91 Notable Alumni of the Dresden University of Technology

Heinrich Hertz

Born in: Germany
Years: 1857-1894 (aged 37)
Occupations: inventorphysicistphilosopheruniversity teacher
Biography: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves proposed by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.

Adolf Loos

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1870-1933 (aged 63)
Occupations: writerarchitectart theoristessayistphotographer
Biography: Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, polemicist of modern architecture. He was inspired by modernism and a widely-known critic of the Art Nouveau movement. His controversial views and literary contributions sparked the establishment of the Vienna Secession movement and postmodernism.

Maria Reiche

Born in: Germany
Years: 1903-1998 (aged 95)
Occupations: archaeologistlanguage teachermathematician
Biography: Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941 together with American historian Paul Kosok. Known as the "Lady of the Lines", Reiche made the documentation, preservation and public dissemination of the Nazca Lines her life's work.

Katja Kipping

Born in: Germany
Years: 1978-.. (age 48)
Occupations: slavistliterary scholarpolitician
Biography: Katja Kipping is a German politician of The Left party. She was a member of the Bundestag representing Saxony from 2005 to 2021, a federal co-leader of The Left from 2012 to 2021 alongside Bernd Riexinger, and the Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs in the Berlin state government from December 2021 to April 2023.

Maximilian Krah

Born in: Germany
Years: 1977-.. (age 49)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: In 1996 studied legal science
Occupations: lawyerpolitician
Biography: Maximilian Eugen Krah is a German lawyer and politician for right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 until March 2025 when he became a member of the German parliament.

Reiner Haseloff

Born in: Germany
Years: 1954-.. (age 72)
Occupations: physicistpolitician
Biography: Reiner Erich Haseloff is a German politician who served as the Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 2011 to 2026. He served a one-year term as President of the Bundesrat from 2020 to 2021. From 2022 to 2026, he was the longest-serving minister-president of the German states.

Stanislaw Tillich

Born in: Germany
Years: 1959-.. (age 67)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Stanislaw Rudi Tillich is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 3rd Minister President of Saxony from 2008 to 2017. From 1 November 2015 until 31 October 2016, he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. Tillich is of Sorbian ethnicity and lives in Panschwitz-Kuckau (Pančicy-Kukow), which is 35 kilometres north-east of Dresden near Kamenz.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Born in: Germany
Years: 1884-1976 (aged 92)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: 1905-1906 studied architecture
Occupations: sculptordraftspersonuniversity teacherpainterillustrator
Biography: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a German expressionist painter and printmaker; he was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke.

Evgeny Paton

Born in: France
Years: 1870-1953 (aged 83)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 1894
Occupations: engineercivil engineeruniversity teacherpolitician
Biography: Professor Yevhen Oksarovych Paton, also known as Evgeny Oskarovich Paton (Russian: Евгений Оскарович Патон), was a Ukrainian engineer of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union who established in 1934 the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kyiv. Paton was a people's deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1953). He was the father of Borys Paton.

Uwe Tellkamp

Born in: Germany
Years: 1968-.. (age 58)
Occupations: physiciannovelistphysician writerscreenwriter
Biography: Uwe Tellkamp is a German writer and physician. He practised medicine until 2004. Before the fall of communism, he was enlisted in the National People's Army as a tank commander and imprisoned when he refused to break up a demonstration in October 1989. Until the fall of the German Democratic Republic shortly after, he was prohibited from studying medicine.

Lilia Skala

Born in: Austria
Years: 1896-1994 (aged 98)
Occupations: stage actortelevision actorarchitectactorfilm actor
Biography: Lilia Skala was an Austrian and American architect and actress known for her role in the film Lilies of the Field (1963), for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination. During her career, Skala was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Marco Wanderwitz

Born in: Germany
Years: 1975-.. (age 51)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied jurisprudence
Occupations: lawyerpolitician
Biography: Marco Wanderwitz is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2018 until 2021, he served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Slavoljub Eduard Penkala

Born in: Slovakia
Years: 1871-1922 (aged 51)
Occupations: inventorengineer
Biography: Slavoljub Eduard Penkala was a Croatian engineer and inventor.

