrausHerbert Kraus was a German professor of public international law. He was the first director of the Institute of International Law at the University of Göttingen. Due to his criticism of nazism he was forced to retire between 1937 and 1945.-Early life and education :Herbert Kraus was born in Rostock...
, Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Adalbert KrügerAdalbert KrügerCarl Nicolaus Adalbert Krüger was a German astronomer. Born in Marienburg, Prussia, he was editor of Astronomische Nachrichten from 1881.Krüger died in Kiel.- References:* Obituary printed in Astrophysical Journal...
, Corps Marchia Berlin - Jacob Kuechler (1823–1893), he pioneered the science of Dendrochronology to date natural events, Corps Starkenburgia Gießen.
- Hermann KümmellHermann KümmellHermann Kümmell was a German surgeon.In 1875 he received his medical doctorate at Berlin, later working as an assistant physician to Max Schede at the municipal hospital in Friedrichshain...
, Corps Nassovia Würzburg - Eberhard von KuenheimEberhard von KuenheimDr.-Ing. E.h. Eberhard von Kuenheim is a German industrial manager. He was, between 1970 and 1993, Chairman of the executive board of the BMW Group.- Biography :...
(b. 1928), German industrial manager, long time CEO BMW-Group, Corps Teutonia Stuttgart - Adolph KussmaulAdolph KussmaulAdolph Kussmaul was a German physician and a leading clinician of his time. He was born as the son and grandson of physicians at Graben near Karlsruhe and studied at Heidelberg. He entered the army after graduation and spent two years as an army surgeon...
(1822–1902), German physician and a leading clinician of his time, Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Otto KüstnerOtto KüstnerOtto Ernst Küstner was a German gynecologist.Initially he studied medicine in Leipzig and Berlin, and during the Franco-Prussian War was a volunteer with the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment. Afterwards, he completed his studies at the University of Halle, obtaining his doctorate in 1873...
, Corps Lusatia Leipzig - Hermann KuhntHermann KuhntHermann Kuhnt was a German ophthalmologist born in Senftenberg, Brandenburg.He studied medicine in Bonn, Berlin and Würzburg, and following graduation worked at the anatomy institute in Rostock under Friedrich Sigmund Merkel . Afterwards he became assistant to ophthalmologist Otto Becker at the...
, ophthalmologist
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- Hans Heinrich LandoltHans Heinrich LandoltHans Heinrich Landolt was the Swiss chemist who discovered iodine clock reaction. He is also one of the founders of Landolt-Börnstein database.-Biography:...
, Swiss chemist - Bernhard von LangenbeckBernhard von LangenbeckBernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery....
, surgeon - Arnold von LasaulxArnold von LasaulxArnold Constantin Peter Franz von Lasaulx was a German mineralogist and petrographer.He was born at Kastellaun near Coblenz, and educated at the University of Berlin, where he took his Ph. D. in 1868. In 1871 he became professor of mineralogy at Breslau, and in 1880 professor of mineralogy and...
, mineralogist and petrographer - Eduard Schmidt von der LaunitzEduard Schmidt von der LaunitzEduard Schmidt von der Launitz was a German sculptor.Launitz was born a Baltic German in Grobin, Courland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. He was raised in Vechelde in the Duchy of Brunswick in 1809 after the death of his parents. In 1815 he began studying jurisprudence at the...
(1796–1869), German sculptor, Corps Curonia Göttingen - Robert Lehr, Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Helmut LemkeHelmut LemkeHelmut Lemke was a German politician and Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein . He was born in Kiel and died in Lübeck.- External links :...
- Max LenzMax LenzMax Albert Wilhelm Lenz was a German historian.Lenz was born to a Prussian and devoutly Lutheran notary in Greifswald, Province of Pomerania. After graduating from school, he studied history and classical philology under Heinrich von Sybel for three semesters in Bonn. He served in the 1870-1871...
, historian - Heinrich LeoHeinrich LeoHeinrich Leo was a Prussian historian born in Rudolstadt, his father being chaplain to the garrison there....
, Prussian historian and politician - Ernst Levy von Halle, Jewish propaganda chief of Alfred von TirpitzAlfred von TirpitzAlfred von Tirpitz was a German Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916. Prussia never had a major navy, nor did the other German states before the German Empire was formed in 1871...
- Wilhelm LiebknechtWilhelm LiebknechtWilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht was a German social democrat and a principal founder of the SPD. His political career was a pioneering project combining Marxist revolutionary theory with practical, legal political activity...
- Justus von LiebigJustus von LiebigJustus von Liebig was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry. As a professor, he devised the modern laboratory-oriented teaching method, and for such innovations, he is regarded as one of the...
(1803–1873), German chemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
and Gießen University faculty, Corps Rhenania Erlangen I (suspended ...) - Franz Joseph II, Prince of LiechtensteinFranz Joseph II, Prince of LiechtensteinFranz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, , was the Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein from 1938 until his death...
- Hermann LinggHermann LinggHermann Lingg was a German poet who also wrote plays and short stories. His cousin, Maximilian von Lingg, was Bishop of Augsburg....
, poet - Rudolf LipschitzRudolf LipschitzRudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz was a German mathematician and professor at the University of Bonn from 1864. Peter Gustav Dirichlet was his teacher. He supervised the early work of Felix Klein....
, mathematician - Joseph von LindwurmJoseph von LindwurmJoseph von Lindwurm was a German physician and dermatologist who was a native of Aschaffenburg. He studied medicine in Würzburg and Heidelberg, and afterwards furthered his studies in Dublin, Glasgow, Vienna and Paris...
, physician and dermatologist, Corps Bavaria WürzburgWürzburgWürzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian.... - Friedrich Loeffler
- Carl LudwigCarl Ludwig----Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig was a German physician and physiologist.In 1842 Ludwig became a professor of physiology and in 1846 of comparative anatomy...
, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg - Georg Albert LückeGeorg Albert LückeGeorg Albert Lücke was a German surgeon born in Magdeburg.He studied medicine at the Universities of Hedielberg, Göttingen and Halle, and following graduation travelled abroad to France, Italy and Algeria. In 1860 he became an assistant to Bernhard von Langenbeck, and in 1864 gained battle-related...
