List of members of German student corps
List of notable or known members of German Student Corps.
A
- Karl von Abel, Bavarian statesmen
- Horst Ademeit, engineer, fighter pilot, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Louis Agassiz, Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist; professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel and Harvard University, Corps Helvetia Heidelberg, Corps Helvetia Munich
- Heinrich Albers-Schönberg, gynecologist, pioneer of radiology; Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Misnia Leipzig
- Heinrich Albert, commercial attaché to the German ambassador to the United States during World War I
- Carl Theodor Albrecht, German astronomer
- Karl Allmenröder, German World War I ace; Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Alois Alzheimer, psychiatrist and neuropathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
- Richard Andree, geographer; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
- Asfa-Wossen Asserate, management consultant and author writing in German, a member of the Solomonic dynasty; Corps Suevia Tübingen
- William Backhouse Astor, Sr., American businessman; Corps Curonia Göttingen
B
- Eduard Bacher, Austrian jurisconsult and journalist
- Hermann von Barth, mountaineer; Corps Franconia München
- Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe, member of the Prussian House of Lords, Corps Borussia Bonn
- Walter Bauer, theologist, scholar of the development of the early Christian churches; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
- Rudolf Baumbach, poet; Corps Thuringia Jena
- Paul Bäumer, German ace in World War I; Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin
- Friedrich Bayer, founder of Bayer, Corps Saxonia Bonn
- Hans Hermann Behr, German-American physician, botanist, entomologist; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Moenania Würzburg
- Emil Adolf von Behring, German physiologist, first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ; Corps Suevo-Borussia Berlin
- Rudolf von Bennigsen, politician and leader of the National Liberals; Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
- Friedrich von Berg, last chairman of the Secret Civil Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grave-digger of the German monarchy; Corps Borussia Bonn
- Gustav Adolf Bergenroth, historian ; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Julius Bergmann, philosopher, Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
- Otto Julius Bierbaum, writer; Corps Thuringia Leipzig
- Julius Binder, philosopher; Corps Bavaria Würzburg
- Otto Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
- Carl-Heinz Birnbacher, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Konteradmiral of the Bundesmarine; Corps Schacht Leoben
- Herbert von Bismarck, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Corps Borussia Bonn
- Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Hinrich Bitter-Suermann, German-Canadian Professor of Surgery ; Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Heinrich Blochmann, iranist in Kolkata; Corps Lusatia Leipzig
- Erich Bloedorn, Colonel and bomber pilot in WW 2, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Johannes Blume, Brevet Brigadier General 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry; Corps Saxonia Bonn, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Wilhelm von Bode, German art historian and museum director, founder of Bode Museum; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
- Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede, Prussian politician, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
- Karl von Bodelschwingh-Velmede, Prussian politician; Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
- Eduard Böcking, legal scholar; Corps Hassia Heidelberg
- Franz Böhm, politician, lawyer, and economist; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
- Caesar Rudolf Boettger, German zoologist, Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Silesia Breslau
- Karl Heinrich von Boetticher, Secretary of the Interior, and Vice Chancellor of Germany ; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
- Ernst Bolbrinker, mining engineer, Generalmajor, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Afrikakorps; Corps Schacht Leoben
- Otto Bollinger, pathologist ; Corps Suevia München
- Robert Bonnet, anatomist; Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
- Franz Bracht, politician; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
- Curt Bräuer, diplomat, Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald
- Friedrich Gustav von Bramann, surgeon, physicist, Nobel laureate in physics 1909 ; Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Magnus von Braun , jurist and politician; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Alfred Brehm, zoologist, Brehms Tierleben; Corps Saxonia Jena
