This list contains some of the most notable students, scientists, lecturer and honorary doctors of the University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster).
Students
Johannes Georg Bednorz (born 1950), Nobel Prize winner (1987) Kamla Bhasin (1946–2021), Indian developmental feminist activist Walter Blume (SS officer) (1906–1974), SS commander and leader of Sonderkommando 7a, part of the extermination commando group Einsatzgruppe B. Tobias Böckers (born 1964), medical academic Lars Clausen (1935-2010), sociologist Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020), politician Kai Diekmann (born 1964), Chief Editor of Bild, Europe's largest newspaper (3.5 million copies) Andreas Raymond Dombret (born 1960), Münster School of Business Administration and Economics; member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank; former Vice-Chairman Europe Bank of America, Director Germany, Austria, Swiss Gerd Faltings (born 1954), mathematician, Fields Medal Dieter Fenske (born 1942), chemist Birgit Fischer (born 1962), athlete Monika Grütters (born 1962), politician August Hanning (born 1946), President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976), politician, former President of Germany Matthias Hentze (born 1960), Associate Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012), mathematician Thomas Hoeren (born 1961), intellectual property judge and lawyer Erich Kamke (1890–1961), mathematician Pia Lamberty (born 1984), social psychologist and co-founder of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy Jens Lehmann (born 1969), footballer (goalkeeper) of the German football team Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958), doctor; President of the European Commission Wilhelmine Lübke (1885–1981), First Lady Niklas Luhmann (1927–1998), sociologist Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1934–1976), member of the Red Army Faction Gilmar Mendes (born 1955), Minister of Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Thomas Middelhoff (born 1953), Board of Directors, Bertelsmann Georg Milbradt (born 1945), Minister-President of Saxony Walter Momper (born 1945), politician Ernst Nolte (1923–2016), historian and philosopher René Obermann (born 1963), businessman Adalbert Parmet (1830–1898), priest Ruprecht Polenz (born 1946), politician Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), politician Rudolf Seiters (born 1937), politician Hans-Werner Sinn (born 1948), student, President of the leading Institution for Economic Research (Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, IFO) Karl Stein (1913–2000), mathematician Barbara Stühlmeyer (born 1964), musicologist, writer and contributing editor Ludger Stühlmeyer (born 1961), Director of Music ACV Hans Tietmeyer (1931–2016), economist Klaus Töpfer (born 1938), UNO-Commissar Ernst Tugendhat (born 1930), philosopher Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), mathematician Harald Weinrich (born 1927), classical scholar Marina Weisband (born 1987), politician Oliver Welke (born 1966), author, comedian, voice actor and presenter Arthur Wieferich (1884–1954), mathematician Heinrich August Winkler (born 1938), historian Angela Zigahl (1885–1955), teacher and politician Klaus Zumwinkel (born 1943), former member of the Board of Directors, Deutsche Post World Net Jan Kohlhaase (born 1976), mathematician