, surgeon
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- August von MackensenAugust von MackensenAnton Ludwig August von Mackensen , born August Mackensen, was a German soldier and field marshal. He commanded with success during the First World War and became one of the German Empire's most prominent military leaders. After the Armistice, Mackensen was interned for a year...
(1849–1945), German field marshal, Corps Agronomia Göttingen - Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian statesman; Corps Saxonia Halle
- Georg von Manteuffel-SzoegeGeorg von Manteuffel-SzoegeGeorg Baron von Manteuffel-Szoege was a German politician.-Biography:Manteuffel-Szoege was born in Montreux to Georg von Manteuffel and Sophie née von Rüdiger...
, politician - Adolf Marschall von BiebersteinAdolf Marschall von BiebersteinAdolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein was a German politician and Secretary of State of the Foreign Office of the German Empire.-Biography:...
- Walter MasingWalter MasingWalter Masing was a German physicist and honorary president of the German Association for Quality, he promoted and sponsored the settlement of quality management in Germany....
, physicist; Corps Misnia IV - Ludwig MaurerLudwig MaurerLudwig Maurer was a German mathematician professor on the Tübingen University. He was the eldest son of Konrad von Maurer and Valerie von Faulhaber . His 1887 dissertation at the University of Strassburg was on the theory of linear substitutions, known today as matrix groups...
, mathematician; Corps Suevia München - Albert von MaybachAlbert von MaybachArnold Heinrich Albert von Maybach was a German lawyer, politician and railway passenger.- Life :Albert von Maybach was born on 29 November 1822 at Werne an der Lippe as the son of the mayor of Werne. Maybach went to the grammar school at Recklinghausen and studied law and politics at Bonn,...
, Under Secretary of State in thPrussian Ministry of Trade; Corps Hansea Bonn - Christian Gustav Adolph MayerChristian Gustav Adolph MayerChristian Gustav Adolph Mayer was a German mathematician.Mayer was born on February 15, 1839 in Leipzig, Germany. His father was a businessman from Leipzig. He studied at the University of Leipzig, University of Göttingen, University of Heidelberg and University of Königsberg...
, Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen - Prince Maximilian of BadenPrince Maximilian of BadenMaximilian of Baden was a German prince and politician...
(1867–1929), last imperial chancellor of GermanyChancellor of GermanyThe Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany... - Friedrich Sigmund MerkelFriedrich Sigmund MerkelFriedrich Sigmund Merkel was a leading German anatomist and histopathologist of the late 19th century. In 1875 he provided the first full description of Tastzellen which occur in the skin of all vertebrates. They were subsequently given the eponym Merkel cells in 1878 by Robert Bonnet .Merkel was...
, anatomist; Corps Baruthia Erlangen - Hanns von MeyenburgHanns von MeyenburgHanns von Meyenburg was a Swiss Pathologist.Hanns von Meyenburg was the son of Swiss sculptor Victor von Meyenburg and his wife Frau Konstanze von May, which belong to the Schaffhausen nobility.He was born in Dresden, where his father had lived since 1869, but returned to his...
(1887–1971), Swiss Pathologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich - Georg MichaelisGeorg MichaelisGeorg Michaelis became the first Chancellor of Germany with a non-noble background.-Biography :Michaelis, born in Haynau in the Prussian Province of Silesia, grew up in Frankfurt...
- Julius von MichelJulius von MichelJulius von Michel was a German ophthalmologist born in Frankenthal.He studied at the of Universities of Würzburg and Zurich, and in 1866 served as a military physician in the Austro-Prussian War. From 1868 to 1870 he was an assistant to Johann Friedrich Horner at the University Eye Clinic in Zurich...
, ophthalmologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg - Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von MinutoliJulius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von MinutoliJulius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli was a Prussian chief of police, diplomat, scientist, and author, as well as a gifted draughtsman.-Life:...
- Julius von MirbachJulius von MirbachJulius Graf von Mirbach was a German politician, born in Sorquitten, East Prussia.He studied law at University of Königsberg, Bonn, and Berlin and served as an officer in the Prussian Army, resigning in 1865....
, member of the Prussian House of LordsPrussian House of LordsThe Prussian House of Lords was the first chamber of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1850-1918. The second chamber was the Prussian House of Representatives . The House of Lords was created on January 31, 1850 with the adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Prussia...
; Corps Borussia Bonn - Eilhard MitscherlichEilhard MitscherlichEilhard Mitscherlich was a German chemist, who is perhaps best remembered today for his law of isomorphism , which states that compounds crystallizing together probably have similar structures and compositions...
, chemist; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg - Carl Joseph Anton MittermaierCarl Joseph Anton MittermaierCarl Joseph Anton Mittermaier was a German jurist.-Biography:He was born in Munich, and educated at the universities of Landshut and Heidelberg...
- Woldemar MobitzWoldemar MobitzWoldemar Mobitz was a Russian-German physician. The forms of second degree AV block are named after him for him.Mobitz was born on May 31, 1889 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He attended the local high school in Meiningen from which he graduated in 1908...
, Corps Rhenania Freiburg - Paul Georg von MöllendorffPaul Georg von MöllendorffPaul Georg von Möllendorff was a German linguist and diplomat. Möllendorff is mostly known for his service as an adviser to the Korean king Gojong in the late nineteenth century and for his contributions to Sinology...
, sinologist, diplomat; Corps Normannia-Halle - Andreas MölzerAndreas MölzerAndreas Mölzer is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria.- Biography :...
- Hans Adolf von Moltke
- Ludwig MondLudwig MondDr Ludwig Mond , was a German-born chemist and industrialist who took British nationality.-Education and career:...
- Franz MoneFranz MoneFranz Mone was a historian and archeologist. He attended the gymnasium at Bruchsal and in 1814 entered Heidelberg University, where in 1817 he was appointed tutor in history, in 1818 secretary of the university library, in 1819 extraordinary professor, in 1822 ordinary professor,...
, Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Hans MuchHans MuchHans Much was a German author, writer and physician....
, hygienist, writer; Corps Teutonia Marburg - Alfons Mumm von SchwarzensteinAlfons Mumm von SchwarzensteinAlfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein was a diplomat of the German Empire. He succeeded the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900....
(1859–1924), diplomat of the German Empire, successor of the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Jean de MuraltJean de MuraltJean de Muralt was a Swiss lawyer and the chairman of the International League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1944 to 1945 ....
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- Gustav NachtigalGustav NachtigalGustav Nachtigal was a German explorer of Central and West Africa. He is further known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa. His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire...
(1834–1885), explorer of Central and West Africa; Corps Palaiomarchia Halle, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Pomerania Greifswald - Bernhard NaunynBernhard NaunynBernhard Naunyn was German pathologist who was born in Berlin. After receiving his degree at the University of Berlin in 1863, he became an assistant to pathologist Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs...
, pharmacologist; Corps Hansea Bonn - Fritz NeumayerFritz NeumayerFritz Neumayer was a German politician. He was Federal Minister of Building from 1952 to 1953, and Federal Minister of Justice from 1953 to 1956.-Early life:...
, Federal Minister; Corps Rhenania Würzburg - Konstantin von NeurathKonstantin von NeurathKonstantin Freiherr von Neurath was a German diplomat remembered mostly for having served as Foreign minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938...
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- Maximilian OberstMaximilian OberstMaximilian Oberst was a German physician and surgeon born in Regensburg.He studied medicine in Munich, and from 1874 to 1877 was an assistant in the surgical department at Augsburg. From 1877 he worked as an assistant to Richard von Volkmann at Halle, obtaining his habilitation in 1881...
, surgeon; Corps Isaria München - Otto von OehlschlägerOtto von OehlschlägerOtto Karl von Oehlschläger was a German jurist and politician.-Biography:Oehlschläger was born Otto Oehlschläger in Blumenau-Heiligenwalde , he was ennobled in 1888....
, president of the ReichsgerichtReichsgerichtThe Reichsgericht was the highest court of the Deutsches Reich. It was established on October 1, 1879 when the Reichsjustizgesetze came into effect, building a widely regarded body of jurisprudence....
; founder of the Corps Baltia Königsberg - Goetz OertelGoetz OertelGoetz Oertel is a German–American physicist and science manager in the United States.-Flight from West Prussia:...
, physicist, past president of AURAAURAAURA commonly refers to:* Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy* Atlas of UTR Regulatory Activity, the Atlas of UTR Regulatory Activity...
, Associate of the National Academy of SciencesNational Academy of SciencesNational Academy of Sciences commonly refers to the academy in the United States of America.National Academy of Sciences may also refer to :* National Academy of Sciences of Argentina* Armenian National Academy of Sciences...
; Corps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)Corps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia... - Wilhelm von OpelWilhelm von OpelWilhelm von Opel was one of the founding figures of the German automobile manufacturer Opel. He introduced the assembly line to the German automobily industry....
, founder of OpelOpelAdam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...
; Corps Franconia Darmstadt - Max von OppenheimMax von OppenheimMax Freiherr von Oppenheim was a German ancient historian, and archaeologist, "the last of the great amateur archaeological explorers of the Near East."....
(1860–1946), ancient historian and archaeologist; Corps Palatia Straßburg - Robert von OstertagRobert von OstertagRobert von Ostertag was a German veterinarian who was a native of Schwäbisch Gmünd.He studied medicine in Berlin and veterinary medicine in Stuttgart, and afterwards was a professor of hygiene at Tierärztliche Hochschule Stuttgart and at the College of Veterinary Medicine in Berlin...
, veterinarian; Corps Suevia Stuttgart
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- Hans von PechmannHans von PechmannHans von Pechmann was a German chemist, renowned for his discovery of diazomethane in 1894. , Pechmann condensation and Pechmann pyrazole synthesis...
, chemist; Corps Isaria München - Elias Peissner, Professor at Union CollegeUnion CollegeUnion College is a private, non-denominational liberal arts college located in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. In the 19th century, it became the "Mother of Fraternities", as...
; Corps Palatia München, Corps Alemannia München; member of Sigma PhiSigma PhiThe Sigma Phi Society was founded on 4 March 1827, on the campus of Union College as a part of the Union Triad in Schenectady, New York.It is the second oldest Greek fraternal organization in the United States, and the oldest in continuous existence...
and Phi Beta Kappa SocietyPhi Beta Kappa SocietyThe Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...
, fallen in the Battle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of ChancellorsvilleThe Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on... - Hugo Karl Anton PerniceHugo Karl Anton PerniceHugo Karl Anton Pernice was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who was born in Halle an der Saale. He was the son of legal scholar Ludwig Wilhelm Anton Pernice ....
, gynecologist and obstetrician, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home...
, Corps Teutonia Göttingen - Maximilian PertyMaximilian PertyJosef Anton Maximilian Perty was a German naturalist and entomologist. He was a professor of natural history at the University of Bern.-Works:...
, zoologist in Berne; Corps Isaria München - Hubert PetschniggHubert PetschniggHubert Petschnigg was an Austrian architect.-Life:Petschnigg was born in Klagenfurt, and went to school in Villach. In 1934 he began to study architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, where he entered the Hansea Vienna branch of the Kösener Corps student society...
, architect; Corps Hansea Wien, Corps Marchia Brünn. - Baron Karl Ludwig von der PfordtenBaron Karl Ludwig von der PfordtenLudwig Karl Heinrich Freiherr von der Pfordten was a Saxon and Bavarian attorney and politician.- Biography :...
, legal scholar and politician; Corps Onoldia Erlangen - Kurt PlötnerKurt PlötnerKurt Friedrich Plötner was a Nazi Party member and doctor who conducted human experimentation on Jews and Soviet prisoners of war in German concentration camps. American intelligence recruited him to work for the United States in 1945...
