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.

  1. Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1483-1546 (aged 63)
    Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
    1501-1505 graduated with master's degree
    Occupations
    philosopherBible translatorhymnwritertheologianProtestant reformer
    Biography

    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.

  2. Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1400-1468 (aged 68)
    Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
    Studied in 1418
    Occupations
    engineermintmasterblacksmithgoldsmithengraver
    Biography

    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.

  3. Susanne Hennig

    Susanne Hennig
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    speed skaterpoliticianpedagogue
    Biography

    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.

  4. Ulrich von Hutten

    Ulrich von Hutten
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1488-1523 (aged 35)
    Occupations
    writerImperial Knightpoetpoliticianmonk
    Biography

    Ulrich von Hutten was a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer.

  5. August Neidhardt von Gneisenau

    August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1760-1831 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    Protestant reformerpoliticianmilitary officer
    Biography

    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.

  6. Andreas Karlstadt

    Andreas Karlstadt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1486-1541 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    theologianuniversity teacherProtestant reformer
    Biography

    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.

  7. Dieter Althaus

    Dieter Althaus
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  8. Carsten Schneider

    Carsten Schneider
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politicianbank teller
    Biography

    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.

  9. Leonhart Fuchs

    Leonhart Fuchs
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1501-1566 (aged 65)
    Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
    Studied in 1515-1516
    Occupations
    physicianuniversity teacherbotanistpteridologist
    Biography

    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.

  10. Joseph Martin Kraus

    Joseph Martin Kraus
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1756-1792 (aged 36)
    Occupations
    university teachercomposerconductorchoreographerpoet lawyer
    Biography

    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.

  11. George Spalatin

    George Spalatin
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1484-1545 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    theologianhistorianjurist
    Biography

    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.

  12. Justus Jonas

    Justus Jonas
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1493-1555 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    university teacherjuristhistoriantheologianwriter
    Biography

    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.

  13. Rudolph Goclenius

    Rudolph Goclenius
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1547-1628 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    lexicographeruniversity teacherlinguistphilosopher
    Biography

    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.

  14. Francis of Waldeck

    Francis of Waldeck
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1488-1553 (aged 65)
    Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
    Studied in 1506
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    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.

  15. Friedrich Hoffmann

    Friedrich Hoffmann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1660-1742 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    physicianpediatricianuniversity teacherchemist
    Biography

    Friedrich Hoffmann or Hofmann was a German physician and chemist. He is also sometimes known in English as Frederick Hoffmann.

  16. Philipp Nicolai

    Philipp Nicolai
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1556-1608 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    hymnwriterpoetcomposertheologian
    Biography

    Philipp Nicolai was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer. He is most widely recognized as a hymnodist.

  17. Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse

    Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1746-1803 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    art historiantranslatorwriterpoet lawyerscholar
    Biography

    (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).

  18. Joachim Camerarius

    Joachim Camerarius
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1500-1574 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    classical scholarRenaissance humanistuniversity teacherpoetclassical philologist
    Biography

    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.

  19. Hiob Ludolf

    Hiob Ludolf
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1624-1704 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    orientalistwriterphilologist
    Biography

    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".

  20. Johann Hieronymus Schröter

    Johann Hieronymus Schröter
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1745-1816 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    juristcartographerastronomerClerical Officer
    Biography

    Johann Hieronymus Schröter was a German astronomer.

  21. Elisabeth Kaiser

    Elisabeth Kaiser
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  22. Jakob Wimpfeling

    Jakob Wimpfeling
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1450-1528 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    poethistoriantheologianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Jakob Wimpfeling was a Renaissance humanist and theologian.

  23. Helius Eobanus Hessus

    Helius Eobanus Hessus
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1488-1540 (aged 52)
    Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
    Studied in 1504
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterpoet
    Biography

    Helius Eobanus Hessus was a German Latin poet and later a Lutheran humanist. He was born at Halgehausen in Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).

