Goethe University Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of Goethe University

• Max Horkheimer (1922) - Philosopher and sociologist, key figure in the Frankfurt School.
• Theodor W. Adorno (1924) - Philosopher, sociologist, and composer, also associated with the Frankfurt School.
• Hans Bethe (1928) - Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (1967) for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
• Alfred Herrhausen (1953) - Economist and banker, former Chairman of Deutsche Bank.
• Angela Merkel (1986) - Politician, former Chancellor of Germany, studied physical chemistry at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
• Wolfgang Ketterle (1986) - Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation.