46 Notable alumni of
University of Erfurt
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The University of Erfurt is 1323rd in the world, 453rd in Europe, and 54th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 46 notable alumni from the University of Erfurt sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Martin Luther
- Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
- 1501-1505 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- philosopherBible translatorhymnwritertheologianProtestant reformer
- Biography
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Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. He was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.
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Johannes Gutenberg
- Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
- Studied in 1418
- Occupations
- engineermintmasterblacksmithgoldsmithengraver
- Biography
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Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg invented the printing press, which later spread across the world. His work led to an information revolution and the unprecedented mass-spread of literature throughout Europe. It had a profound impact on the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, and humanist movements.
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Susanne Hennig
- Occupations
- speed skaterpoliticianpedagogue
- Biography
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Susanne Hennig-Wellsow is a German politician. She was federal co-chairwoman of The Left from 2021 to 2022 and has served as a member of the Bundestag for Thuringia since 2021. Previously, she was a member of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2004 to 2021, leader of the Thuringia branch of The Left since November 2013, and leader of the state parliamentary group since December 2014.
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Ulrich von Hutten
- Occupations
- writerImperial Knightpoetpoliticianmonk
- Biography
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Ulrich von Hutten was a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer.
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August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
- Occupations
- Protestant reformerpoliticianmilitary officer
- Biography
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August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.
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Andreas Karlstadt
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacherProtestant reformer
- Biography
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Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt, better known as Andreas Karlstadt, Andreas Carlstadt or Karolostadt, in Latin, Carolstadius, or simply as Andreas Bodenstein, was a German Protestant theologian, University of Wittenberg chancellor, a contemporary of Martin Luther and a reformer of the early Reformation.
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Dieter Althaus
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dieter Althaus is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 3rd Minister President of Thuringia from 2003 to 2009. In 2003/04 he was the 58th President of the Bundesrat.
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Carsten Schneider
- Occupations
- politicianbank teller
- Biography
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Carsten Schneider is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 1998. Since 2021, he has also been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary for East Germany and Equivalent Living Conditions in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet.
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Leonhart Fuchs
- Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
- Studied in 1515-1516
- Occupations
- physicianuniversity teacherbotanistpteridologist
- Biography
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Leonhart Fuchs, sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as Leonhartus Fuchsius, was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large book about plants and their uses as medicines, a herbal, which was first published in 1542 in Latin. It has about 500 accurate and detailed drawings of plants, which were printed from woodcuts. The drawings are the book's most notable advance on its predecessors. Although drawings had been used in other herbal books, Fuchs' book proved and emphasized high-quality drawings as the most telling way to specify what a plant name stands for.
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Joseph Martin Kraus
- Occupations
- university teachercomposerconductorchoreographerpoet lawyer
- Biography
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Joseph Martin Kraus, was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred to as "the Swedish Mozart", and had a life span very similar to Mozart's.
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George Spalatin
- Occupations
- theologianhistorianjurist
- Biography
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Georg Spalatin ( German: [ˈʃpaːlatiːn]) was the pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt ( German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈbʊʁkhaʁt]; 17 January 1484 – 16 January 1545), a German humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation.
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Justus Jonas
- Occupations
- university teacherjuristhistoriantheologianwriter
- Biography
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Justus Jonas, the Elder, or simply Justus Jonas, was a German Lutheran theologian and reformer. He was a Jurist, Professor and Hymn writer. He is best known for his translations of the writings of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon. He accompanied Martin Luther in his final moments.
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Rudolph Goclenius
- Occupations
- lexicographeruniversity teacherlinguistphilosopher
- Biography
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Rudolph Goclenius the Elder was a German scholastic philosopher. Gockel is often credited with coining the term psychology in 1590, though the term had been used by Marko Marulić at least 66 years earlier. Gockel had extensive backing, and made significant contributions to the field of ontology. He extended the development of many ideas from Aristotle. Several of Gockel's ideas were published and built upon by later philosophers.
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Francis of Waldeck
- Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
- Studied in 1506
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Count Franz von Waldeck was Prince-Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück, and Minden in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. He suppressed the Münster Rebellion, a millenarian Anabaptist theocratic insurrection which occupied the fortified city of Münster.
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Friedrich Hoffmann
- Occupations
- physicianpediatricianuniversity teacherchemist
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Friedrich Hoffmann or Hofmann was a German physician and chemist. He is also sometimes known in English as Frederick Hoffmann.
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Philipp Nicolai
- Occupations
- hymnwriterpoetcomposertheologian
- Biography
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Philipp Nicolai was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer. He is most widely recognized as a hymnodist.
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Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse
- Occupations
- art historiantranslatorwriterpoet lawyerscholar
- Biography
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(Johann Jakob) Wilhelm Heinse (16 February 1746, Langewiesen, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – 22 June 1803), German author, was born at Langewiesen in Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (now in Thuringia).
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Joachim Camerarius
- Occupations
- classical scholarRenaissance humanistuniversity teacherpoetclassical philologist
- Biography
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Joachim Camerarius, the Elder, was a German classical scholar. His critical abilities, his deep understanding of Greek and Latin, and his wide-ranging knowledge of the ancient world made him one of the foremost German scholars of his time.