Jörg Urban

Born in: Germany
Years: 1964-.. (age 62)
Occupations: hydraulic engineerpolitician
Biography: Jörg Urban is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and is party leader of the AfD in Saxony. He has been a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony since 2014. Under Urban's leadership, the Saxon AfD moved so strongly towards the right wing that the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution has categorised and is monitoring the party as a "proven right-wing anti constitutional effort" in 2023. The party has been labeled as a far-right organization.

Carsten Borchgrevink

Born in: Norway
Years: 1864-1934 (aged 70)
Occupations: explorerscientific collector
Biography: Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel. He inspired Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Martin Dulig

Born in: Germany
Years: 1974-.. (age 52)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: 1998-2004 studied pedagogy
Occupations: politicianconstruction worker
Biography: Martin Dulig is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Until 20 December 2019, he was the Saxon State Minister of Labor and Traffic and Deputy Minister President of Saxony in the governments of Stanislaw Tillich III and Michael Kretschmer. On 20 December 2019, Michael Kretschmer appointed a new cabinet, with Dulig continuing his role as State Minister for Economy, which he has held since 13 November 2014, in the governments of Stanislaw Tillich III and Michael Kretschmer and he was appointed Second Deputy Minister of Saxony.

Dirk Hilbert

Born in: Germany
Years: 1971-.. (age 55)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Dirk Hilbert is a German politician serving as the current Lord Mayor of Dresden, the capital city of Saxony, since Helma Orosz's resignation in 2015.

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Born in: Germany
Years: 1897-1966 (aged 69)
Occupations: photographerartist
Biography: Albert Renger-Patzsch was a German photographer associated with the New Objectivity.

Arnold Vaatz

Born in: Germany
Years: 1955-.. (age 71)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: 1976-1981 studied mathematics
Occupations: mathematicianpolitician
Biography: Arnold Vaatz is a German politician of represents the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony from 1998 until 2021.

Josef Duchač

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1938-.. (age 88)
Occupations: engineerpolitician
Biography: Josef Duchač is a German politician (CDU).

Reinhard Höppner

Born in: Germany
Years: 1948-2014 (aged 66)
Occupations: mathematicianliterary editorpolitician
Biography: Reinhard Höppner was a German politician (SPD) and writer.

Theodor Pallady

Born in: Romania
Years: 1871-1956 (aged 85)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Theodor Pallady was a Romanian painter.

Reimund Neugebauer

Born in: Germany
Years: 1953-.. (age 73)
Occupations: engineeruniversity teacher
Biography: Reimund Neugebauer is a German mechanical engineer and professor who has been working in the field of machine tools and forming processes. From 2012 to 2023 he was President of the Fraunhofer Society, the largest research organization in Europe.

Julia Bonk

Born in: Germany
Years: 1986-.. (age 40)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Julia Bonk is a German Left Party politician. She served as the member of the Landtag of Saxony from 2004 to 2014 and was a member of the executive board of the Left Party from June 2012 to 2014.

Friedrich Weinbrenner

Born in: Germany
Years: 1766-1826 (aged 60)
Occupations: master builderarchitectuniversity teacherurban planner
Biography: Friedrich Weinbrenner was a German architect and city planner admired for his mastery of classical style.

Erik von Frenckell

Born in: Finland
Years: 1887-1977 (aged 90)
Occupations: civil servantengineersportspersonpolitician
Biography: Erik von Frenckell was a Swedish-speaking Finnish nobleman, member of the Parliament of Finland, member of the International Olympic Committee and a vice president of the International Football Association FIFA.

Johann Andreas Schubert

Born in: Germany
Years: 1808-1870 (aged 62)
Occupations: composeruniversity teachermathematicianengineerscientist
Biography: Johann-Andreas Schubert was a German general engineer (Universalingenieur), designer and university lecturer.