  24. Mathias Metternich

    Mathias Metternich
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1747-1825 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    university teachermathematician
    Biography

    Mathias Metternich was a German mathematician and professor at the University of Mainz. As a revolutionary, he was active in the Republic of Mainz.

  25. Michael Altenburg

    Michael Altenburg
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1584-1640 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Michael Altenburg was a German theologian and composer.

  26. Matthäus Zell

    Matthäus Zell
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1477-1548 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    theologian
    Biography

    Matthäus Zell was a Lutheran pastor and an early Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg. He joined the Reformation as early as 1521.

  27. Lorenz von Bibra

    Lorenz von Bibra
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1459-1519 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    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.

  28. Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf

    Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1724-1784 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    astronomernaturalistphysicianbotanist
    Biography

    Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf, Nathanael Matthäus von Wolf, Polish: Nataniel Mateusz Wolf was a German botanist, physician, and astronomer.

  29. Erhard Schnepf

    Erhard Schnepf
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1495-1558 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    theologianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    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.

  30. David Hollatz

    David Hollatz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1648-1713 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    theologianwriter
    Biography

    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.

  31. Georg Witzel

    Georg Witzel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1501-1573 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    theologian
    Biography

    Georg Witzel was a German theologian.

  32. Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi

    Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1775-1858 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    physicianpsychiatrist
    Biography

    Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi was a German psychiatrist.

  33. Justus Menius

    Justus Menius
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1499-1558 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    theologianpreacher
    Biography

    Justus Menius was a German Lutheran pastor and Protestant reformer whose name is Latinized from Jost or Just (i.e. Jodocus) Menig.

  34. Ernst Gottfried Baldinger

    Ernst Gottfried Baldinger
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1738-1804 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    university teacherentomologistbotanist
    Biography

    Ernst Gottfried Baldinger, German physician, was born in Großvargula near Erfurt.

  35. Kristina Nordt

    Kristina Nordt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
    2000-2005 graduated with Magister Artium in political science and government
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  36. Christian Beyer

    Christian Beyer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1482-1535 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticiantranslator
    Biography

    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.).

  37. Johann IV Roth

    Johann IV Roth
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1426-1506 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    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.

  38. Johann Heinrich Baumann

    Johann Heinrich Baumann
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1753-1832 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Johann Heinrich Baumann was a Baltic German artist who mainly lived and worked in what is today Latvia.

  39. Weigand of Redwitz

    Weigand of Redwitz
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1476-1556 (aged 80)
    Enrolled in the University of Erfurt
    Studied in 1493
    Occupations
    Catholic bishopCatholic priest
    Biography

    Weigand of Redwitz was Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1522 until his death.

  40. Conrad von Bibra

    Conrad von Bibra
    Years
    1490-1544 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    Catholic priest
    Biography

    Conrad von Bibra, Duke in Franconia (1490–1544) was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1540 to 1544.

  41. Johannes Musaeus

    Johannes Musaeus
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1613-1681 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    theologianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Johannes Musaeus was a German Protestant theologian.

  42. Johannes ab Indagine

    Johannes ab Indagine
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1415-1475 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    writerscribemonktheologian
    Biography

    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.

  43. Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt

    Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1760-1833 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    chemistuniversity teacherpharmacist
    Biography

    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.

  44. Felix Hemmerlin

    Felix Hemmerlin
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1388-1458 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    theologianpriest
    Biography

    Felix Hemmerlin was a Swiss Roman Catholic cleric, author, church official and advocate of church reform.

  45. August Friedrich Müller

    August Friedrich Müller
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1684-1761 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    philosopherwriter
    Biography

    August Friedrich Müller was a German legal scholar and logician.

  46. Heinrich August Erhard

    Heinrich August Erhard
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1793-1851 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    historianphysicianlibrarianarchivist
    Biography

    Heinrich August Erhard was a German physician, archivist and historian.