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Also Known As	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
Date	1472 - present
Areas Of Involvement	public education
Notable Alumni	Feodor Lynen • Werner Heisenberg • Max Planck • Benedict XVI • Douglas Sirk • Konrad Adenauer • Louis Agassiz • Joseph Campbell • Hans Bethe • Peter Hegemann • Roman Herzog • Franz Josef Strauss • Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker • Marie Stopes • Nam June Paik • Karl von Frisch • Oswald Spengler • Tankred Dorst • Gustav Hertz • Joseph Victor von Scheffel • Wolfgang Ketterle • Hans Fischer • John Ulric Nef • Peter Debye • Eduard Buchner

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