Tina Punzel

Born in: Germany
Years: 1995-.. (age 31)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied economics
Occupations: competitive diver
Biography: Tina Punzel is a German diver.

Christian Piwarz

Born in: Germany
Years: 1975-.. (age 51)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: 1995-2001 studied jurisprudence
Occupations: lawyerpolitician
Biography: Christian Piwarz is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Wilhelm Knabe

Born in: Germany
Years: 1923-2021 (aged 98)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 1946-1950
Occupations: university teacherecologistpolitician
Biography: Wilhelm Knabe was a German ecologist, pacifist, civil servant and politician, remembered as a founding member of the Green Party in Germany, and a pioneer of conservation of the environment who shaped the party for decades.

Max Littmann

Born in: Germany
Years: 1862-1931 (aged 69)
Occupations: university teacherarchitect
Biography: Max Littmann was a German architect.

Stephan Kühn

Born in: Germany
Years: 1979-.. (age 47)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 2008
Occupations: politician
Biography: Stephan Kühn is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony from 2009 until 2020. Since 2020, he has been serving as part of the city administration of Dresden.

Friedrich Traun

Born in: Germany
Years: 1876-1908 (aged 32)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: 1895-1899 graduated with doctorate
Occupations: sprintermiddle-distance runnerathletics competitortennis player
Biography: Friedrich Adolf "Fritz" Traun was a German athlete and tennis player. Born into a wealthy family, he participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in men's doubles. He committed suicide after being accused of fathering a child out of wedlock.

Werner Felfe

Born in: Germany
Years: 1928-1988 (aged 60)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Werner Felfe was an East German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Carl Enckell

Born in: Russia
Years: 1876-1959 (aged 83)
Occupations: diplomatpolitician
Biography: Carl Johan Alexis Enckell was a Finnish politician, diplomat, officer and businessman.

Rainer Ortleb

Born in: Germany
Years: 1944-.. (age 82)
Occupations: university teacherengineerpolitician
Biography: Rainer Ortleb is a German academic and politician.

Johann Georg von Soldner

Born in: Germany
Years: 1776-1833 (aged 57)
Occupations: mathematicianastronomerphysicist
Biography: Johann Georg von Soldner was a German physicist, mathematician and astronomer, first in Berlin and later in 1808 in Munich.

Gustav Roch

Born in: Germany
Years: 1839-1866 (aged 27)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: In 1859 studied chemistry
Occupations: mathematician
Biography: Gustav Adolph Roch was a German mathematician who made significant contributions to the theory of Riemann surfaces. Roch’s career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 26.

Herbert Seifert

Born in: Germany
Years: 1907-1996 (aged 89)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 1926-1931
Occupations: mathematicianuniversity teacher
Biography: Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert was a German mathematician known for his work in topology.

Richard Konwiarz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1883-1960 (aged 77)
Occupations: university teacherarchitect
Biography: Richard Konwiarz was a German architect. He was born in Tschempin and died in Hanover.

Rudolf Friedrichs

Born in: Germany
Years: 1892-1947 (aged 55)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Rudolf Friedrichs was a German politician who served as the Minister-President of the State of Saxony in the German Democratic Republic from 1945 to his death.

Walter Andrae

Born in: Germany
Years: 1875-1956 (aged 81)
Occupations: archaeologistmuseologistarchitectural historianuniversity teacherarchitect
Biography: Walter Andrae was a German archaeologist and architect born near Leipzig.

Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch

Born in: Germany
Years: 1971-.. (age 55)
Occupations: farmerpolitician
Biography: Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch is a German politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Breitenbuch has been serving as member of the Landtag of Saxony since 2009. He is serving as Saxony's State Minister for the Environment and Agriculture since December 19, 2024.

