Notable alumni
Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), influential lecturer and scientist, who systematized minerals and rock formations
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), renowned naturalist, historian, and humanitarian
Novalis (1772–1801; Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg), poet
Wilhelm August Lampadius (1772–1842), professor of chemistry and metallurgy, installed the first gas light on the European continent and advanced the technology to an industrial scale
Hieronymus Theodor Richter (1824–1898), chemist, and Ferdinand Reich (1799–1882), physicist, discoverers of the chemical element Indium
Clemens Alexander Winkler (1838–1904), chemistry professor, isolated the element Germanium for the first time
Edward Renouf (1846–1934), chemistry professor, Johns Hopkins University
Mary Hegeler Carus (1861–1936), the first woman to legally enroll (in 1885)
Luo Gan (born 1935), former Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Hans Albrecht (1919–2008), party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED), convicted of manslaughter in the Berlin Wall shooting trials
Hans Jürgen Rösler (1920–2009), mineralogy professor. He was the author of core teaching texts, including Geochemische Tabellen, 'Geochemical Tables' and Lehrbuch der Mineralogie, 'Mineralogy Textbook'.
