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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Vienna during each.
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.
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Erich Forstreiter
1897 - 1963
Heinrich Brandenberger (Ingenieur)
1896 - 1964
Karl Kunst (Altphilologe)
1895 - 1926
Hans Adametz
1896 - 1966
Carl Johann Perl
1891 - 1979
Anny Miletty
1898 - 1948
Robert Ettenreich
1890 - 1951
Franz Howanietz
1897 - 1972
Louis Dité
1891 - 1969
Karl Lakowitsch
1897 - 1975
Josef Schumacher (Landeshauptmann)
1894 - 1971
Heinrich Nowak
1890 - 1955
Fritz Starlinger
1895 - 1988
Robert Mark (Mediziner)
1898 - 1981
Anna Goldsteiner
1899 - 1944
Fritz Fleischer
1894 - 1943
Rudolf Hornegg
1898 - 1984
Karl Bosek-Kienast
1895 - 1983
Rudolf Holzinger
1898 - 1949
Margarete Neff
1892 - 1984
Franz Schütz (Organist)
1892 - 1962
Jella Braun-Fernwald
1894 - 1965
Helene Lahr
1894 - 1958
Marie Schönfeld
1898 - 1944
Anna Wala
1891 - 1944
Martha Hofmann
1895 - 1975
Josefine Vettori
1895 - 1937
Otto Hamacek
1896 - 1984
Robert Braun (Schriftsteller)
1896 - 1972
Helene Lieser
1898 - 1962
Gusti Pichler
1893 - 1978
Richard Kerschagl
1896 - 1976
Gustav Mader
1899 - 1945
Hilde Loewe-Flatter
1895 - 1976
Josefa Kellner
Born 1891
Philipp Gross
1899 - 1974
Renato Mordo
1894 - 1955
Vincenz Ludwig Ostry
1897 - 1977
Rudolf Schmidt (Bautechniker)
1894 - 1955
Ferdinand Scheminzky
1899 - 1973
Irma Silzer
Born 1894
Karl Tuppa
1899 - 1981
Heinrich Heilinger
1899 - 1944
Edmund Hamber
1893 - 1940
Rudolf Geyer (Historiker)
1891 - 1958
Eugen Thiele
1897 - 1938
Helfried Pfeifer
1896 - 1970
Fritz Groß
1897 - 1946
Alfred Bratt
1891 - 1918
Theodor Sexl
1899 - 1967
Paul Hudl
Born 1894
Alex Strasser
1898 - 1974
Michael Kröll
1891 - 1977
Leopold Zimmerl
1899 - 1945
Johann Karl Egli
1891 - 1975
Fritz Steiner (Schauspieler, 1896)
1896 - 1977
Gusti Bretter
1896 - 1946
Josef Fiedler (Komponist)
1898 - 1970
Viktor Brod
1894 - 1969
Benedikt Fantner
1893 - 1942
Karl Eidlitz
1894 - 1981
Franz Magyar
1894 - 1958
Leonie Adele Spitzer
1891 - 1940
Georgine Tangl
1893 - 1972
Herman Greid
1892 - 1975
Wilhelm Strahringer
1898 - 1982
Karl Lechner (Historiker, 1897)
1897 - 1975
Leo Perlberger
1890 - 1935
Angela Stadtherr
1899 - 1983
Maria Potesil
1894 - 1984
Franz Siller
1893 - 1924
Karl Heinz (Politiker)
1895 - 1965
Hedwig Rossi
1891 - 1985
Georg Demetriades
1899 - 1979
Franz Prinke
1898 - 1969
Otto Margulies (Alpinist)
1899 - 1925
Franz Rontag
1897 - 1980
Robert Routil
1893 - 1955
Albert Krassnigg
1896 - 1971
Oskar Robert Donau
1898 - 1961
Maximilian Brandeisz
1894 - 1996
Hanns Kurth (Schauspieler)
1894 - 1968
Carl Julius Haidvogel
1891 - 1974
Julius Endlweber
1892 - 1947
Erwin Gauba
1891 - 1964