Steffen Heidrich

Born in: Germany
Years: 1967-.. (age 59)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Steffen Heidrich is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Eduard Friedrich Eversmann

Born in: Germany
Years: 1794-1860 (aged 66)
Occupations: lepidopteristentomologistzoologistuniversity teachernaturalist
Biography: Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann was a Prussian biologist and explorer.

Hansjoachim Walther

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-2005 (aged 66)
Occupations: university teachermathematicianpolitician
Biography: Hansjoachim Walther was a German politician and mathematician.

Manfred Grund

Born in: Germany
Years: 1955-.. (age 71)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: 1976-1980 graduated with Diplom in electrical engineering
Occupations: politician
Biography: Manfred Grund is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Abdulai Silá

Years: 1958-.. (age 68)
Occupations: novelistplaywrightengineer
Biography: Abdulai Silá, is a Guinea-Bissauan engineer, economist, social researcher and writer. He is the author of three novels: Eterna Paixão (1994), A Última Tragédia (1995) and Mistida (1997), the first of which was the first novel published in Guinea-Bissau.

Franz Dischinger

Born in: Germany
Years: 1887-1953 (aged 66)
Occupations: university teachercivil engineer
Biography: Franz Dischinger was a pioneering German civil and structural engineer, responsible for the development of the modern cable-stayed bridge. He was also a pioneer of the use of prestressed concrete, patenting the technique of external prestressing (where the prestressing bars or tendons are not encased in the concrete) in 1934.

Theophil Sprecher von Bernegg

Born in: Switzerland
Years: 1850-1927 (aged 77)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied forestry and agricultural science
Occupations: politicianmilitary officer
Biography: Theophil Andreas Luzius Sprecher von Bernegg was a Swiss politician and military Chief of the General Staff (1905–1919).

Julius Kühn

Born in: Germany
Years: 1825-1910 (aged 85)
Occupations: university teacherbotanistagronomist
Biography: Julius Gotthelf Kühn was a German academic and agronomist and he was one of the pioneers of plant pathology. Kühn's father was a land owner and he gained experience in agriculture and botany on his father's land. He was trained in Bonn, starting at age 30 and was awarded his doctorate, which focused on diseases of beet and canola at Leipzig. In 1862, he became a professor of agriculture at the University of Halle. Kuhn published more than 70 papers on mycology and plant pathology over the course of his career.

Leon Sternbach

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1864-1940 (aged 76)
Occupations: classical philologistuniversity teacher
Biography: Leon Sternbach was a Polish philologist and classicist, professor at Jagiellonian University, and member of Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Herbert Wagner

Born in: Germany
Years: 1948-.. (age 78)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Herbert Wagner is a German politician.

Martin Grothkopp

Born in: Germany
Years: 1986-.. (age 40)
Occupations: bobsledderathletics competitor
Biography: Martin Grothkopp is a German bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning the gold medal.

Heinz Schlicke

Born in: Germany
Years: 1912-2006 (aged 94)
Biography: Heinz Schlicke, was a German-born engineer and author, an Operation Paperclip scientist, and engineer at the Allen-Bradley Co. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Gerhard Pohl

Born in: Germany
Years: 1937-2012 (aged 75)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Gerhard Pohl was a German politician and a member of the East German CDU. He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière.

Martin Böttger

Born in: Germany
Years: 1947-.. (age 79)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Martin Böttger was a prominent civil rights activist in East Germany. He was a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony from 1990 to 1994 and led the faction of Alliance '90/The Greens.

Pavel Gukasov

Born in: Azerbaijan
Years: 1858-1937 (aged 79)
Occupations: entrepreneur
Biography: Pavel Osipovich Gukasov was an Armenian industrialist who with his brother, Abram, played a major role in the industrialisation of the oil industry of Imperial Russia. He held management positions in 13 Russian companies before the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Emil Winkler

Born in: Germany
Years: 1835-1888 (aged 53)
Occupations: university teachercivil engineerengineer
Biography: Emil Winkler was a German civil engineer, professor with broad academic interest including engineering mechanics, railway engineering, bridge engineering. Emil Winkler was first to formulate and solve a problem of elastic beam on deformable foundation. The model of a beam on elastic foundation which assumes linear force-deflection relationship is known as Winkler Foundation.

