48.2082° N, 16.3720° E
VIENNA
Most Famous People Born in Vienna, Austria
- Notable people
- 12,535
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1912
- Most distinctive
- Author 3.8×
A small city with an outsized 20th-century shadow. Vienna's notables cluster sharply in the late Habsburg and interwar decades — authors, composers, architects, academics, painters of the Secession, and sculptors — making it one of the most concentrated cultural booms anywhere in the dataset. Then 1938 happens, and a striking number of the brightest names spend the rest of their lives somewhere else.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Vienna Is Known For
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Actor is Vienna's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (1,170).
Vienna over-indexes on author — 3.8× the global rate.
Vienna under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Vienna's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Music
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- Filtered to 1800s Clear ×
Johann Strauss I
1804 - 1849
Johann Nestroy
1801 - 1862
Moritz von Schwind
1804 - 1871
Joseph Lanner
1801 - 1843
Friedrich von Amerling
1803 - 1887
Henri Herz
1803 - 1888
Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger
1805 - 1880
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
1802 - 1878
Bénédict Morel
1809 - 1873
Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
1806 - 1849
Maria Theresa of Austria (1801–1855)
1801 - 1855
Josef Danhauser
1805 - 1845
Josef Kriehuber
1800 - 1876
Leopold Fitzinger
1802 - 1884
Anton von Schmerling
1805 - 1893
Caroline Unger
1803 - 1877
Friedrich Prince zu Schwarzenberg
1809 - 1885
Eduard von Bauernfeld
1802 - 1890
Franz Eybl
1806 - 1880
Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria
1801 - 1832
Johann Gabriel Seidl
1804 - 1875
Karl Karmarsch
1803 - 1879
Georg Hellmesberger Sr.
1800 - 1873
Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein
1802 - 1887
Heinrich Proch
1809 - 1879
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser
1806 - 1875
Eduard Gurk
1801 - 1841
François-Joseph de Champagny
1804 - 1882
Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
1800 - 1874
Julius Hermann Schultes
1804 - 1840
August Zang
1807 - 1888
Franz Stadion, Count von Warthausen
1806 - 1853
Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld
1807 - 1873
Paul Taglioni
1808 - 1884
Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg (soldier)
1800 - 1870
Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg
1803 - 1873
Therese Elssler
1808 - 1878
Johann Nepomuk Vogl
1802 - 1866
Eduard Duller
1809 - 1853
Betty de Rothschild
1805 - 1886
Anton Hartinger
1806 - 1890
Carl Roesner
1804 - 1869
Prince Karl Johann of Liechtenstein
1803 - 1871
Archduchess Marie Anne of Austria
1804 - 1858
Vincent Grimm
1800 - 1872
Karl Philipp Borromäus zu Schwarzenberg
1802 - 1858
Anton Altmann
1808 - 1871
Ludwig Freiherr von Holzgethan
1800 - 1876
Carl Eduard Hammerschmidt
1801 - 1874
August Neilreich
1803 - 1871
Franz Limmer
1808 - 1857
Joseph Georg Beer
1803 - 1873
Archduke Johann Nepomuk of Austria
1805 - 1809
Gustav von Franck
1807 - 1860
Franz Serafin Exner
1802 - 1853
Anton Einsle
1801 - 1871
Matthias von Schönerer
1807 - 1881
Frédéric de Liechtenstein
1807 - 1885
Karl Ludwig von Grünne
1808 - 1884
Karl van Beethoven
1806 - 1858
George Théodore Berthon
1806 - 1892
Marie Weiler
1809 - 1864
Josef Feid
1806 - 1870
Franz Geyling
1803 - 1875
Josef von Hempel
1800 - 1871
Katharina Fröhlich
1800 - 1879
Sigmund von Reischach
1809 - 1878
Josef Ettenreich
1800 - 1875
Johann Matthias Ranftl
1804 - 1854
Leopold Ernst
1808 - 1862
Amalia Schütz Oldosi
1803 - 1852
Ernő Poeltenberg
1808 - 1849
Josef von Wertheimer
1800 - 1887
Elise Fichtner
1809 - 1889