Leo Kirste
1892 - 1965
Theodor Feldmann
1891 - 1957
Erwein von Thun und Hohenstein
1896 - 1946
Mella Fiora
1891 - 1899
Eugen Kastner
1897 - 1945
Franz Arnold (Kanonist)
1893 - 1963
Franziska Appel
1892 - 1943
Hedwig Katscher
1898 - 1988
József Schaller
1894 - 1927
Elisabeth Boyko
1892 - 1985
Ferdinand Medlin
1892 - 1950
Otto Seewald
1898 - 1968
Lucy Tal
1896 - 1995
Emanuel Winternitz
1898 - 1983
Othmar Peter Hartmann
1898 - 1973
Walter Dell
1899 - 1980
Philipp Schneider (Rechtsmediziner)
1896 - 1954
Ralph Hitz
1891 - 1940
Franz Schuh (swimmer)
Born 1891
Karoline Hafner
1898 - 1984
Franz Rubant
1896 - 1963
Otto Baxa
1898 - 1982
Josef Tichy (Übersetzer)
1894 - 1973
Herbert Schimkowitz
1898 - 1938
Wilhelm Ergert
1895 - 1966
Franz Leo Human
1894 - 1957
Julius Jirasek
1896 - 1965
Adolf Herschmann
Born 1895
Margarete Weninger
1896 - 1987
Hans Huebmer
1897 - 1984
Richard Beer
Born 1897
Karl Kalwoda
1896 - 1951
Fritz Zerner
1895 - 1951
Eugen Fleischacker
1899 - 1953
Karl Kasberger
1891 - 1969
Eberhard Geyer
1899 - 1942
Alfred Weiß
1890 - 1974
Wilhelm Halpern
1895 - 1973
Franz Sedlacek (calciatore)
1893 - 1949
Robert Jäger
1890 - 1915
Hans Alexander Brunner
1895 - 1968
Rudolf Amon
1891 - 1964
Rudolf Zeileissen
1897 - 1970
Marie Karoline Tschiedel
1899 - 1980
Johann Nemecek
1891 - 1949
Guido Mayer
1891 - 1945
János Baar
Born 1899
Wolfgang Kotz von Dobrz
1890 - 1957
Robert Kabelac
1894 - 1976
Otto Mödlagl
1899 - 1974
Karl Appel
1892 - 1967
Odomar Gugenberger
1895 - 1987
Maria Schneider (Politikerin, 1898)
1898 - 1979
Viktor Mittag
1896 - 1962
Ernestine Zoref
1896 - 1934
Ferdinand Freund
1893 - 1960
Anna Lechner
1893 - 1960
Emil Gelny
1890 - 1961
Anton Pariser
1890 - 1965
Gustav Riehl (Dermatologe, 1894)
1894 - 1981
Carlo Franchetti
1896 - 1953
Hans Morawitz
1893 - 1966
Carl August Bobies
1898 - 1958
Gustav Wegerer
1897 - 1954
Ewald Schild
1899 - 1962
Franz Schacherl
1895 - 1943
Ferdinand Humenberger
1897 - 1956
Ferdinand Riefler
1897 - 1975
Alfred Adler (Architekt)
1894 - 1938
Ferdinand Eypeltauer
1893 - 1979
Rudolf Soutschek
1895 - 1960
Alfred Horn (Politiker)
1898 - 1959
Lilly Dillenz
1896 - 1964
Fred David
1898 - 1992
Mathias Kräutler
1895 - 1965
Rudolf Saar (Verbandsfunktionär)
1896 - 1986
Erich Brauneis
1894 - 1954
August Hauser
1895 - 1946
Gisela Taglicht
1898 - 1981
Josef Ritz
1899 - 1943
Hilda Fonovits
1893 - 1954
Felix Fleischner
1893 - 1969
Alfred Gerger
1890 - 1953
Olga Perl
1891 - 1948
Fritz Bartl
1894 - 1962
Adolf Lind
1894 - 1966
Franz Baldia
1898 - 1981
Karl Holoubek
1899 - 1974
Franz Zabza
1896 - 1933
Anja Killmer-Korn
1897 - 1981
Theodor Mantler
1893 - 1970
Franz Twaroch
1892 - 1933
Carl Haslinger (Sänger)
1892 - 1974
Rudolf Markschläger
1890 - 1982
Karl Jenschke
1899 - 1969