- Eberhard von Breitenbuch, cavalry officer in the German resistance; Corps Silvania Tharandt
- Lorenzo Brentano, German journalist, member of the Frankfurt Assembly and U.S. Representative from Illinois; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg
- Alois von Brinz, jurist and politician; Corps Suevia München, Corps Franconia Prag
- Wilhelm Brückner, until 1940 Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant; Corps Transrhenania München
- Heinrich Brunn, archaeologist, Corps Palatia Bonn
- Bernhard Ernst von Bülow, secretary of state; Corps Vandalia Göttingen
- Heinrich von Bülow, prussian statesman; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
- Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, German World War I ace; Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
C
- Petre P. Carp, Prime Minister of Romania; Corps Borussia Bonn
- Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Corps Borussia Bonn
- Maximilian Joseph von Chelius, surgeon and ophthalmologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus, chemist, known for his structure of benzene proposed in 1867; Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
- Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, pathologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
- Gerhard Conrad , Generalleutnant of the Luftwaffe; Corps Hercynia München, Corps Frankonia Brünn
- Constantine I of Greece, King of the Hellenes, Duke of Sparta; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Alexander Conze, archaeologist, secretary of the German Archaeological Institute; Corps Brunsviga Göttingen
- Wilhelm Paul Corssen, philologist; Corps Marchia Berlin
- Carl Hermann Credner, German earth scientist
- Vincenz Czerny, surgeon; Corps Austria Frankfurt
D
- Gottlieb Daimler, pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development; Corps Stauffia Stuttgart
- Werner Dankwort, diplomat bringing Germany into the League of Nations in 1926 prior to representing the German contingent in the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, the post-World War II effort known as the Marshall Plan, Corps Vandalia-Teutonia Berlin
- Siegfried Dehn, music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian; Corps Saxonia Leipzig
- Max Delbrück, German agricultural chemist; Corps Cimbria Berlin
- Ernst von Delius, racing car driver; Corps Franconia München
- Nicolaus Delius, philologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
- Georg Diederichs, politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
- Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach, plastic surgeon, Corps Pomerania Greifswald
- Rudolf Diels, SS-Oberführer, in charge of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934; Corps Rhenania Straßburg
- Arnold Diestel, First Mayor of Hamburg; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
- Franz von Dingelstedt, poet, dramatist and theatre administrator; Corps Schaumburgia Marburg
- Herbert von Dirksen, ambassador to Britain; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Rudolf Doehn, Forty-Eighter, fought in the Union Army; Corps Guestphalia Halle
- Claudius Dornier, founder of Dornier GmbH; Corps Suevo-Guestphalia München
- Ludwig Draxler, Austrian Secretary of Finance; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck
- Julius Dreschfeld, leading British physician and pathologist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
- Jakob Dubs, member of the Swiss Federal Council; Corps Helevetia Heidelberg
- Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, ambassador to Denmark, Righteous among the Nations; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
E
- Hermann Ebbinghaus, psychologist; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
- Georg Ebers, egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Ebers Papyrus; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Victor von Ebner, Austrian anatomist and histologist; Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck
- Walter Eckhardt, member of the Bundestag and Member of the European Parliament; Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Wilhelm Endemann, legal scholar, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Johann Georg Veit Engelhardt, theologian; Corps Franconia II Erlangen
- Friedrich Erismann,, Swiss ophthalmologist and hygienist; Corps Tigurinia Zürich
- Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Corps Suevia Tübingen, Corps Borussia Bonn
- Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Corps Franconia Jena, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Corps Franconia Jena
- Walter Eucken, protagonist of the social market economy; Corps Saxonia Kiel