, SS physician, recruited by US intelligence; Corps Thuringia Leipzig - Count Franz PocciCount Franz PocciCount Franz Graf von Pocci was a significant official in the court of King Ludwig the First of Bavaria. However, he is best known as the founding Director of the Munich Marionette Theatre, shadow puppeteer and author of countless puppet plays and childrens' stories.Pocci, in collaboration with...
, artist and composer; Corps Isaria München - Alfred PribramAlfred PribramAlfred Pribram was a Bohemian internist born in Prague. He was a brother of chemist Richard Pribram . His son was the internist Hugo Pribram ....
, Jewish physician in Prague; Corps Austria - Robert PrutzRobert PrutzRobert Eduard Prutz was a German poet and prose writer.He was born at Stettin, modern day Szczecin. He studied philology, philosophy and history at Berlin, Breslau, and Halle, and in the last-named became associated, after taking his degree, with Arnold Ruge in the publication of the Hallesche...
, poet and critic; Corps Borussia Halle
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- Reinhold QuaatzReinhold QuaatzReinhold Quaatz was a German conservative politician active during the Weimar Republic...
, civil servant, right-wing politician, half-Jewish in ancestry; Corps Guestphalia Jena
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- Count von RacowitzaCount von RacowitzaBajor Janko Prince von Racowitza was a nobleman from Wallachia, who participated in a notable duel on 28. August 1864. He had come from Romania to Berlin in 1856, where studied philosophy and law at Berlin university. He became a member of a German Student Corps there.The diplomate in Bavarian...
, Corps Neoborussia Berlin - Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr., Foreign Secretary; Corps Borussia Bonn
- Hanns Albin RauterHanns Albin RauterJohann Baptist Albin Rauter was a high-ranking Austrian Nazi war criminal. He was the highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands and therefore the leading security and police officer there during the period of 1940-1945...
, highest SS and Police LeaderSS and Police LeaderSS and Police Leader was a title for senior Nazi officials that commanded large units of the SS, of Gestapo and of the regular German police during and prior to World War II.Three levels of subordination were established for bearers of this title:...
in the occupied NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, executed; Corps Joannea Graz - Count Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen, Austrian statesman; Corps Isaria München
- William Reed (Union Army) (1825–1864), highest ranking African American line officer in the U. S. army during the civil war; Corps Saxonia Kiel
- Oskar von Redwitz, poet; Corps Franconia München
- Ludwig RehnLudwig RehnLudwig Wilhelm Carl Rehn was a German surgeon. Rehn was born in 1849, in the village of Allendorf, the youngest of five children...
, surgeon; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg - Joseph Martin Reichard, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
- Ernst Julius Remak, neurologist; Corps Borussia Breslau
- August Leopold von ReussAugust Leopold von ReussAugust Leopold von Reuss was an Austrian ophthalmologist who was a native of Bilin, Bohemia. He was the son of geologist August Emanuel von Reuss , and father to pediatrician August von Reuss ....
(1841–1924), Austrian ophthalmologist; Corps Austria - Gregor von RezzoriGregor von RezzoriGregor von Rezzori , born Gregor Arnulph Hilarius d'Arezzo, was an Austrian-born German-language novelist, memoirist, screenwriter and author of radio plays, as well as an actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic and art collector...
(1914–1998), Austrian novelist and screenwriter, Corps Schacht Leoben - Friedrich Julius RichelotFriedrich Julius RichelotFriedrich Julius Richelot was a German mathematician, born in Königsberg. He was a student of Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi....
, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg - Sigmund von RiezlerSigmund von RiezlerSigmund Riezler or Siegmund Riezler was a German historian.-Biography:...
, historian; Corps Isaria München - Eduard von RindfleischEduard von RindfleischGeorg Eduard von Rindfleisch was a German pathologist who was a native of Köthen . He studied medicine in Würzburg and Berlin, earning his doctorate in 1859. After attaining his degree he was an assistant to Rudolf Virchow, and later practiced medicine in Breslau, Zurich and Bonn...
, pathologist; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Friedrich Wilhelm RitschlFriedrich Wilhelm RitschlFriedrich Wilhelm Ritschl was a German scholar best known as a student of Plautus.-Biography:He was born in Großvargula, Thuringia. His family, in which culture and poverty were hereditary, were Protestants who had migrated several generations earlier from Bohemia...
, Corps Lusatia Leipzig - Hans Joachim von RohrHans Joachim von RohrHans Joachim von Rohr was a German politician with the German National People's Party.-Biography:...
, agrarian, politician; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Otto RoquetteOtto RoquetteOtto Roquette was a German author.- Life and Work :The son of a district court councillor, he first went to Bromberg in 1834, and from 1846-1850 studied Philology and History in Heidelberg, Berlin, and Halle. After tours in Switzerland and Italy, he moved to in Berlin in 1852...
, poet; Corps Teutonia Berlin - Wilhelm Roscher (1817–1894), economist; Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home...
- Alfred RosenbergAlfred Rosenberg' was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi Party. Rosenberg was first introduced to Adolf Hitler by Dietrich Eckart; he later held several important posts in the Nazi government...
, Corps Rubonia Riga - Eugen RosshirtEugen RosshirtJohann Eugen Rosshirt was a German obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of Oberscheinfeld.He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, where he earned his doctorate in 1818...
, Corps Bavaria Würzburg - August von RothmundAugust von RothmundAugust von Rothmund was a German ophthalmologist from Volkach, Lower Franconia. In 1853 he received his doctorate from the University of Munich, and furthered his studies in Berlin under Albrecht von Graefe ; in Prague with Carl Ferdinand von Arlt and in Vienna with Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal...
, ophthalmologist; Corps Isaria München - Friedrich RückertFriedrich RückertFriedrich Rückert was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.-Biography:Rückert was born at Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. From 1816-1817, he worked on the editorial...
, poet, orientalist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
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- Wilhelm von SalischWilhelm von SalischWilhelm von Salisch was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
, Oberst, Knight´s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves; Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Gustav von SaltzwedelGustav von SaltzwedelGustav Reinhold Ludwig von Wienskowski gen. von Saltzwedel was a Prussian politician and public official.-Biography:...