Alexander Hryntschak
1891 - 1974
Friedrich Karas
1895 - 1942
Otto Bauer (Politiker, 1897)
1897 - 1986
Gustav Hoppe
1899 - 1974
Erich Beck
1898 - 1959
Franziska Krämer
1899 - 1988
Richard Freund (Politiker, 1891)
1891 - 1974
Leopold Wolf (Politiker)
1899 - 1964
Friedrich Scharrer
Born 1891
Theodor Meidl
1891 - 1969
Ludwig Auber
1899 - 1974
Karl Krisch
1891 - 1959
Franz Krippner
1896 - 1982
Toni Szabó
Born 1894
Ernst Hoffenreich
1890 - 1958
Fritz Obrutschka
1894 - 1956
Hilde Ölsinger
Born 1898
Therese Dworak
1899 - 1944
Martin Johann Schmid
1898 - 1980
Johann Giegerl
1896 - 1967
Edmund Holzfeind
1897 - 1974
Robert Mandler
1896 - 1944
Ferdinand Geißlinger
1891 - 1969
Carl Flick
1899 - 1969
Hans Rammer
1891 - 1969
Leo Keller (Architekt)
1895 - 1966
Josef Mayer (Politiker, 1898)
1898 - 1948
Carl Hofer (Filmproduzent)
1894 - 1954
Stefan Plaimauer
1896 - 1977
Johann Teufel
1896 - 1943
Konrad Nimetz
1895 - 1956
Hugo Fenichel
Born 1897
Emil Swoboda
1898 - 1934
Alfred Ruhmann
1895 - 1945
Emil König
1899 - 1943
Desidério Hertzka
Born 1898
Alois Döttling
1892 - 1956
Franz Xaver Hasenöhrl
1891 - 1943
Walther Kolbe (Politiker)
1899 - 1953
Franz Schönfeld (Widerstandskämpfer)
1890 - 1944
Johann Mithlinger
1898 - 1944
Franz Scharmer
1891 - 1984
Elly Rothwein
1899 - 1983
Manfred Schullern-Schrattenhofen
1893 - 1959
Carlo Achatzi
Born 1894
Margarethe Klimt
1892 - 1987
Franz Pongratz
1896 - 1973
Alfred Horeschowsky
1895 - 1987
Rudolf Haider
1896 - 1944
Franz Fritsch
1895 - 1955
Regine Seidler (Pädagogin)
1895 - 1967
Berthold Hirsch
1890 - 1941
Johann Klepsch
1894 - 1968
Hans Schlesinger (Architekt)
1890 - 1938
Franz Blauensteiner
1896 - 1939
Alfred Zmeck
1899 - 1971
Josef Horak
1898 - 1978
Johann Kaps
1895 - 1966
Paul Weiss (Geiger)
1898 - 1967
Heinrich Lochner
1899 - 1943
Otto Neumann (Sänger)
1891 - 1956
Josef Jellinek (Journalist, 1894)
1894 - 1942
Arthur Gregor
1890 - 1948
Josef Liebhardt
Born 1898
Karl Tobisch-Labotýn
1897 - 1977
Friedrich Köck
Born 1898
Johann Maras
1892 - 1944
Alois Mosler
1895 - 1962
Leopold Jelinek
1897 - 1943
Rudolf Johann Marsik
1897 - 1943
Albin Dostal
1896 - 1971
Karl Aulitzky (Altphilologe)
1891 - 1945
Wilhelm Mauer (Widerstandskämpfer)
1896 - 1943
Karl Zeileissen
1895 - 1955
Karl Jelinek (Widerstandskämpfer)
1896 - 1943
Marie Anna Schirmann
1893 - 1941
Franz Hechenblaickner
1896 - 1987
Friedrich Trözmüller
1899 - 1957
Josef Fohringer (Widerstandskämpfer)
1899 - 1941
Ludwig Herberth
1890 - 1953
Mila Kühnel
1893 - 1899
Alexander Lebzelter
1891 - 1936
Lothar Dirmhirn
1895 - 1943
Heinrich Hackl
Born 1893
Maria Murban
1899 - 1984
Olly Heidenreich
1899 - 1945
Anton Figl (Politiker)
1895 - 1963
Rudi Tupy
1891 - 1973
Otto Weber (Politiker, 1898)
1898 - 1969
August Schreiber
1893 - 1963