- Botho zu Eulenburg, Prussian prime minister
- Hanns Heinz Ewers, actor and writer; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien
F
- Paul Falkenberg, botanist; Corps Hildesia IV Göttingen
- Gottfried Feder, economist, one of the early key members of the Nazi party; Corps Isaria München
- Max Fesca, agricultural scientist, hired by the Meiji government of Japan as a foreign advisor from 1882–1894; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Göttingen
- Carl Flügge, bacteriologist and hygienist; Corps Bremensia Göttingen
- Max von Forckenbeck, politician, founder of the German Progress Party and National Liberal Party, Berlin mayor, Reichstag president; Corps Teutonia Giessen
- Gustav Freytag, dramatist and novelist, Pour le Mérite; Corps Borussia Breslau
- Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg, Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, King of Finland; Corps Suevia Freiburg
- Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg ; Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Visigothia Rostock
- Wilhelm von Freeden, mathematician, navigation lecturer, founder of the North German Naval Observatory; Corps Guestphalia Bonn, Corps Frisia Göttingen
- Karl Rudolf Friedenthal, Prussian statesman; Corps Silesia Breslau
- Nikolaus Friedreich, pathologist and neurologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
- Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Corps Bremensia Göttingen
- Richard Frommel, Corps Suevia München, Corps Brunsviga Göttingen, Corps Rhenania Würzburg
- August von Froriep, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Otto Froitzheim, tennis champion; Corps Teutonia Bonn
- Karl Fürstner, neurologist and psychiatrist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
G
- Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist, sinologist; Corps Franconia Jena
- Friedrich Balduin von Gagern, German general, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Wilhelm von Gayl, Secretary of Interior; Corps Saxonia Göttingen, Corps Borussia Bonn
- Karl Geiler, Prime Minister of Hessen; Corps Rhenania Freiburg
- Heinrich Gelzer, classical scholar; Corps Alamannia Basel
- Kurt Gerstein, German SS officer, tried to inform the international public about the Holocaust, author of the Gerstein Report, Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Robert Gersuny, Austrian surgeon
- Gustaw Gizewiusz, pastor in Mazovia; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Themistocles Gluck, surgeon, inaugurator of joint replacement; Corps Saxonia Leipzig
- Heinrich Ernst Göring, colonial governor of German South-West Africa, father of Hermann Göring; Corps Saxonia Bonn
- August Görtz, civil servant and politician; Corps Hannovera Göttingen.
- Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez, chemist; Corps Bavaria München
- Gustav Graef, painter; Corpslandsmannschaft Normannia Königsberg
- Hans Grässel, architect, Pour le Mérite; Corps Rheno-Palatia München
- Ferdinand Gregorovius, journalist and historian, honorary citizen of Rome; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Paul Güssfeldt, geologist, mountaineer and explorer, Corps Vandalia Heidelberg
H
- Klaus Hänsch
- Albrecht von Hagen, Wehrmacht officer, German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg.
- Werner Hartenstein, commander of German submarine U-156, Knight's cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
- Emil Hartwich, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
- Ulrich von Hassell, diplomat, German resistance, executed; Corps Suevia Tübingen
- Hermann von Hatzfeldt, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Friedrich Hecker, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg, Corps Hassia Heidelberg, Corps Palatia Heidelberg
- Justus Hecker, founder of historical pathology, Corps Marchia Berlin
- Johann Gustav Heckscher, minister resident; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
- Heinrich Heine, significant German poet of the 19th century, Corps Guestphalia Göttingen
- Karl Heinzen, revolutionary author; Corps Guestphalia Bonn
- Vollrath von Hellermann, Generalmajor of the Wehrmacht, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Wilhelm Hemprich, naturalist and explorer; Corps Teutonia Breslau, Corps Borussia Breslau
- Paul Hensel, pastor, defender of Mazovia; Corps Masovia
- Rudolph Hering, American engineer, Corps Altsachsen Dresden
- Alfred Herrhausen
- Jürgen Herrlein
- Wilhelm Hertz, rediscovered writer; Corps Teutonia Stuttgart, Corps Franconia Tübingen
- Walther Herwig, Prussian administrative lawyer, and the founder of the German fisheries science, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Otto Hesse, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg.
