LMU Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of LMU

• Max Planck (1879) - Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum theory.
• Thomas Mann (1902) - Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels and short stories.
• Pope Benedict XVI (1953) - Former Pope of the Catholic Church, born Joseph Ratzinger.
• Hans Geiger (1906) - Physicist, co-inventor of the Geiger counter.
• Werner Heisenberg (1923) - Nobel Prize in Physics for creating quantum mechanics.
• Franz Beckenbauer (1971) - World Cup-winning football player and manager.
• Angela Merkel (1986) - Former Chancellor of Germany, studied physical chemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.