29 Notable alumni of
University of Bremen
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The University of Bremen is 1522nd in the world, 524th in Europe, and 60th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from the University of Bremen sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Claas Relotius
- Occupations
- journalistediting staff
- Biography
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Claas-Hendrik Relotius is a German former journalist. He resigned from Der Spiegel in 2018 after admitting to numerous instances of journalistic fraud.
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Coldmirror
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- Studied art history
- Occupations
- vloggerdub actortelevision presentermusicianradio personality
- Biography
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Kathrin "Kaddi" Fricke, better known by her pseudonym Coldmirror, is a German YouTube creator and comedian. The pseudonym was inspired by the song "Creatures That Kissed in Cold Mirrors" by the band Cradle of Filth. She operates one of the most popular German YouTube channels, moderated radio and television programmes, and publishes blog and vlog entries.
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Reyhan Şahin
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- In 2005 graduated with Magister Artium in linguistics
- Occupations
- linguistsingerradio personalitywriterrapper
- Biography
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Reyhan Şahin, known professionally as Lady Bitch Ray or Doctor Bitch Ray, is a Turkish-German rapper, author, linguist and former radio host.
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Rolf Mützenich
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical scientist
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Rolf Heinrich Mützenich is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag since June 2019.
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Andreas Bovenschulte
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- 1987-1994 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Andreas Bovenschulte is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen since 2019.
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Christoph Butterwegge
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherpolitical scientist
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Christoph Butterwegge is a German political scientist and poverty researcher. From 1998 to 2016 he was Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Comparative Education and Social Sciences at the Humanities Faculty of the University of Cologne and is a member of the Research Center for Intercultural Studies (FiSt).
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Herta Däubler-Gmelin
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
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Herta Däubler-Gmelin is a German lawyer, academic and politician of the Social Democratic Party. She served as Federal Minister of Justice from 1998 to 2002, and as a Member of the Bundestag from 1972 to 2009. She currently teaches as an honorary professor of political science at the Free University of Berlin, particularly on international relations and human rights, and was the Hemmerle Professor at RWTH Aachen University in 2011. She is married to the legal scholar Wolfgang Däubler.
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Carsten Sieling
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionisteconomist
- Biography
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Carsten Günter Erich Sieling is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2015 to 2019. His successor is Andreas Bovenschulte.
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Martina Renner
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- Studied in 1987-1995
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Martina Renner is a German politician of The Left who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013 and one of six deputy leaders of her party since 2018.
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Hans Koenigsmann
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- In 1995 graduated with Doktoringenieur
- Occupations
- military flight engineer
- Biography
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Hans-Jörg Königsmann is a German aerospace engineer who was Vice President of Flight Reliability for SpaceX until his retirement in 2021.
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Maike Schaefer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maike Schaefer is a German biologist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She served as Vice President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen as well as Bremen Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing in the Bovenschulte Senate between August 2019 and July 2023.
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Werner Müller
- Occupations
- business executivepoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Wilhelm Werner Müller was a German businessman and politician. He served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 1998 to 2002. He then became CEO of RAG AG from 2003, of which Evonik was derived in 2007. His management of a reduction in Germany's dependence on coal in a socially responsible way won him the Manager of the Year award in Germany in 2008. He was chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn.
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Werner Rügemer
- Occupations
- photographerwriterjournalistnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Werner Rügemer is a left-wing German commentator, lecturer and writer.
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Niyazi Kızılyürek
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- Graduated with Bachelor's degree in social studies in social science and political science
- Occupations
- academicpolitician
- Biography
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Niyazi Kızılyürek is a Turkish Cypriot political scientist and politician. He is, as of 2016, a professor of political history in the University of Cyprus, specialising on the political history of Turkey and Cyprus, and the Dean of the School of Humanities there.
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Sascha Karolin Aulepp
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
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Sascha Karolin Aulepp is a German judge and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister for Children and Education in the government of Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte since 2021.
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Alexander Nuno Alvaro
- Occupations
- lobbyistpoliticianlawyerconsultant
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Alexander Nuno Alvaro is a German politician and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Free Democratic Party of Germany, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. During his first mandate he worked in the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs; he was a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.
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Helga Trüpel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Helga Trüpel is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019. She is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party.
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John-Dylan Haynes
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- In 2003 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- neuroscientistpsychologist
- Biography
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John-Dylan Haynes is a British-German brain researcher.
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Birgit Meyer
- Occupations
- anthropologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Birgit Meyer is a German professor of religious studies at Utrecht University.
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Henning Melber
- Enrolled in the University of Bremen
- 1980-1980 graduated with Doctor of Political Science
- Studied in 1993-1993
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Henning Melber is a German political scientist and sociologist. He is a German-Namibian and Swedish Africanist and political activist.
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Bernd Neumann
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bernd Otto Neumann is a former German politician and since 2014 president of the German Federal Film Board (FFA).
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Joachim Schuster
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joachim Schuster is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014, representing Germany as part of the Party of European Socialists. From 1999 until 2006, Schuster was member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen. From 2006 until December 2012, State Council in Bremen, first of work, youth and social issues, then of health and science.
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Cäcilia Rentmeister
- Occupations
- writergender studies scholarscreenwriter
- Biography
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Cäcilia Rentmeister (born 1948 in Berlin) is a German art historian, culture scientist and researcher of cultural conditions of women and of gender. In addition to studying the different realities in which men and women are living, she has concerned herself with the matriarchy.
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Thore Schäck
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Thore Schäck is a German entrepreneur and politician from the Free Democratic Party. He has been a member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen since 2019 and has been state chairman of the Bremen FDP since 2020.
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Adjany Costa
- Occupations
- politicianenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Adjany da Silva Freitas Costa is an Angolan biologist and conservationist from Huambo who served as the Angolan Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment from April to October 2020.
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Klaus Segbers
- Occupations
- university teacherscientistpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Klaus Segbers is a German political scientist and professor for International Relations and East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. He is also the founder and director of the Center for Global Politics at Freie Universität Berlin, which offers four distinct graduate study programs designed for professionals and young leaders. His research interests include theories of international relations, transformations in the former Soviet Union, international political economy, and globalization.
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Sergey Solovyov
- Occupations
- computer scientistmathematician
- Biography
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Sergey Yurievich Solovyov was a Russian mathematician who was a professor at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Moscow State University.
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Katrin Meissner
- Occupations
- climatologistoceanographer
- Biography
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Katrin Juliane Meissner is a physical oceanographer and climate scientist known for climate models assessing the impact of abrupt climate change on terrestrial and marine biogeochemical cycling.
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Catherina Becker
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Catherina Gwynne Becker is W3 professor for Neural Development and Regeneration Alexander von Humboldt Professor at TU Dresden, and was formerly Professor of Neural Development and Regeneration at the University of Edinburgh.