- Hermann Theodor Hettner, literary historian; Corps Silesia Berlin, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
- Carl von Heyden, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
- William Hillebrand, founder of the Hawaii Medical Association and Foster Botanical Garden in Honululu; Corps Hanseatia Göttingen und Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Paul von Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall, Reichspräsident; Corps Montania Freiberg
- Eduard Hitzig, neuropsychiatrist, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Neoborussia Berlin
- Leopold von Hoesch, diplomat; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann, theologian and orientalist; Corps Teutonia Halle
- Heinrich Hoffmann, psychiatrist, author of Struwwelpeter; Corps Allemannia Heidelberg
- Anton Friedrich Hohl, obstetrician; Corps Thuringia Leipzig, founder of Corps Saxonia Leipzig
- Karl Christian Johann Holsten, theologian; Corps Misnia Leipzig, Corps Vandalia Rostock
- Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff, jurist
- Caspar Alexander Honthumb, contributing editor New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Cincinnati Volksfreund, Puck, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Johann Friedrich Horner, Swiss ophthalmologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
- House of Hohenzollern
- * Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Prussian prince and general; Corps Borussia Bonn
- * Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn
- * Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Wilhelm II, Großadmiral; Corps Holsatia Kiel
- * Prince Oskar of Prussia, Generalmajor, Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden; Corps Borussia Bonn, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- * Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Corps Brandenburgia Berlin
- * Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Corps Borussia Bonn
- * William, German Crown Prince, Corps Borussia Bonn
- * Prince Waldemar of Prussia ; Corps Holsatia Kiel
- * Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Corps Borussia Bonn
- Francis Huebschmann, 1851–1852 and 1871–1872 senator in Wisconsin, "best physician" of the Union Army; Corps Saxonia Jena
- Ferdinand Hueppe, bacteriologist, military surgeon, first German Football Association president; Corps Alemannia Berlin
- Carl Hueter, surgeon, member of the Reichstag; Corps Teutonia Marburg
J
- Hermann Jacobi, indologist, Corps Teutonia Bonn
- Otto Jaekel, paleontologist, geologist; Corps Lusatia Breslau, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald
- Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
- Philipp von Jolly, physicist, mathematician; Corps Hassia Heidelberg
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, writer and politician; Corps Littuania.
- Heinz Jost, SS Brigadeführer; Corps Hassia Gießen
- Hugo Junkers, innovative engineer, Corps Delta Aachen
K
- Karl Kaiser, Harvard professor, co-worker of Henry Kissinger; Corps Hansea Köln
- Manfred Kanther
- Friedrich Kapp, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Wolfgang Kapp, nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Walther Kausch, surgeon, pioneer of pancreaticoduodenectomy; Corps Palaio-Alsatia Straßburg
- Albert Keller, German painter, Corps Isaria München
- Ott-Heinrich Keller, German mathematician; Corps Austria
- Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
- Wilhelm Kiesselbach, ENT surgeon; Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
- Mitchell Campbell King, American planter and physician in the Carolinas, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Georg Kloss, German historian of freemasonry, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- William August Kobbé, United States Army officer; Corps Franconia Freiberg
- Wolfgang Franz von Kobell, mineralogist, writer in Bavarian dialect; Corps Isaria München Corps
- Hans Koch, jurist, officer in both World Wars, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Baltia Königsberg
- Eberhard von Koerber, past CEO of ABB Group, co-president of the Club of Rome; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer, Austrian novelist, poet and playwright; Corps Symposion Wien
- Franz König, Corps Teutonia Marburg.
- Theodor Körner, German poet and soldier
- Werner Körte, German surgeon; Corps Teutonia Bonn
- Ludwig Kohl-Larsen, anthropologist, explorer
- Herbert Kraus, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Adalbert Krüger, Corps Marchia Berlin
- Jacob Kuechler, he pioneered the science of Dendrochronology to date natural events, Corps Starkenburgia Gießen.