, Prussian civil servant; founder of the Corps Littuania Königsberg - Julius ScharlachJulius ScharlachJulius Scharlach was a Hamburg lawyer, businessman and a prominent figure in the colonial history of Germany in the late 19th and early 20th century...
(1842–1908), Hamburg lawyer, businessman and a prominent figure in the colonial history of Germany, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Max SchedeMax SchedeMax Schede was a German surgeon who was a native of Arnsberg.Schede studied medicine at the Universities of Halle, Heidelberg and Zurich, and earned his medical doctorate in 1866...
, surgeon; Corps Borussia Halle, Corps Tigurinia Zürich - Rudolf von SchelihaRudolf von SchelihaRudolf von Scheliha was a German diplomat executed by the Nazis during World War II.Scheliha was born in Zessel, Oels, Silesia , as the son of a Prussian squire. He served as an army officer in World War I, studied law and joined the German Foreign Service in 1922...
, diplomat, member of the German resistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Gustav SchleicherGustav SchleicherGustav Schleicher was a German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas. He was an engineer who served briefly in the Texas legislature, and was a veteran of the Confederate Army.-Early life:Schleicher was born in Darmstadt in the German principality of Hesse in 1823...
(1823–1879), GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-born DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
United States Representative from TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, veteran of the Confederate Army; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen - Alexander von SchleinitzAlexander von SchleinitzAlexander Gustav Adolf Graf von Schleinitz was the Foreign Minister of Prussia from 1858 to 1861 and minister for the royal household from late 1861 to his death.- Early years :...
, Foreign Minister of Prussia; Corps Saxonia Halle - Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-HolsteinFriedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-HolsteinFriedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-Family and succession:...
(1913–1989), OberstOberstOberst is a military rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Colonel. It is currently used by both the ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. The Swedish rank överste is a direct translation, as are the Finnish rank eversti...
of the WehrmachtWehrmachtThe Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
; Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Hanns Martin SchleyerHanns Martin SchleyerHanns-Martin Schleyer was an SS officer, a German business executive and employer and industry representative, serving as President of the two influential organizations Confederation of German Employers' Associations and Federation of German Industries...
, Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich (1840–1925), foresterForester250px|thumb|right|Foresters of [[Southern University of Chile|UACh]] in the [[Valdivian forest]]s of San Pablo de Tregua, ChileA forester is a person who practices forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including timber...
in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
; Corps Hassia Gießen - Ernst Reinhold Schmidt (1819–1901), spokesman of the German immigrants in Philadelphia, author of The History of the American Civil War and The Founding of Pennsylvania: the German View of our Bi-centennial (1882); Corps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)Corps Masovia Königsberg (Potsdam)The Corps Masovia is the only remaining academic student corps from the Albertus University in Königsberg. In 2001 Masovia was re-established in Potsdam.-History:The corps name refers to Mazovia, the southern part of the former Prussian province East Prussia...
- Edzard Schmidt-JortzigEdzard Schmidt-JortzigEdzard Schmidt-Jortzig is a German jurist. He currently holds the chair for public law at the University of Kiel. A member of the Free Democratic Party, he served as German Federal Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Kohl V between 1996 and 1998.Born in Berlin, Schmidt-Jortzig was raised in...
, legal scholar and past Federal Minister; Corps Hansea Bonn - Otto SchottOtto SchottFriedrich Otto Schott was a German chemist, glass technologist, and the inventor of borosilicate glass. He was the son of a window glass maker, Simon Schott. From 1870 to 1873 Schott studied chemical technology at the technical college in Aachen and at the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig...
, industrialist, inventor of borosilicate glass; Corps Teutonia Braunschweig - Karl Ludwig Ernst SchroederKarl Ludwig Ernst SchroederKarl Ludwig Ernst Friedrich Schroeder was a German gynecologist . He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Rostock. He earned his doctorate in 1864, and became an assistant to Gustav Veit at the University of Bonn. Afterwards he practiced medicine at the University of Erlangen and...
, gynecologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg - Fritz-Dietlof von der SchulenburgFritz-Dietlof von der SchulenburgFritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg-Tressow was a German government official and a member of the German Resistance in the July 20 Plot against Adolf Hitler.-Personal development:...
officer, German ResistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Max SchulerMax SchulerThe German engineer Maximilian Schuler is best known for discovering the principle known as Schuler tuning which is fundamental to the operation of a gyrocompass or inertial guidance system that will be operated near the surface of the earth....
, Schuler tuningSchuler tuningSchuler tuning is a modification to the electronic control system used in inertial navigation systems that accounts for the curvature of the Earth. An inertial navigation system, used in submarines, ships, aircraft, and other vehicles to keep track of position, determines directions with respect...
, gyrocompassGyrocompassA gyrocompass is a type of non-magnetic compass which bases on a fast-spinning disc and rotation of our planet to automatically find geographical direction...
; Corps Franconia München - Ernst SchulzeErnst SchulzeErnst Conrad Friedrich Schulze was a German Romantic poet, born at Celle.-Early life and education:The son of the Mayor of Celle, his mother died while he was only two years old and much of his early education was overseen by his two grandfathers, who were a Celle bookseller and a minister.Widely...
(1789–1817), German romantic poet, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
- Hans-Christoph SeebohmHans-Christoph SeebohmHans-Christoph Seebohm was a German politician of the nationalist....
, federal minister; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg - Franz SeldteFranz SeldteFranz Seldte was cofounder of the German Stahlhelm paramilitary organization, a Nazi politician, and Minister for Labour of the German Reich from 1933 to 1945.-Life:...
, co-founder of the Stahlhelm, Bund der FrontsoldatenStahlhelm, Bund der FrontsoldatenThe Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten also known in short form as Der Stahlhelm was one of the many paramilitary organizations that arose after the defeat of World War I in the Weimar Republic...
