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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 1910s Clear ×
Hedy Lamarr
1914 - 2000
Luise Rainer
1910 - 2014
Bruno Kreisky
1911 - 1990
Max Perutz
1914 - 2002
Jean Améry
1912 - 1978
Josef Bican
1913 - 2001
Heinz von Foerster
1911 - 2002
Heinz Kohut
1913 - 1981
Hans Hass
1919 - 2013
Hermann Bondi
1919 - 2005
Fritz Muliar
1919 - 2009
Erich Leinsdorf
1912 - 1993
Karl H. Pribram
1919 - 2015
Walter Munk
1917 - 2019
Kurt Kasznar
1913 - 1979
John Banner
1910 - 1973
Franz Antel
1913 - 2007
Peter Blau
1918 - 2002
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
1915 - 1996
Helmut Dantine
1917 - 1982
Hertha Feiler
1916 - 1970
Josef Meinrad
1913 - 1996
Max Merkel
1918 - 2006
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld
1919 - 2016
Maria Altmann
1916 - 2011
Hans Hermann Groër
1919 - 2003
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violinist)
1915 - 2002
Kurt Meisel
1912 - 1994
Hilde Gueden
1917 - 1988
Eric Pohlmann
1913 - 1979
Boris Kidrič
1912 - 1953
Robert Adler
1913 - 2007
Archduke Felix of Austria
1916 - 2011
Yehoshua Bar-Hillel
1915 - 1975
Hermine Braunsteiner
1919 - 1999
Wolfgang Suschitzky
1912 - 2016
Robert Freitag
1916 - 2010
Carl Szokoll
1915 - 2004
Peter Zinner
1919 - 2007
Hermann Langbein
1912 - 1995
Luise Ullrich
1910 - 1985
David Flusser
1917 - 2000
Edith Hahn Beer
1914 - 2009
Vilma Degischer
1911 - 1992
Georg Tintner
1917 - 1999
Rudolf Hausner
1914 - 1995
Fritz Hochwälder
1911 - 1986
Karl Schwanzer
1918 - 1975
Helena Rasiowa
1917 - 1994
Hilde Spiel
1911 - 1990
Hans Keller
1919 - 1985
Rolf Olsen (actor)
1919 - 1998
Gordon Gollob
1912 - 1987
Annemarie Selinko
1914 - 1986
Helmut Ashley
Born 1919
Erwin Axer
1917 - 2012
Gretl Schörg
1914 - 2006
Wilhelm Höttl
1915 - 1999
Gustav Wagner
1911 - 1980
Herbert Tichy
1912 - 1987
Claude Farell
1914 - 2008
Christine Busta
1915 - 1987
Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria
1917 - 2017
Heinz Heger
1915 - 1994
Friedrich Heer
1916 - 1983
Georg Tressler
1917 - 2007
Heinz Conrads
1913 - 1986
Mimí Langer
1910 - 1987
Otto Edelmann
1917 - 2003
Edith Kramer
1916 - 2014
Fred Wander
1917 - 2006
Herbert Hunger
1914 - 2000
Israel Beer
1912 - 1966
Ady Berber
1913 - 1966
Felix Landau
1910 - 1983
Eduard Strauss II
1910 - 1969
Herma Bauma
1915 - 2003
Rudolf Flesch
1911 - 1986
Wilhelm Hahnemann
1914 - 1991
Lujo Tončić-Sorinj
1915 - 2005
Gusti Wolf
1912 - 2007
Fritz Kasparek
1910 - 1954
Wolfgang Stolper
1912 - 2002
Karl Silberbauer
1911 - 1972
Fritzi Burger
1910 - 1999
Marcel Prawy
1911 - 2003
Franz Olah
1910 - 2009
Maria Holst
1917 - 1980
Heinrich Gross
1915 - 2005
Ylla
1911 - 1955
Karl Maramorosch
1915 - 2016
Ehud Avriel
1917 - 1980
Franz Alt (mathematician)
1910 - 2011
Hansi Knoteck
1914 - 2014
Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg
1917 - 1992