- Hermann Kümmell, Corps Nassovia Würzburg
- Eberhard von Kuenheim, German industrial manager, long time CEO BMW-Group, Corps Teutonia Stuttgart
- Adolph Kussmaul, German physician and a leading clinician of his time, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Otto Küstner, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
- Hermann Kuhnt, ophthalmologist
L
- Hans Heinrich Landolt, Swiss chemist
- Bernhard von Langenbeck, surgeon
- Arnold von Lasaulx, mineralogist and petrographer
- Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz, German sculptor, Corps Curonia Göttingen
- Robert Lehr, Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Helmut Lemke
- Max Lenz, historian
- Heinrich Leo, Prussian historian and politician
- Ernst Levy von Halle, Jewish propaganda chief of Alfred von Tirpitz
- Wilhelm Liebknecht
- Justus von Liebig, German chemist and Gießen University faculty, Corps Rhenania Erlangen I
- Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Joseph von Lindwurm, physician and dermatologist, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
- Hermann Lingg, poet
- Rudolf Lipschitz, mathematician
- Friedrich Loeffler
- Carl Ludwig, Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
- Georg Albert Lücke, surgeon
M
- Helmuth von Maltzahn
- August von Mackensen, German field marshal, Corps Agronomia Göttingen
- Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian statesman; Corps Saxonia Halle
- Georg von Manteuffel-Szoege, politician
- Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein
- Walter Masing, physicist; Corps Misnia IV
- Ludwig Maurer, mathematician; Corps Suevia München
- Albert von Maybach, Under Secretary of State in thPrussian Ministry of Trade; Corps Hansea Bonn
- Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer, Corps Hildeso-Guestphalia Göttingen
- Prince Maximilian of Baden, last imperial chancellor of Germany
- Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, anatomist; Corps Baruthia Erlangen
- Hanns von Meyenburg, Swiss Pathologist, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
- Georg Michaelis
- Julius von Michel, ophthalmologist; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
- Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli
- Julius von Mirbach, member of the Prussian House of Lords; Corps Borussia Bonn
- Eilhard Mitscherlich, chemist; Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
- Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier
- Woldemar Mobitz, Corps Rhenania Freiburg
- Paul Georg von Möllendorff, sinologist, diplomat; Corps Normannia-Halle
- Andreas Mölzer
- Hans Adolf von Moltke
- Ludwig Mond
- Franz Mone, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Hans Much, hygienist, writer; Corps Teutonia Marburg
- Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein, diplomat of the German Empire, successor of the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing in 1900, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Jean de Muralt, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
N
- Gustav Nachtigal, explorer of Central and West Africa; Corps Palaiomarchia Halle, Corps Nassovia Würzburg, Corps Pomerania Greifswald
- Bernhard Naunyn, pharmacologist; Corps Hansea Bonn
- Rudolf Nebel
- Fritz Neumayer, Federal Minister; Corps Rhenania Würzburg
- Konstantin von Neurath, Corps Suevia Tübingen
- Otto Nüsslin, Zoologist at the TH Karlsruhe university, Corps Hubertia Freiburg
O
- Maximilian Oberst, surgeon; Corps Isaria München
- Otto von Oehlschläger, president of the Reichsgericht; founder of the Corps Baltia Königsberg
- Goetz Oertel, physicist, past president of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Associate of the National Academy of Sciences; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Wilhelm von Opel, founder of Opel; Corps Franconia Darmstadt
- Max von Oppenheim, ancient historian and archaeologist; Corps Palatia Straßburg
- Robert von Ostertag, veterinarian; Corps Suevia Stuttgart
P
- Hans von Pechmann, chemist; Corps Isaria München
- Elias Peissner, Professor at Union College; Corps Palatia München, Corps Alemannia München; member of Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Society, fallen in the Battle of Chancellorsville
- Hugo Karl Anton Pernice, gynecologist and obstetrician, Corps Hannovera Göttingen, Corps Teutonia Göttingen
- Maximilian Perty, zoologist in Berne; Corps Isaria München
- Carl Wilhelm Petersen
- Hubert Petschnigg, architect; Corps Hansea Wien, Corps Marchia Brünn.