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Hiob Ludolf
- Occupations
- orientalistwriterphilologist
- Biography
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Hiob or Job Ludolf, also known as Job Leutholf, was a German orientalist, born at Erfurt. Edward Ullendorff rates Ludolf as having "the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship".
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Johann Hieronymus Schröter
- Occupations
- juristcartographerastronomerClerical Officer
- Biography
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Johann Hieronymus Schröter was a German astronomer.
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Elisabeth Kaiser
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elisabeth Kaiser is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017.
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Jakob Wimpfeling
- Occupations
- poethistoriantheologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Jakob Wimpfeling was a Renaissance humanist and theologian.
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Helius Eobanus Hessus
- Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
- Studied in 1504
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterpoet
- Biography
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Helius Eobanus Hessus was a German Latin poet and later a Lutheran humanist. He was born at Halgehausen in Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).
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Mathias Metternich
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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Mathias Metternich was a German mathematician and professor at the University of Mainz. As a revolutionary, he was active in the Republic of Mainz.
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Michael Altenburg
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Michael Altenburg was a German theologian and composer.
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Matthäus Zell
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Matthäus Zell was a Lutheran pastor and an early Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg. He joined the Reformation as early as 1521.
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Lorenz von Bibra
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Lorenz von Bibra, Duke in Franconia was Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg from 1495 to 1519. His life paralleled that of Maximilian I (1459–1519), who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 to 1519, whom Lorenz served as an advisor.
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Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf
- Occupations
- astronomernaturalistphysicianbotanist
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Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf, Nathanael Matthäus von Wolf, Polish: Nataniel Mateusz Wolf was a German botanist, physician, and astronomer.
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Erhard Schnepf
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Erhard Schnepf was a German Lutheran Theologian, Pastor, and early Protestant reformer. He was among the earliest followers of Luther convinced to his views at the 1518 Heidelberg Disputation.
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David Hollatz
- Occupations
- theologianwriter
- Biography
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David Hollatz was a German Lutheran theologian. He studied at Erfurt and Wittenberg, and became preacher at Pützerlin near Stargard in 1670, at Stargard in 1681 (in 1683 also conrector), rector in Colberg in 1684, and pastor in Jakobshagen in 1692.
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Georg Witzel
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Georg Witzel was a German theologian.
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Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi
- Occupations
- physicianpsychiatrist
- Biography
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Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi was a German psychiatrist.
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Justus Menius
- Occupations
- theologianpreacher
- Biography
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Justus Menius was a German Lutheran pastor and Protestant reformer whose name is Latinized from Jost or Just (i.e. Jodocus) Menig.
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Ernst Gottfried Baldinger
- Occupations
- university teacherentomologistbotanist
- Biography
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Ernst Gottfried Baldinger, German physician, was born in Großvargula near Erfurt.
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Kristina Nordt
- Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
- 2000-2005 graduated with Magister Artium in political science and government
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kristina Nordt is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and political scientist. She was a member of the German Bundestag from March 2021 to October 2021.
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Christian Beyer
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticiantranslator
- Biography
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Christian Beyer was a Saxon Chancellor, international lawyer and Protestant reformer. In documents partially different names and spellings can be found (Bayer, Peyer, Bayarius, Bayoarius, Bavarus, Cristoferus Bauari, etc.).
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Johann IV Roth
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Johann Roth was Bishop of Lavant from 1468 to 1482 and Prince-Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau) from 1482 until his death. He was known as a brilliant speaker, humanist and supporter of the arts and learning.
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Johann Heinrich Baumann
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Johann Heinrich Baumann was a Baltic German artist who mainly lived and worked in what is today Latvia.
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Weigand of Redwitz
- Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
- Studied in 1493
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Weigand of Redwitz was Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1522 until his death.
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Conrad von Bibra
- Years
- 1490-1544 (aged 54)
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Conrad von Bibra, Duke in Franconia (1490–1544) was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1540 to 1544.
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Johannes Musaeus
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Johannes Musaeus was a German Protestant theologian.
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Johannes ab Indagine
- Occupations
- writerscribemonktheologian
- Biography
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Johannes de Indagine, also known as Johannes Indaginis, John of Hagen, otherwise Johannes Bremer von Hagen was a German Carthusian monk, Catholic theologian and theological author.
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Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt
- Occupations
- chemistuniversity teacherpharmacist
- Biography
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Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt was a German pharmacist and chemist who wielded great influence on the improvement of science education for pharmacists. He also made numerous contributions in the fields of industrial and agricultural chemistry.
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Felix Hemmerlin
- Occupations
- theologianpriest
- Biography
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Felix Hemmerlin was a Swiss Roman Catholic cleric, author, church official and advocate of church reform.
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August Friedrich Müller
- Occupations
- philosopherwriter
- Biography
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August Friedrich Müller was a German legal scholar and logician.
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Heinrich August Erhard
- Occupations
- historianphysicianlibrarianarchivist
- Biography
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Heinrich August Erhard was a German physician, archivist and historian.