Liselotte Landbeck
1916 - 2013
Raoul Retzer
1919 - 1974
Rose Stradner
1913 - 1958
Shmuel Wosner
1913 - 2015
Willy Mattes
1916 - 2002
Emilie Schenkl
1910 - 1996
Susanne von Almassy
1916 - 2009
Emmerich Schrenk
1915 - 1988
Ernst Federn
1914 - 2007
Kurt Baier
1917 - 2010
Maria Palmer
1917 - 1981
Stefan Thomas Possony
1913 - 1995
Karl Wlaschek
1917 - 2015
Peter Wehle
1914 - 1986
Isolde Ahlgrimm
1914 - 1995
Stephen Kuffler
1913 - 1980
Felix Galimir
1910 - 1999
Rudolf Raftl
1911 - 1994
Felix Kaspar
1915 - 2003
Hans Pesser
1911 - 1986
Bert F. Hoselitz
1913 - 1995
Hans Maršálek
1914 - 2011
Franz Wagner
1911 - 1974
Richard Erdoes
1912 - 2008
Kurt W. Rothschild
1914 - 2010
Jean-Pierre Zola
1916 - 1979
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
1917 - 1995
Kurt Nachmann
1915 - 1984
Walther Heissig
1913 - 2005
Richard Bergmann
1919 - 1970
Manon Gropius
1916 - 1935
Otto Koenig (Verhaltensforscher)
1914 - 1992
Christian Broda
1916 - 1987
Paul Doktor
1919 - 1989
Josef Stroh
1913 - 1991
Willibald Jentschke
1911 - 2002
Georg von Metaxa
1914 - 1945
Edith Porada
1912 - 1994
Johann Urbanek
1910 - 2000
Karl Zischek
1910 - 1985
Fritz Bock
1911 - 1993
Friedrich Donenfeld
1912 - 1976
Walter Kolm-Veltée
1910 - 1999
Felix Prohaska
1912 - 1987
Hans Lebert
1919 - 1993
Matthias Kaburek
1911 - 1976
Martin Deutsch
1917 - 2002
Hannes Schiel
1914 - 2017
Heinz Gerstinger
1919 - 2016
Rolf Kutschera
1916 - 2012
Franz Stampfl
1913 - 1995
Zbigniew Resich
1915 - 1989
Grete Rehor
1910 - 1987
Paul Streeten
1917 - 2019
Herta Herzog
1910 - 2010
Luise Walker
1910 - 1998
Willibald Schmaus
1912 - 1979
Cissy Kraner
1918 - 2012
Meilė Lukšienė
1913 - 2009
Irene Prador
1911 - 1996
Engelbert Broda
1910 - 1983
Anton Benya
1912 - 2001
Hilde Holovsky
1917 - 1933
Augustin Kubizek
1918 - 2009
Otto Wiener
1911 - 2000
Karl Terkal
1919 - 1996
Otto Molden
1918 - 2002
Kitty Mattern
1912 - 1998
Ilse Pausin
1919 - 1999
Dési von Halban
1912 - 1996
Heinz Politzer
1910 - 1978
Egon Seefehlner
1912 - 1997
Karl Adamek
1910 - 2000
Gretl Theimer
1910 - 1972
Karel Černý (footballer)
Born 1910
Hanns Ernst Jäger
1910 - 1973
Leopold Neumer
1919 - 1990
Joseph Furst
1916 - 2005
Max Stiepl
1914 - 1992
Heinz Sandauer
1911 - 1979
Robert Göbl
1919 - 1997
Ray Martin (orchestra leader)
1918 - 1988
Peter R. Hofstätter
1913 - 1994
Sofron Dmyterko
1917 - 2008
Ernst Schwarz (sinologist)
1916 - 2003
Joseph Gruber
1912 - 1967
Gustav Manker
1913 - 1988
Friedrich Wildgans
1913 - 1965
Hanna Berger
1910 - 1962
Georg Renatus Solta
1915 - 2005
Felix Slavik
1912 - 1980
Fiorenzo Marini
1914 - 1991
Franz Jáchym
1910 - 1984
Rudolf Nussgruber
1918 - 2001
Ida Halpern
1910 - 1987
Tomáš Sedláček (general)
1918 - 2012
Josip Kopinič
1911 - 1997
Peter Platzer
1910 - 1959
Otto Schulmeister
1916 - 2001
Walter Surovy
1910 - 2001
Henri Hiltl
1910 - 1982
Josef Hassmann
1910 - 1969