- Baron Karl Ludwig von der Pfordten, legal scholar and politician; Corps Onoldia Erlangen
- Kurt Plötner, SS physician, recruited by US intelligence; Corps Thuringia Leipzig
- Count Franz Pocci, artist and composer; Corps Isaria München
- Alfred Pribram, Jewish physician in Prague; Corps Austria
- Robert Prutz, poet and critic; Corps Borussia Halle
Q
- Reinhold Quaatz, civil servant, right-wing politician, half-Jewish in ancestry; Corps Guestphalia Jena
R
- Count von Racowitza, Corps Neoborussia Berlin
- Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr., Foreign Secretary; Corps Borussia Bonn
- Hanns Albin Rauter, highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands, executed; Corps Joannea Graz
- Count Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen, Austrian statesman; Corps Isaria München
- William Reed , highest ranking African American line officer in the U. S. army during the civil war; Corps Saxonia Kiel
- Oskar von Redwitz, poet; Corps Franconia München
- Ludwig Rehn, surgeon; Corps Hasso-Nassovia Marburg
- Joseph Martin Reichard, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
- Ernst Julius Remak, neurologist; Corps Borussia Breslau
- August Leopold von Reuss, Austrian ophthalmologist; Corps Austria
- Gregor von Rezzori, Austrian novelist and screenwriter, Corps Schacht Leoben
- Friedrich Julius Richelot, mathematician; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Sigmund von Riezler, historian; Corps Isaria München
- Eduard von Rindfleisch, pathologist; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
- Hans Joachim von Rohr, agrarian, politician; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Paul Rohrbach
- Otto Roquette, poet; Corps Teutonia Berlin
- Wilhelm Roscher, economist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Alfred Rosenberg, Corps Rubonia Riga
- Eugen Rosshirt, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
- August von Rothmund, ophthalmologist; Corps Isaria München
- Friedrich Rückert, poet, orientalist; Corps Franconia Würzburg
S
- Wilhelm von Salisch, Oberst, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Gustav von Saltzwedel, Prussian civil servant; founder of the Corps Littuania Königsberg
- Hans Sandrock, officer of the German Army during World War II, decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Corps Pomerania-Silesa
- Julius Scharlach, Hamburg lawyer, businessman and a prominent figure in the colonial history of Germany, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Max Schede, surgeon; Corps Borussia Halle, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
- Rudolf von Scheliha, diplomat, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Gustav Schleicher, German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas, veteran of the Confederate Army; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen
- Alexander von Schleinitz, Foreign Minister of Prussia; Corps Saxonia Halle
- Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Oberst of the Wehrmacht; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Hanns Martin Schleyer, Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich, forester in India; Corps Hassia Gießen
- Ernst Reinhold Schmidt, spokesman of the German immigrants in Philadelphia, author of The History of the American Civil War and The Founding of Pennsylvania: the German View of our Bi-centennial ; Corps Masovia Königsberg
- Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig, legal scholar and past Federal Minister; Corps Hansea Bonn
- Otto Schott, industrialist, inventor of borosilicate glass; Corps Teutonia Braunschweig
- Karl Ludwig Ernst Schroeder, gynecologist; Corps Nassovia Würzburg
- Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg officer, German Resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Max Schuler, Schuler tuning, gyrocompass; Corps Franconia München
- Ernst Schulze, German romantic poet, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Robert Schumann, composer; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Berent Schwineköper, historian; Corps Teutonia Göttingen
- Hans-Christoph Seebohm, federal minister; Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg
- Franz Seldte, founder and Leader of Der Stahlhelm, Minister for Labour of the German Reich; Corps Teutonia-Hercynia Braunschweig
- Friedrich Wilhelm Semmler, chemist; Corps Silesia Breslau
- Carl Semper, Corps Visurgia Hannover
- Eduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold, gynecologist; Corps Lusatia Berlin, Corps Lusatia Leipzig
- Philipp Franz von Siebold, Corps Moenania Würzburg
- Ernst Siehr
- Gustav Simon, surgeon in Heidelberg; Corps Starkenburgia Gießen; Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Eduard von Simson, Jewish-born father of the first German constitution; Littauer-Kränzchen