Bernhard von Cotta

Born in: Germany
Years: 1808-1879 (aged 71)
Occupations: university teachercartographerwritergeologistbotanist
Biography: Carl Bernhard von Cotta, known as Bernhard von Cotta, was a German geologist.

Johann Coaz

Born in: Belgium
Years: 1822-1918 (aged 96)
Occupations: cartographerbotanist
Biography: Johann Wilhelm Fortunat Coaz was a Swiss forester, topographer and mountaineer from Graubünden. In 1850 he made the first ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps. He also gave Piz Bernina its name, after the eponymous pass.

Alwin Walther

Born in: Germany
Years: 1898-1967 (aged 69)
Occupations: university teachermathematicianengineer
Biography: Alwin Oswald Walther was a German mathematician, engineer and professor. He is one of the pioneers of mechanical computing technology in Germany.

Oliver Wehner

Born in: Germany
Years: 1984-.. (age 42)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Oliver Wehner is a German politician (CDU). He is the member of the Saxon State Parliament from 2009.

Eleonore Trefftz

Born in: Germany
Years: 1920-2017 (aged 97)
Occupations: physicist
Biography: Eleonore Trefftz was a German physicist known for her work on molecular and nuclear physics. She was appointed as a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in 1971.

Agnes Sjöberg

Born in: Finland
Years: 1889-1964 (aged 75)
Occupations: veterinarian
Biography: Agnes Hildegard Sjöberg was a Finnish veterinarian. She graduated as a veterinarian and was the first woman in Europe and likely the first woman in the world to obtain the PhD degree in veterinary medicine. During her career, Sjöberg worked as a municipal veterinarian in Somero and Närpes and had a private veterinary clinic for many years. Sjöberg was subjected to prejudice and discrimination by colleagues, and her pioneering work as a female veterinarian was not recognized until much after her death.

Reinhart Heinrich

Born in: Germany
Years: 1946-2006 (aged 60)
Occupations: university teacherbiophysicistwriter
Biography: Reinhart Heinrich was a German biophysicist.

Günter Baumann

Born in: Germany
Years: 1947-.. (age 79)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Günter Helmut Baumann is a German politician and member of the CDU. An engineer by profession, Baumann has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) since 1972 until that party merged with its West German counterpart in 1990. From 1990 to 1998 he served as the mayor of Jöhstadt. Since 1998, he has been a directly elected member of the Bundestag, representing the constituencies of Annaberg – Stollberg – Zschopau (1998-2002), Annaberg – Aue-Schwarzenberg (2002 - 2009) and Erzgebirgskreis I since 2009.

Bernhard Thalheim

Born in: Germany
Years: 1952-.. (age 74)
Occupations: computer scientistengineeruniversity teachermathematician
Biography: Bernhard Karl Thalheim is a German computer scientist and professor of information systems engineering at the University of Kiel in Kiel, Germany. He is known for his work on conceptual modeling and its theoretical foundational contributions.

Günther Landgraf

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1928-2006 (aged 78)
Occupations: university teacherpedagoguephysicist
Biography: Günther Landgraf was a German physicist and, from 1990 till 1994, President of Technische Universität Dresden.

Helmut H. Schaefer

Born in: Germany
Years: 1925-2005 (aged 80)
Occupations: mathematicianuniversity teacher
Biography: Helmut Heinrich Schaefer was a German mathematician, who worked primarily in functional analysis. His two best known scientific monographs are titled Topological Vector Spaces (1966) and Banach Lattices and Positive Operators (1974). The first of these was subsequently translated into Spanish and Russian. The second made him an internationally recognized and leading scholar in this particular field of mathematics. (Roquette & Wolff, 2006)

Walter Polakov

Born in: Russia
Years: 1879-1948 (aged 69)
Occupations: mechanical engineer
Biography: Walter Nicholas Polakov was a mechanical engineer, consulting engineer, and pioneer of scientific management.

