14 Notable alumni of
European University Viadrina
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European University Viadrina is 2139th in the world, 697th in Europe, and 75th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from European University Viadrina sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Johann Tetzel
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- Catholic priesttheologianpreacherreligious
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Johann Tetzel was a German Dominican friar and preacher. He was appointed Inquisitor for Poland and Saxony, later becoming the Grand Commissioner for indulgences in Germany. Tetzel was known for granting indulgences on behalf of the Catholic Church in exchange for money. Indulgences grant a remission of temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven. This largely contributed to Martin Luther writing his Ninety-five Theses. The main usage of the indulgences sold by Tetzel was to help fund and build the new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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George William, Elector of Brandenburg
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- aristocrat
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George William, of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death. His reign was marked by ineffective governance during the Thirty Years' War. He was the father of Frederick William, the "Great Elector".
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Albert of Mainz
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Albert of Brandenburg was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545.
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Martin Chemnitz
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- writertheologianastrologeruniversity teacherlibrarian
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Martin Chemnitz was an eminent second-generation German, Evangelical Lutheran, Christian theologian, and a Protestant reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the Evangelical Lutheran tradition he is known as Alter Martinus, the "Second Martin": Si Martinus non fuisset, Martinus vix stetisset ("If Martin had not come along, Luther would hardly have survived") goes a common saying concerning him. He is listed and remembered in the Calendar of Saints and Commemorations in the Liturgical Church Year as a pastor and confessor by both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
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Atanazy Raczyński
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- art collectorpoliticianart historiandiplomat
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Count Atanazy Raczyński was a Polish count (hrabia) and diplomat in Prussian service. He was a noted art critic and built a notable collection of paintings during his long stays in major European metropolises.
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Johann Anton Güldenstädt
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- ichthyologistexplorerbiologistgeographerornithologist
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Johann Anton Güldenstädt was a Baltic German naturalist and explorer in Russian service.
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Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe
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- cultural historianhistorian
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Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe is a German–Polish historian based in Berlin, associated with the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of the Free University of Berlin. He specializes in the history of the Holocaust and East-Central Europe, fascism, nationalism, the history of antisemitism, the history of the Soviet Union, and the politics of memory.
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Volodymyr Demchyshyn
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- bankermanager
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Volodymyr Vasylyovych Demchyshyn is a former Ukrainian banker and politician and a Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine (2014-2016) in the second Yatsenyuk Government.
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René Wilke
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- politicianmediator
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René Wilke is a German politician (Die Linke), Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder), and a former member of Brandenburg's regional parliament. 2014 he became a directly elected Member of parliament for his native Frankfurt (Oder). On 18 March 2018 he was elected Oberbürgermeister (Lord Mayor) of Frankfurt (Oder). With his inauguration on 6 May 2018, Wilke became the youngest mayor in the history of Frankfurt (Oder) and the mayor of the biggest city from his party.
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Linn Selle
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- political scientist
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Linn Selle is president of the European Movement Germany.
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Daniel Ernst Jablonski
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- pastor
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Daniel Ernst Jablonski was a German theologian and reformer of Czech origin, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calvinist Protestants.
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Christian Garve
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- university teachertranslatorphilosopher
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Christian Garve was one of the best-known philosophers of the late Enlightenment along with Immanuel Kant and Moses Mendelssohn.
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Carl Gottfried Woide
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- librarianorientalist
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Carl Gottfried Woide, also known in England as Charles Godfrey Woide, was an Orientalist, a biblical scholar and a pastor.
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Simon Heinrich Sack
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- Anwaltpoliticianlawyer
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Simon Heinrich Sack was Hofrat (Privy Councilor), Justice Commissioner and adviser to King Frederick II of Prussia. He accumulated considerable wealth in this capacity with which he founded the Privy Councillor Simon Heinrich Sack Family Foundation in Prussia and which still exists to this day.