- Reinhold Solger, prominent Forty-Eighter, historian, Professor at West-Point United States Military Academy; Corps Marchia Halle, Corps Guestfalia Greifswald, founder and honorary member of Corps Borussia Greifswald
- Alexander Spengler, founder of Davos medicine; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Bernhard Sprengel, industrialist, founder of the Sprengel Museum; Corps Holsatia Kiel
- Martin Stamm, founder of Cleveland Clinic
- Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Austrian politician, 163rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg
- Hermann Stieve, anatomist; Corps Franconia München
- Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar, Corps Onoldia Erlangen, Corps Franconia Würzburg
- Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
- Otto Stolz, Austrian mathematician, his name lives on in the Stolz-Cesàro theorem, Corps Rhaetia Innsbruck now Augsburg;
- Samuel Hanson Stone, Corps Thuringia Leipzig, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
- Adolph Strecker, chemist; Corps Teutonia Gießen
- Louis Stromeyer, German surgeon, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Gustav Struve, Corps Bado-Württembergia Göttingen
- Franz Susemihl, classical philologist; Corps Misnia Leipzig
- Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov, Prince of Italy, Count Rymniksky, Russian general, diplomat and politician, Corps Curonia Göttingen
T
- Ludwig Thoma, Bavarian writer; Corps Suevia München
- Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum, physician and biochemist; Corps Hassia Gießen
- Heinrich Triepel, legal scholar; Corps Suevia Freiburg
- Adam von Trott zu Solz, member of the German resistance, executed; Corps Saxonia Göttingen
U
- Edward Uhl, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, Corps Rhenania ZAB, Corps Franconia Karlsruhe
- Paul Uhlenhuth, bacteriologist; Corps Franconia Hamburg
- Hermann Ulrici, philosopher; Corps Saxonia Halle
V
- Karl von Vierordt, physiologist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, Corps Saxonia Göttingen
- Henry Villard, American railroads tycoon; Corps Franconia München
- Carl Vogt
- Carl von Voit, physiologist; Corps Franconia München
- Otto Volger, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Richard von Volkmann, surgeon and poet
W
- Werner Wachsmuth, "nestor of the German surgeons"; Corps Rhenania Würzburg, Corps Suevia Tübingen
- Johann Andreas Wagner, zoologist; Corps Bavaria Würzburg
- Richard Wagner, composer, Corps Saxonia Leipzig
- Max Waldau, German poet and novelist, Corps Silesia Breslau
- Benedict Waldeck, left-leaning deputy in the Prussian National Assembly; Corps Guestphalia II Göttingen
- Karl Weierstrass, Corps Saxonia Bonn
- Arthur von Weinberg, industrialist; Corps Transrhenania München
- Christian Samuel Weiss, mineralogist; Corps Montania Freiberg
- Carl Theodor Welcker, legal scholar and liberal politician; Corps Franconia Gießen
- Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, classical philologist and archaeologist; Corps Lahnania Gießen
- Hermann Welcker, anatomist and anthropologist; Corps Teutonia Gießen, Corps Palatia Bonn
- Karl Weltzien, chemist; Corps Suevia Heidelberg
- Heinrich Wendland, botanist; Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Horst Wessel, Nazi activist, Horst Wessel Lied; Corps Normannia Berlin, Corps Alemannia Wien
- Moritz Wiggers, jurist and democratic politician; Corps Vandalia Rostock, Corps Hanseatia Rostock, Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg
- William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Corps Borussia Bonn
- William II of Württemberg, Corps Bremensia Göttingen, Corps Suevia Tübingen
- Max Wirth, Corps Rhenania Heidelberg
- Heinrich Wendland, Corps Hannovera Göttingen
- Theodor Wiegand
- Ulrich Wille, Corps Tigurinia Zürich
- Friedrich Hermann Wölfert, publisher and aviation pioneer; founder of the Corps Plavia Leipzig
Y
- Nikolay Yazykov, Russian poet, Corps Ruthenia Dorpat
- Yamamoto Teijirō, Japanese industrialist and politician, Corps Germania Hohenheim
- Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, member of the German resistance, executed
Z
- Eberhard Zahn, manager, Corps Austria
- Joachim Zahn, CEO Mercedes-Benz, Corps Rhenania Tübingen
- Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, Corps Rhenania Tübingen
- Hans Zehrer
- Ernst Ziehm
- Hermann Zimmer was a German trade unionist and social democratic politician. Most recently, he was Oberpräsident the Prussian province of Lower Silesia
- Eugen von Zimmerer, Corps Bavaria Würzburg
- Arthur Zimmermann, Imperial Secretary of State
- Franz Heinrich Zitz
- Hans von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst, Austrian historian; Corps Teutonia Graz, Vandalia Graz und Saxonia Wien