HU BERLIN Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of HU BERLIN

• Angela Merkel (1986) - Former Chancellor of Germany, known for her leadership in European politics.
• Max Planck (1879) - Nobel Prize in Physics (1918) for his work on quantum theory.
• Albert Einstein (1905) - Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
• Heinrich Heine (1825) - Renowned poet, writer, and journalist, known for his lyric poetry.
• Jacob Grimm (1811) - Philologist and folklorist, co-author of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
• Wilhelm Grimm (1809) - Philologist and folklorist, co-author of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
• Karl Marx (1841) - Philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist, author of The Communist Manifesto.
• Friedrich Engels (1842) - Philosopher, social scientist, and co-author of The Communist Manifesto.
• Otto Hahn (1901) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1944) for his discovery of nuclear fission.
• Erwin Schrödinger (1920) - Nobel Prize in Physics (1933) for his contributions to quantum mechanics.