Arthur Meinig

Born in: Germany
Years: 1853-1904 (aged 51)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 1875
Occupations: architect
Biography: Arthur Meinig was a Kingdom of Saxony-born architect from Austria-Hungary. He was born in Waldheim, Saxony on 7 November 1853 and died in Budapest on 14 September 1904. After studying in Dresden, he worked for architects Fellner and Helmer in Vienna. In 1883 he moved to Budapest and soon became a favorite architect of the Hungarian nobility. Though especially known for his work in the Neobaroque style, he also used the Neo-Gothic, Neo-Renaissance and Châteauesque styles.

Amé Pictet

Born in: Switzerland
Years: 1857-1937 (aged 80)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 1877-1879
Occupations: university teacherchemist
Biography: Amé Jules Pictet was a Swiss chemist. He discovered the Pictet–Spengler reaction, and the related Pictet–Hubert reaction and Pictet–Gams reaction. He is credited with publishing the first synthesis of nicotine.

Victoria Angelova

Born in: Bulgaria
Years: 1902-1947 (aged 45)
Occupations: architect
Biography: Victoria Angelova Vinarova was one of the first female architects of Bulgaria. She is credited with having built the first modern, national art gallery in the Balkans.

Carl Theodor Albrecht

Born in: Germany
Years: 1843-1915 (aged 72)
Occupations: astronomersurveyor
Biography: Carl Theodor Albrecht was a German astronomer.

Wilhelm Flügge

Born in: Germany
Years: 1904-1990 (aged 86)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 1921-1927
Occupations: military flight engineercivil engineerengineer
Biography: Gottfried Wilhelm Flügge was a German engineer, and Professor of Applied Mechanics at Stanford University. He is known as recipient of the 1970 Theodore von Karman Medal in Engineering Mechanics, and the 1970 Worcester Reed Warner Medal.

Hans Hübner

Born in: Germany
Years: 1837-1884 (aged 47)
Occupations: university teacherchemist
Biography: Hans Hübner was a German chemist. He was the son of painter Julius Hübner (1806–1882).

William Dunkel

Born in: United States
Years: 1893-1980 (aged 87)
Occupations: university teacherarchitect
Biography: William Dunkel was a Swiss architect and painter. He worked in Germany until 1929 when he relocated to Switzerland upon obtaining a teaching job at the ETH (technical university) in Zürich.

Hans Dresig

Born in: Germany
Years: 1937-2018 (aged 81)
Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: Studied in 1954-1960
Occupations: university teachermechanical engineernon-fiction writer
Biography: Hans Dresig was a German professor for applied mechanics and theory of mechanisms and machines.

Benjamín Máximo Laguna y Villanueva

Born in: Spain
Years: 1826-1902 (aged 76)
Occupations: forestry engineerbotanist
Biography: Benjamín Máximo Laguna y Villanueva was a Spanish botanist and entomologist.

Sergej Flach

Enrolled in the Dresden University of Technology: In 1986 graduated with Diplom in physics; In 1989 graduated with doctorate in theoretical physics; In 1998 graduated with habilitation in theoretical physics
Occupations: theoretical physicist
Biography: Sergej Flach is a theoretical physicist whose research has spanned a number of scientific fields in his career. With about 240 publications to his name, his research has been cited over 16,000 times giving him an h-index of 58 and i10-index of 174. He is a member of the American Physical Society, German Physical Society, Korean Physical Society, and New Zealand Institute of Physics. He is an editorial board member of Chaos and was an editorial board member of Physical Review E (2009–2011).

Rudolph Hering

Born in: United States
Years: 1847-1923 (aged 76)
Occupations: civil engineerchemist
Biography: Rudolph Hering was a founder of modern environmental technology.