, Minister for Labour of the German Reich; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Braunschweig - Friedrich Wilhelm SemmlerFriedrich Wilhelm SemmlerFriedrich Wilhelm Semmler was a German chemist.-Life:Semmler studied chemistry at the University of Straßburg and at the University of Breslau. He received is PhD in Breslau in 1887 and his habilitation at the University of Greifswald in 1890...
, chemist; Corps Silesia Breslau - Carl SemperCarl SemperCarl Gottfried Semper was a German ethnologist and animal ecologist. He achieved a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Würzburg in 1856. He traveled to the Philippines and Palau two years later, staying in the region until 1865 in association with Museum Godeffroy...
, Corps Visurgia Hannover - Eduard Caspar Jacob von SieboldEduard Caspar Jacob von SieboldEduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold was a German professor of gynecology. He worked at Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Marburg and University of Göttingen.- Life and career:...
, gynecologist; Corps Lusatia Berlin, Corps Lusatia Leipzig - Philipp Franz von SieboldPhilipp Franz von SieboldPhilipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician and traveller. He was the first European to teach Western medicine in Japan...
, Corps Moenania Würzburg - Gustav Simon (physician)Gustav Simon (physician)Gustav Simon was a German surgeon.In 1848 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Giessen, and from 1848 to 1861 served as a military physician with a Hessian troop outfit. During this time he also worked at a small hospital in Darmstadt that he co-founded...
, surgeon in Heidelberg; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg - Eduard von Simson, Jewish-born father of the first German constitution; Littauer-Kränzchen (Corps Littuania Königsberg)
- Reinhold SolgerReinhold SolgerReinhold Ernst Friedrich Karl Solger was a historian, novelist, poet, political activist and lecturer...
, prominent Forty-Eighter, historian, Professor at West-Point United States Military AcademyUnited States Military AcademyThe United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald, founder and honorary member of Corps Borussia Greifswald - Alexander SpenglerAlexander SpenglerAlexander Spengler was a German physician and the first physician specializing in tuberculosis in Davos.-Biography:...
, founder of Davos medicine; Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Bernhard SprengelBernhard SprengelDr Bernhard Sprengel was a German chocolate manufacturer and modern art collector.Sprengel studied at the Goethe school, and later took courses in political science. In May 1919 he became one of the first new members of the Corps Holsatia following the First World War...
, industrialist, founder of the Sprengel MuseumSprengel MuseumThe Sprengel Museum in Hanover houses one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building designed by Peter and Ursula Trint and Dieter Quast , adjacent to the Maschsee...
; Corps Holsatia Kiel - Martin Stamm, founder of Cleveland Clinic
- Ernst Rüdiger StarhembergErnst Rüdiger StarhembergErnst Rüdiger Camillo Starhemberg was an Austrian nationalist and conservative politician prior to World War II, a leader of the Heimwehr and later of the Christian Social Party/Fatherland's Front...
(1899–1956), Austrian politician, 163rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg - Hermann StieveHermann StieveHermann Stieve was professor and the director of the Institute for Anatomy of the Chariteé. He conducted studies on the female reproductive system during his entire academic career...
, anatomist; Corps Franconia München - Christian Friedrich, Baron StockmarChristian Friedrich, Baron StockmarChristian Friedrich Freiherr von Stockmar was an Anglo-Belgian statesman, who was a leading player in the affairs of the United Kingdom under Queen Victoria.-Early life and education:...
, Corps Onoldia Erlangen, Corps Franconia Würzburg - Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Otto StolzOtto StolzOtto Stolz was an Austrian mathematician noted for his work on mathematical analysis and infinitesimals. Born in Hall in Tirol, he studied in Innsbruck from 1860 and in Vienna from 1863, receiving his habilitation there in 1867...
, Austrian mathematician, his name lives on in the Stolz-Cesàro theorem, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg; - Samuel Hanson StoneSamuel Hanson StoneSamuel Hanson Stone was an American politician.- Life :Stone was born as a son of the merchant, farmer and banker James C. Stone from Leavenworth, Kansas and the daughter of a lawyer Matilda, born Hanson, a sister to the Confederate General Roger Hanson...
, Corps Thuringia Leipzig, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg - Adolph StreckerAdolph StreckerAdolph Strecker was a German chemist who is remembered primarily for his work with amino acids.- Life and work :...
, chemist; Corps Teutonia Gießen - Louis StromeyerLouis StromeyerGeorg Friedrich Louis Stromeyer was a German surgeon who was born in Hanover. He was the son of surgeon Christian Friedrich Stromeyer .-Biography:...
(1804–1876), German surgeon, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Gustav StruveGustav StruveGustav Struve, known as Gustav von Struve until he gave up his title, , was a German politician, lawyer and publicist, and a revolutionary during the German revolution of 1848-1849 in Baden...
, Corps Bado-Württembergia Göttingen - Franz SusemihlFranz SusemihlFranz Susemihl was a German classical philologist born in Laage.He studied ancient languages in Leipzig and Berlin, and from 1848 taught classes at the Domgymnasium in Güstrow. In 1852 he received his habilitation at the University of Greifswald, where in 1863 he became a full professor of...
, classical philologist; Corps Misnia Leipzig - Alexander Arkadyevich SuvorovAlexander Arkadyevich SuvorovAlexander Arkadyevich Suvorov, Prince of Italy, Count Rymniksky was a Russian general, diplomat and politician.-Education:...
, Prince of Italy, Count Rymniksky (1804–1882), Russian general, diplomat and politician, Corps Curonia Göttingen
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- Ludwig ThomaLudwig ThomaLudwig Thoma was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of a Bavarian workday....
, Bavarian writer; Corps - Johann Ludwig Wilhelm ThudichumJohann Ludwig Wilhelm ThudichumJohann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum was a German physician and biochemist who was a native of Büdingen. He studied medicine in Giessen, where he also worked in the laboratory of chemist Justus von Liebig...
, physician and biochemist; Corps Hassia Gießen - Heinrich TriepelHeinrich TriepelHeinrich Triepel was a German jurist and legal philosopher. From 1913, he was professor of law in Berlin.Main Works:*«Völkerrecht und Landesrecht», 1899;*«Die Zukunft des Völkerrechts», 1916;...