Karoline von Perin-Gradenstein
1806 - 1888
Josef von Smola (1805–1856)
1805 - 1856
Prince Eduard Franz of Liechtenstein
1809 - 1864
Johann Nepomuk Rauch
1804 - 1847
Ödön Zichy (1809–1848)
1809 - 1848
Carl Georg Lickl
1801 - 1877
Johann Preleuthner
1807 - 1897
Josef Lavos
1807 - 1848
Joseph Fahrbach
1804 - 1883
Carl Tomaselli der Ältere
1809 - 1887
Erich Winterhalder
1808 - 1889
Franz de Paula Gundaccar II. von Colloredo-Mannsfe
1802 - 1852
Giovanni Gentiluomo
1809 - 1866
Rudolf von Feistmantel
1805 - 1871
Franz Gaul
1802 - 1874
Pauline von Koudelka
1806 - 1840
Ludwig Mooser
1807 - 1881
Adam Rammelmayer
1807 - 1887
Franziska Batthyány
1802 - 1861
Amelia de Austria
1807 - 1807
Moritz Esterházy de Galantha (Politiker, 1807) �
1807 - 1890
Joseph Binder
1805 - 1863
Johann Michael Neder
1807 - 1882
Franz Thomé
1807 - 1872
Karl Rettich
1805 - 1878
Anton Johann Gross-Hoffinger
1808 - 1875
Louise von Holtei
1800 - 1825
Joseph Melcher
1806 - 1873
Costanza Trotti Bentivoglio
1800 - 1871
Ludwig Döbler
1801 - 1864
Valentin von Streffleur
1808 - 1870
Albert Camesina
1806 - 1881
Eduard Ritter
1808 - 1853
Josephine Fröhlich
1803 - 1878
Franz Xaver Gruber (Maler)
1801 - 1862
Leander Russ
1809 - 1864
Charles Sarchi
1803 - 1879
Joseph Höger
1801 - 1877
Franz Zeller (Maler)
1805 - 1876
Urban Loritz
1807 - 1881
Ignaz Karl Figuly von Szep
1807 - 1875
Joseph von Schmerling
1806 - 1884
Josef von Scheiger
1801 - 1886
Ludwig von Pergen
1805 - 1850
Leopold Schulz (Maler)
1804 - 1873
Adam Brenner
1800 - 1891
Gustav Ignaz von Chorinsky
1806 - 1873
August Schmidt (Musiker)
1808 - 1891
Andreas Scutta
1806 - 1863
François Haken Philippar
1802 - 1849
Anton von Perger
1809 - 1876
Nikolaus Moreau
1805 - 1834
Leopold Anton Kirchner
1808 - 1879
Ludwig Halirsch
1802 - 1832
Paul Cartellieri
1807 - 1881
Karl Wilhelm Fischer
1800 - 1873
Kandidus Pontz von Engelshofen
1803 - 1866
Eduard Schaller
1802 - 1848
Ludwig Cramolini (Sänger)
1805 - 1884
Friedrich von Deym
1801 - 1853
Johann Grund (Maler)
1808 - 1887
Ludwig Brevillier
1800 - 1855
Leopold Mayr
1808 - 1866
Karl Mathias Rott
1807 - 1876
Eleonore Condorussi
1801 - 1873
Josef Gunkel
1802 - 1878
Carl Leistler
1805 - 1857
Carlo Ernesto Liverati
1805 - 1844
Alexander Trichtl
1802 - 1884
Georg Göth
1803 - 1873
Ludwig Schaller (Bildhauer)
1804 - 1865
Alfred Ritter von Franck
1808 - 1884
Franz Högler
1802 - 1855
Amalie Haehnel
1807 - 1849
Johann von Löwenthal
1803 - 1891
Johann Hoffmann (Theaterdirektor)
1803 - 1865
Friedrich Fahrbach
1809 - 1867
Georg Constantin Bouris
1802 - 1860
Conrad Petrasch
1807 - 1863
Michael Aigner
1805 - 1861
Fidelis Schönlaub
1805 - 1883
Rudolph von Vivenot (Vater)
1807 - 1884
Aloysius Schlör
1805 - 1852
Heinrich Joseph Adami
1807 - 1895
Ludwig von Kudriaffsky
1805 - 1894
Wilhelm Johann Pollak
1802 - 1860
Berthold Sengschmitt
1801 - 1852
Karl von Franck
1806 - 1867
Ignaz Krepp
1801 - 1853
Alberto Montecuccoli-Laderchi
1802 - 1852
Maurus Schinnagl
1800 - 1871
Eduard Klieber
1803 - 1879
Sigismund Schultes
1801 - 1861
Anna Zeiner
1807 - 1861
Therese Heberle
1805 - 1840
Anton Karl Bolzmann
1808 - 1851
Josef Rainer von Harbach
1804 - 1870
Josef Loyp
1801 - 1877
Karl Wiser
1800 - 1889
Heinrich Glax
1808 - 1879
Karl Fischer (Schauspieler, 1801)
1801 - 1884
Karl von Steininger (General, 1804)
1804 - 1867
Karl Mittell (Schauspieler)
1800 - 1873
Josef Simić von Hohenblum
1803 - 1872
Caroline Fischer-Achten
1806 - 1896
Francisca Lampel
1807 - 1851
Alexander Török von Szendrő
1809 - 1868
Carl Hör
1801 - 1850
Livio Odescalchi, V principe Odescalchi
1805 - 1885
Josef von Hunyady
1801 - 1869
Carlos Engler
1800 - 1855
Emilie von Büttner
1804 - 1867
Johann Metz (Baumeister)
1809 - 1887
Karl Valentin von Tinti
1801 - 1852
Friedrich Sunstenau von Schützenthal
1807 - 1848
Karl Frömml
1807 - 1889
Franz Rabel
1803 - 1847