12 Notable alumni of
University of Siegen
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The University of Siegen is 2534th in the world, 802nd in Europe, and 85th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from the University of Siegen sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Uwe Boll
- Occupations
- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Uwe Boll is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of popular video game franchises. Released theatrically, the films were critical and commercial failures; his 2005 Alone in the Dark adaptation is considered by many critics to be one of the worst films ever made. Boll's films during the 2010s, comprising mostly original projects and independent movies, received home media releases to better reviews. After retiring in 2016 to become a restaurateur, Boll eventually returned to filmmaking in 2022. His films are financed through his production companies Boll KG and Event Film Productions.
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Miriam Pielhau
- Occupations
- television presenterwriterradio personality
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Miriam Pielhau was a German television and radio presenter, author and actress.
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Maja Göpel
- Occupations
- economistuniversity teacher
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Maja Göpel is a German political economist, transformation researcher, and sustainability scientist with a focus on transdisciplinary. In 2019 she co-founded the Scientists for Future initiative. Göpel is an honorary professor at Leuphana University of Lüneburg.
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Axel A. Weber
- Enrolled in the University of Siegen
- In 1987 graduated with Doctor of Political Science
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participantuniversity teacherbanker
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Axel Alfred Weber is a German economist, professor, and banker. He is currently a board member and chairman of Swiss investment bank and financial services company, UBS Group AG, and has announced his resignation effective 7 April 2022.
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Frank Schirrmacher
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- journalistwriternon-fiction writeressayist
- Biography
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Frank Schirrmacher was a German journalist, literature expert and essayist, writer, and from 1994 co-publisher of the national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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Marcel Beyer
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- writer
- Biography
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Marcel Beyer is a German writer.
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Klaus-Peter Thaler
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- cyclo-cross cyclistsport cyclistracing automobile driver
- Biography
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Klaus-Peter Thaler is a former professional cyclist whose career spanned from 1976 to 1988, he was successful in road-racing and cyclo-cross. He was world cyclo-cross champion twice as amateur and twice as professional and German champion eight times.
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Peter Hussing
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- boxerpolitician
- Biography
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Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics and placed fifth in 1976 and 1984; he missed the 1980 Moscow Games due to their boycott by West Germany.
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Michael Lentz
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teachermusicianpoetliterary scholar
- Biography
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Michael Lentz is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.
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Thomas Kellner
- Enrolled in the University of Siegen
- 1989-1996 studied art
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Thomas Kellner is a German fine-art photographer, lecturer and curator. He became known above all for his large-format photographs of famous architectural monuments, which, through many individual images and a shifted camera perspective, look like "photo mosaics".
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Gazmend Oketa
- Occupations
- politician
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Gazmend Oketa is an Albanian politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Albania, as well as Minister of Defence.
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Lars Eilebrecht
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- software engineerIT consultant
- Biography
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Lars Eilebrecht is a German software engineer, CISSP-certified information security expert, solutions architect, and Open Source evangelist. He is one of the original developers of the Apache HTTP Server, and co-founder and former Vice President of the Apache Software Foundation. Lars was based in the United Kingdom between 2009 and 2019 where he founded the IT consultancy company Primevation Ltd. Since 2019 he is based in Germany where he works as a Chief Information Security Officer.