, legal scholar; Corps Suevia Freiburg - Adam von Trott zu SolzAdam von Trott zu SolzAdam von Trott zu Solz was a German lawyer and diplomat who was involved in the conservative opposition to the Nazi regime, and who played a central part in the 20 July Plot...
, member of the German resistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
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- Edward UhlEdward UhlEdward Uhl was a United States Army Ordnance Officer who helped to develop the M1 portable rocket launcher, known as the bazooka....
, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Corps Rhenania ZAB, Corps Franconia Karlsruhe - Paul UhlenhuthPaul UhlenhuthPaul Theodor Uhlenhuth was a German bacteriologist and hygienist and an assistant professor at the Institute of Hygiene at the University of Greifswald...
, bacteriologist; Corps Franconia Hamburg - Hermann UlriciHermann UlriciHermann Ulrici was a German philosopher. He was co-editor of the philosophical journal Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik. He also wrote under the pseudonym of Ulrich Reimann....
, philosopher; Corps Saxonia Halle
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- Karl von VierordtKarl von VierordtKarl von Vierordt was a German physician. He studied at the universities of Berlin, Göttingen, Vienna, and Heidelberg, and began a practice in Karlsruhe in 1842...
, physiologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Victor II, Duke of RatiborVictor II, Duke of RatiborVictor II, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst was a member of House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Duke of the Silesian duchy of Ratibor .-Early life and family:...
, Corps Saxonia Göttingen - Henry VillardHenry VillardHenry Villard was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway....
, American railroads tycoon; Corps Franconia München - Karl VogtKarl VogtCarl Christoph Vogt was a German scientist who emigrated to Switzerland. Vogt published a number of notable works on zoology, geology and physiology...
- Carl von VoitCarl von VoitCarl von Voit was a German physiologist and dietitian.Von Voit was born in Amberg. From 1848 to 1854 he studied medicine in Munich and Würzburg; habilitation in 1857 at the University of Munich, professor of physiology since 1860, as well as curator of the physiological collection.Carl von Voit is...
, physiologist; Corps Franconia München - Otto VolgerOtto VolgerGeorg Heinrich Otto Volger was a German geologist born in Lüneburg. He studied natural history at the University of Göttingen, and later taught classes in natural history at the Muri monastery in Aargau....
, Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Richard von VolkmannRichard von VolkmannRichard von Volkmann , was a prominent German surgeon and poet.He was born in Leipzig in 1830, the son of A.W. Volkmann. Richard entered medical school in Berlin and graduated in 1854...
, surgeon and poet
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- Werner Wachsmuth, „nestor of the German surgeons“; Corps Rhenania Würzburg, Corps Suevia Tübingen
- Johann Andreas WagnerJohann Andreas WagnerJohann Andreas Wagner was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.Wagner was a professor at the University of Munich, and curator of the Zoologische Staatssammlung ....
, zoologist; Corps Bavaria Würzburg - Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
, composer, Corps Saxonia Leipzig - Max WaldauMax WaldauRichard Georg Spiller von Hauenschild, better known by his pseudonym Max Waldau , was a German poet and novelist.-Life:...
(1825–1855), German poet and novelist, Corps Silesia Breslau - Benedict WaldeckBenedict WaldeckBenedict Waldeck was a left-leaning deputy in the Prussian National Assembly, and later in the Second Chamber. He was tried in Berlin for his political activity in December 1849. Sir John Retcliffe was centrally involved in a forgery scandal to discredit Waldeck, and Retcliffe subsequently lost his...
, left-leaning deputy in the Prussian National AssemblyPrussian National AssemblyThe Prussian National Assembly came into being after the 1848 revolutions and was tasked with drawing up a constitution for the Kingdom of Prussia. It first met in the Berlin Singakademie....
; Corps Guestphalia II Göttingen - Karl WeierstrassKarl WeierstrassKarl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass was a German mathematician who is often cited as the "father of modern analysis".- Biography :Weierstrass was born in Ostenfelde, part of Ennigerloh, Province of Westphalia....
, Corps Saxonia Bonn - Arthur von Weinberg, industrialist; Corps Transrhenania München
- Christian Samuel WeissChristian Samuel WeissChristian Samuel Weiss was a German mineralogist born in Leipzig. After graduation he was a physics instructor in Leipzig from 1803 until 1808...
, mineralogist; Corps Montania Freiberg - Carl Theodor WelckerCarl Theodor Welcker-Biography:He was a member of the Baden legislature, and a colleague of Karl von Rotteck's in the editing of The Independent . He also joined Rotteck in writing the Staatslexikon . He was a member of the Frankfurt Parliament of 1848....
, legal scholar and liberal politician; Corps Franconia Gießen - Friedrich Gottlieb WelckerFriedrich Gottlieb WelckerFriedrich Gottlieb Welcker was a German classical philologist and archaeologist.-Biography:Welcker was born at Grünberg, Hesse-Darmstadt. Having studied classical philology at the University of Giessen, in 1803 he was appointed master in the high school, an office which he combined with that of...
, classical philologist and archaeologist; Corps Lahnania Gießen - Hermann WelckerHermann WelckerHermann Welcker was a German anatomist and anthropologist who was born in Giessen. He was a nephew to philologist Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker ....
, anatomist and anthropologist; Corps Teutonia Gießen, Corps Palatia Bonn - Karl WeltzienKarl WeltzienKarl Weltzien , was a German scientist who was Professor of Chemistry at the Technische Hochschule of Karlsruhe from 1848 to 1869. Starting about 1840, Weltzien constructed new laboratories for chemistry research and teaching at Karlsruhe...
, chemist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg - Heinrich WendlandHeinrich WendlandHeinrich Ludolph Wendland was a botanist who authored a number of Acacia species....
