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 1900s Clear ×
Frank Zwillinger
1909 - 1989
Fritz Klenner
1906 - 1997
Franz Horch
1901 - 1951
Gustav Zelibor
1903 - 1978
Gertrude Quastler
1909 - 1963
Luise George Bachmann
1903 - 1976
Heinz Parkus
1909 - 1982
Oscar Teller
1902 - 1985
Harry Fischer
1903 - 1977
Franz Adler (Soziologe)
1908 - 1983
Otto Dürer
1909 - 1994
Karl Thums
1904 - 1976
Adalbert Klaar
1900 - 1981
Martin Schneeweiss
1907 - 1947
Edmund Engelman
1907 - 2000
František Havelka
1908 - 1973
Otto Hromatka
1905 - 1999
Emmerich Arleth
1900 - 1965
Josef Zeman (weightlifter)
1906 - 1992
Herbert von Marouschek
1909 - 1961
Rudolf Fischer (Politiker, 1908)
1908 - 2001
Fritz Brunn
1903 - 1955
Emmerich Huber
1903 - 1979
Gebhard Koberger
1909 - 1997
Fred Fehl
1906 - 1995
Josef Teufl (Widerstandskämpfer)
1904 - 1945
Hubert Kiurina
1908 - 1994
Franz Stanglica
1907 - 1946
Ludovica Hainisch-Marchet
1901 - 1993
Kurt Klaudy
1905 - 2009
Ferdi Statzer
1906 - 1974
Hans Graul
1909 - 1997
Walter Hohlweg
1902 - 1992
Fritz Zimmermann (Jurist)
1905 - 1993
Víctor Slister
1903 - 1986
Fred Schiller
1904 - 2003
Hans Morgenstern
1905 - 1965
Charles Rooner
1901 - 1954
Karl Oettinger
1906 - 1979
Max Hoff (illustrator)
1903 - 1985
Ruth Körner
1908 - 1995
Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen
1906 - 1975
Julius Meinl III.
1903 - 1991
Franz H. Mautner
1902 - 1995
Hans Weiner-Dillmann
1903 - 1990
Franz Hieronymus Riedl
1906 - 1994
Herbert Koziol
1903 - 1986
Alexander Weinmann
1901 - 1987
Rosl Berndt
1903 - 1996
Rudolf Ullik
1900 - 1996
Siegfried Gutenbrunner
1906 - 1984
Alfred Farau
1904 - 1972
Paul Bernecker
1908 - 2003
Walther E. Petrascheck
1906 - 1991
Hanns Leo Reich
1902 - 1959
Franz Richter (Politiker)
1905 - 1973
Franz Patat
1906 - 1982
Richard Lehmann (Widerstandskämpfer)
1900 - 1945
Franz Klopietz
1908 - 2003
Hans Tropper
1905 - 1978
Karl Pivec
1905 - 1974
Edwin Hartl
1906 - 1998
Walter Hellebrand
1907 - 1998
Ernst Morgan
1902 - 1957
Wolfgang Speiser
1909 - 1994
Josef Fuchs (Astronom)
1904 - 1989
Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross
1908 - 2003
Wilhelm Michael Treichlinger
1902 - 1973
Alfred Apsler
1907 - 1982
Herbert Lager
1907 - 1992
Max Ippen
1906 - 1957
Hans Bayer (Soziologe)
1903 - 1965
Lizzi Natzler
1909 - 1993
Stefan Dakon
1904 - 1997
Mimi Grossberg
1905 - 1997
Karl Hartl (Diplomat)
1909 - 1979
Emmy Bernatzik
1904 - 1977
Yeruham Zeisel
1909 - 1987
Vida Jeraj Hribar
1902 - 2002
Artur Biedl (Altphilologe)
1904 - 1950
Margarethe Hübsch
1903 - 1983
Hans Schwarz (Widerstandskämpfer)
1904 - 1970
Josef Carl Knaflitsch
1907 - 1982
Ludwig Popper
1904 - 1984
Johann Ludwig Trepulka
1903 - 1945
Franz Barwig der Jüngere
1903 - 1985
Leopold Breitenecker
1902 - 1981
Poldi Steinbach
1904 - 1944
Josef Vytiska
1905 - 1986
Karel Kudrna
1905 - 1930
Albin Neumann
1909 - 1990
Hans Schwanda
1904 - 1983
Yella Pessl
1906 - 1991
Ernest Müller (Filmproduzent)
1906 - 1962
Franz Stamprech
1906 - 1983
Robert Keldorfer
1901 - 1980
Ludwig Babinski
1909 - 1990
Alfred Migsch
1901 - 1975
Lotte von Schaukal
1908 - 1993
Karl Maria Schwamberger
1905 - 1967
Erwin Zucker-Schilling
1903 - 1985
Friedrich Bergammer
1909 - 1981
Marie Rosenberg
1907 - 1982
Rudy Kuntner
1908 - 1982
Robert Leukauf
1902 - 1976
Erich Hula
1900 - 1987
Karl Söllner
1903 - 1986
Kurt Grimm (Rechtsanwalt)
1903 - 1984
Alice Penkala
1902 - 1988
Karl Kupsky
1906 - 1984
Maximilian Leopold Loeblich
1901 - 1984
Stefan Wirlandner
1905 - 1981
Edmund Weber (Journalist)
1900 - 1949
Josef Marschall
1905 - 1966
Franz Ackerl
1901 - 1988
Otto Waffenschmied
1901 - 1971
Walter Harnisch
1906 - 1988
Eduard Weikhart
1905 - 1986
Otto Kornei
1903 - 1993
Herbert Viktor Patera
1900 - 1986
Walter Sofka
1906 - 2000
Wilhelm Stemmer
1909 - 1984
Franz Maria Kapfhammer
1904 - 1989
Georg Strnadt
1909 - 1980
Ferdinand Bilger
1903 - 1961
Ludwig Zirner
1906 - 1971
Frieda Litschauer-Krause
1903 - 1992
Karl Wührer
1903 - 1973
Alfons Übelhör
1905 - 1967
Alfred W. Kneucker
1904 - 1960
Walter Brück
Born 1900
Konrad Gund
1907 - 1953
Fritz Killer
1905 - 1983
Susanne Engelhart
1904 - 1967
Camillo Wanausek
1906 - 1999
Peter Lafite
1908 - 1951
Roman Felleis
1903 - 1944
Fritz Kolb
1902 - 1983
Franz Reisz
1909 - 1984
Gustav Sztavjanik
1907 - 1944
Hugo Weinstengl
Born 1907
Leopold Lentner
1907 - 1995
Hans Ernst Pinsker
1909 - 1987
Walther Buchowiecki
1908 - 1990
Anni Berger
1904 - 1990
Karl Horak (Musikwissenschaftler)
1908 - 1992
Fritz Egon Pamer
1900 - 1923
Hans Krasensky
1903 - 2006
Wilhelm Cutti
1900 - 1962
Ernst Lemberger
1906 - 1974
Hans Fabigan
1901 - 1975
Margit Doppler
1909 - 2001
Reinhold Aris
1904 - 1963
Philipp Eppel
1907 - 1987
Harald Langer-Hansel
1909 - 1998
Franz Schuster (Widerstandskämpfer)
1904 - 1943
Anna Hanika
1903 - 1988
Hella Kovac
1909 - 1999
Viola Garden
1902 - 1993
Gustav Resatz
1903 - 1962
Erich Kaufmann (Sänger)
1908 - 1956
Margarete Schmaus
1903 - 1988
Walter Hrich
1907 - 1967
Fritz Mayer-Beck
1907 - 1977
Hedwig Fleischhacker
1906 - 1978
André Roder
1900 - 1959
Theo Salzman
1907 - 1982
Egon Michael Salzer
Born 1908
Wolfgang Benndorf
1901 - 1959
Franz Bergel
1900 - 1987
Ernst Mühlrad
1904 - 1942
Richard Brunner (Chemiker)
1900 - 1990
Hans Petermair
1904 - 1984
Edith Neumann
1902 - 2002
Hildebrand Richard Teirich
1907 - 1978
Karl Ziak
1902 - 1987
Rudolf C. Brix
1907 - 1992
Leopold Ther
1908 - 1971
Karl Lederer (Widerstandskämpfer)
1909 - 1944
Trude Krakauer
1902 - 1995
Edmund Grünsteidl
1900 - 1971
Albert Wassermann
1901 - 1971
Johannes Kosnetter
1902 - 1980
Josef Zykan
1901 - 1971
Frank Filip
1903 - 1964
Helmuth Krauss
1905 - 1963
Fritz Jahoda
1909 - 2008
Anton Mayer (Mathematiker)
1903 - 1942
Peter Gerhard
1907 - 1994
Rudolf Riedl
Born 1907
Anton Brosenbauer
1909 - 1992
Elise Braun Barnett
1904 - 1994
Oskar Wagner
1901 - 1972
Max Schipper
1900 - 1951
Rosa Book
1907 - 1995
Ilse Pompe-Niederführ
1904 - 1986
Erwin Scharf (Filmarchitekt)