Elfe Gerhart-Dahlke
1919 - 2007
Elizabeth Close
1912 - 2011
Hilde Volk
1912 - 1995
Innocent Lotocky
1915 - 2013
Frederick Redlich
1910 - 2004
Franz Hanreiter
1913 - 1992
Eva Schmidt-Kolmer
1913 - 1991
Leopold Schmetterer
1919 - 2004
Egon Eis
1910 - 1994
Franz Brunner
1913 - 1991
Franz Mandl
1916 - 1988
Heinrich Appelt
1910 - 1998
Olly Holzmann
1916 - 1995
Petar Brzica
1917 - 2010
Hilde Meisel
1914 - 1945
Janet Alcoriza
1918 - 1998
Poldi Dur
1917 - 1996
Wilfried Krallert
1912 - 1969
Wilhelm Kment
1914 - 2002
Josef Argauer
1910 - 2004
Adam Baworowski
1913 - 1942
Ludwig Merwart
1913 - 1979
Alice Schwarz-Gardos
1916 - 2007
Josef Steindl
1912 - 1993
Peter Stadlen
1910 - 1996
Kurt Land
1913 - 1997
Ernst Kaiser
1911 - 1972
Eva Pierrakos
1915 - 1979
Lukas Aurednik
1918 - 1997
Franz Bartl
1915 - 1941
Otto Pischinger
1919 - 1976
Karl Durspekt
1913 - 1978
Josef Hasenöhrl
1915 - 1945
Mirko Szewczuk
1919 - 1957
Guillermo Graetzer
1914 - 1993
Paul Hofmann
1912 - 2008
Peter Rybar
1913 - 2002
Camillo Jerusalem
1914 - 1979
Susi Lanner
1911 - 2006
Friedrich Hacker
1914 - 1989
Annie Altschul
1919 - 2001
Antonia Bruha
1915 - 2006
Maxime Kaltenmark
1910 - 2002
Adalbert Pilch
1917 - 2004
Mihály Bíró
1914 - 1970
Josef Kitzmüller
1912 - 1979
Judith Haspel
1918 - 2004
Heinz Lazek
1911 - 1986
Thomas Weihs
1914 - 1983
Greta Gonda
1917 - 1974
Leopold Wohlrab
1912 - 1981
Ilse Maria Aschner
1918 - 2012
Robert Wagner (Dirigent)
1915 - 2008
Leopold Steinbatz
1918 - 1942
Vojtěch Kubašta
1914 - 1992
Kurt Blaukopf
1914 - 1999
Ruth Rogers-Altmann
1917 - 2015
Margarethe Ottillinger
1919 - 1992
Viktor Reimann
1915 - 1996
Eliyahu Ashtor
1914 - 1984
Avraham Fahn
1916 - 2012
Franz Berghammer
1913 - 1944
Viktor Havlicek
1914 - 1971
Erich Heintel
1912 - 2000
Rudolf Hruska
1915 - 1995
Walter Grab
1919 - 2000
Eli Sternberg
1917 - 1988
Friedel Bohny-Reiter
1912 - 2001
Peter Paul Fuchs
1916 - 2007
István Klimek
1913 - 1988
József Moravetz
1911 - 1990
Ferdinand Kiefler
1913 - 1945
Bert Roth
1917 - 1994
Maxi Böhm
1916 - 1982
Ernst Pulgram
1915 - 2005
Alois Schnabel
1910 - 1982
Ines Mandl
1917 - 2016
Helena Dunicz-Niwińska
1915 - 2018
Rudolf Christ
1916 - 1982
Robert Schollum
1913 - 1987
Arild Feldborg
1912 - 1987
Alexander Trojan
1914 - 1992
Etta Becker-Donner
1911 - 1975
Jaroslav Volak
Born 1915
Wolfgang Wolfram von Wolmar
1910 - 1987
Erich Zöllner
1916 - 1996
Josef Derbolav
1912 - 1987
Leo Bei (costumier)
1918 - 2005
Karl Fischer (Widerstandskämpfer)
1918 - 1963
Bruno Uher
1912 - 1976
Felix Kreissler
1917 - 2004
Willy Fitz
1918 - 1993
Karl Bednarik
1915 - 2001
Franz Seitelberger
1916 - 2007
Emily Rosdolsky
1911 - 2001
Anton Perwein
1911 - 1981
Hermann Vetters
1915 - 1993
Alfred Schmalzer
1912 - 1944
Martha Kyrle
1917 - 2017
Emil Juracka
1912 - 1944
Karl Kotratschek
1914 - 1941
Karel Kalaš
1910 - 2001
Karl Babor
1918 - 1964