, botanist; Corps Hannovera GöttingenCorps Hannovera Göttingenthumb|Bismarck 1836The Corps Hannovera Göttingen is one of the oldest German Student Corps, a Studentenverbindung or student corporation founded 18 January 1809 at the Georg August University of Göttingen by students like Georg Kloss. The name was chosen because the founders had their home... - Horst WesselHorst WesselHorst Ludwig Wessel was a German Nazi activist who was made a posthumous hero of the Nazi movement following his violent death in 1930...
, Nazi activistNazismNazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
, Horst Wessel Lied; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien - Moritz WiggersMoritz WiggersMoritz Karl Georg Wiggers , German politician, started out as a lawyer and a notary in his home town of Rostock. The Revolution of 1848 prompted him to enter public life as a representative to the Mecklenburg constitutional convention, of which he was also elected president...
, jurist and democratic politician; Corps Vandalia Rostock, Corps Hanseatia Rostock, Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg - William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachWilliam Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachWilhelm Ernst Karl Alexander Friedrich Heinrich Bernhard Albert Georg Hermann was the last Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.-Biography:...
, Corps Borussia Bonn - William II of WürttembergWilliam II of WürttembergWilliam II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...
, Corps Bremensia Göttingen, Corps Suevia Tübingen - Max WirthMax WirthMax Wirth was a German journalist and economist.- Life :Max Wirth is the son of Johann Georg August Wirth, a Bavarian writer and organizer of the Hambach Festival in 1832. Max studied law and political economy at the University of Heidelberg, where he joined the Corps Rhenania...
, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg - Heinrich WendlandHeinrich WendlandHeinrich Ludolph Wendland was a botanist who authored a number of Acacia species....
, Corps Hannovera Göttingen - Theodor WiegandTheodor WiegandTheodor Wiegand was one of the most famous German archaeologists.Wiegand was born in Bendorf, Rhenish Prussia. He studied at Munich, Berlin, and Freiburg. In 1894 he worked under Wilhelm Dörpfeld at the excavation of the Athenian Acropolis...
- Ulrich WilleUlrich WilleConrad Ulrich Sigmund Wille was the General of the Swiss Army during the First World War. Inspired by the Prussian techniques that he had been able to observe at the time of his studies in Berlin, he tried to impress the Swiss Army with a spirit based on instruction, discipline and technical...
, Corps Tigurinia Zürich - Friedrich Hermann WölfertFriedrich Hermann WölfertFriedrich Hermann Wölfert was a German publisher and aviation pioneer.-Early life:...
, publisher and aviationAviationAviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
pioneer; founder of the Corps Plavia Leipzig
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- Nikolay YazykovNikolay YazykovNikolay Mikhailovich Yazykov was a Russian poet and Slavophile who in the 1820s rivalled Alexander Pushkin and Yevgeny Baratynsky as the most popular poet of his generation....
, Russian poet, Corps Ruthenia Dorpat - Yamamoto Teijirō, Japanese industrialist and politician, Corps Germania Hohenheim
- Peter Yorck von WartenburgPeter Yorck von WartenburgPeter Graf Yorck von Wartenburg was a German jurist and a member of the German Resistance against Nazism.-Biography:...
, member of the German resistanceGerman ResistanceThe German resistance was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist regime between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his regime...
, executed
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- Eberhard ZahnEberhard ZahnDr. rer. oec. Eberhard Detloff Zahn was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
(1910–2010), manager, Corps Austria - Joachim ZahnJoachim ZahnProfessor Joachim Zahn was the chairman of Daimler Benz AG between 1971 and 1979.Zahn was the youngest of four sons of a Wuppertal Lawyer. He himself studied law at Tübingen and later obtained a doctorate at Cologne based on a study on the limits of credit insurance...
, CEO Mercedes-Benz, Corps Rhenania TübingenCorps Rhenania TübingenCorps Rhenania Tübingen is a German fraternity and member of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband , which is among the oldest fraternity associations. The Corps commits itself to a traditional kind of sport called academic fencing. It associates students and graduates of the Eberhard Karls... - Alfred-Maurice de ZayasAlfred-Maurice de ZayasAlfred-Maurice de Zayas is an American lawyer, writer, historian, a leading expert in the field of human rights, as well as a former high-ranking United Nations official...
, Corps Rhenania TübingenCorps Rhenania TübingenCorps Rhenania Tübingen is a German fraternity and member of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband , which is among the oldest fraternity associations. The Corps commits itself to a traditional kind of sport called academic fencing. It associates students and graduates of the Eberhard Karls... - Hans ZehrerHans ZehrerHans Zehrer was a German journalist. He edited a leading right-wing journal, Die Tat, and founded the Tat Circle.-Biography:...
- Ernst ZiehmErnst ZiehmDr. Ernst Ziehm was a Danzig based German politician from the conservative German National People's Party and President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig from 1931 to 1933....
- Eugen von ZimmererEugen von ZimmererEugen Ritter von Zimmerer was a governor of the German colony of Kamerun between 1890 and 1893.-Early career:Zimmerer was born on 24 November 1843 in Germersheim, the son of a Bavarian officer....
, Corps Bavaria Würzburg - Arthur ZimmermannArthur ZimmermannArthur Zimmermann was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German Empire from November 22, 1916, until his resignation on August 6, 1917. His name is associated with the Zimmermann Telegram during World War I...
, Imperial Secretary of State (Zimmermann TelegramZimmermann TelegramThe Zimmermann Telegram was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States. The proposal was caught by the British before it could get to Mexico. The revelation angered the Americans and led in part to a U.S...
) - Franz Heinrich ZitzFranz Heinrich ZitzDr. Franz Heinrich Zitz was a prominent Mainz attorney and enjoyed much success with women due to his comeliness. He was a restless and at times dissolute man. On June 3, 1837, he married the writer Katharina Theresa Halein, not completely of his own free will, but under threat of suicide...
- Hans von Zwiedineck-SüdenhorstHans von Zwiedineck-SüdenhorstHans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst was a German historian.He was born at Frankfurt-am-Main and studied at the University of Graz, where he became a professor in 1885. He died in Graz.Südenhorst's principal writings are:...
(1845–1906), Austrian historian; Corps Teutonia Graz, Vandalia Graz und Saxonia Wien