List of University of Mannheim people

This list of notable people of University of Mannheim includes faculty, staff, graduates, administrators and former students in the undergraduate program and all graduate programs, and others affiliated with the University of Mannheim.

Business

Werner Müller, former Federal Minister of Economics and Technology of Germany; CEO of Evonik

Klaus Diederichs, Head of European Investment Banking at JP Morgan Chase & Co. (2004–2014)
Claus E. Heinrich, board member of SAP (1996–2009)^[1]
Henning Kagermann, former professor and CEO of SAP (1998–2009)
Stefan Lippe, CEO of Swiss Re (2009–2012)
Bruno Sälzer, CEO of Hugo Boss (2002–2008); CEO of Escada (2008–present)
Jürgen Schreiber, CEO of Edcon Limited and former CEO and President of Shoppers Drug Mart
Stephan Sturm, Former managing director at Credit Suisse First Boston and CFO of Fresenius (2005–today)^[2]
Hermann Ude, former CEO of DHL Global Forwarding; former board member of Deutsche Post
Claus Wellenreuther, entrepreneur and co-founder of SAP
Hans-Peter Wild, CEO and owner of Rudolf WILD GmbH & Co. KG

Economics

Werner Abelshauser, economic historian
Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner, economist; first woman to become a university lecturer in Germany
Irene Bertschek, economist; head of the Research Department Digital Economy at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim; Professor of Economics of Digitalisation at University of Giessen
Knut Borchardt, economist; former Rector of the University of Mannheim; winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Axel Dreher, economist; Professor of International and Development Politics at the Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg
Wolfgang Franz, economist, Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts
Clemens Fuest, economist, President of ZEW; former professor at Said Business School
Eduard Gaugler, economist and former President of the UMA
Roman Inderst, economist; winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize^[3]
Heinz König, economist and former President of the University of Mannheim
Christoph M. Schmidt, economist, President of the RWI Essen; member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Isabel Schnabel, economist, Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Mainz; member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Horst Siebert, economist and Member of the German Council of Economic Experts, 1990-2003
Hans-Werner Sinn, economist and President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Jens Weidmann, economist and President of the Deutsche Bundesbank (2011–present)
Jürgen Wolters, econometrician; former Professor of Econometrics at the Free University of Berlin
Gerhard Zeitel, economist; former rector of the University of Mannheim

Academics

Hans Albert, philosopher
Jutta Allmendinger, sociologist and President of Social Science Research Center Berlin^[4]
Hubertus von Amelunxen, philosopher, art historian, and curator; Senior Curator at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 2001-2007; president and provost at the European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, 2013-2018
Hans-Wolfgang Arndt, professor of corporate law; rector of the UMA, 2001-2012
Norbert Bolz, philosopher; media theorist; professor at the Technical University of Berlin
Kai Brodersen, ancient historian and classicist at the Faculty of the University of Erfurt
Winfried Brugger, professor of public law
Sabine Carey, Chair in Political Science IV
Heinrich Chantraine, professor of geography; former Rector of the UMA
Daniel Cremers, professor of computer science and mathematics at the Technical University of Munich^[5]
Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Belgian physician and botanist
Thomas Diez, professor of political science and international relations at the Institute for Political Science, University of Tübingen
Axel Dreher, German Economist, belongs to the IDEAS 500 top economists
Bernhard Ebbinghaus, sociologist
Peter Flora, former professor of sociology (1982–2009)
Wolfgang Franz, German Economist and former Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts
Clemens Fuest, German Economist and Chairman of the ZEW
Miles Hewstone, psychologist
Klaus Hildebrand, liberal-conservative historian
Christian Homburg, professor of marketing
Kyra T. Inachin, historian
Roman Inderst, German Economist and Winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize^[6]
Marita Inglehart, psychologist, academic, and author
Juliane Kokott, former professor of law
Stefan Lucks, researcher in communications security and cryptography
Thilo Marauhn, lawyer
Wolfgang Männel, former professor of business administration at the University of Frankfurt and University of Dortmund
Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, physician and botanist
Hans Meuer, professor of computer Science; Chairman of the International Supercomputing Conference
Christophe Neff, Franco-German geographer; scientist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Heinz-Herbert Noll, sociologist
Jonathan Pool, U.S. political scientist
Franz Rothenbacher, sociologist
Christoph M. Schmidt, German Economist and President of the RWI Essen
Norbert Schwarz, Provost Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California
Otto Selz, former professor in psychology, philosophy and pedagogy
Hans-Werner Sinn, German Economist and President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Ulrich Steinvorth, philosopher
Rosemarie Tracy, linguist, acquisitionist and Wilhelm von Humboldt Prize awardee
Hermann Weber, former historian and political scientist
Joachim Weickert, professor of mathematics and computer science at Saarland University; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize Laureate
Helfrich Bernhard Wenck, German historian
Ursula Wolf, former professor in Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and University of Frankfurt
Wolfgang Zapf, sociologist
Klaus F. Zimmermann, German economist, professor for economics at the University of Bonn and former President of the DIW Berlin^[7]

Politics, civil services and military

Alexander Nuno Alvaro, politician
Franziska Brantner, politician, member of the Bundestag^[8]
Jürgen Creutzmann, politician
Oskar Dirlewanger, military officer, founder of the infamous Nazi SS penal unit "Dirlewanger" during World War II
Florian Gerster, politician
Maciej Golubiewski (born 1976), Polish political scientist and Consul General at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City
Hans-Olaf Henkel, President of the Leibniz Association; candidate of the Alternative for Germany for the 2014 European Parliament election
Christine Lambrecht, first female Chief Whip of the SPD; member of the Bundestag^[9]
Gaspar Martins, Angolan diplomat and political figure; Angola's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2001
Onésimo Redondo, Spanish Falangist Fascist politician; founder of Juntas Castellanas de Actuación Hispánica (Castilian Groups of Hispanic Action)
Christian von Stetten, politician, entrepreneur and member of the Bundestag
Jürgen Walter, politician

Culture, sports and entertainment

Christian Baracat, international rugby union player

Artem Klein, ice hockey player
Philipp Laux, footballer;^[10] psychologist of RB Leipzig^[11]
Alessa Ries, retired swimmer; won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships
Dieter Roth, Swiss artist

Honorary doctorates

Richard Blundell, British economist and econometrician
Hans Leonhard Hammerbacher, former president of DIHK (Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce)
Richard Lenel, former Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce; honorary citizen of the city of Mannheim
Kurt Lotz, second post-war CEO of Volkswagen
Hans Carl Nipperdey, German labour law expert; former president of the Federal Labour Court
Torsten Persson, Swedish economist and Director of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University
Edmund Phelps, American economist; winner of the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Hans Reschke, former Lord Mayor of Mannheim
Jean Tirole, French professor of economics; winner of the 2014 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

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