Hellmut Schmid

Born in: Germany
Years: 1914-1998 (aged 84)
Occupations: university teachersurveyor
Biography: Hellmut H. Schmid was a Swiss professor of geodesy and photogrammetry. He taught at ETH Zürich (Switzerland). In the 1950s, he worked on space exploration in the United States. Between 1968 and 1974, he promoted the first intercontinental network of satellite geodesy.

Olav Heggstad

Born in: Norway
Years: 1877-1954 (aged 77)
Occupations: civil engineer
Biography: Olav Heggstad was a Norwegian civil engineer and professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.

Klaus Jacob

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1943-.. (age 83)
Occupations: rower
Biography: Klaus Jacob is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Frederick William Cappelen

Born in: Norway
Years: 1857-1921 (aged 64)
Occupations: engineercivil engineer
Biography: Frederick William Cappelen was a Norwegian-born architect and civil engineer who held the office of Minneapolis City Engineer.

Hassa Horn

Born in: Norway
Years: 1873-1968 (aged 95)
Occupations: engineerNordic combined skierpoliticianarchitect
Biography: Hans Thomas "Hassa" Horn was a Norwegian road engineer, industrialist, sports official and politician for the Conservative Party.

Augustin Paus

Born in: Norway
Years: 1881-1945 (aged 64)
Occupations: chief executive officerengineerbusinessperson
Biography: Augustin Thoresen Paus was a Norwegian engineer and industrial leader who played a key role in hydropower development in Norway through the first half of the 20th century. He graduated as an officer from the Military Academy and as a civil engineer from Dresden, starting his engineering career at Norsk Hydro as an associate of Sam Eyde during the development of the Rjukan industrial facilities. From 1918, he led the construction of the hydroelectric Rånåsfoss power plant, one of the largest in Europe. Upon its completion in 1922, he became the first managing director of Akershus elektrisitetsverk (now Akershus Energi), a position he held until his death around two decades later. He was described as the "absolute ruler" of the industrial community that emerged at Rånåsfoss. He also held several other positions in the Norwegian power industry and was described as "one of the most prominent leaders in the Norwegian energy industry." He served as chairman of Glommens og Laagens Brukseierforening, Foreningen Samkjøringen—the precursor to the Nordic electricity exchange Nord Pool—the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, and several power companies.

Peter Østbye

Born in: Norway
Years: 1855-1943 (aged 88)
Occupations: translatorphilologist
Biography: Peter Nielsen Østbye was a Norwegian philologist and academic administrator. He taught classical languages and was a proponent of learning the Latin language. He was an education official at Fredrikstad between 1894-1910 and at Drammen between 1910-1926. He is principally known for his translations of Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey from Ancient Greek into Norwegian.

Jens Dunker

Born in: Norway
Years: 1892-1981 (aged 89)
Occupations: architect
Biography: Jens Gram Dunker was a Norwegian architect. He was noted for his work in the transition between neo-classicism and functionalism in Norwegian architecture. Dunker made significant contributions to Norwegian functionalism through different types of buildings: townhouses, housing blocks, townhouses, villas, theaters and hotels.

Bernhard Brænne

Born in: Norway
Years: 1854-1927 (aged 73)
Occupations: businesspersonpolitician
Biography: Bernhard Cornelius Brænne was a Norwegian factory owner and member of the Norwegian Parliament with the Conservative Party.

# 🏆	University name	Country & City
6	Free University of Berlin	Berlin
7	University of Bonn	Bonn
8	University of Gottingen	Gottingen
9	Humboldt University of Berlin	Berlin
10	University of Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau
11	University of Cologne	Cologne
12	RWTH Aachen University	Aachen
13	University of Erlangen Nuremberg	Erlangen
14	Dresden University of Technology	Dresden
15	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Karlsruhe
16	University of Munster	Munster
17	University of Leipzig	Leipzig
18	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz	Mainz
19	Technical University of Berlin	Berlin
20	University of Wurzburg	Wurzburg
21	Ruhr University Bochum	Bochum
22	Charite - Medical University of Berlin	Berlin