1901 - 1972
Eric Weiser
1907 - 1986
Mimi Stelzer
1900 - 1957
Isabel de Bourbon-Parma
1904 - 1983
Rudolf Kinauer
1908 - 1979
Otto Winter
1901 - 1973
Anna Katschenka
1905 - 1966
Leo Jaritz
1908 - 1989
Gusti Bretschneider
1908 - 2001
Hedy Frank-Autheried
1902 - 1979
Richard Sallaba
1905 - 1956
Willy Danek
1904 - 1972
Julius Klanfer
1909 - 1967
Hans Deutsch (Rechtsanwalt)
1906 - 2002
August Vogl
1909 - 1975
Peter Milford-Hilferding
1908 - 2007
Peter Siedek
1905 - 1984
Felix Khuner
1906 - 1991
Alfred Zeller
1908 - 1976
Franz Senghofer
1904 - 1998
Rudolf Stemberger
1901 - 1964
Friedrich Bayer (Musikkritiker)
1902 - 1954
Franz Novy
1900 - 1949
Albert Holfelder
1903 - 1968
Franz Bauer (Politiker, 1901)
1901 - 1964
Harold Reitterer
1902 - 1987
Fritz Konir
1907 - 1972
Frederick Fall
1901 - 1974
Alois Roßmanith
1909 - 1957
Grete Schaeder
1903 - 1990
Willy Miksch
1904 - 1992
Leopold Millwisch
1909 - 1978
Elisabeth Karlan
1904 - 1973
Anton Pucher
1900 - 1960
Josef Keindl
1903 - 2007
Ernst Bulova
1902 - 2001
Fritz Herbert Alma
1902 - 1981
Franz Trescher
1909 - 1980
Ludwig Gesek
1904 - 1994
Eduard Volters
1904 - 1972
Siegfried Prock
1902 - 1944
Fritz Polcar
1909 - 1975
Josef Eksl
1909 - 2000
Josefine Lauterbach
Born 1903
Ludwig Klein (Politiker)
1900 - 1959
Karl Ursin
1901 - 1973
Ernst Schön (Musiker)
1907 - 2010
Ernst Nowotny
1907 - 1995
Josef Pechacek
1906 - 1945
Ludwig Holleck
1904 - 1976
Pepi Wakovsky
1900 - 1959
Grete Volters
1901 - 1996
Karl Flöttl
1902 - 1977
Richard Trauner
1900 - 1980
Friedrich Meznik
1908 - 1989
Hans Bürgl
1907 - 1966
Rudolf Jonas (Mediziner)
1909 - 1962
Kurt L. Schwarz
1909 - 1983
Bruno Marek (Ballonfahrer)
1908 - 1987
Josef Hofbauer
Born 1901
Josef Kaspar
1902 - 1978
Hans Winterl
1900 - 1970
Margarete Petrides
1901 - 1973
Käthe Wolf
1907 - 1967
Herta Pammer
1905 - 1995
Leo Gabler
1908 - 1944
Luise Kanitz
1908 - 1976
Josef Maria Plöchl
1900 - 1944
Gustl French
1909 - 2004
Hans Bleich
1909 - 1985
Anneliese Hitzenberger
1905 - 2003
Johann Wolfgang Breitenbach
1908 - 1978
Erik Wintersberger
1907 - 2005
Richard Nathschläger
1904 - 1979
Karl Gstöttenbauer
1902 - 1947
Leopold Schmid (Künstler)
1901 - 1989
Christian Franz Weck
1904 - 1961
Paula Embacher
1908 - 1996
Josef Madlmayer
1907 - 1945
Josef Scheidl
1907 - 1985
Maria Rajdl
1900 - 1972
Heinrich Justus Schmidt
1903 - 1970
Franz Latzka
1901 - 1977
Heinrich Reimitz
1904 - 1945
Karl Kowarik
1903 - 1987
Josef Staudinger
1906 - 1998
Gustav Friedrich Schmiedl
1905 - 1989
Robert Uhlir
1900 - 1982
Erwin Saxl
1904 - 1981
Franz Bednar (Politiker)
1908 - 1986
Eleonore Hodys
Born 1903
Paolo Paganini (calciatore)
1901 - 1984
Hermann Plackholm
1904 - 1944
Boško Milenković
1909 - 1955
Maria Saidler
1900 - 1994
Hans Grünhut
1902 - 1979
Olga Von Tauber
1907 - 2002
Selma Steinmetz
1907 - 1978
Karl Aichhorn
1903 - 1967
Johann Zak
1903 - 1944
Hermann Bertelé
Born 1902
Wilhelm Altar
1900 - 1995
Alfred Porges
1902 - 1978
Ignaz Köck
1906 - 1957